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Shokugeki 1: Arrival a la coffin? [Video/Action]

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A redhaired teen sits on the edge of the Bay, video centered firmly on him to show off his ruffled red hair, a white headband around his forehead. "So...I'm going to assume this isn't some kind of Totsuki prank right? At least the hologram of that white girl is pretty well done for something that'd be just a prank. The name's Yukihira Soma nice to meet our esteemed kidnappers and whoever else is a kidnappee here."

The screen's background shifts as the boy apparently stands up, briefly showing off a leather case with a handle being picked up. "So...any place for a chef to get set up here?"

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Soma's making his way down the street, case held over his right shoulder by his right hand, what looks like a dried squid tentacle in his mouth as he walked. His eyes roamed the city as he moved, lingering on various restaurants and shops.

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I haven't been here for long enough to properly settle in yet either.

[ AKA she's been mooching off of Ryo and continually wasting his money on challenging him to food fights. :| She'll get to actually getting a job soon, but there's nothing really... worthy here. Besides Ryo's ramen cart and he's her servant, not the other way around so. ]

I see. I'd have figured you'd have tried to do something while you're in this place. [But Alice doesn't have Nakiri money like she does back home, Soma. Stop expecting her to have made something like Totsuki Academy here.]

We're working on it!

[ There are plans, there's just also a lot of pickiness involved! Though she's definitely not making a Totsuki Academy, there aren't enough talented people here for that. (At least when it comes to cooking..) ]

I've only been here a week, I'm still trying to get to know this place.

[ You can't make a restaurant if you don't investigate the local cuisine and figure out what the market's like, Yukihira! Also she has like zero equipment yet, that stuff costs money. ]

So then you haven't got your foot down anywhere here yet?

[Soma spies an opportunity. And lucky him he's not so concerned about thematic food or expensive equipment. Cheap meal-of-the-day style food is what he's about. Ignore all that making what everyone else makes and is pricey.]

Well I've only just got here, do you know of a good place for a restaurant to go?

Ryo's is already, he's been here for 5 months.

[ Ryo is succeeding, that counts as Alice's success. Obviously. ]

Just about anywhere, but it depends on what kind of food you're planning on serving. Though I think I already know the answer to that. Genessia or Attleton would be better for your special-of-the-day style food.

Yeah? Doesn't surprise me too much that you've shown up then.

[Really, I mean are they dating or what? They're almost always together.]

Well hey, you shouldn't say that so lightly. After all it was my 'special-of-the-day' style that made me one of the top in Totsuki's first years.

[ They're not together-together, they're just like. Sharing a bed and a tiny tiny apartment. 8D It's like having a sleepover. ]

I answered your question, didn't I? There's nothing wrong with those two, that style just is much better suited to a modern location than the other cities. You might culture shock someone in Fayren and Nova City's more up my ally than yours. Everglade might work too, but I think something along Sadatsuka's style would thrive there. They might enjoy your little failures.

[ She's glad she's avoided ever getting ambushed by one. ]

Is that so? Well might be something to consider. Maybe I'll just park here in Genessia City-that's the name right?-and establish a place here. It'll be just like the food stall duel I had with Kuga-senpai.

[Hey don't dish the failures. How else would you know peanut butter and grilled squid tentacles don't mix?]

Would you care to try one? I'm pretty sure I've got something that could top even Sadatsuka's style.

When Ryo and I get our restaurant, he probably won't mind you taking his cart if you want to be a wandering nomad of lunch specials.

[ With science and common sense. Obviously. ]

Pass. I care about my tastebuds more than that.

I'll pass. I don't want to take a hand me down from Kurokiba.

[Not to mention that feels a little too close to admitting that he was behind Ryo in terms of cooking like the contest. He got second he swears!]

Ah, pity. You and your cousin both don't seem to want to experiment much.

It's not like you're too good for it.

[ Third. Third third third third third. ]

It's more that I don't need to experiment to understand that anything you serve that looks like that would be a disaster. Aesthetics are just as important in serving food as taste, you know.

I rather would like to believe I am.

[SECOOOOOND. You don't get a say, miss lost in the first round.]

Now you can't be a judge of that. There's lots of food that looks unappetizing that people like to eat. Like haggis, or seasoned fish entrails. Though I do agree that aesthetics can help improve the quality of what one cooks.

[The egg buffet test certainly attested to that.]

Too good for a history of successfully stealing customers from solid restaurants? I'm telling Ryo you said that~

[ Third and she had a higher score than all of them in the qualifier~ ]

They can also improve the mental taste. You can serve a plated arrangement next to the same dish simply plopped onto a plate like a family dinner and customers will believe the arrangement tastes better every time. But even if psychology didn't play an important part in the culinary world, anything that smells and looks that horrible combined with that sadistic look you get on your face..? Go find someone who hasn't seen you experiment on your dorm mates to taste for you.

Naw, there's always room for having customers stolen from other stores.

[Hell he did that with the whole karaage fiasco during the break before the autumn tournament.]

More, I don't want to accept a restaurant that was already with a fanbase and try to either do as good or top it while keeping to its style. Kurokiba's style and my style just aren't the same.

[Still had you lose against him in the first round.~]

Hmm...yeah. I can see how plating and environment could be important. But you're gonna want a pretty ritzy place to set up something like that. No sense in fine china in a specialty-of-the-day shop you know? Waste of china and the food's still going to be good.

...Do I really look like I have a sadistic look on my face?

I didn't mean that, I meant he's not using the cart anymore, take out all of the stuff he used and just use the cart and whatever equipment you want that he didn't take out.

[ Strip it clean. Ask Ryo first, then strip it clean. She doesn't know if he's actually going to do anything with it or not. ]

We're planning one like that, so I guess we won't be in competition if you aren't going to bother.

[ Does she sound a little disappointed? Yeah. A little bit. ]

Not right now, but sometimes!

I guess I could do that. Be sort of like the cart I used during the Autumn Moon Festival. Though I don't think I'll do Chinese style so much again.

[Or try to run such a large venture by himself. Though here he doesn't have that popularity of being one of the top freshmen.]

Well I'm still planning, so I'm probably just going to redo Yukihira again like what my pops had. So maybe there could be some slight competition, although our customer base would probably be different~.

Ours is going to be reservation-only, so competition won't be an issue since yours will probably be open.

[ They'll have intensive cost-control with their method and be able to change their menu regularly without much repercussion. That's the plan, anyway. ]

Let me know when you decide on which city. We might come visit!

Yeah. Going to be keeping to the style my pops did. Just a specialty-of-the-day store. It'll keep my skills sharp.

[His menu changes all the time anyway as a specialty of the day. But he definitely doesn't welsh on quality.]

I was thinking of maybe attleton. Nice quiet place like where I lived before Totsuki. You and Kurokiba are of course always welcome to drop by.

Still not going to reach out into something new?

Let us know when you want a reservation too. [ They definitely are going to have different types of gourmet food though- definitely not affordable by all every day. ]

Well I'd rather reach out with my cooking than just throwing myself somewhere else. Don't wanna go trying to convince werewolves that my liver isn't the liver in the menu.

[Or whatever else weird denizens in the other towns might want to eat. He's not going to be good at other places unless he knows what they like.]

Ahaha...If I can afford one maybe.

[He's totally down to try your food. He still hasn't had your curry dish you know!]

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