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佐々木 琲世 ([personal profile] ex_adept136) wrote in [community profile] epidemiology2017-01-16 09:17 pm

open + closed

CHARACTERS: Haise Sasaki [personal profile] pursuit and anybody.
DATE: After the holiday festivities have concluded.
WARNINGS: Horror canons. Terrible things.
SUMMARY: Keeping busy in Oska.


Kitchens
[It's not uncommon to find Haise occupying the kitchens. And because he's made arrangements to give lessons to some of his associates, he makes an effort to make himself more available there. In the early evening he ducks right behind the counter and goes about the routine of flipping through the recipe book for cooking with friends that ALASTAIR provided him, sizing up which might be appealing on a given day, before he sets to work.

So it is that he can be found pulling out ingredients for dinner-appropriate dishes, humming as he goes. The tunes vary, some as simple as jingles from commercials he vaguely remembers overhearing, recognizable to other people from the same era in Japan that he comes from. Whether anyone shows up or not, he can't always gauge, but he always waits a while before he sets about preparing food.

Of course, one could simply come in and grab a plate when he's done, too. It's not like he's ever seen to eat any of what he makes]


Training Room
[Regardless of how demanding their last mission was, Haise still makes a point of hitting the training room. Back when he was new, his first visit to the place hadn't ended particularly well, but now his visits come with the familiarity of routine. Strange as the technology is, he's at least become accustomed to it, and anyone paying much attention to the room's usage might notice the way he shows up like clockwork every morning.

It's on one such morning that the environment populated around him is one of concrete, rather than any setting familiar to their missions. One might liken it to an abandoned office building, the Tokyo skyline recognizable beyond its windows, and the way Haise stalks the halls suggests that he expects something to spring out at any moment.

For those from a more mundane version of Earth, or at least familiar with such structures, it might be a very odd thing to walk in on]


Training Room: Shizuo
[At the agreed-upon time, Haise makes his way to the training room to meet Shizuo. It's a time that falls outside of his routine, and he half-expects the room might be occupied when he gets there. When he finds it vacant however, he enters and leaves the door open, carrying his quinque at his side. He doesn't know whether it's going to be useful while they figure out Shizuo's unique new weapon, but it seems better to be prepared just in case.

While he waits, he ponders how best to make use of something like a stop sign. At least he comes from an organization armed with strange and unique gear, even if none of it happens to be quite like that. The first step is probably seeing how Shizuo would handle such a thing if left to his own devices, and testing its durability...

ALASTAIR certainly has an interesting idea of what to bestow upon its recruits]


Library
[One of his favorite places to be is the library, and that's something that will surely never change. As he has many times before, Haise hunkers down at a quiet table with a pile of books, and soon enough is engrossed in reading. He seems quite bent on this and nothing else, except if one lingers in the area long enough, there comes a sharp, wooden snap from time to time.

While he reads, Haise idly snaps a pencil, only to repair it with a spell and break it all over again. This exercise doesn't seem to demand very much of his focus, though his reading is slower than it normally would be, because it does take some. Since he knows no one else with this particular line of magic, he's devised his own ways of exercising the ability.

Hopefully no one needs total silence in order to enjoy their reading]


Wildcard
[Want to do something else entirely? Throw it on in here]
secondnature: (pidge is watching porn??)

training room

[personal profile] secondnature 2017-01-17 08:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[Like Haise, Keith is a regular visitor to the training room. While he's adapted to the idea of having eighty-something teammates, half the time he's a little lost among the masses. Being here makes him feel at ease, like he can relax a little while also getting some adrenaline pumping through his veins. It wouldn't be surprising to find him here at any point. For that matter, the type of training he does is a lot more involved than what Haise is up to at the moment—Keith likes anything that's sure to test the limits of his agility. He likes to use ALASTAIR's gift of a ring at just the right moments to come out on top, all in preparation for usage on the battlefield someday.

