A Nice Meal [Open]

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For the most part, Sasami knew that the newcomers would be looking for something good to eat. While she had forgotten to mention it in her introduction post on the omnicomms, she made sure that her little restaurant was set up and ready for anyone who wanted a nice meal away from the slop.

The rules were pretty much laid out for what the crew - new and old - could and couldn't have and made sure that they didn't try to get more than she allowed - the food had to last until their next stop.

Now, came the hard part - waiting. Would anyone notice and stop by? The First Tree Cafe's open for business, everyone!

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Sasami saw Hoshi's scars, but hid any sort of worry or concern. Hoshi wouldn't want her to pity her, would she?

Instead, she focused on getting her sister a spare apron. A bit of searching and she tossed her one. "Here you go! I hope it isn't too small!"

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Hoshi noticed her looking at her scars before she gave her a confident smile. It was in the past and she was working on leaving it behind her for a better future.

She caught the apron and tied it around the back of her neck and then her waist. She already shrugged off her vest and placed it down. "There we go! It's a perfect fit!"

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"Great!" Sasami said, smiling as she went to take Hoshi's vest and hang it up. It was best not to leave it hanging around - might get taken or dirtied up.

Taking on her own apron, she moved to join Hoshi before leading her into the kitchen. "I try to have some desserts ready from time to time in case anyone wanted some first... or last, it depends." she said, chuckling at the end.

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That was a good idea. The vest held her beylauncher and the Gaia Memories she was trusted with, in which if those were taken, well... it would not be a good thing.

"I can start making some of those. What kinds of desserts do you normally put out?"

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Don't worry about that, then. They're safe and sound in a nearby closet, locked up just in case.

"I tend to have a few cakes ready from time to time. A lot of them carrot. But, if there's something you wanted to put out, be my guest! Maybe there's something I've missed.

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In which, when Sasami said that, it translated to her as "go wild with what you want."

"All right!" She said, giving her sister a nod. She would have fun with making plenty of desserts.

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Oh, now Sasami's curiosity was piqued. Hoshi seemed excited at the prospect and now she was curious as to what she'd do.

"You have an idea already?" she asked, a playful tone in her voice.

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"Yep! I wanna make castella, which is a Japanese sponge cake made with sugar, flour, eggs, and starch syrup, and then melonpan, on top of anmitsu!"

Already, she was collecting ingredients, flitting back and forth in the kitchen.

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Now, that sounded delicious...! It didn't help that it was also making Sasami slightly hungry, too...!

"You'll have to teach me that, then, Hoshi-neesan!" she said. "I've actually never had that!"

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"Maybe dango on top of that, too. It's a Japanese dumpling..." Hoshi muttered to herself, having so many ideas in store for the desserts.

"All right! Grab a chair and I'll teach you how to make it!"

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Sasami nodded, letting out a brief affirmative noise before moving to grab a chair and climb up on it to see what Hoshi is doing.

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Hoshi went to work making the sponge cake first, placing the ingredients in the bowl while humming a song to herself. It did seem like she was definitely getting in the zone, so to speak, about making the desserts for Sasami's restaurant.

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And Sasami, little cooking prodigy that she is, took notice of what Hoshi did, helping out in her own little way, but letting her sister do what she needed to do and not get in the way.

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Once the castella was done, Hoshi went to put it in the oven and then washed her hands for the next one on the list, which was melonpan. Again, she got the ingredients that were necessary and taught Sasami how to make it.

It felt good to be able to spread her culture around more than it had been.

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Indeed it was - it was nice to know different things now and then and if there was ever a time she needed to make it and Hoshi wasn't around, she could do it herself.

Though, admittedly, the whole thing was making her hungry even more, which she tried to hide from Hoshi...

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The way Hoshi was explaining things was extensive and she'd definitely give Sasami a hard copy of it just to have the recipes around.

She did notice that Sasami was getting hungry, and she was, too. Well, when she cooked with her mother, she was allowed to snack on things time to time, so...

"Say, Sasami. Do you have some pretzels around or just a light snack?" she asked, giving her a little look.

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"Hmm... I just might, let me check." Sasami said, hopping down from her chair. In her hurry to check, she didn't catch sight of a small spill she missed cleaning up, causing her to slip up.

"H-HOSHI!"

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Hoshi turned her attention over to Sasami when she called for her and managed to catch her before she fell.

"You okay?" she asked, in which this move made her drop a couple of things, but it was like spilled milk. You didn't cry over it.

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Sasami looked up at her sister, panting as she caught her breath. Her flailing knocked off Reimi's ribbon from her hair, letting her hair from that pig tail drape loose over herself and Hoshi.

"Y-Yes, I'm fine." she said. "Thanks to you. I... I guess I missed a spot cleaning up."

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Hoshi noticed she got her pants dirty, simply shrugging it off. She picked Reimi's ribbon up for Sasami and looked at her. "It'll be okay," she told her.

"All we have to do is just clean it up, no worries. I'll get a mop and some water."

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"Okay..." she said, calming down. Gently, she took back her ribbon and went to reset her pigtail before letting Hoshi get the mop and water.

It was a scary experience, to say the least.

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Once Hoshi got the bucket of warm, soapy water and the mop, she went to clean up the spills and was still smiling. "You wouldn't have a caution sign here, would you?"

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Sasami looked up, blinking. Of everything she needed, it was probably one thing she never thought of.

"Ah... no, not really. I... really didn't think I'd needed one."

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"That's okay. Do you have a sheet of paper and a pen?" asked Hoshi as she was done with the cleanup. She picked the bucket of water up and drained it as well as wring the mop out.

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"That, I do!" she said, chuckling slightly. She hopped up and went to get the pen and paper before returning to Hoshi, handing both of them to her.