YOU MAY BE A LOVER BUT YOU AIN'T NO DANCER

[strangerpeople]

HELTER SKELTER

[Well, Champions, it certainly does look like you're trapped here.

There's limited food and limited supplies... and while there's a limited number of you, there's certainly too many of you for what you've got on hand. Never mind the whole deal that you've been kidnapped and shoved into someone else's house. Like, who even does that?

And all to "send a message," besides. Whatever that even means.

Regardless, things aren't going to change by just sitting and moping around. You're here until your captor decides he's done with you, so while there's no guarantee that acting won't just make things worse, it's got to be at least a little better than this.

Right?]

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[carryabigstick]

[So this is definitely not like any other day. After the fiasco of waking up with a stranger yesterday, Estelle fell asleep in the living room-- not on the couch, but curled up against the corner near the fireplace. So suffice to say waking up isn't really great. Her hair is kind of a mess, since she hadn't taken it down last night.

Yawning, she stretches out with a sigh.]

Oh... right.

[Now she remembers why she's here and not in a bed.]

Haaaaa... This is going to be a long couple of days.

[Once she's fixed herself back up and looks raring to go-- she makes a proper round about the house. She takes stock of what's in the kitchen.]

Would have been nice if they'd let me keep my recipe book... we're gonna have to ration things out too. We can't let this situation get any worse than it already is.

[Estelle's cooking is... how do you say... not the best, though. Especially without her recipes.]

...now I'm really worried. No. No I was definitely getting better!

kitchen

[dereban]

. . . Uh.

[ Her brow creases slightly in worry, frowning just a little bit. ]

Do you need help with that?

[carryabigstick]

[Estelle, caught up in her cooking dilemma, hadn't even heard Inaba enter.]

Huh--?

[Ah. Caught. What should she do?]

N-no, I'm. Totally fine!! I used to cook at home all the time. So what if I made a few eggs explode that one time... not to mention the time the curtains caught fire...

B-but cooking is totally all about passion! And I have TONS of passion!

[Protect the house Inaba.]

[dereban]

Please don't explode any eggs or catch anything on fire, we barely have any as it is.

[ Probably like a single carton... ] And while passion might be relevant if we weren't in a potential life-threatening situation, it's even more so when we have to actually ration our food out.

[carryabigstick]

I... can't argue against that.

[So much for her usual methods. They said they'd get more answers, but they don't know when they'll actually be released so-- right. Caution.]

I guess something like a soup or stew would probably be a good way to use what we have without going overboard.

[dereban]

We can also make sandwiches with what we have. . . just need to divide it up into smaller pieces, of course. And we can make really really basic onigiri with regular rice since we don't have proper sticky rice.

Kitchen

[stopfen]

[Mikasa could sort of cook, but she was a bit behind with the tech so she just watches.]

What are you doing?

[carryabigstick]

Well. I thought I'd try to plan a meal for everyone-- it's no good trying to deal with everything on an empty stomach, right?

[A noble idea at least.]

Some of the stuff here's kinda different from home, but it's close enough that it shouldn't be an issue.

[stopfen]

All of it is so colourful... I'm not sure what this is.

[It...It was a bag of pasta.]

It does look like you could make a stew. There's a lot of vegetables here.

[She wasn't even opening the fridge.]

[carryabigstick]

Oh! That's pasta. It's dehydrated so you can store it, so it looks kinda weird. But it tastes as good as new once you cook it in water.

[There's a distinct difference in some of the ingredients here that she's familiar with too, so no judgement there. Not a single monster ingredient in sight.]

A stew would be nice too though. Warm food is really comforting.

[stopfen]

So it's a stew ingredient. There's a lot of rarer things here as well.

[And she nods, makes sense. This is still matching with her idea that the homeowner is rich.]

Stew lasts for a long time if you keep it on a fire and adding things.

[narcoolepsysensei]

[While Estelle is poking around, Nanaki will eventually amble in with a yawn.]

Better at what...?

[Although he stops with a sigh when he happens to see what they're dealing with. Mm... this won't do at all.]

...I suppose I should save my asking of what they've got here for when I'm more than just a bit peckish, hmm.

[carryabigstick]

Oh! Uh... cooking, actually!

I was thinking about making something. Some of the machines here are pretty weird though.

[The fuck does "microwave" do? Sounds fancy.]

[narcoolepsysensei]

Hm? Umm, they all seem pretty normal to me.

[So their worlds really are that far apart in terms of time...]

If you have questions bout what these do, I think I can help you.

[carryabigstick]

Well, some of them are similar but—

[She gestures to the microwave and blender.]

Stuff like this, I have no idea. I wonder what they run on. It’s definitely not orbal energy....

[narcoolepsysensei]

They run off of electricity. It's a type of energy. I'm not sure what "orbal" is, but I imagine on some level they must be similar.

[He taps the door of the microwave.]

This is a microwave. Umm, it can be used to heat cold food up. So you could either rewarm a meal or defrost something you've frozen.

...Don't put anything metal in it. It's dangerous if you do. Otherwise, you just put in your food and tell it how long to heat it for. It usually only takes a couple of minutes.

[And now to the blender.]

This is a blender. You put food inside of it and close it and press the button, and these blades spin very fast and blend it all up.

Kitchen

[whatsmytalentagain]

[Oh dear... Well, he gets the importance of rations, but this poor girl is having trouble.

So after a moment, Rantaro taps her on the shoulder while holding his notebook up with one hand.]

Need some help?

[carryabigstick]

Uh, well-- if you don't mind! Are you any good at cooking?

[An assistant sounds like a safe way to ensure the house doesn't burn down.]

[whatsmytalentagain]

[He nods assuredly. He considers himself a pretty good cook.]

[carryabigstick]

Okay then! Let's make this a team effort.

[There's gotta be a fun way to go about this--]

Why don't you list some ingredients you like and we'll see what we can make out of it?

[whatsmytalentagain]

[Nod!

First he's looking over what Estelle already has out. So, what have we got to work with, exactly?]

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[galesanctuary]

That it is. It seems we've landed ourselves into quite a situation.

[ It's dubious nonetheless, and Gaius supposes it could much worse, but it's still one that has him on bit of an edge. Though, he seems rather calm as it is within his nature. ]

[carryabigstick]

[Oh hey. That guy was there for 20 questions with their "stalker"-- but she hadn't met him properly before.]

I wish I could stop getting into these kinds of situations. It's starting to feel like a talent.

[Honestly though, his calm nature is kind of soothing at a time like this.]

[galesanctuary]

[ The two people here, who, coincidentally both have 'Ouroboros' as listed as a dislike on their profiles have finally met...! ]

You're another person who's used to being kidnapped?

[ He met Inaba, who seemed to be in that very same boat. He hopes that's not like a common trend here. ]

[carryabigstick]

This is technically my first official kidnapping, since the last one was actually staged as part of my Bracer training.

[Too bad this couldn't be that easy.]

Usually I like to be the one getting people out of situations like this, not being in them. But I guess you don't really get a choice.

[But before she gets any further...]

Oh--! I'm Estelle by the way. Nice to meet you!