6th Recipe - Scrambled Eggs [Open]

[starofpleiades]

Characters: Kazumi and You!
Setting: The cafeteria
Format: Action
Summary: Finding the issue with the languages, Kazumi decides to use the universal language: food!
Warnings: None so far

[Kazumi had never really thought that much before about the fact that everyone here could talk to each other... but now, suddenly they can't! Somehow, the Tower sounds noisier than ever as all the talking becomes a cacophony of different languages. Still, people would need to eat so... maybe they could all agree on that at least, without a need for words? Whipping up an array of dishes - casserole, curry, pastas... all unfortunately kind of orange due to the weird food dye this month - Kazumi was keeping busy. Of course, the newest addition to the kitchen wasn't helping]

Ah, Toto! Don't play with that!

[Unfortunately, the cat didn't understand Japanese any better than the kitchen workers today, so the scruffy black critter was happy to push over the canister of sugar and spill it all over the floor.]

Comments

[starofpleiades]

Ah, yes, that's my cat! His name's Toto!

[comes over and holds out her hand to hopefully be given him back]

[prayed]

"Toto," huh?

[Kazumi will be given Toto while Kyoko smirks at the name. That much, at least, is decipherable.]

[starofpleiades]

[She nods] Toto!

[Taking back the cat, she uses her free hand to point at herself]

Kazumi! I'm Kazumi!

[prayed]

Kazumi, got it.

[Kyoko nods to signify her understanding before jabbing her thumb into her chest.]

Name's Kyoko. Kyoko Sakura.

[starofpleiades]

Eheh, nice to meet you, Kyoko! Though wow, you can't speak Japanese even though you are Japanese... I guess you got scrambled like my friend did?

[Well, not that she can understand if she says that. Setting the cat aside on the counter, she motion for Kyoko to wait a moment]

Lemme get this cleaned up!

[prayed]

[Kyoko nods in understanding, leaning on an adjacent counter and watching Kazumi. The annoyed huff that she gives is less directed at Kazumi and more at the situation as a whole.]

I can't believe I'm stuck speaking some weird language like this. It really pisses me off, y'know, not even being able to understand my own language.

[Not that Kazumi will catch any of that, but well, it has to beat just staying silent.]

[starofpleiades]

[Kazumi gives a sympathetic laugh; no matter the language, grumbling translates.]

I guess I got off pretty easy...

[It doesn't take her long to sweep up the spilled sugar. It's always sad to throw out ingredients, but it'd be worse to serve it to someone... and luckily, this isn't a month of famine]