3rd Floor Common Room, Monday Morning

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Was Nina messing with tradition?

Nina was super messing with tradition!

Partly because she'd woken up early, confirmed that everyone was as they should be (and that Foomy was no longer… what… he'd been…) and then been unable to get back to sleep and partly because after last week's sprinkles, she'd decided that enough was enough and that clearly Wayne needed a break!

So she got to the common room first!

She was, after all, perfectly capable of making delicious and healthy pancakes and waffles, and sausage and bacon and scrambled eggs herself and cutting up fruit really took no effort at all and if it wasn't as fancy as Wayne's quiche, well, she was confident that it was at least tasty.

Out of consideration for what Tisarwat had told her about gloves and their properness, just in case the other girl showed up, Nina was cooking while wearing gloves. Not her pretty, fancy ones. But a simple black pair, ones that wouldn't show a stain too badly, if it came to that.

Nina hummed as she bopped along to a song only in her head.

[Tradition usurped with permission from howareyanow! Open breakfast is open!]

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"Sure, thanks," she said, and asked, "Is this like when you cooked the ice cream?"

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Nina considered that as she got Sabine's plate ready.

"I cooked the way we cook at home," she said, offering over a perfect looking meal with a bit of everything on it. "If that's what you mean???????????????"

So... yes. Yes, it was.

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"Yeah," she said, taking the plate with a nod of thanks, and wondered, "Can you teach that to other people?"

Not that she necessarily wanted to learn, her own skills were fine, but she was deeply curious.

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"I don't see why not," Nina said slowly, considering that. "Like, it's just how we cook??????????????? It's not a special skill or anything so it should work for people who aren't from my world??????????????????"

Yes, but did you really want to learn how to make French Toast out of pork, sugar, and cabbage, Sabine? Did you?

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Kind of! From a scientific perspective!

"Because I don't think I could do that," Sabine said.

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Grocery shopping with Nina was an adventure!

"Well, like, you don't know until you try??????????????????" Nina suggested.

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"I should. And if it works, I'll probably have so many questions about how things like explosives work there."

She could go on for hours about chemicals and what reaction you'd get when you put them together, which was why this method of cooking didn't make sense to her, even if she appreciated it.

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"We don't have most of your kind of explosives," she admitted, making a face. "Even, like, gunpowder is super rare. There's only one guild and that's in Harmonia, that knows how to make it...................."

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"Which is probably better," Sabine allowed, and stopped herself from adding that her way was more fun.

She really liked explosives.

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Nina shrugged a little.

"We still find ways to kill each other," she said, which really, didn't seem to matter how advanced the world was.

That always happened.

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"Now I'm going to sound like a jerk if I say I like explosions for the artistic value," Sabine realized.

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"Maybe if someone didn't know you," Nina allowed, with a smile to show that she didn't mind.

Nina liked explosions just fine, really, so long as she wasn't the one being exploded.

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Valid.

"I appreciate that," Sabine said, smiling.

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"Anytime!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Nina looked amused.

"When you're not being a breezy, free girl, that is.................."

No, no she wasn't going to forget that.

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"I should have known better to think we'd moved on," Sabine sighed.

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"I've been very, very good about it," Nina said, giggling. "I haven't brought up nearly as much as I could!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

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"Would it make you feel better to know I'd never pick up and open a shop in Morocco tomorrow?"

Pick up and leave because someone wanted her dead, maybe.

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"That does help," Nina admitted, since it was a bit of a relief really. "Like, if you just disappeared to go do a shop, like, I'd wonder what we'd all done.............."

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"If I'm in my right mind, I don't do that," Sabine assured her. "If I went anywhere, it'd be home, and I don't see that happening for a while."

Aside from side trips to a version that wasn't her own.

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"Oh, good," Nina sighed happily. "It wouldn't be right, with you not being here!!!!!!!!!!!"