Far below the rolling tide [Open]

[zouichi]

Strangely enough, even after the events of the past few days, Zouichi had not developed an aversion to the ocean. Or axes! Or giant squid! It helped that he, unlike some of the other crew, hadn't been in imminent danger of drowning. He was, however, busying himself with preparing some of the food they'd bought on shore leave, as well as supplies

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[nobel_berserker]

The return from Deepstar 7 was one of the only times that Allenby had actually appreciated being on Stacy. Or maybe it was more like if she was going to be in a situation with untrustworthy authorities and hidden dangers, she would at least prefer not to be kilometers under the ocean. Since then she'd been spending a lot of time up on the roofs in the city, even bringing some of her mechanical projects up there to tinker with. She could stand to be out of enclosed spaces for a while.

But the Susono Inn was home, and sooner rather than later she felt drawn back there.

...And hey, didn't she have good timing! If that smell was anything to go by, she sure did. Allenby poked her head into the kitchen and grinned. "Heeey, looks like you've been busy!"

[zouichi]

Zouichi smiled at the sight of her, setting down a plate of fresh gyoza on the counter. "I guess you could say that. Hungry?"

He'd been about to take a break from actually cooking, anyway, to finish making some more of the dumplings. There was a big bowl of filling on the counter, in fact, along with a stack of gyoza skins. He sat down to start working on them. Might as well!

[nobel_berserker]

Now what kind of a question was that, Zouichi? "Hah, you bet!" She peered at some of the boxes he'd already finished. "Wow... these are real fancy!" She plucked a piece of broccoli out of one of them and took a bite.

She wandered over to the bowl of filling, feeling vaguely guilty about him having done all this cooking while she was off sulking in the city. "How much more of this stuff are you gonna make? I can give you a hand."

[zouichi]

"If you want," he said, demonstrating for her. He placed a small amount of the mixture in the middle of one of the skins, folding it into a semicircle and using egg white as a glue to seal it shut. Then he placed it on a tray with the others.

"It's going to take a while to make them all, though. You might as well eat before it gets cold."

[nobel_berserker]

Allenby watched carefully as she crunched up the broccoli. Seemed simple enough! She pulled off her gloves and stuffed them into her vest pocket, deciding to follow his advice.

Grabbing the bento box she'd stolen the broccoli from, Allenby almost started to dig in before remembering... chopsticks. Hoo boy. "The only bad thing about Japanese and Chinese food is these things," she said ruefully, clicking them together. That is, she tried to. Dang chopsticks.

[zouichi]

He smiled. "Well, you know, you can eat sushi with your fingers. Or silverware. I won't tell anyone."

Chopsticks were so convenient, though, Allenby!

"Hope you don't mind seafood. I guess you could kind of look at it as a small bit of revenge." This piece of squid? That big old squid's cousin. Om nom nom, delicious comeuppance.

[nobel_berserker]

"Nope. I'm gonna learn how to do it right." But being disinclined to waste food by dropping it, Allenby's definition of 'right' soon became 'use chopstick like a spear.'

She grinned evilly when Zouichi pointed out the reason behind today's menu. "You know what, I like that thought." She stabbed the piece of squid with much more force than was really necessary. "Who's squeezin' who now, huh?!"

[zouichi]

Zouichi laughed a little. "'Revenge is a dish best served cold'?" He was glad she seemed to be in high spirits, even though those past few days had certainly been trying.

"Maybe we should try fishing on the next planet. You know, come face-to-face with our enemy. Have you ever been?"