WEEK 1

[strangerpeople]

WEEK 1

[Well, this is...happening. This is a thing. This is your life now. The Commander is expecting you to just up and kill one another, and then try to get away with it. No big deal, right? You guys can handle this. You won't fall for what she has. She's clearly an idiot. A loud idiot, but still an idiot. She's not going to get one over you.

...Right?

In any case, the Commander's quarters are now open for anyone who decides they can actually stand to be in the same room as her, but beware - any favor you might ask of her is going to come at a price, and who knows what she'll ask you to do if you decide to gain a boon from her. Unless you're a suck-up like Baku - then she'll apparently be flattered. Maybe that's a good tactic to use?


Whatever you do, try not to murder the bread again. The Bread Did Nothing Wrong.


There are fifteen strangers in this place.]



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Comments

[fashionfever]

Thanks for understanding; I've been in Tokyo but it's sooooooo cosmopolitan... [MAYBE WHEN THIS IS ALL OVER SHE CAN SEE THE BOYS' HOMETOWNS OR WHATEVER

leans over at the labels] See, they had little English labels like this in all the hotels and stuff! It was so helpful.

[theserpentsmiles]

I'm not surprised, since it's Tokyo. They'd have to cater to tourists a bit. [Just by sheer bulk.]

Though...this kitchen's stock is a little more obscure than just a foreign language...

[fashionfever]

[She adjusts the heat on the stove or whatever and then leans down even closer next to him.]

Anything that really stands out to you?

[theserpentsmiles]

It's almost all military rations and slightly less-than-modern space food. ...Both are honestly better than most people think.

[He knows what he's doing though so he may as well make what he can a little more accessible to the laymen!]

[fashionfever]

[WHY DOES THIS KID KNOW SO MUCH ABOUT BOTH OF THOSE THINGS]

Oh, yeah? Are they organic?

[theserpentsmiles]

I...don't think so? Maybe some but probably not... [Since they're government-issued bulk kinds of things, they're probably made for a specific intersection of cheap and effective.]

Both are more about function than flavor, but it's not like you'd want troops to throw away their emergency rations before they'd eat them...

[fashionfever]

Oh... [She still doesn't really understand how they're better than you'd think, then.] Are soldiers just better at putting up with unflavorful things?

[theserpentsmiles]

No, well, maybe. They don't have a lot of options and usually do get enough activity that a lot of things would taste good, but I meant more like....most people assume rations and space fooddon't taste very good. They'e a lot more like normal food than people think, though.

[fashionfever]

Huh. I mean, to me if you can't lift out all the strands in 3D and blow the steam everywhere, it's not really the same, even if it fills you up and tastes nice.

...speaking of which!

[Jumping over to the pot of spaghetti, it seems to finally be done! Draining the water with a big flourish. She likes making big impacts on objects.]

[theserpentsmiles]

Probably not. I bet it makes it better when they get to have it that way.

[Nagisa went to space once, he can attest to earth food tasting better right after he got back.

He'll let her have her fun serving the spaghetti. Why do anything if you can't have some fun with it?]

[fashionfever]

[She uses a fork to dish it all out onto two plates - it wasn't a terribly large pot, so as to boil faster - in big spirals. A nostalgic smile splits her face.]

You know what would be nice right about now? Real butter cut into roses like at restaurants.

[theserpentsmiles]

I don't think I've ever been to a restaurant fancy enough to do that... [It sounds like a more western thing??? Maybe??? Napoli...it sounds like an Italian name. No wonder she's fond of pasta, then.]

Thank you, Napoli-san.

child abuse mention

[fashionfever]

[Man, in the context of her eventually hearing that Nagisa's mom drugged him, Nagisa's lack of fancy restaurant experience despite his classy demeanor is going to worry Angela. For now she nods indulgently at Nagisa's acceptance.]

You're welcome~!

[She's sitting down now to eat her own pasta.] I guess noodles are served with soup more in Japan. What kind of stuff do you like to put on that?

[theserpentsmiles]

Ramen comes with all kinds of toppings. You can't really go wrong with pork or seaweed, and sometimes butter is added to make the broth richer.

Ah... I guess in America, you mostly think of instant ramen, don't you?