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[sailor_v]

I HAVE TEN DAYS TO LEARN HOW TO COOK AN ENTREE! I NEED COOKING LESSONS STAT!

[She bows deeply.]

Someone please accept me as your humble student, I'm begging you!

[OOC: Don't agree to this unless you're perfectly okay with Minako blowing up your kitchen. Not exaggerating. There will be fire.]

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[eternal_sailormoon]

I could help you with cooking, Minako-chan!

[ ... Usagi, no. ]

Even if I ... uh. Don't know a lot!

We can work together!

[ This is a terrible idea. ]

[sailor_v]

Yeah!

................... Do you have a kitchen, Usagi-chan?

[Because Minako is still being a freeloader at the free apartments for as long as she can.]

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[classicms_smith]

Ah, well, I'm fairly sure if you practice at the one entree, ten days is enough to learn?

[Oh she isn't so sure about this but. She remembers this sort of a panic.]

What are you trying to cook?

[eternal_sailormoon]

J-just the little thing that's in these free apartments!

[ Soooo yeah. Why would you think Usagi would stop being a free-loader before you, Minkao? ]

[sailor_v]

That's what I have too.

[She places her fingertips to her forehead with a sigh.]

But we could probably make curry with just a microwave, right? It can't be that hard.

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[sailor_v]

Right, that's what I think too! This'll be a breeze if I practice!

[She flexes an arm and winks.]

Curry is one of my favorite dishes, so I'm going to practice mastering that one. Then I can cook and eat it whenever I want afterward!

[commanderspecs]

[He just stares]

Ten days is certainly not enough to learn how to cook.

[sailor_v]

Sure it is, if you're only learning to cook one dish. Who takes more than ten days to pick up a new recipe? That's crazy.

[commanderspecs]

Are you just cooking for family or friends? How complicated is your dish?

[sailor_v]

It's for the cooking competition! Didn't you see the announcement go up?

[As for how complicated it is...Minako just puts a finger to her chin and laughs fakely.]

Oh, I don't really know, I've never made curry before. But I have made porridge!

[No one would call her 'porridge' food honestly.]

[commanderspecs]

I...did. I...I wasn't sure if I wanted to sign up or not. My wife has always said my cooking and baking skills would help me should I ever decide to leave the precinct.

[Porridge.]

[sailor_v]

So you could teach me how to impress--

I mean, ah HA ha ha ha...! How to make an award-winning curry dish. Right? If your wife says it's good, then of course she wouldn't be lying.

[commanderspecs]

The judges?

And Iris would never lie to me. Nor would the fellas down at the precinct whenever I bring in things.

[sailor_v]

YES! The judges. You read my mind, it's totally the judges.

[It's not.]

So you've got a kitchen, right?

[commanderspecs]

[He's not a detective but he can still read facial expression. Kind of.]

I've got...I just got here and I have the free housing. Wouldn't it be better to work in your kitchen so that you're familiar with it?

[sailor_v]

[Nuoooooooooooo. Minako wilts.]

...I only have the free housing too. I have no choice but to make microwave curry!

[commanderspecs]

[He noticed. He isn't pleased that all he has is a microwave and a fridge]

Surely you've learned something before you came here?

[sailor_v]

Uhhhh...I was more into sports than home ec, so...not really.

[commanderspecs]

A dessert would be easier, maybe. It's just chemistry. An exact chemistry and if you just follow the recipe to the letter, your results will be the same every time.

[eternal_sailormoon]

Yeah! I mean, there's lots of stuff in the store with microwave instructions written on the label! If you shouldn't make them that way, then they wouldn't tell you how!

[ Usagi seemed confident, anyway. ][ ... She thinks this is a clever way to get free homecooked food. Usagi hasn't thought this all the way through. ]

[sailor_v]

Desserts won't win a man's heart!

[She doesn't remember to correct herself this time and just barrels on.]

I have to prove that I've got the domestic skills necessary to charm anyone's tastebuds. So I've made up my mind!

[sailor_v]

Makes sense to me! Sounds like I've got a plan! To the grocery store!

[One day and one savagely destroyed microwave later...no one told her that curry doesn't need to simmer for half an hour in a MICROWAVE...Minako signs back in with a heavy sigh.]

I guess I'll just have to rent an apartment early. No one else has a kitchen I can use, so I'll just get my own.

[eternal_sailormoon]

[ Usagi blinks at the message, and replies - ]

What happened to the microwave plan?

Oh!

Is yours not working? Did you need to use mine?

[commanderspecs]

What are you planning on making?

[sailor_v]

It melted through the counter.

...And the floor.

[You SURE you want her to ruin your microwave too, Usagi?]