Home is where the tart is [Open]

[zouichi.livejournal.com]

Despite not requiring much in the way of food, Zouichi did know how to cook. But with friends and acquaintances from wildly different backgrounds, he figured he could stand to expand his repertoire. So today he was trying out desserts. The inside of one of the Sensoriums had been transformed into a brightly-lit kitchen, its counters covered with baking pans, bowls, fruit, flour, and a multitude of other ingredients.

Zouichi, wearing a dark blue apron, was just taking a batch of chilled dough out of the refrigerator, rolling it carefully out between waxed paper sheets. It was looking pretty good, or so he thought. Nothing had even exploded yet!

From somewhere within the kitchen, the smell of cake wafted up into the air. Caaake.

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[zouichi.livejournal.com]

He nodded. "By the way, would you like to give this a try? I'm making fruit tart shells. They're sort of like cupcakes, you just need to make sure they fit in the pan and don't overflow."

[seraphicthunder.livejournal.com]

"Of course." Getting some water, she sipped it as she cleared her tastebuds with a swallow. "I'll give it a try it then."

[zouichi.livejournal.com]

Zouichi handed her a tart pan and some dough.

"This is my first try for this sort of thing. The cake I've made before... hopefully it'll turn out all right."

He sighed. "So, how did Lirath go for you?"

[seraphicthunder.livejournal.com]

"Better than expected. The calnus though stayed and protected the Quarter."

She shrugged. "We were undercrewed. Little we could do in battle."

[zouichi.livejournal.com]

"The Calnus?"

He nodded. "We're all understaffed, I think. I was in the ground battle in a variable fighter."

[seraphicthunder.livejournal.com]

"My ship. I was able to get a skeleton crew and bring it out for combat."

She nodded, placing her hands on her hips. "Lucky. I haven't piloted a small craft in ages."

[zouichi.livejournal.com]

He smiled. "It is sort of exhilarating. Especially the dogfights, and there were plenty of those in the last battle. For my part, I've never piloted a large craft."

[seraphicthunder.livejournal.com]

"I could show you some of the Calnus's systems later once it's all back to normal," suggested Reimi.

[zouichi.livejournal.com]

He tilted his head a little in surprise. "I'd appreciate the tour. If you're not afraid I'd break anything."

[seraphicthunder.livejournal.com]

"We should be okay. Our technology is pretty hardy back home." said Reimi, nodding.