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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[apoisoncary]

[ she is used to things being transactional... ]

Alright. [ she will just take it as helping them not have a bunch of leftovers then ]

Do you cook often?

[clockpunk]

Pretty often. I lived with my aunt, but she's always busy. Even when she was home, she's useless at cooking.

[ the words are admonishing, but the tone is fond. ]

[apoisoncary]

Sounds like you're quite the dutiful nephew.

[clockpunk]

[ he shrugs, slightly offput by the praise. ]

Not really. She works hard to support us both, so it's the least I could do.

[apoisoncary]

[ she will churn over her words a moment to figure out what part he might not have liked ]

What do you usually cook for her?

[clockpunk]

She's only about ten years older than me, so we have similar tastes. So meat and fish, noodles... sometimes just eggs and toast, if she's back from overseas. Jetlag, y'know?

[ pauses. ]

...you probably don't know.

[apoisoncary]

[ she shakes her head ]

I don't know.

[clockpunk]

She travels abroad a lot, and the difference in the timing of day and night between countries affects how your body clock works.

[ tilts his head, thinking. ]

Travel uses these flying machines called aeroplanes, or jets. So, "jetlag".

[apoisoncary]

Flying machines... could you show me sometime using the cave?

[ she's curious ]

[clockpunk]

Yeah, I could do that. They're probably a lot less interesting than you're imagining, though.

[ he moves to stir another of the smaller pots. ]

You want beef, chicken or tofu?

[apoisoncary]

It's been a while since I've had tofu.

[ she'll take that and maybe see if she could steal a bite from zhongli if he's having something different ]

[clockpunk]

[ there's plenty if she wants to try the others too!!

but he'll spoon out a portion of rice and a ladle of curry into a bowl and hand it to her. ]

I should've done some side dishes...