Entry 004

[chippedsoul]

Characters: Kazuma Asougi [Jekyll/Hyde]
Campaign: Break
Format: [ brackets ]
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Summary: Catch-All for the Break


A - The Doctor is out [Network]

I will not be meeting with clients in person until further notice. If you must make an inquiry for some medicine, use the journal to contact me. I will let you know when it's ready to be picked up.

-Disciple

B- A nightly stroll in the forest

[Anyone who happens to be wandering around or living in the forest, might hear a disturbance during the nighttime. It doesn't occur every night, but when it does, it sounded like someone was cutting down the trees. There's also a low rumbling like thunder that occasionally accompanied the sound afterwards, like a rhythmic thumping. Looking into the source, they will find themselves at the edge of the Index. The ground appeared unstable, with trees uprooted and large boulders that have been split into smaller pieces scattering about the area.

This warzone was only found along the edge of the Index, and every few nights, a new area would turn into a disaster area. If someone manages to catch the person in the act, it turns out to be the Disciple, or was it the Disciple? The low rumbling noise was from him ramming trees into the barrier or throwing boulders at it. Whatever he could pick up and throw, which was almost anything, he was directing them at the barrier. A few times he was crazy enough to punch the barrier.] I need...to go... [If you manage to get in close enough, you can hear him mumbling about going somewhere. It doesn't seem like he's quite all there himself. Are those pajamas he's wearing?]

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[This post is for the entirety of the break, so feel free to poke me on Discord or silentdrifterz if there's something else you want to play out instead or make your own starter!]

Comments

[ricebird]

[Depends on how confident he is; as long as he looks like he knows what he's doing, she'll be fine.]

My favorite...?

[Disciple. Disciple no, this is like asking her to pick a favorite child. She is like Bubba Gump on steroids and no shrimp based limits. You will be here until nightfall, if now dawn.]

Well... rice and miso soup are pretty much THE staples of any meal at home, and I love them both a lot. Then again, noodles are delicious too, like ramen which are thin and curly wheat noodles made with alkaline water, or soba which are really toothsome buckwheat noodles, or soft and gooey udon noodles, or somen noodles which are also wheat-based like udon but a lot thinner. And there are so many ways to prepare them too! Of course there's hot soup for all of them, but you can also serve ramen noodles cold with veggies and cold meat or fish and sesame sauce for hiyashi chūka, or grill udon noodles with salt or sauce- oh and don't be fooled by the name! Yakisoba actually uses wheat noodles instead of soba noodles more often than not! And of course there's a lot of different toppings you can do for all of them--

[SEE WHAT YOU'VE DONE? AND THIS IS JUST THE NOODLES.]

[chippedsoul]

[He might seem too comfortable around a knife, but that just means less chance of a disaster?

And he's realizing very quickly his question had opened pandora's box. He could barely follow her when she gets really in-depth with the ingredients. What the heck is alkaline water? Water is just water.] You have a lot of favorites. [Somewhere in that long winded explanation, the Disciple manages to speak up. At least she seems to be in a better mood.]

[ricebird]

[It's water mixed with pre-baked baking soda like you would corn starch.]

Well... there's a lot of good food out there to love, isn't there?


[Just don't get her started on all her favorite ways to have RICE.]

[chippedsoul]

Hm. There is. [He's not annoyed or anything. Just amused and glad she's doing better.] Maybe it be easier to ask if there's anything you don't like?

[ricebird]

Hm, well... I used to not like wasabi. But then my mom told me it was disrespectful to the food and the cook to not eat everything on my plate. So now I can eat just about anything unless something went REALLY wrong when cooking it.

[Like burnt rice, or donuts.]

[chippedsoul]

That's a respectable way to approach it. [The noodles have been boiling in the water for a bit, so he takes a strainer, believing they were ready.] Is this good?

[ricebird]

[Nod nod.] That should be fine for now.

Next, peel the potatoes and cut them into quarters. You also want the peel off the edges with edge of the knife and soak them in a bowl of water until we're ready to cook them.

[To supposedly keep the sharply-cut edges from bumping and damaging each other while cooking and to remove excess starch, respectively.]

[chippedsoul]

...Potatoes. [Why is it always potatoes? If he wasn't peeling them, it was all there would be to eat. He peels those potatoes vehemently, as if wanting to get it over with. At least it's not a bag full of potatoes to peel and cut this time.]

[ricebird]

[Yeah, definitely not the reaction she expected.]

Eh? Do... you not like potatoes, Disciple-dan?

[chippedsoul]

Hm? [He looks to her and then to the potatoes.] ...Not exactly.

[ricebird]

Uh well... I guess for now it's okay; since the potatoes are in big chunks, I can just make sure your bowl doesn't have any. Hm... maybe taro might work instead next time...?

[chippedsoul]

I don't hate potatoes. [Let's get that point across.] This is a fine amount.

[ricebird]

Mm? Then... why did you look unhappy about them? If you don't mind me asking, I mean.

[chippedsoul]

Just that I was once tasked to peel potatoes. [A lot of them. But he was also good at it.]

[ricebird]

[At first Kotori thinks "... and?" but... oh. Did... he go through something similar? Well, either way, she won't push Disciple to elaborate unless he wants to.]

[chippedsoul]

What next? [Denied.]

[ricebird]

[Fair enough, he didn't press her about her trauma a while ago, so no need to press him.]

Okay, once you put the potatoes in the water to soak, cut the onion in half, then give each half a course chop.

[chippedsoul]

All right. [The back and forth between them continues until all the ingredients have been prepared, boiled in the stock and left to simmer for a bit. Disciple will help to clean the kitchen a bit while they wait, maybe pull out the cookie dough again. But before that...]

You should hold onto this. [At some point, he presents the wooden knife to Kotori.]

[ricebird]

[Kotori looks up from drying the cutting board after washing it, a bit surprised after she'd reacted so poorly early. But... maybe she shouldn't be, with how patient Disciple's been.

She sets the board down and wipes off her hands so she can accept the knife properly, with two hands and a medium-light bow.]

Thank you... For this, and for being willing to teach me today.