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Shu was idly scrolling through his Twitter in the lounge/living area when Vox got back from the grocery store. It was the end of the week and he’d decided he wanted to spoil them and cook everyone a nice meal. Today was one of the rare days that Shu found himself without much to do, so he stood and helped Vox put the groceries away and prep for when he’d cook the meal later this evening. The idly chatted as they worked, and Shu could tell Vox was happy to have the company.
It went faster with the two of them, and Shu was able to assist with his powers, transporting and putting away the ingredients in their proper places with accuracy. Shu got a good laugh as Ike walked into the kitchen for a glass of water and balked at the scene. A demon and a sorcerer domestically chatting and preparing a meal while nearly the entirety of their prouduce was floating in the air.
Ike blinked, rubbed his eyes, blinked again, and with a deadpan stare said. “I don’t know why am I even surprised.”
Shu laughed along, but his brain locked on on one thought as he caught sight of a particular piece of produce. He didn’t hear Vox’s clever response to Ike’s declaration, nor anything else after that.
It was a potato.
It was just floating there.
Oh my god why haven’t I done this before.
Out of nowhere, Shu LAUGHED. It wasn’t his usual chuckle, it was a full breathy laugh that made his stomach hurt. He knew Vox and Ike we incredibly confused, in fact he was vaguely aware of having let his levitation spell slip for everything other than the potato. He tried to take a deep breath to look up and apologize when he saw the MESS. Sheesh he didn’t just drop the veggies, he sent them flying involuntarily, there was lettuce in Vox’s hair and chopped carrots all over Ike’s clothes, falling into every fold of his clothes. If only that had been it, there were tomatoes on the floor celery on the couch and carpet, and thinly sliced zhukknni on the wall leaving a streak of color as it slowly slid down the wall.
Shu couldn’t even bring himself to feel bad, oh god it was so stupid….
He’d accidentally made the joke fit so much better, and he started to tear up while laughing.
“S-sorry— pfft, hehe….” Shu took a deep breath, closing his eyes to compose himself. “Whewwww~”. He sighed in relief before he looked to see the shocked looks on his friends faces, almost as if timed in that exact moment Mysta walked into the room and blinked.
“What the hell happened in here?” He asked so innocently, so genuinely confused and baffled that Shu couldn’t help himself, between his hysterical laughs he said.
“A—pffhahAHA—a potato—“. Shu weakly gestured at the still innocently floating potato. “I-it’s a potato—“
“Oh. My. God.” Ike blinked as he realized the reference and he started laughing too, “SHUUUUU~”.
Vox got it nearly immediately as well with a chuckle, “well there goes dinner.”
“I am sooo sorry-“ Shu managed to breathe out between fits of laughter.
“A potato flew around my roooom~”. Ike started and Shu cried “Oh GOD.” Before he started laughing with renewed vigor.
Mysta caught on and joined the a harmony. “—before you came~ excuse the mess it made~”. Shu was on the kitchen floor, slamming the tile as he wheezed out his laughs. As if that wasn’t enough, Vox who was now totally over the small tinge of disappointment over his dinner plans was laughing along and joining in. “and it was kinda strange~ didn’t know that we could do thaaat~”.
“—mercy—“. Shu managed between his laughs and his plea was ignored.
“~Every potatooo~ is different, with a special skillset~”. Ike took the finishing blow, he grabbed the floating potato and lead it to right in front of Shu’s face, and marionetted it raising his pitch to fit the voice perfectly. “Mine is being kind and squeaky~”
That day Shu Yamino was Murdered by Ike Eveland with a flying potato.