video, un: Mariposa

[nonmagical]

WHO: Mirabel and the network
WHERE: Casita's kitchen
WHEN: 5/1
WHAT: Butter No Jutsu
WARNINGS: Too much butter is bad for you

[It's an evening post with Mirabel! She... doesn't look very amused.]

So uh, I got one of those Furby things? It's long and it showed up in my room and scared me half to death. I've been getting a lot of stuff lately for no reason?? I got something called "Baja Blast" and it's a drink of some kind?

Also...

[She moves the camera. It's a tiny butter version of the Encanto! Like, shockingly accurate detail. There's even a tiny butter Casita! And townspeople! And the family! Look, once you find out you can magically make things out of butter you gotta see how far you can go with it okay.]

I can do this now? Uh... don't ask me how.

Comments

[nonmagical]

They... they do? Weirder than butter statues? Because I don't know anyone who'd want a butter statue.

[traaaaaash]

I sell weird things for a living, so I should know. Butter statues aren't the weirdest thing out there. And they're edible, that's always fun!

[nonmagical]

I guess that's true...

Maybe it could help my family in some way? Even if it's just to help make money. Or... something...

[Her family isn't going to pressure her to use her brand new Gift to be "useful". In fact, they've been pretty darn careful in specifically not using that word around her. But for Mirabel, that word has always been a little different to her. She wants to be useful, she doesn't have to be - they love her as she is, but she wants to be.

Specifically to her family.]

[traaaaaash]

Or provide them with neverending butter! Either way, it's not a bad power to have.

[nonmagical]

Yeah, we'll NEVER run out of butter now. I guess it's the perfect Gift for a family weirdo.

[traaaaaash]

Oh dear. You too, huh?

[ Eda can sympathize. So much. ]

[nonmagical]

Yeah, I don't really mind it usually.

[She knows she's an oddball.]

[traaaaaash]

Stings sometimes, though, I'm guessing?

[nonmagical]

[Oh man, there's... there's a lot tied up in Mirabel's family history. A lot she won't talk about willingly. She loves her family, they love her, but there were things about being the family's black sheep that hurt.]

I'm all right. ... Wouldn't really hurt to be the "normal" one of the family every once in a while, though.

[traaaaaash]

Please, there's no such thing as normal! Those who think they're normal just haven't figured that out yet.

[nonmagical]

[She smiles at that.]

I guess you're right. Most of the people I've talked to here don't really seem that normal... maybe that's a good thing, though.

[traaaaaash]

Of course it is! You want everyone around to be little cookie-cutter drones? Nah! What a horror show.

[nonmagical]

No, absolutely not. That sounds terrifying.

[She gives a little laugh at that.]

Well, I guess we can all be a little weird together.

[traaaaaash]

That's right, us weirdos gotta stick together!

[nonmagical]

That's right, weirdos stick together!

[traaaaaash]

Now you're getting it!