Week 2

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[Other than the reappearance of the Overseer, there's no real change in the routine. PAL still makes the morning and night time announcements through the PIP on each Champion's arm, and still the Champion unitards are freshly laundered and re-hung each morning in their closets.

No other floors unlock, but Cece and Kip will still be appearing randomly to chit-chat.

All you know is... something has to change soon.]

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[ooc: Don't forget to to turn in your AC for week 1 and submit your threads for the Benefactors!]

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[misanthropicprinciple]

[...Snicker.]

Sure, I'll take something to breakfast.

[Oh, he can tease without being a total ass. He still looks significantly less than a million bucks after his whiskey binge, but the charmed amusement comes through.]

Probably just toast, but this isn't my first trip down Hangover Avenue. If I can get something bland down, it'll help.

[After a pause, he raises the soda to her.]

And thanks. For this.

[serrata]

[ she swats at him playfully. ]

Oh, if you're not careful I'll leave you and your hangover to fend for yourselves.

[ ... of course, she says this, but then she starts rooting around in the fridge herself to start getting her food out. Looks like something eggy...? ]

I've been having okayu most mornings -- how does that sound? With a bit of egg and maybe some miso mixed in. Do you think it might settle your stomach a bit?

[misanthropicprinciple]

Oh, man. I haven't had okayu since...

[He trails off, then laughs softly, a little wistfully to himself.]

I think it's been years. Okayu sounds like just the thing, Rii-san. Should I make tea?

[serrata]

If you don't mind. I'll start getting the rice ready.

[ she's already washed a bit for herself but since Junpei's going to be eating as well, she'll go ahead and start washing some more. ]

Any tea you'd like is fine, by the way! I'm not very picky.

[misanthropicprinciple]

Wouldn't feel like a Japanese breakfast with anything but green tea on the side, would it?

[Time to put some water in the kettle.]

[serrata]

[ scrub scrub with the rice. it's actually mostly clean already, she's found -- just a few rinses before the water runs clear and she can add it to the rice cooker. ]

It really wouldn't! I'm counting myself lucky we've got some, though. With the... theme going on, I wasn't really expecting us to be able to make the basics like this.

[ are you saying this ISN'T up to par with a romantic candle lit dinner for two, yuuri? unbelievable. ]

[misanthropicprinciple]

I guess it's tough to make breakfast a flashy, romantic gesture in any culture. ...Uh, unless it's breakfast in bed, I guess.

[The prepared kettle goes on the stove, and Junpei finds himself without much to do.]

...What else can I help with?

[serrata]

You can chop the green onions, if you like. There should be some in the fridge -- and I'll start getting the stock ready.

[ It's a pretty simple veggie stock made simpler by the fact that there's stock cubes in the cupboard -- no expense spared on the Fantasy Sweet, apparently.

She starts busying herself with getting water and pans and stock together as she says all this. She's been mostly cooking breakfast by herself since they all got here but having someone to chat with while she does it reminds her of home. It's nice. ]

[misanthropicprinciple]

Sure. I can chop.

[He even, once he finds the green onions, rinses and dries them before he starts to chop, like someone who is not a feral internet child raised on a space meteor. Imagine.]

...This, uh. This is kind of nice. Making breakfast together with someone for once.

[He doesn't turn from his work as he speaks.]

[serrata]

[ Yuuri does -- she glances up briefly from the bubbling stock to look at him like she's a little surprised. But then her expression warms into a smile and she nods, turning her attention back to the pot and stirring it idly. ]

... It is. It's usually just me doing the cooking at home so this is a nice change.

[ If she could have Kurumi and Yuki here, sat at the table and chattering about everything and nothing... then she'd take it in a heartbeat.

But this might not be so bad either. Not by a long shot. ]

SLAMS THIS IN FOR MONOCOIN

[misanthropicprinciple]

I don't even usually eat breakfast, most days. I don't wake up early enough to make it for myself.

[His chopped onions come out slightly coarse, but not in an unappealing or inedible way. If anyone even notices, it'll be more a reminder that this breakfast is homemade.]

So you do most of the cooking for your club, I guess? The three of you at school.

L O O T

[serrata]

Most of it, yes. Yuki-chan's not a very good cook [ sorry Yuki but it's true ] so it usually ends up being me. I make that sound like I mind doing it, but I really don't! There's nothing nicer than setting a plate of something you've made in front of someone and seeing their face light up.

[ And Yuki's always a very enthusiastic eater. ]

Do you cook much back home, then?

[misanthropicprinciple]

Ah, ahaha. Nnnnot really.

[He brings the cutting board with the green onions over to her.]

I, uh, end up eating packaged stuff a lot, and cheap take-out... Sometimes I'll make a dinner out of what I can get out of the closest vending machine.

[Mmm. Depression meals. Yum.]

[serrata]

[ She scoots the pot over a bit, moving it off the burner just enough to let him empty those green onions into the broth. ]

Oh, that's not so bad -- in fact, don't tell anyone, but...

[ she leans in and cups a hand to her mouth, dropping her voice into a kind of whisper that implies a shameful confession ]

Whenever I make spaghetti at home, the sauce is always from a packet.

[ S C A N D A L O U S ]

[misanthropicprinciple]

[He's leaning in to listen, scraping the last onions into the broth, when she goes and says that, and--]

...Hahaha!

[They're trapped, he's hungover as hell, and Junpei still pops a mock-challenging grin and lowers his voice to respond:]

When I do spaghetti, I don't even make sauce.

[serrata]

[ The most scandalized of gasps. It's so needlessly theatrical she even covers her mouth. It's certainly not so she can hide the fact that she's completely incapable of even faking a straight face. ]

Then what do you eat with your spaghetti? Don't tell me you just eat it by itself?

[ you brute ]

[misanthropicprinciple]

If I'm feeling fancy, sometimes I'll put popcorn salt on it. Or soy sauce.

[JUNPEI, STOP, YOU HAVE BACHELORED TOO FAR.]

[serrata]

Now that's just too far. Completely uncivilized. I'm shocked you even know how to handle a knife, let alone chop anything.

Do you at least know how to check how the rice in a cooker is getting along?

[misanthropicprinciple]

I'm single, not hopeless. My rice cooker is, like, my best friend.

[Also, his only friend. HEEYYYY.]

[serrata]

Then would you go ahead and bring it over? It should soften up some more once it boils with the rest of the stock.

[ it's a bigger serving than usual, but she's also made more stock than usual so it... should work out. Hopefully. ]