post palace hot pot party (week 7)

[townmusician]

[Yoon's Palace has faded away, but the fact the God of Conflict decided to show up and intervene again...

Well, that's! Not a good sign! To say the least! But there's nothing to be done about that right now, and Haruka isn't of the mind to really sit and wonder about divine conflicts and grandstanding and all of that, anyways. It's not his problem. The people who deal with that sort of thing on the regular can be in charge of all of that.

What he's in charge of (by virtue of being annoying) is... hot pot. Specifically rounding up everyone and dragging them out to a hot pot restaurant in the city.

He'll miss having money but... he'll just have to work hard to earn it back... Have fun, everyone. (Or maybe he can find a way to charge Mina for this?)]

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[destage]

[Sayaka can't help but giggle a bit at that--she doesn't know Haruka very well, but he can certainly be quite...bossy...it's a little intimidating...!]

It certainly is. It helps that we can all make it how we like, too--and that we don't have to worry about keeping an open flame going, heehee. I would've loved to have tried the one we made though...we'll have to find a way to do that again, maybe?

[Sayaka smiles, though.]

I'm glad to hear it! Hopefully nobody ends up giving you too much trouble. Oh--

[Sayaka's voice goes low, a slight whisper.]

This'll be a separate order from Haruka-kun's tab, so I can pay for it as soon as needed, but...do you know if they can make anything to-go? I wanted to bring back a couple things to the dorm, if they're okay with it!

[Something for Soujuurou, and something for Fray. If she can, maybe even something for Shalem.]

[emptyself]

They definitely do. I’m often on delivery duties, but nothing so far.

[ he gets the idea that she wants to keep this somewhat of a secret, so soujuurou maintains that low whisper, his notepad and paper ready. ]

It would be the raw items with the soup base and we would have to cook the ingredienrs in the dorm kitchen— is that fine with you?

[destage]

I'm glad to hear it. Hopefully it continues to be a nice shift then!

[Sayaka beams brightly, her tone continuing to be soft but grinning.]

That's completely fine! I can whip it up properly when we get back there, certainly then.

[Beat. Small smile while she lists off a small, reasonable variety of some ingredients--while she doesn't know what Shalem likes, she has cooked a little for Fray and he tends to clear his plate, so it's a little haphazard, but...]

Just make sure you pick out a few things you like too, okay? It's for you, too.

[emptyself]

[ soujuurou writes diligently, though it does take him a bit between listening to sayaka and putting down on paper.

but when she mentions this is for him, he stops, and looks at her with a blank expression. ]

For me? Why?

[destage]

Because you're here working so hard, and you should get to enjoy the fruits of all of this too, you know?

[...SHE KNOWS HE'S BEING ~BAD~ and frankly good for him, BUT ALSO--]

[emptyself]

Oh.

[ if only she knew that he doesn't really consider this to be hard work. it's work, sure, but hardly hard labor for him. ]

Well... if you're insisting. And I do agree Shalem and Fray deserve it, so I'll go prepare the ingredients.

[ now he has to think about what he likes? does he even have preferences? ]

[destage]

Thank you, Shizuki-kun! I appreciate it a bunch!

[...For all of Sayaka's perception and intuition, she doesn't really know how hard of a decision she's made for Soujuurou,,,whoops.

But still, she appreciates it. She'll get back to her own meal, in the meantime.]