[Cookerin' all day every day]

[bloodyashes]

Setting: The poor, unfortunate cafeteria kitchens.
Characters: Lineface (Narukami), Bugface (Asch) and YOU.
Summary: Follow-up to Rise’s network post: COOK ALL THE THINGS!
Format: Whatever. If you want only one of the boys, specify in comment title.
Warnings: It is a redhead and a bowlcut. Snark in the kitchen is inevitable.

[And so once again, to the kitchens. There’s a certain irony in what Rise said, even if it’s not actually true, because hadn’t Asch joked about exactly this with Guy before the blond disappeared for good?

Whether it’s true or not, it’s better safe than sorry. That’s why they’re down here, sorting the flowers and other plants out from everything else, just in case. Especially since, if memory served correctly, this had happened before during one of Riki’s months last year. Of course, they aren’t just there for providing edible substances... but likely to give a few pointers as well if you aren’t exactly up to par with them and along the lines of mystery “food” X.]

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[seekinganswers]

Yes, really. [She says with a smile, of course.] Don't worry - they're all good things.

Oh... if it's the plants that are poisonous, I guess that means the wine is out, too. [She sighs heavily.] There's something with plants in it. It tasted like... rosewater, I think?

That's a shame. It was way better wine than I ever had in Tolbi.

[...says the fifteen year old.]

So, what are you two going to try and make instead? Do you need any help?

[bloodyashes]

Probably, yes. The tea isn't exactly safe, either.

[Sheba, why are you drinking, you're the youngest person in this conversation even ignoring whacky Auldrant years.]

It's whatever's simplest, for now. From the sound of it, there's a lot of people we need to feed.

[Half a dozen of Narukami's friends, apparently, plus virtually everyone from Auldrant who couldn't cook, and then Sheba and anyone else who decided to show up...]

[pitiedthefool]

[...So she was drinking.

Before the age of fifteen.

...Remind him to not introduce her to Naoto and Kanji, then. He has a feeling they knew their alcohol, too.]

Kanji-kun was going to help keep Rise from making whatever they find too spicy, so...

[They are going to be busy so of course they could use the help. ...If she knew how to cook because let's face it, none of the girls back home knew how except for Naoto who knew how to follow a recipe.]

/casually phonetags

[seekinganswers]

[There's no drinking age in Weyard and Sheba spent a good few years as a prisoner-- honored guest in the court of the ruler of what was arguably the largest, wealthiest city-state in the eastern half of the world, ignoring Lemuria. Of course she's had wine. She doesn't seem to think it's anything unusual.]

Yeah... Well, I'll definitely help if there's anything you need me to do! [She holds up the cookbook she'd filched from the library on her way to the kitchen.] Most of the stuff in here looked pretty simple, and I'm good at following directions. [Plus she could just peek into their minds to figure out how to do something if she got confused along the way.]

/also casually phonetags

[bloodyashes]

[Yeah, Sheba, the minimum drinking age in the worlds of both the dudes in front of you is twenty. Even if Asch cheats his way by on a military exception once or twice.]

A couple recipes are always a good place to start.

[He's sure Narukami can vouch for what happens when someone tries to experiment without knowing what they're doing just as well as he can. Yu why are our love interests terrible cooks.]

/casually late on accident whoops

[pitiedthefool]

[Man, even he cheated a couple of times since the tower since he's preeeetty sure that the drinks back at Club Escapade weren't alcoholic unless some jerk thought it'd be funny to see Risette tipsy. It's still weird for him to see someone admit to underage drinking so willingly, though.]

I have one for curry and a few pork dishes...

[But the likelihood that either of them know what those dishes are is small and it makes him sad. Silly other world cuisine. Probably to balance out our skillz...]