But today, he comes in a after Haise's simulation has started, and he finds himself curiously trotting into it, eyes a little ... confused. Like, what is happening? Is something happening?]


Uh. Is this some kind of maze? Are you preparing for a maze?
prodigism: (pic#10792124)

kitchens!!

[personal profile] prodigism 2017-01-18 01:39 am (UTC)(link)
[ Arima will show up at the time they discussed for their cooking lessons. He's more or less going to pause as he enters to make sure he's not disrupting anything before heading inside. ]

I'm not late, I hope?

[ Arima 'arrives to every battle late' Kishou is here now. ]
assent: (8)

kitchens double whammy

[personal profile] assent 2017-01-18 11:49 am (UTC)(link)
[ It had taken some coordinating to get Haise and Reika at the same time (not too much, considering how little there is to do here) but that evening they were scheduled to meet in the kitchen. Sonia actually arrives not too long after Haise, surprised to see he'd gotten there early. She's kept to the habit of arriving to meetings 13 minutes before the scheduled time, so it's a shock to see he's even more prepared. ]

You are here already?

[ She steps all the way inside, making her way over to him to peek at the recipe book he's looking at. ]

Did you find something we could try?
p66: art by <user name="batensan" site="twitter.com">, used with permission! (it's time to kick some ass)

slides in

[personal profile] p66 2017-01-18 12:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Reika arrives shortly after Sonia does, having aimed for fifteen minutes before the appointed time but delayed on her departure. She's here with her journal in hand ready to take notes (Haise might recognize it), and she offers both of them a smile once she comes within speaking distance. ]

Hello, Haise-san, Sonia. [ Since he's Japanese and she isn't: ] What will we be making today?
feytality: WHAT THE HELL (not pictured: Edgeworth smiling)

kitchens

[personal profile] feytality 2017-01-18 09:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[When making food, one must be careful, or one may summon a Maya.]

[New as she is, she's already found a preferred place to be, and it's, predictably, the kitchen. And since Haise is hard at working producing dishes, and Maya's a fatty, it takes her a very short time to trace the location of the food, mid-way through his cooking, and beeline for it]


Woah! So you're the magic guy making all this food! You're not invisible today!

[Congrats on being an invisible food wizard, Haise]
secondnature: (someone's stupid idea)

[personal profile] secondnature 2017-01-18 09:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Came here ... [Keith repeats that, piecing together the point of this training session. Haise is worried about going home to that exact place, but Keith can't figure out why his fear would be associated with this building. Then again, it's Haise: if there's a reason to be found, it's already in place. He trusts his judgment that much.]

Are you worried about being sent back? Is that why you made this? [There are some people who go home. Riza told him that much. Does he know if that's happening to him?]
upshur: (THEN TONGUE.)

WILDCARD.

[personal profile] upshur 2017-01-19 06:25 am (UTC)(link)
[ In the wee hours of the morning, Miles sends Haise a message.

You like reading, right? If you're not completely wiped out after the festivities, come by my place.
I need help organizing my documents for this piece I'm going to write.


He figures - Haise is already aware of a great many things. More than most people. In terms of who he would entrust the footage of Mount Massive to, it would be him. He isn't the type to panic or judge, which unnerves Miles as much as he finds it welcoming. There's a lot of awful things to see, to read, and he can't seem to muster his usual single-minded focus. Every time he tries, the world smolders and curls up, burning away at the seams - leaving him aimless and drifting, until anger rises in him again and he re-hones his intentions on another matter. He needs help. This "raw, plucked nerve" sensation is not helpful, and stupid.

He invites Haise to his quarters, unsure if a standing invitation will allow him in. He opens the door for him, regardless.

