9th Recipe - Surprise Banquet [Open]

[starofpleiades]

Characters: Kazumi and You!
Setting: Cafeteria; Floor Sixty Kitchen
Format: Either
Summary: Kazumi is running around trying to cook things for all the newcomers so they don't have to just eat what's on the menu! Also, stocking up the other kitchen
Warnings: None foreseen

[Cafeteria]

[A young girl with short hair is hurrying in and out of the kitchen, greeting various people and coming back out with various dishes. Anyone who isn't seated and eating yet, she'll approach, or if she knows you, she'll approach anyway! Newcomer or Tower Resident, she wants to make sure everyone can have what they want - the menu's not that bad this month, but everyone always has different preferences, right? Though, all the guests have to make sure they have their oatmeal first!]

Hi! Are you hungry? What can I get for you?

[Cafeteria Kitchen]

[There's about eight different things cooking in here at any one time as Kazumi runs in and out and cooks various things while working around the staff. She's doing surprisingly well considering how much is going on! But she looks like she's about to run herself ragged...]

[Floor 60 - Deluxe Kitchen]

[Later in the day, one might find Kazumi here... there's an enormous pile of foods here, mostly things like sacks of flour and sugar and so on, but also vegetables and fruits and meat. It looks like she basically stole everything out of the cafeteria...]

Ummm, now how to organize this...?

Comments

[puppy_lancer]

[He starts placing the meat into the stated position.]

Let me guess, everyone here prefers meat. You'd think they didn't feed us enough down in the cafeteria.

[starofpleiades]

Ahah, a bit... but mostly just because most of the meat's denser, so we can put the leafier vegetables lower. Plus the cooler temperature is good for things like melons.

[puppy_lancer]

[He stops and turns toward Kazumi, looking surprised and interested.]

...I didn't know there was that reason to consider.

[Looks like there's more to cooking than he thought.]

[starofpleiades]

Eheh, well, when you do a lot of cooking - or you've moving this much food - even little things like making what's heavier easier to grab can make a big difference in the long run.

Most people just organize their kitchen however fits, or however they've always done it, and it seems like too much work to take everything out and reorganize from scratch, so I want to make sure to do it right the first time!

[puppy_lancer]

Well, I'm glad you're the first person who showed up to store food here. Otherwise, we'd have a hell of a time reorganizing.

[starofpleiades]

Haha, probably! But then, I don't think too many people are interested in hauling so much food up here. If they were, they might be the kind to consider that sort of thing.

[puppy_lancer]

[He's placing the vegetables and fruits now.]

You can say this floor was made for the cooks. About time you guys got something nice, though. What with all the effort you put forth to make sure we don't have to eat only cafeteria food.

[starofpleiades]

[Kazumi is sorting the dry goods, flour and sugar and other seasonings she'd pulled]

Haha, well, I'm definitely grateful, though it's surprising the tower would do something nice for us...

[Which is why maybe she should be more careful opening one of the drawers and sticking her hand with a canister of salt inside without looking]

Ow!

[She pulls back with a cry, the canister hitting the ground and spilling; there's a few cuts on the back of her hand, almost like claws]

[puppy_lancer]

What--

[He rushes over to her side.]

What happened?

[starofpleiades]

[Kazumi is looking the wound over; they aren't deep, but they sting a lot]

Ow... I don't know. Something clawed me when I reached in the cupboard.

[She motions over at the partly-open door.]

[puppy_lancer]

Something?

[He yanks the drawer open. Nothing.]

Doesn't look like there's anything...

[starofpleiades]

I didn't see it but...

[Well, evidence is clear on her hand]

Maybe this floor wasn't as much of a gift as I thought...

[puppy_lancer]

[He sticks his hand into the drawer. Still nothing. He then closes the drawer and turns back to Kazumi.]

Just be careful from now on, I guess.

[starofpleiades]

Mm, yeah.

[Leaving the spilled salt for now, she goes over to the sink to wash off her cut]

I should probably leave a note then, for other people.

[puppy_lancer]

Not just that, but all the other shit that's wrong with this floor. Like the fridge not opening from the inside.

Should we stick it up on the fridge? Everyone would see that way.

[starofpleiades]

Yeah, I guess that's pretty dangerous too!

[She decides to use magic to heal the cuts; they're pretty small so it doesn't take much and she'd rather not have a bandage worrying Saki or Saber]

That would probably make sense... I didn't bring anything to write with though.

[puppy_lancer]

I'll go get the pen and paper.

[He rushes down the stairs to the workshop floor. Barring accidents, he should be back after a while.]

[starofpleiades]

And tape too! Oh, or maybe something we can write on the doors with, so it doesn't get lost!

[While he's doing that, she'll be putting things away - making sure to open drawers and cabinets all the way and check inside of them first.]

[puppy_lancer]

[When he comes back, he has a pen and a couple pieces of paper. He holds the pen out to Kazumi.]

You write it. My handwriting is shit.

[starofpleiades]

Hahaha, okay.

[Smiling, she takes the pen and paper and heads over to the counter to start writing. She writes out, "BE CAREFUL! FREEZER DOES NOT OPEN FROM INSIDE!" and draws a picture of a bundled-up penguin and a cat in an ice cube on one sheet]

[puppy_lancer]

[He chuckles as he sees the picture.]

That's too cute. Now people are gonna crawl in there to look for frozen animals.

[starofpleiades]

Oh no, I hope not!

[She giggles and works on the other one. "ALWAYS CHECK DRAWERS AND CUPBOARDS BEFORE PUTTING ANYTHING INSIDE! HANDS ESPECIALLY!" The drawing is of a partly open cupboard - the insides dark except for a pair of glowing eyes. An then she adds a shadowy hand with pointy fingers coming out for good measure and labels it "Danger!"]

There, do you think that makes it clear?

[puppy_lancer]

[A nod and a thumbs up.]

Very clear.

[starofpleiades]

Heh, good! Well, then we'll stick this on on the freezer door and... [She looks around, wondering where to put the other one]

Hmm, where would be a good spot?

[puppy_lancer]

One of the overhead cupboards?