Audience: Kaz Kaan

[probe]

Comments

[bachelorbored]

[ooh, the kitchen! the rumors were true!

kaz beams.]

Sloth. Were they wrong? I was looking forward to your gourmet delights.

[probe]

I see. They were not incorrect.

[they motion for kaz to sit somewhere with a gloved hand.]

What is that you are craving?

[bachelorbored]

Oh, I'm not really craving anything, per say. But I would never pass up the opportunity to sample a hot chef's newest cuisine!

[he does take a seat, though!]

So is it cool if I leave it to you? The omakase course!

[probe]

Ah. Well, unfortunately, I am a chef who takes requests more than a chef who simply creates something for no reason.

So, if you will: please make a request.

[bachelorbored]

Oh. Really?

Then... what about sushi? I don't think I've had any for quite some time, and I do feel like there's a nigiri-shaped hole in my heart.

[probe]

Ah, a traditional cuisine. Vinegared rice, sugar, and salt with a variety of ingredients. Very well.

What kind of sushi would you prefer? Would you like seaweed, or without?

[bachelorbored]

Oh, not the rolled type, please. That's for supermarket shoppers.

Just a little wasabi! Maybe some sashimi on the side? I won't complain!

[probe]

[they bow the hooded head in acknowledgement.]

Do you prefer any particular ingredients?

[they are going to put on......a sexy apron over the robes while waiting.]

[bachelorbored]

No preference! Raw fish, I guess, but that's a given.

[kaz stares, blinks, and stares.]

Uh, what's with that?

[probe]

As you wish.

[they go about their business like they just didn't put on a sexy apron at all. they do everything by hand, but it seems like they're pretty skilled at making their way around the kitchen. the perfection is a bit sickening.]

It would not do to get my robes messy.

[bachelorbored]

IIIII don't think that's going to really protect anything?

[probe]

It is simply a precautionary measure. I am rather careful.

[they have not

spilled or splattered a single thing yet.]

[bachelorbored]

Yeah, I can see that.

[it's. so exacting.]

Do you really like cooking...?

[probe]

I find it one of a few worthy challenges, yes.

[bachelorbored]

Challenges? Wow. You really take this seriously. So, it's not fun?

[probe]

Oh. I suppose I may call it fun.

[this sounds like an afterthought.]

[bachelorbored]

Right... well, name your favorite thing about cooking, then? You know, since you're so... gluttonous?

[probe]

Blending different ingredients with completely different textures and flavors together to create something edible, of course.

[bachelorbored]

Edible?

I thought cooking was about creating something... you know, delicious?

[probe]

That is the ultimate goal, yes. I would like for it to taste as best as it possibly could, but I am also intrigued by the challenge of making it.

[bachelorbored]

Okay, hot pop quiz! Would you consider cooking an artform, or a science?

[probe]

[wow, kaz]

Hmm. If not for the curry fair, I would have said a science. However, I believe the cooking itself is a science, and the resulting presentation afterward is an art.

[bachelorbored]

The... curry fair?

[he's been distracted]