Ah yes, Garundera, the volcano planet. Volcanos everywhere, with earthquakes and eruptions happening like all the time. But not everywhere! Some places, people can actually live there.
Ryusei: Hey MC, we're here!
Rexer: Ooh, nice and quiet here.
Hitomi: That was a long flight. The air is so clear here!
MC: Pretty! Let's get streaming right now!
TV support staff starts up a camera drone for the party.
Hitomi: Hey guys, we made it to Garundera!
Ryusei: Nice place, especially for a workout!
Rexer: So, we need to find the ingredients for the Phantom Chocolate or something?
Ryusei: Yeah, but first a tour for the viewers!
Rexer: Oh, right. Also wow, that's a lot of plants!
Hitomi: Yeah, lots of greenery as a frontier planet!
Ryusei: Not like Earth, huh. Kinda hot too.
Hitomi: Look, a village with decorations!
Ryusei: Are they waiting for us? Let's go!
MC's on camera duty. TV Staffer Green hands over a cue card.
MC: wait what
Green runs away!
MC: WAIT WHAT
Rexer: W-what's up, MC?
The rest of the party looks over, then sees Green jumping into the ship and starting it up!
Hitomi: Wait, our ride!
Rexer: Are they ditching us!?
Ryusei: Wasn't that one of the TV crew who came with us!? Then--
The space ship flies off!
Ryusei: Welp! They did say our guide would be the only help we'd be getting.
Hitomi: Wait, they're really leaving us here!?
MC: Um, he gave me this thing.
Card: Mission: Find your guide! Hint: You'll need the best [INSERT TYPE HERE] crafter in the village to find the rock cacao!
Party: WHAT
Title Card: Every Day Here Has Been Busy
The party reaches the village! Ryusei is looking at the cue card with a smile.
Ryusei: Well this is a toughie.
Hitomi: Do you think they have more surprises for us?
Rexer: Then I guess we better find our guide soon? I can scout out the village first.
Hitomi: I'm sure they haven't put us in THAT dangerous a situation.
Ryusei: Yeah, probably just make things slightly more difficult to be entertaining.
Rexer: O-oh, okay?
Rexer thinks.
MC: Something up?
Rexer: Oh, uh, nothing. I'm just not used to filming at physical locations. Usually I edit videos and do commentary.
Ryusei: Relax a little. We'll be here a while and we're here to help too!
Hitomi: Yeah, we just started. We may as well have some fun!
Rexer: R-right, thanks.
Rexer brushes his thoughts aside.
Rexer: Let's go then. MC, run the camera!
MC: Okay, here we go!
Hitomi: Hi everyone, we got ditched by the staff, but we should press on!
Rexer: We'll need to find out guide here in town.
Ryusei: Time to start talking to people!
The party walks into the village to find...
Villager A: Hello everybody!
Villager B: Make yourselves at home out here in the middle of nowhere!
Villager C: Wow, Earth celebrities! Pictures please!
It's the welcome wagon! They even set stalls up for this.
Rexer: Okay, wow.
Ryusei: Looks like they were waiting for us!
Hitomi: They're so nice! Let's go check the stalls later! Oh wait, look over there!
Hey there's human fans too!
Fan A: OMG RYUSEI
Fan B: HITOMI, OVER HERE
Fan C: REXER, DO YOUR POSE PLS
Hitomi: Wow, did they come all this way to cheer for us?
Rexer: But the trip here took hours!
MC: Okay wow, they're like Mokdai.
Rexer is slightly surprised as he waves at the fans.
Hitomi: Wow, true fan love. I'm getting excited!
Ryusei: Yeah! We gotta do our best now!
Rexer: R-right!
Hitomi: Yeah Rexer, we need to pay back everyone's kindness!
Hitomi waves. Ryusei poses. The crowd goes wild!
Rexer: Okay wow, I need to get used to this too.
Rexer is whispering to himself.
Hitomi: Actually maybe we should talk to them if they came all this way? Someone might know something about our mission!
Ryusei: Yeah, we can ask them about our hint too!
Rexer: But what goes into the blank spot on the card?
Ryusei: I've been wondering about the mention of rock cacao too.