His room is - for lack of a better term - trashed. Open files are stacked on his clearly unused bed, his standard-issue desk laden down with crumpled papers, the stray notebook, a scattering of batteries. On the floor, several memory cards have been placed on even more note paper, and more still are left in a pile to the side - undocumented and in need of verification. Miles himself looks disheveled, hair askew and expression slightly more haggard than usual. His work jacket, surprisingly, is slung over the chair by his desk. ]


There's not much written, right now. I have to organize so much shit.
onethousen: (stubborn | to take you on)

kitchens

[personal profile] onethousen 2017-01-19 07:23 am (UTC)(link)
( She's learned there's a great deal one can achieve in a kitchen, or in cooking for others, even those who can't eat what you're making. Perhaps the greatest benefit of cooking around someone who literally can't taste it is if everything goes horribly, she can just pretend it doesn't.

It's the easiest way to save face and feelings she's run into yet.

It also hasn't come into play. Chihiro blinks back tears in her eyes as she continues to carefully slice this onion. Yes, tears stream from her eyes, but she is Determined. Sleeves rolled up, she slices onward, only pausing to rub her face against her inside arm and continue gamely on.
)

We only need this onion?
onethousen: (quiet | looking forward)

[personal profile] onethousen 2017-01-19 07:40 am (UTC)(link)
( She shakes her head in negation, vigorously enough that her (much longer now) ponytail flicks side to side with the motion of her head. )

It's okay, I've got this. I can handle it.

( It's not asking: she's stating. An onion is nothing after Perdition's Rest, and in the face of where they're going, it's... again, it's nothing. She grits her teeth and keeps going, careful not to let the knife slip and to keep her fingers free.

She'd love to focus on what comes after, however. It's what she's been learning helps her move through just about everything here.
)

What next?
onethousen: (determined | to see this through)

[personal profile] onethousen 2017-01-19 07:56 am (UTC)(link)
What else is left to cut up for the filling?

( She's supposed to chop the onion, right... she finishes slicing in the larger arcs, swallowing and using the flat of her hand to twist the onions around. Careful again with the knife, she uses smaller motions to gently rock and cut her way through the onion yet again, producing smaller chunks better for mixing. )
onethousen: (ask | unsure about this idea)

[personal profile] onethousen 2017-01-19 09:10 am (UTC)(link)
( She pauses as she rubs her face against the inside of her other arm, wrinkling her nose again. Not at the mushrooms; she's trying to think of anything else in there.

Though... she didn't want to tell Haise she wouldn't eat this. The bacon...........
)

Maybe parsley on top at the end, to make it look fancier?
assent: (10)

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[personal profile] assent 2017-01-19 11:51 am (UTC)(link)
[ Sonia has slipped into the kitchens in the evenings (much later than this) before to bake, but rarely to cook. Baking was more of a fun pasttime to do to wind down, while cooking had always been done by the cooks in the castle. It makes sense why she's better than one than the other. ]

Hello, Reika. I am truly very glad that you could come. [ She waits a beat as Haise explains which recipe he was thinking of, then presses her hands together. ] That sounds delicious!
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[personal profile] secondnature 2017-01-20 01:25 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, uh—I think we'll go home. [The question comes fairly easily to him. It's the whole returning to the same place that really surprises him. Maybe it's because he was falling through a wormhole when he got here. It's hard to imagine himself returning to that very same space and time.]

I guess I just didn't expect it to be the same place. I was in a wormhole that wasn't acting the right way, so for a while there, I thought I ended up here because of it. [Keith motions vaguely to the surroundings.]

As far as I know, I can't make a simulation out of a wormhole. Or ... my lion. Who'd have to be there.
onethousen: (determined | difficult isn't impossible)

[personal profile] onethousen 2017-01-20 08:13 am (UTC)(link)
( She'll save wrinkling her nose and looking uncomfortable for the moment before it's mixed in. It's rude to expect others to follow her dietary choice! Much easier to simply go along with what the majority finds okay.

... and not eat the quiche, alas.
)

Then I think that's all? I'm not sure what else you want to put in. Peppers?

( Bellpeppers... she wipes at her eyes one last time, stepping back with a look of squinting eyed triumph! She sets the knife carefully on the counter as she announces: )

Onion's all chopped!

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