[Mari]

Arle meandered her way over to a very humble looking kitchen at rainbow square, musing quietly to herself about what her day was going to be like. She didn't have any curry spices with her on account of Witch having stolen them ... among other things ... but she was sure the starving wouldn't be too picky on whatever she made. She'd just have to figure it out when she got there. As Arle entered, however, she was met with a surprise. The smell of curry spices filled her nostrils! ...And a familiar Jester filled her sights. Jester Guy just sort of stopped what he was doing upon noticing Arle staring at him, standing behind the counter cooking what appeared to be a curry ....pancake? Actually, that sounded delicious, as far as Arle was concerned. However, the odd and often dangerous jester was a less welcome sight. The two had a staring contest for a very long moment. To Arle's relief, and confusion, the jester abruptly backed away from the kitchen and held up his hands in surrender, moving to begin washing some of dishes he had been using prior. Arle hesitantly, almost reluctantly, moved to settle herself in the kitchen and look over the ingredients she had to work with. It looked like the jester had... brought everything she needed to make a bunch of curry! Perfect!

Now she just needed some aid...

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Shizuka headed towards the kitchen in Rainbow Square, wanting to help with the food supply of the Life Sphere, others will be helping but Shizuka will just be glad that she's helping this bubble that she doesn't live in, as Shizuka was walking towards the kitchen she was holding a blue spray with the title of it being blocked by her hand as she entered the kitchen and witnessed Arle & Jester Guy staring at each other.

"I don't get it, isn't this a kitchen, not a children's playroom?" Shizuka said emotionless to the two as Arle won the staring competition as Shizuka spoke once more.

"So...I'm here to help you make food, is it just curry?"

[Rina]

Someone has to go and cook, and Schezo here is taking some time in the Life Sphere to do that. He's been out of the shelter more than in, ever since his arrival, and this side job should be a nice change of pace. He arrived at the kitchen, bringing in some of his personal vegetables. Seems that mission with the stolen crops gave him a bit extra vegetables to cook with back in his quarters. The grocery bag seemed to contain some extra potatoes, carrots and...mushrooms? They look edible, at the very least. Upon looking inside, he caught sight of Arle...and that rather out of place jester.

"...Am I interrupting something?"

[Mari]

Arle stopped what she was doing, taking inventory, and gave Shizuka a rather dirty look when the other entered and questioned whether the kitchen was a children's playground. There was something pretty despicable about someone who heckled charity workers. "Gee, I wouldn't know. I'm just a child." Arle replied rather dryly, shaking her head in mild disbelief before returning to what she had been doing previously. Jester Guy was, of course, mute and did not acknowledge the conversation at hand. Arle began setting out bowls and arranging the spices she needed to make her very own curry recipe, only for a familiar voice to grab her attention. She perked up at the sight of Schezo, gesturing to Jester Guy and shrugging in bewilderment as if to mirror his thoughts. This was, after all, the person who had seemingly crashed her birthday party.

"Oh hey, Schezo! I was about to start cooking! We're making curry for everyone. Wanna help?"

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Shizuka turned when she saw Schezo appear, he wanted to know if he was interrupting anything. "I'm not sure what that weird clown guy and hero girl are doing." Shizuka said as Arle clarified that she was a child to Shizuka. "Yeah, I can obviously see that." Shizuka snarked as the weird commotion with Arle & Jester Guy soon ended, with Shizuka wanting to know when the actual mission will begin.

"So when are we going to start cooking?"

[Rina]

"I'm afraid I do not know, for I have just arrived. And I know who this 'hero girl' you speak of is."

Schezo turned to Arle, bringing in the extra ingredients he has over. Looks like there's already quite a few of the base ingredients to cook with already, but a little bit extra wouldn't hurt. Never know when there'll be some extra orders. There's cutting boards, pots, the cutlery...yep, that seems to be all of the necessary tools. He put the vegetables down on the empty counter, freeing his hands from the weight.

"That I am, Arle. The knives, boards, and the pots are in good condition as well. If I may begin with preparing the ingredients..."

Schezo browsed the ingredients present, starting with the vegetables. At the very least, they'll be ready to be dropped in to cook. Schezo began with the onion, slicing it in half and making some cuts before dicing it into small bits. He's surprisingly deft with a knife, though that may or may not be from his skill as a swordsman. Why the onions first? Might as well get the most pungent one out of the way first. No one wants to get distracted by the onions tearing you up.

[Mari]

It was then that Arle realized she had made a grave mistake: Entering the food service industry. Once again she stopped what she was doing, shaking her head in bewilderment. That was twice, in just a couple of minutes. How was she supposed to do this job with this woman going out of her way to bother her? One thing was for sure. She wasn't going to allow this to continue. "Actually, I think we have the cooking covered. Why don't you take the day off~? Maybe take the whole week..." Arle remarked, her annoyance barely contained. This time she did not return her attention to the assembled curry ingredients on the counter, intent on confronting Shizuka. She'd have all the time in the world to cook once she dealt with this annoying distraction.

