3rd Recipe - Stone Soup [Video; forward-dated to the 23rd]

[starofpleiades]

Um, has anyone else been having trouble getting food from the cafeteria? They aren't letting me in the kitchen to cook anything, or even giving me anything to eat...

[Kazumi looks more than a little worried. She's glad to be back in her own body but... this is a really pressing concern! How can people eat if they don't have food?]

...do you think they're mad at me for always cooking so much? Maybe I should have only made two pies yesterday...

Comments

[beknightedheroine]

You're right about them being mad, but I don't think a coupl'a pies are that last notch in the scalpel that caused the temper tantrum, if you get what I mean.

[starofpleiades]

...that was a pretty weird way to say it, but I guess? [TOO MUCH METAPHORICAL METAPHOR] I don't know why the cafeteria would be mad at me otherwise... or is it everyone?

[scorchedchivalry]

[THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE.]

Kazumi. I require you to try harder to gain access to the cooking facilities.

[starofpleiades]

A-ah, Saber! [She knew Saber wouldn't like this news]

I, I'm trying! But they aren't listening to anything I say!

[scorchedchivalry]

Then I shall come and make them listen.

[Oh, she sounds angry.]

[starofpleiades]

D, don't hurt anyone! I didn't really want to use force...

[scorchedchivalry]

If they know what is best for them, they will not impede me.

[And she shuts the terminal off. She'll be there in a few minutes.]

[eternallily]

I'm certain that's not the case. You don't need to worry that it's your fault.

[starofpleiades]

Really? I'm so glad... though that doesn't really solve the problem.

Plus if it's not my fault, does that mean other people are being punished like this too?

[eternallily]

From what I've seen on the network, everyone's being given the same punishment. I don't like it.

It also seems that people are doing a lot of hunting and fishing, though, and there are some berries and such in the forests that are safe to eat. It'll be rough, but everyone should be all right.

[Not mentioning that she's just not going to eat for the next however long it takes for things to settle out.]

[starofpleiades]

If no one can get food... that's really troubling!

I didn't know there were safe places to do that! All the floors I looked around... well, even if you could hunt something there, I'm not sure you'd want to eat it. [Luckily she's only really peeked into most of them and stayed on the stairs]

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[forfeiture]

.. Huh? They aren't letting you get food? [ concerned supermom is concerned, okay. ]

[starofpleiades]

They aren't! I mean, usually I just go in the kitchen to cook for myself, but they aren't letting me in and won't even give me anything! Not even oatmeal!

[forfeiture]

That's.. fairly strange. I thought they never turned away people for food completely, even if they did give out only certain kinds of food sometimes.. [ ... ] Although I haven't been here for long, so it might just be that I don't know enough about this place yet.

[starofpleiades]

That was my impression too... that's why I was wondering if they're mad at me? Or if it was everyone?

[forfeiture]

Do you maybe want me to go with you so I can talk to them? I don't mind helping you out. [ she smiles warmly. ]

[Voice]

[cutestprogrammer]

... this isn't the first time there's been no food...

[starofpleiades]

Eh, really? It happened before?

[cutestprogrammer]

Yes. There was no food for a whole month...

[starofpleiades]

What did people do then?

[You can't survive without food for that long... well, maybe she could, but she didn't actually want to test that]

[cutestprogrammer]

Well... there's a forest on the 33rd floor where you can find berries and mushrooms... and small animals like rabbits.

[rewindingly]

You do not need to worry. I am quite certain your cooking is not the issue they are upset over.

[starofpleiades]

Really? I'm glad... but then it might not be just me they're not giving food to...

[rewindingly]

You are correct. That does seem to be the case.

[starofpleiades]

I wonder why they're doing it then! Is it just to be mean..?