Fourth floor common room, Thursday evening

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Hoshi enjoyed cooking so much yesterday at the hotel that she decided to give it another try. Tonight, she was trying something simple, beef teriyaki with rice. There was plenty to share if anyone else was hungry.

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Jack was out for a wander....and smelled food.

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"Would you like to try some? It's beef teriyaki," said Hoshi.

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"Sure!" Familiar food. "You make it yourself?"

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"Yes," said Hoshi. "I like to cook. I cooked the specials yesterday at the hotel too. Did you like them?"

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"The bean turd thing and the chicken?" Yes, that was a grin.

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"It's bean curd," she corrected him.

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"Right. It wasn't bad. Not too big on the tofu, though." He shrugged.

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"Hmmm," said Hoshi. "Maybe starting out with cold tofu wasn't suck a great idea. You should like this, though," she said, fixing him a plate of beef teriyaki. "Try it and tell me what you think."

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He tried it. "It's good. Much better than that tofu thing." He crammed more into his mouth. "I like it."

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"Next time, you should try tofu that's been cooked," suggest Hoshi. She wasn't about to give up on selling Jack on the wonders of tofu.

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"If there is a next time. Let me know. What all can you do with it? Cooking wise."

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"You can deep-fry it, stir fry it, or cook it in soups," explained Hoshi.

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"But... how's it taste? ANd how's it feel? Cuz it's like that octopus stuff."

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"It's nothing like octopus. Trust me, I've had octopus before and teh texture of tofu is completely different," said Hoshi.

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"It better be," he grumbled. "Octopus is like fried gum."

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Adam wandered into the common room, the smells drawing him in. "Evening Hoshi," he smiled when he spotted her.

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"Hi Adam," said Hoshi, returning the smile. "I cooked today. Feel free to dig in."

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"Oh, very cool. Thank you," Adam smiled. "Do you need help with anything? Cleaning up, etc.?"

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"I think I've got it under control," said Hoshi. "I got to cook yesterday at the hotel since the chef was, um, incapacitated."

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"Okay," Adam nodded. "Oh, how was that?"

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"It was fun. I like to cook, and people seemed to enjoy the food," said Hoshi, smiling.

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Adam smiled as he took some of the food, happy to hear that. "Well, I can tell you that this is very good. You've got a real talent for this."

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"Thanks," said Hoshi. "It was the least I could do. Everyone's been so generous about sharing their food."

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"You're welcome," Adam nodded. "It certainly one of the nice things about this place."

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"I finally found a solution to my problem with that Love Smart class that I didn't like," said Hoshi. "I went to talk to the professor, and he made me his TA."

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Well, A.J. had to stop staring at the green blob in the center of his newly white wall, trying to figure out what to do with it, eventually to eat. It didn't help that the smell of something cooking was overpowering even paint fumes, so there he was, drifting down. He peeked his head into the common room with caution, though, to see who was there first. Looked safe. He walked in. "Something smells awesome."

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"It's beef teriyaki. Would you like to try some?" asked Hoshi.

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"I would love to," A.J. said with a small smile. Good. New kid, wouldn't have to worry about dealing with the backlash of gossip. Hopefully. "Hey, we haven't met, right?"

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"I don't think so," she said as she fixed him a plate. "I'm Hoshi Sato, room 423."

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Gooooood. Very, very good. "Nice to meet you, Hoshi Sato, room 423. I'm A.J." He smirked and hungrily watched the plate; it looked as good as it smelled. "Room 402."

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There was a definite lack of good Japanese cuisine in Fandom, she decided. "Are you a new student too?" she asked, handing him the plate.

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"Not too new," A.J. said. "Started up about mid-summer. How you liking it so far?" And then, that done and said, he dug in. Food! Yay!

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"It's been interesting, if a bit of an adjustment," said Hoshi. "I didn't go to school back home. I just studied with tutors at home. Then there's the fact that I'm from another time period."

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"Heyyyy, me, too!" A.J.'s smile was a little wider because this had nothing to do with stupid drama and, plus? Food! "I'm from the way ancient past of 1994. Downright Neanderthal."

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"That's not too far away," said Hoshi. "At least your technology didn't change too much. I'm from 2144, far off in the future."

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A.J. bit his lip a little against a smirk. Okay, so maybe she didn't have much of a sense of humor. Or they didn't have sarcasm in the future. "Lotsa kids from the future here," A.J. nodded. "Food hasn't changed much, I see. You make this like this really awesome place just down the street from where I used to work back home."

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"Thanks," said Hoshi. "We had a protein re-sequencer back home, but my grandmother was old-fashioned and insisted on passing down a lot of family recipes. Besides, I like to cook."

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"Definitely not complaining," A.J. smiled. "I'm mostly cooking deficient, but maybe I can try to return the favor and make you grilled cheese one of these days."

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"That would be nice," said Hoshi, giving him a shy smile.

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A.J. nodded. "You won't be disappointed." And then he took another bite of the beef. "On second thought, if this is what you're used to? Heh, sorry in advance."

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Hoshi blushed a little bit at the compliment. "Well, grilled cheese is not exactly something my grandmother used to make, so it would be a good idea to expand my horizons."

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"Well," A.J. nodded with a smile and another bite. "There you go. So, what classes are you taking, Hoshi? I've got shop, art, and history." He beamed at what a dork he was, with a roster like that.

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"I've got Keeping Your Wits, Fandom's Next Top Model, Communication and Love Smart," said Hoshi. "I think I have a little bit of everything in there."

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"Sounds like it, yeah." And then A.J. couldn't help a quirked brow to go along with his grin. "Modeling, huh?"

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"It was a paperwork mistake," groaned Hoshi. "They won't let me drop the class."

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A.J. chuckled a little at the groan. "It's not that bad, is it?"

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"The teacher seems awfully arrogant," complained Hoshi. "Plus I'm not sure when I'm ever going to need modeling skills."

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"You never know?" A.J. offered, trying to be helpful. "I mean, it is Fandom. Needing to model might be a stretch, but, on the other hand, I wouldn't at all be surprised if it came up one day."

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Hoshi was about to respond with the fact that modeling wouldn't get her into the newly-formed Starfleet back home, but then a mental image of modeling sleepwear for an appreciative Commander Jonathon Archer flashed through her mind. She blushed. "I guess we'll see," she said.