w2 sunday night curry group

[clockpunk]

[ so after all that and just Everything In General chrono has commandeered the kitchen and is just fucken

going to town on a ridiculous amount of vegetables. there's already two piles of meat off to one side before anyone else arrives - one beef, one chicken - as well as rice cooking, which is giving off a fresh, enticing smell. chrono barely looks up unless spoken to.

his kitchen skills are practiced, methodological, clearly someone who has done this many times before. though maybe not commonly at this sheer volume.

you can pop in early to help with the preparation, or arrive later when the scent of spices and onions and meat has started overtaking the building. up to you!! feel free to talk amongst yourselves as well. ]

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[clockpunk]

Yeah. I grew up cookin' for me and my aunt. She's useless at it.

[ he loves mikuru dearly but that woman burns water. ]

It's Japanese-style curry. You ever had it before?

[outdistanced]

Huh. I thought adults were supposed to be better at this stuff.

No, never heard of it.

[clockpunk]

She's got other stuff to worry about, so it's fine. Not like I mind.

[ frowns. ]

What're you guys even eating in 2040-whatever?

[outdistanced]

Well, if you don't mind...

[ shrugs? ]

I don't know. Whatever the cafeteria makes, I guess. They do this "mystery meat special" for Saturdays - I do not recommend it.

[clockpunk]

It's useful to be able to cook for yourself.

[ and for others, clearly. the face he makes at the mention of mystery meat says it all. ]

Yeah, hard pass. This'll be way better, promise.

[outdistanced]

[ makes a face. ]

Now you sound like Marcoh... I've never had to learn.

Kind of a low bar, but I'll believe you.

[clockpunk]

[

holds out a peeler. ]

No time like the present.

[outdistanced]

[ takes it ]

And this is...?

[ he's never been allowed in the kitchen part of the cafeteria please explain. ]

[clockpunk]

Vegetable peeler.

[ flips a second one in his hands, demonstrating how to hold it. picks up a potato. ]

So you jus' put a bit of pressure with the blade here, and pull it down while rotating whatever you're peeling the opposite way.

[outdistanced]

[ he's watching, picking up another potato to imitate the motions. ]

And you really have to do this every day?

[clockpunk]

[ leans over to correct his grip slightly, then continues with the demonstration. the first few peels are normal bits, then he decides to show off a little by doing that one long spiral of peel thing. the question does make him smile. ]

Nah, not every day. This isn't the only thing I can make, y'know.

[outdistanced]

[ frowns and tries to do a fancy spiral, too... and naturally, he fails. tch. ]

I wasn't saying it was the only thing you knew. I just didn't realize cooking took all... this.

[ gestures at all the prep work? ]

[clockpunk]

[ tries and fails to not look amused. you tried, buddy. ]

Not everything does, but curry's somethin' best made to share for a few reasons. Help with the prep is one of 'em.

[outdistanced]

[ well!!! he's gonna try again with the next potato!!! ]

If it's that much work, I believe it.

[ cooking... absolute black magic. ]

...Is it a problem if I don't peel it right?

[clockpunk]

[ you can do it laurence i (aaya) believe in you!!!!!!! ]

Nah, no big deal. Cuttin' them the right size is more important than how they're peeled.

[ ...holds up his own spiral peel next to his hair. ]

Look. Matching.

[outdistanced]

[ it's been such a bad weekend but this is so dumb it startles a laugh out of him. ]

And Brimstone said my hair was weird. At least I don't match a potato peel.

[ziosar]

[That comment about adults supposedly being better at this stuff gets a bit of a snort from Akihiko over there, even though he doesn't pipe up yet. Probably won't pipe up unless Laurence addresses him]

[outdistanced]

[ well you better because now he's looking over ]

What?

[ziosar]

Sorry, sorry. I was just reminded of how the best cook I have known was my age.

[And he was really, really good. Probably better than a lot of adults will ever be]

[outdistanced]

[ tilts head. ]

Huh. No one our age is even allowed in the kitchens in the Tower.

[ziosar]

Nobody at all? Are they worried someone will set fire to the stoves by accident?

[He thinks it'd be good for teenagers to learn cooking to have some level of independence even though they're confined to the Tower. It seems like a bit of common sense to him!]

[outdistanced]

I don't know, I never thought to ask. I thought they were just busy since they have to cook for so many people.

[ziosar]

Then once you have a moment learn the basics of cooking. Knowing that much is like knowing how to swim: when you really need it you'll be glad you learned it.

[We got nothing but time in Heaven. It probably is the best place to catch onto the simple concepts before you go back]

[outdistanced]

[ makes a face. ]

Everyone keeps saying stuff like that. As if it's that easy to just pick up a knife, throw things together, and call it a meal. That's probably what they did with the mystery meat, and that stuff was disgusting.

[ziosar]

The first steps are the important ones! Daring to get started is what matters.

[But yeah, probably isn't that easy]