Week 5

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Week 5

[In a tragic yet seemingly inevitable turn of fate, the Champions have lost Zombina this week. OsoKaramatsu and Korra, too, are gone, both having fallen in their attempts to help their fellow Champions out of terrible circumstances.

Again, the Champions will find themselves experiencing strange dreams on Sunday night, until they're awakened by C.E.C.E.'s announcement. This is all starting to become routine.]

Congratulations, Champions! By surviving your third trial, you have unlocked the fourth floor of the ship. A new mini map has been added to your P.I.P.!

[The trash compactor is completely shiny and new again. In addition, the profiles on the P.I.P.s still inticate that Karamatsu is dead. Because of course he is, right?

Fuck you.]


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Comments

[karappo]

[Karamatsu has always found himself...a small bit unsure around Manaka. He's certain she finds (and found) him and his brother to be insufferable, deservedly so, but at the same time he wonders if that's carried on. The offering of dinner for everyone seems to say no...and it's as he told Kaiba before. There's no sense in being unkind to one another at this point.

So he eventually makes his way to the diner to see what's being...cooked up, so to speak.]

...this is...quite generous of you, Manaka-chan.

1/2

[immaculacies]

Ah, Matsuno-san...

[Manaka does seem unsure of how to respond to him. She regards him uncertainly, like she isn't quite sure what to make of his arrival—]

[immaculacies]

[—and then, abruptly, she brightens up.]

Mm! Everyone's been so gloomy, and I'm not feeling nearly so bad. It only makes sense that a job like this should fall to me, then!

Is there anything you wanted to request, Matsuno-san?

[karappo]

Eh?

[Karamatsu is...caught quite off guard by how cherry she is all of a sudden. She doesn't feel bad, she says? Well, he guesses that would make some sense if the people who died she was not particularly close to...and perhaps the motive didn't matter to her, either?

He falters for a moment, lifting a hand to rub the back of his neck.]

C...call me Karamatsu, please.

[Matsuno-san...while there is only one here, he'd just rather not face that reality.]

But ah, I guess...how are you with traditional Japanese cuisine?

[She's offering and he can't really cook, so??]

[immaculacies]

Mm. Karamatsu-san, then.

[She ignores the way he falters, smile staying perfectly in place.]

How traditional do you mean? Japanese is most of what I've grown up eating and making.

[karappo]

I was thinking something along the lines of...Karaage?

[It's pretty damn simple compared to anything else he could have asked for, but there it is.]

[immaculacies]

Of course! [She claps her hands in front of herself.] That's easy. And it should be doable with what's stocked in the kitchen, too!

[karappo]

[Karamatsu can't help but smile a little. He decides not to question Manaka's eagerness and just accept the free food while he still can. Why not, right? Especially since he's not going to get anything like what he'd be eating at home otherwise.]

Do you need any help with it?

[immaculacies]

If you'd like to. I can handle it myself, but... It's nice to cook with other people, right? That's part of why I suggested this.

[karappo]

[Karamatsu nods, even if he only half understands the sentiment.]

It would certainly help lift everyone's spirits at the very least.

[immaculacies]

Alright, then! I'll make the batter, you cut up whatever it is you want fried.

[karappo]

[Karamatsu nods, rolling up the sleeves of his hoodie despite the cold as he enters the kitchen. Usually he wouldn't volunteer for work like this, but he's also not the same person he was before. He'd much rather keep himself busy than sit and think too much, anyway.

So! On to finding some chicken to cut up...he's certain there are probably some breasts he can dice so he doesn't have to worry about separating a chicken, something he absolutely doesn't know how to do.]

Where did you learn to cook, Manaka-chan?

[immaculacies]

Ah, well, it's not like I was ever formally taught. It's just something I've picked up bits of here and there—from helping my mother, and things like that.

[It's an extremely normal answer, all things considered.]

hahaha boy this thread after the fact is. fun

[karappo]

[Very normal...]

I see...well, you must be rather proficient if you are willing to take requests from us.

:)

[immaculacies]

Mm, I am good at it! But I could still be better. There's...someone I want to be better for, so I guess, in a way, I'm using this for practice, too.

[Her smile takes on a slightly shier lilt as she speaks, and she drops her head downward, like he's not meant to see it.]

[karappo]

Oh, is there?

[He almost asks if it's a significant other but...girl's fourteen.]