2nd Meal Served [Action]

[yuzuru_no_mai]

*In a fit of curiosity (and a lack of fresh produce in the fridge), Iroha cautiously leaves her house. She's looking a bit lost as she walks and walks... until she reaches what appears to be the General Store. Relieved, she walks inside and...

She's a little overwhelmed. Iroha takes a basket and begins shopping, her eyes wide with shock over how much variety there is. As she examines a stack of tomatoes, she can't help feeling a little self-conscious. Her usual outfit has been replaced with a more conservative dress, yet it still doesn't hide her... generous curves. She tries to shake those thoughts and goes back to the fruits and veggies*

These will be perfect for a fresh salad...

Comments

[lovely-crane.livejournal.com]

B-but...

*She looks up carefully*

[artwithknives.livejournal.com]

...please?

[lovely-crane.livejournal.com]

I... I couldn't... Please, it is yours.

[artwithknives.livejournal.com]

[grabbing your basket]

Let me help you out. What else are you getting?

[lovely-crane.livejournal.com]

*Now Iroha's stunned by the young man's insistence. Yes, letting someone else do the shopping is a foreign concept to the poor maid*

I... You don't have to...

[artwithknives.livejournal.com]

It's too late. I've already started.

[lovely-crane.livejournal.com]

*She nods sheepishly*

I-I was looking for fresh vegetables so I can make a salad.

[artwithknives.livejournal.com]

I guess tomatoes are a good start.

[lovely-crane.livejournal.com]

I did not see any sprouts, either. Or garlic for the dressing I was going to make.

[artwithknives.livejournal.com]

You're probably looking for the wrong thing.

[lovely-crane.livejournal.com]

Oh? What do you mean?

[artwithknives.livejournal.com]

Are you used to looking for fresh things?

[lovely-crane.livejournal.com]

*She smiles and nods*

Only the best! I would like to make something to go with the salad, but I have yet to find where they sell the meats.

[artwithknives.livejournal.com]

There's a problem. In this country, it can be hard to by some stuff fresh so you have to buy it packaged up.

[lovely-crane.livejournal.com]

Packaged food? Like in a bag to take home?

It's still fresh, right?

[artwithknives.livejournal.com]

It's a little hard to describe. It's probably been picked days ago but it still looks and tastes fresh because of chemicals or something.

[lovely-crane.livejournal.com]

That sounds... horrible! Such foods cannot be good for you.

[artwithknives.livejournal.com]

It's fine, it's fine! People have been eating this stuff for years. Look.

[picking around until he find a plastic cartridge full of beansprouts]

There you go.

[lovely-crane.livejournal.com]

*She accepts the box and sniffs it. The sprouts smell fresh enough, but still*

And they are safe to eat?

[artwithknives.livejournal.com]

Completely.

[throws some in the basket]

This is how a lot of food comes in my time.

[lovely-crane.livejournal.com]

*She lets Shiki have his way, even though the thought of pre-packaged food still eludes and disgusts her*

Do you have any fresh food where you're from... ah...?

[artwithknives.livejournal.com]

You can call me Shiki. And yeah. You can get fish and other meats fresh from the boats and farms where I'm from.

[lovely-crane.livejournal.com]

That's the way I am used to, Shiki-san. Buying from the fishermen or other merchants at the local markets.

Not a market like this...

[artwithknives.livejournal.com]

Well...they get a lot of this stuff across the country so they have to preserve it to get it here. That's why there's so much for so cheap.

[lovely-crane.livejournal.com]

*Iroha's still worried about the quality of such preserved foods, but for now she nods*

So we have foods from other countries?