Hitomi: Yeah, not really a word you associate with chocolate...
MC: Hmm...
Thinking party. Rexer starts thinking aloud.
Rexer: Maybe we should look for some sorta crafter? Dunno what kind though...
Hitomi: Maybe we should research the rock cacao then?
Ryusei: Sounds good! Let's try asking people about that! Hey, anyone know anything about rock cacao?
Boy A: I do!
Ryusei: Awesome! Could you tell me about it? (squats to kid's eye level)
Boy A: Wow, you don't know? It's super delish! It's super hard at first, but if you heat it until it's red it gets all melty!
Ryusei: Wow. Where can we find it?
Boy A: In the ground! Like real rocks!
Surprised party!
Hitomi: Uh...is it a kind of potato?
Rexer: Well it must be a fruit if it's called cacao...
Ryusei: But we have to mine it? Weird...
MC turns the camera towards the party.
Rexer: Doesn't that mean we'll need digging tools?
Ryusei: So we should find someone who makes them?
Hitomi: Yeah, it'd hurt to dig them out by hand.
Rexer: Who would even--whatever, maybe a blacksmith makes those?
MC: Wait, that's it!
Party: Blacksmith!
Ryusei: Thanks, kid!
Hitomi: Excuse me, is there a blacksmith in the village?
Rexer: We're looking for one!
And so the villagers started talking.
Later
Hitomi: The villagers said the smithy is this way.
Rexer: Okay I see it! Let's go in!
Ryusei: Rexer, you need to talk into this camera.
Rexer: O-oh, right.
MC: Okay, starting the stream back on!
Rexer poses for the camera before awkwardly opening the door.
Space Dwarf Ganran: Oh you guys finally made it!
MC: Hi, we're with the Chocoful program... / HOT OLD MAN
(C) Ganran: Haha, WOW that's the first thing you say to me?
Rexer: Uh, MC we're live now.
Hitomi: Hello, are you a blacksmith?
Ryusei: We're recording for the Chocoful show!
Ganran: I heard the deal! Okay, one minute...
Rexer: Uh, what?
Ganran pulls out a cue card.
Ganran: Uh..."ya-hah! You found me, the village's best blackschmidt!" I mean, smith! Yep, that's me. Oh right, "fight me if you want me to be your guide!"
MC: wow watch out guys, we have a space grammy winner here
Ganran crosses his arms and laughs.
Hitomi: So you're the guide!
Rexer: Did you just say fight you?
Ganran: Yep! Operator!
Remote transformation, go!
MC: Welp, let's do this!
Click, party transformed!
Ryusei: It's muscle time! Oh man I am killing it today.
MC: Ooh, so that's what your hero suit looks like.
Ryusei: Thanks!
Rexer: Violence, huh? Well that makes things easy.
Hitomi: Showtime!
Ganran: Haha, nice! Go big or go home! Let's GOOOO!
BATTLE START (more happens after)
Ganran: Damn, nice fight!
Ganran cancels out of his suit.
Ganran: Okay, I'm your guide Ganran! Let's have a good time! (tosses cue card)
The party detransforms too.
Rexer: Glad to have you. I'm Rexer. You're tough, old man!
Ryusei: Whoa, nice muscles! Oh right, I'm Ryusei!
Ganran: Haha, well I work out every day as a hero too!
Hitomi: Well it paid off for you! I'm Hitomi Ayauta!
MC: Hi, I'm the Operator and cameraman MC!
Ganran: Okay cool, you guys are celebs? Never been on a normal TV show before, but I can show you around! Oh right, first off, welcome to my smithy.
Ganran opens the door to his smithy. Lots of stuff inside.
Ganran: So yeah, I do metalwork! Whatever you want, if it's metal I'll make it!
Ryusei: Wow, this is my first time in a blacksmith.
Hitomi: Same. We can 3D print stuff, but making stuff from scratch is nice too!
Rexer: Yeah, crafting's something I only see in games nowadays.
Ganran: True, but printing can't help with everything, especially in the middle of space nowhere. And passing down crafts is how you be a crafter.
Ganran: So anyways, you guys know about the rock cacao yet?
Hitomi: Oh yeah, the villagers told us about it!
