Horseshoe 19, afternoon

[magicurls]

Hello, everyone!

[ Mami's standing at the ICP in the kitchen, and behind her it's easy to see that she's laid out some items on the counter. ]

The month's more than halfway over, and I realized we haven't taken full advantage of one of our culinary options this month! We have all the ingredients needed to make pizza!

[ Jazz hands. As a lover of all Italian cuisine...the basics are up there too! She then opens her notebook, and holds up a drawing she's done of a basic cheese pizza. ]

The best things about pizza are that it's easy to make, easy to eat, and customizable! We don't have the ingredients for every type of pizza under the sun, but there are lots of options! I've made a toppings bar and laid out some crusts if anyone wants to try it with me, and there's both marinara sauce and white sauce.

[ She holds up some of the toppings she's sliced: ham, bacon, onions, peppers, diced tomato, shrimp, bamboo shoots, various shredded cheeses...and pineapple. ]

I hope to see you! And...there are a few dear friends I'd like to see afterward, too.

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[magicurls]

Oh, this is just our communication system! Hello. Are you hungry?

[ramengroupie]

[ Wormmon jumps a little - it talks back! - but then nods. ]

Mm-hmm.

Who are you speaking with, Wormmon?

[ Now you get the top half of a worm face and the bottom half of a young man face - oh, he's bending over, how nice of him. Both look curious. ]

[magicurls]

Oh...hello, friend!

[ She waves. ]

My name's Mami. I'm in the kitchen, making pizzas. I was inviting you to come along!

[ramengroupie]

Really?

[ Oh, this is excellent news. Wormmon twists so he can repeat this exciting development to his partner. ] Ken-chan, she says we're friends! And there's pizza! Can we go?

I'm not much of a cook....

[magicurls]

That's okay! Pizza's the perfect thing to start learning to cook with. It's very easy.

[ramengroupie]

...I see.

[ He's nervous. Why is he nervous? He thought he'd gotten over being worried about things he can't do.

Could it be that he needs to spend some time seeing whether any of the things he'd written off are, in fact, things he can do? He's in college now, after all. At some point, relying on his mother's kindness for meals will become an imposition, even if it makes her happy. ]

I suppose I can try.

You're going to COOK FOR ME?

[ Ken-chan pizza. Pizza made by Ken-chan. For Wormmon.

THIS IS THE BEST TRAIN EVER. ]

[magicurls]

Great! Come on by when you're ready. I like the enthusiasm.

[ And everything will be laid out neatly for them when they arrive, of course. ]

[ramengroupie]

Kay!

[ And thus it is that a young man with the world's clingiest fashion accessory makes his way to the kitchen and is impressed all over again with the spread. She put a lot of time into this.

The Voidtrecker Express is a place people do such things for each other. ]

Mami-chan? Sorry we're late.

[ How much time they took is immaterial. Ken is a Responsible Fellow. ]

[magicurls]

It's not a problem at all!

[ Mami's ready all the same, everything laid out. ]

Okay, so you want to pick toppings that go together, and the right sauce to match. Or some people skip the sauce, layering extra cheese instead.

[ramengroupie]

[ This is a sensible explanation. Ken extracts bugge and holds him down where Wormmon can get a better look at the ingredients. ]

Wormmon, which look good?

Ken-chan's favorites!

[ ...

This could take a bit, Mami. ]