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Shizuka realised what Arle was attempting to do, already the girl wanted her gone after she made a couple of remarks about her, well she wasn't going to leave that easily, especially since she got her bottle out that could really help with the simple cooking mission the four were in. "No." Shizuka said simply to the young girl as she waited for the mission to actually begin, she spoke again to Arle as Schezo was about to prepare the ingredients.

"So, are you going to assign me to do something or are you going to start trying to get rid of me because I said only two truthful things about you?"

[Rina]

Schezo, however, paid no mind to the little squabble the girls are having. He continued chopping away at the vegetables, already having diced the onions and moved onto peeling the carrots and potatoes. The potatoes themselves have a rustic feel to them, so leaving the potato skin on would not be the best idea. With a small knife, he deftly peeled the skins off over an empty "scrap bowl" before he cut them up into discs and cubic chunks respectively. There's quite a bit of vegetables cut up and assorted into glass bowls already, and at this rate, Schezo's going to have to cut the meat to chunks. Seems the selection of meat consists of chicken and beef from the look of things.

Hopefully their bickering shall end soon.

Hey, Schezo can't help it if he wants to focus on being productive than be distracted by this. If they're not going to stop, he might have to resort shoving the bowl of chopped onions in front of them to make them stop.

[Mari]

Arle just sort of gave Shizuka an incredulous look for a very long moment. One could see her patience rapidly wearing down to a very fine point, recognition vanishing from her eyes as her thoughts completely consumed her vision. The moment would eventually pass, after which Arle moved to pass Shizuka and leave the kitchen without acknowledging her question.

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Shizuka watched as Arle left the kitchen, causing her to shrug and notice a pile of vegetables that she could cook up for the curry...Perfect. "Well, I guess it's time to use this." Shizuka thought as she looked at the bottle she was holding which has a small disclaimer at the front, which reads. "吐き気が下痢を誘発する警告：どんな食べ物にもスプレーを吐いてはいけません（あなたが復讐したいのでない限り)" Shizuka walked over to the veggies before placing the bottle on the table and began to cut them up into pieces, as she did so she turned towards Schezo. "Mind if I help you...Lemres right?" Shizuka said to Schezo as she quickly sprayed some of the mysterious Japanese bottle on the vegetables before looking back at Schezo.

She held up the bottle.

"Do you want to borrow this, it can help make the curry more...Tasty."

[Rina]

Thank goodness they stopped.

Schezo, having cut up his share of the vegetables, moved onto to the meat. First thing he did was to trim off the very fatty bits of the beef before cutting it up to chunks. Biting into a huge lump of fat isn't very pleasant and not very tasty. As he sliced the cut of beef, he came to notice the bottle placed on the table, followed by Shizuka trying to "help out." The first mistake was that she got his name wrong.

"No, that is not my name."

...and he wasn't planning to tell her what his actual name is, feeling that there's some bad blood between her and Arle. Second, he became suspicious of the contents of that bottle. The label isn't readable to him, but he did come across that writing somewhere. The only reason he got suspicious of it was the delivery on her suggestion. The little pause at the end tipped him off that the bottle had some malicious chemical laden within, and she just recently applied it to the fresh vegetables. What exactly it'll do is unknown to him, but his natural skepticism is pinning up red flags. He immediately stopped what he did and gave her a dirty look, crossing his arms.

"Unless you tell me what the contents of the bottle are, I'm afraid you've contaminated what limited vegetables we have to work with."

[Mari]

Arle is no longer present. Jester Guy is busy cleaning up the dishes he had previously been using. A small hoard of hungry mouths awaited, unknowing of the shenanigans going on behind the counter. Perhaps that's for the best. It seemed that the mission was, perhaps, ruined on account of Shizuka's mystery ingredient. Thankfully, Schezo had the presence of mind to question the rather sketchy remark. The consequences of serving a tainted batch of curry would be far, far greater than a simple mission failure if he turned out to be right in his skepticism.

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Shizuka looked at Schezo as he wanted to know what the bottle was as she explained. "It's Koizumnashi, a delicious spice people use in my hometown to make food smell and taste like there favourite food, if we spray this onto the curry's then it will make everyone's taste buds outside who bite into these curry's quiver in delight of the curry tasting like there favourite food." Shizuka said as she sprayed the vegetables she just cut up using the spray.

Before looking back at Schezo.

"Come on, the more people will love the curry's thanks to this spray, the more success this mission will be."

Shizuka lied.

[Rina]

He's not buying it. The more insistent she is with trying to get whatever it is in the food, the more suspicious she's becoming in Schezo's eyes. He simply took the cutting board Shizuka's working on, and promptly dumped the vegetables into the scrap bowl without much remorse. He can't serve contaminated food to the public! Sure, food is limited, but having something that is actually suitable for consumption is better than the potential problems said "spice" is going to cause. The fact she went and did it without his consent isn't doing any favors for her at all, either.

"I'm afraid such a spice doesn't come in liquid. That ingredient which you have will cook into a highly toxic formula if boiled into a curry."

If he could bluff his way into making her spill, then that'll certainly get her kicked out of the kitchen.