Ryusei: I still can't wrap my head around it being something we need to dig up first...
Ganran: Cool! You'll use this for digging!
Pickaxes for everyone! Ganran points to a huge mountain.
Ganran: We can find the rock cacao there, on Choco Volcano. We'll head out tomorrow!
MC: Wait, it's a volcano!?
Ganran: Yep! You guys climbed mountains before? This one will be hotter than your average mountain!
Ryusei: Ooh, sounds like a good workout! Gotta warm up for that!
Hitomi: Okay I kind of guessed as much when I heard this was a volcano planet, but really? What if the hike ruins my makeup!?
Rexer: R-really?
Hitomi: Hello, I'm an idol! Makeup is a huge deal for me!
Rexer: O-oh! Ryusei, you worried about that too?
Ryusei is talking to his own thighs.
Ryusei: Good stretch!
Rexer: ...the trek is TOMORROW, stupid!
MC: He's so into it / Awesome!
Ganran: Welp, guess you guys will be fine! Oh yeah, you came all the way from Earth right? Lemme show you way to your hotel!
And so Ganran hangs onto all the pickaxes and leads the party to a ridiculously fancy hotel.
Later
???: Damn, look at all these new minerals!
MC: Familiar voice!
Obsidius: Oh wow, MC? Damn, imagine running into you all the way out here! Exciting!
MC: Obsidius! / Haven't seen you since Aques!
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(B) Obsidius: Yeah! Miss me? Kidding!
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Rexer: Oh, you know MC? Nice to meet ya.
Obsidius: Oh hey, I'm Obsidius, Heroic Educators hero and mineralogy professor. I worked with MC once before.
Obsidius looks at the party and figures the deal.
Obsidius: Oh, you guys doing the Chocolate Hunters thing?
Ganran: Wow, you guys are famous!
Hitomi: You know about that? Thank you!
Ryusei: Yeah, we're here to make the Phantom Chocolate.
Obsidius: So MC's the cameraman with the camera drone? Nice meeting ya guys!
Obsidius: Wild how the show reserved a whole ass volcano!
MC: WHAT
Obsidius: Yeah I'm here for a geological survey when Neo Talents called me up and asked if I'd help with the show. Then they told me about the reservation. Also, there's so many new minerals around here!
Obsidius shows off his haul!
Ganran: Nice! Dunno about rocks, but I might have some spare metals.
Obsidius: Awesome!
Hitomi: They get along so well.
Rexer: Yeah, dude loves rocks!
Ryusei: ...wait, is our show getting in the way of science stuff then?
Rexer: Oh shit, maybe?
Obsidius: It's cool! Just me anyways, and this is all I could carry back before the show started.
Big backpack.
MC: Oh so that's why you're dressed like that / Nice outfit!
(A) Obsidius: Yeah, good for mountain hiking. This is my usual fieldwork fit!
(B) Obsidius: Thanks! But it's college issued for mountaineering. I like it though!
Obsidius: I'm pretty much done with sample collection. No need to hurry on my account, I could take forever on the analysis!
Ryusei: Oh thanks!
Hitomi: We'll finish things with the rock cacao as fast as we can!
Obsidius: Ohh, that. Did you hear that it's an edible mineral?
Rexer: WHAT? It's not some rock hard plant!?
Obsidius: Yep. It's a legit rock you can eat. I was SO pumped to dig some up, but it's pretty hard to find.
Ganran: Oh yeah, I've barely seen any myself.
Ryusei: W-wait, can we really find any then?
Rexer: Cool, rare item hunt!
Obsidius: That's the spirit! Leave some for me! ...kidding. Anyways I'll be around, but I'll be watching you guys! Good luck with the thing!
Obsidius walks off to his room.
Hitomi: How wild. Also he gave us a lot of info on the rock cacao.
Rexer: That's a rock specialist for you, right?
Ganran: Nice, good luck tomorrow!
Ryusei: Sounds exciting!
Hitomi: Let's do our best, everybody!
Party: YEAH!
MC: ...and cut! Good job, guys!
Drone's off, everyone relaxes and claps for each other. But also...
Rexer: Tomorrow, huh...?
End of Episode
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