Second Floor Common Room, Tuesday Afternoon

[meepmeepmeep]

Right, so there was a food video that had been viewed 20 million times and was, sure, probably a crime against humanity and definitely a year's worth of calories, but it was also a Challenge and let's be honest, without shenanigans to set up this week, Beaker had way too much time on his hands.

So here he was, preparing to make barbecue chicken quesadilla pepperoni pizza pie wedges...deep-fried.

Shuri had come in as he was preparing the chicken and had already started filming this for Science. She was also taking bets on what would catch fire first, if anyone wanted in...

[OOC: Had to. Come give Beaker his big send-off before he goes off to become Dr. Honeydew's hapless assistant!]

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[unusual_sith]

Lana...had just wanted a sandwich or something.

Now she was standing and staring in horrified fascination.

[scoffs_at_tradition]

"It's like a slow motion trainwreck, isn't it?" Shuri said as Beaker carefully tossed the chicken breasts in a mixture of...something...and chucked it into a oven that he then turned on.

"Well, that's not going to be right," she muttered, shaking her head.

[in_sidon_we_trust]

Something had managed to drift up all the way to the fourth floor common room to capture Sidon's attention, so, curious, he decided to explore and find the source of such an...intriguing aroma.

"Is that...pizza I smell?"

Not quite, Sidon, but...good guess?

[unusual_sith]

"I have no idea how to cook with these appliances," Lana confessed. "I'm mostly just wondering when we'll have to put out a fire."

[unusual_sith]

"Not exactly, I don't think." Lana smiled at him. "Hello."

[in_sidon_we_trust]

"Not....exactly?" Sidon moved into this room, pulled in by his sheer curiosity at such a response, but also just as pleased by the company reveaeled inside the room as the mystery of the not exactly pizza. He smiled back, bright and toothly. "And hello, Lana! It's always lovely to see you! I hope the day is treating you well?"

[scoffs_at_tradition]

Shuri slid a piece of paper over. "Put down your guess!" she said. "Five dollar buy-in. He has oil out to fry something, so I'm betting on then."

[scoffs_at_tradition]

"It might be?" Shuri guessed. "He has pepperoni out. But there's chicken in the oven. And tortillas for...something."

At least there wasn't mayonnaise yet?

[in_sidon_we_trust]

Yet.

Sidon considered these things, frowning slightly. "Those items taken collectively do not usually a pizza make," he noted, "but, then again, I am not exactly well versed in the culinary arts of this particular world. Perhaps we shall wait and see? I must admit, I am terribly curious, though I do have the distinct feeling that perhaps I should not be...Far be it from me, however, to discourage a friend in the pursuits of new and exciting adventures in food!"

[scoffs_at_tradition]

"I have taken several terrifying classes on food and I am still a little worried about where this combination could be heading," Shuri admitted, watching Beaker with concern as he hopped around meeping.

Apparently, he'd grated his finger along with the cheese in...whatever this next step was.

[in_sidon_we_trust]

Oh, what was a little felt and foam in one's deep fried barbecue chicken quesadilla pepperoni pizza pie wedges, anyway?

"Well, however it may end up," Sidon postulated with an encouraging sort of smile, "it will, at the very least, be an experience! In the meantime, while we await with bated breath to discover just what sort of category of experience this flavorful pursuit shall fall into, how are you, Shuri? Are you looking forward to the fall semester? It's hard to believe that it is right around the corner!"

[scoffs_at_tradition]

It was all going to be dunked in ranch dressing anyway!

Oh, God.

"I am looking forward to it," Shuri said with an eager smile. "So many new things to learn about! My brother was a little surprised by how much I am enjoying my time here." Her smile turned mischievous. "I may have skipped telling him about the week we were all toys."

[in_sidon_we_trust]

"Ah," Sidon said, perhaps going a bit grim for a shadow of a moment, before giving Shuri an assured nod. "Yes, that might be one I intend to not mention to my own advisor as well, as well as a few others, though I should certainly like to see him try to make an argument for returning home when I have but one more year left! At that point, it would be most absurd to insist on sending me home when my time is so close to being finished! Though I do rather wonder, Shuri, what would make your brother think you wouldn't enjoy it so much? It's a truly wonderful place, I've always felt, even with the troubles we found outselves in repeatedly over the summer. But they were all but temporary difficulties, and we all came out quite well in the end, I should say!"

[scoffs_at_tradition]

"Well, I've never been outside of Wakanda before this summer," Shuri explained. "We're a fairly insular nation and my brother is extremely overprotective. I think he believed that I had built up the rest of the world to unreasonable expectations, and while I wasn't prepared for everything here, it was certainly been a fascinating place to be."

[unusual_sith]

"It is," she answered. His enthusiasm was always so infectious. "And I think it's got some pizza parts to it, but not entirely?" She shrugged. "There seems to be a lot of work involved."

[unusual_sith]

Lana laughed. "Well, if you've already got that one...is he using actual flames at any point?"

[scoffs_at_tradition]

"I would not put it past him, honestly," Shuri said. "Probably with an actual flame-thrower that he just pulls from his lab coat."

The physics of Beaker baffled her.

[bookbeltof_love]

Look, Nina's own cooking was a terrifying, terrifying thing full of questions.

But all she'd wanted was to get a glass of juice and now--

".................... what is he making??????????????????????????????"

[unusual_sith]

Well, there was a broiling/grilling stage later; a flamethrower wasn't out of the picture.

"I'll choose that, then." She dug out a local five-dollar bill and wrote her name on the paper along with 'actual fire is used'.

[scoffs_at_tradition]

"An abomination," Shuri said cheerfully. "I'm recording it for the insurance claim when he burns us all to the ground."

[bookbeltof_love]

"I'll, like, be super impressed and also really annoyed if he burns a castle down!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Nina said, almost admiringly. "I've never had to figure out how to burn a castle down!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

[scoffs_at_tradition]

Shuri grinned. "Pull up a chair and enjoy the cooking demonstration," she said as Beaker decided it would be faster to pull the chicken apart using a blender set on high and with the lid off.

"Ew!" she added, trying to duck the flying pieces.

[scoffs_at_tradition]

"You've tried to burn a castle down before?" Shuri asked, eyebrows arching.

[bookbeltof_love]

"Nooooooooooooo," Nina admitted. "And it's, like, pretty unlikely I'd be asked to, though that would be some totally awesome sabotage if I could manage it, but................"

It would probably not come up?

Maybe?

[scoffs_at_tradition]

"Please let me know in advance before you burn down the dorms?" Shuri teased. "I have some important stuff in here."