week 4, thursday

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[ Mizuki needs food. Mizuki feels like trying to make something homemade to try and cut some of the usual Thursday night stress. So here they are in the temple kitchen, feeling ready to try and whip up some last-minute curry, perhaps - but someone else is already there. ]

Oh! Kresnik-kun, are you baking something, by any chance?

[ they sound interested in a manner that suggests they're about to try and mooch some from him. ]

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[ ludger turns to mizuki with a smile. on the counter, cooling, is a lovely golden crust, so perfect and flaky it could be featured in a fancy cooking magazine and put the other photos to shame.

but... there seems to be a suspiciously red liquid bubbling in a pot he's stirring? and a number of sliced tomatoes on the counter??? what on earth- ]

Hi, Mizuki. Yeah, I'm trying out a recipe for tomato pie. Want a slice?

[ oh. ]

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[ yeah they were excited!! it looks really good!! and they thought the red might be raspberry, or cherry, or some other very berry combination...

but no. ]

... Did you say "tomato pie?"

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Yeah. I haven't made it before, but I saw some recipes and decided to give it a shot.

[ ludger there are literally some nice cherries in the fridge, or some tart apples- ]

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Recipes? You mean people actually normally make "tomato pie?" I thought you were making an apple pie and got excited...

[ a beat. well. tomatoes and apples... aren't that different...... maybe......... ]

... Is it sweet?

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It's probably more savory than sweet.

[ ludger... looks between his almost completed filling... and mizuki's vacant gaze.......... ]

... Would you like an apple pie?

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Yes!

[ ... ]

Next time, though. Wasting food is bad.