"Aya e and help me with lunch," Aya heard, as she was taking a break from her round of Moon Valley.
“ing Mars, I just got out of the game!” Aya replied with a yell of her own. She put the Revista ag it beside her pillow so she could py some more after lunch.
She rubbed her strained eyes, squeezing them shut to get some moisture in them before she got up from the bed to help Mars who was already ying out the ingredients for some chi s.
The girl had a fresh bag of groceries, filled with the meat aables they couldn’t really find at their venieore.
Aya walked over to the ter where Mars repping the whole thing for easy access. They would need everything within reach for this particur dish. The dark-haired girl id out the knives and chopping board, perfect for cuttiables.
A pot was oove bubbling with water and ready for the chi to be pced in to boil before frying.
"Oh? This looks iing," Aya said leaning against the ter, "I've ried a before but I've seen a lot of them on the office TV cooking shows,"
"Well, they're a simple and easy meal to make. I used to make it a lot ba Evangels. You'll get the hang of it in no time," Mars winked.
Aya waited by the side while Mars worked seasoning the chi and taught Aya how to chop up vegetables for the .
"Where did you eve vegetables this fresh?" Aya asked, tearing up as she sliced some onions into bits so she could add to the stuffing.
Mars stopped her from toug her face as she sliced the onions, knowing the irl's eyes were burning with tears but hands in her eyes would only make it worse, as Mars herself had learned from experience.
"I had them delivered from the main city," Mars said, "Had to put in the order pretty early this pce is nearly a ghost town,"
Aya winced, blinking rapidly as she could no longer withstand the burniion of slig onions.
"Be right back!" Aya said, running off to the bathroom to wash her eyes clear of tears.
The sound of the tap rushing at full bst resounded from the bathroom where Aya had practically thrown herself through the door.
Mars chuckled as she watched her friend scurry off like something was on her heels.
"That's right actually, even the venieore is getting bare," Aya said returning to Mars’ side and moving on to slig lettuce.
Her eyes were puffy from the irritation but she stayed slig the rest of the vegetables as Mars fried the chi into lunch.
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“Now this is how you roll it up,” Mars said showing Aya how to roll up the ftbread they would be using.
She demonstrated by ying the bread out in the pan to heat up and then filling the bread with enough of the stuffing to finish up a .
“Nid easy,” Mars said rolling the bread up for Aya. “Your turn,”
Aya nodded and took one of the prepackaged ftbread to pto the frying pan, she scooped some stuffing up and dumped it into the pan with the bread.
“Your bread’s getting dry,” Mars warned.
“I’m sure it’s fine, I didn’t put the heat high,” Aya said, attempting to the bread up when she heard it crack.
“I told you,” Mars said.
Aya pouted but still mao roll her without it falling apart in her hands.
“Not bad for a first try,” Mars said, getting to work making another for lunch. She decided they would get two each.
“I’ll make my one,” Aya said eagerly, she wao try her hand at making something for real.
All the potion making and cooking in the game did not pare to cooking in real life with Mars.
It wasn’t that Moon Valley didn’t simute it well, but the Revista didn’t trahe sensations well enough.
“Eager are we? I like that,” Mars said with a ugh.
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Aya bit into her chi with relish, chowing down so quickly Mars had to stop her from bitiongue.
“I should have made more then,” Mars said with a chuckle, she reed in her chair and watched Aya attempt to devour one of the s whole.
“I love your food!” Aya said squealing at the fvorful meal. This was the kind of thing she imagihey ate at all the nice restaurants in Axen City.
“I’m going to teach you how to cook,” Mars announced. “It’ll probably help your cooking skills in-game,”
“Is that the only reason?” Aya asked, raising her eyebrows. She took another bite of her chi , sav the taste and the way Mars had seasohe meat. The meal had definitely given her an energy boost.
“How often do you feed your pyer character?” Mars asked, chewing her meal.
“Not a lot, I don’t u the game,” Aya said with her cheeks bulging full of ftbread.
“Aya you’ve got to feed your character often or your stats will take a hit, eveion Potions won’t help much if you don’t buy meals,”
Aya paused her bit of bread.
“Are you serious?” All this time she had been ing her cooking skill as yet another Subcss skill she could focus on when she had time, but now it turned out to be crucial.
“Deadly serious, I wouldn’t want your stats to suffer. You still have to beat me after all,” Mars said.
“Why do you think food sells so well on the au, did you think it was simply delicious!”
“I had no idea! I thought it was just something I could do whenever,” Aya said, pouting. “I’ll have to roast that pork I have,”
“You better! A more recipes too, you ’t ighe temporary stat boosts,” Mars advised.
“Do you have the cooking skill, Mars?”
“Yup, through a Title: Good with your hands,” Mars said. “It’s a long story but it has to do with a corrupted Boar King,” Mars said.
“Ugh I'm so tired of those, I just fought a corrupted S Guardian, I didn’t even fully look at my rewards yet. It ruined my Carrot Sword I’ve been using since forever!”
“Well maybe that’s a good thing, you aren’t meant to be stuck with o of equipment for long,” Mars said.
“This is an RPG after all. The enemies will get tougher and you don’t want to still be using the same on you used at level one,” Mars poi Aya and raised her eyebrow as well.
“Wait, aren’t you a summoner? You don’t even need a on!”
“I like the thrill of fighting alongside my summons okay!” Aya retorted.
“The most unique summoner I’ve ever met, also thank you for telling me your skill set and giving me an edge in our uping battle,” Mars winked.
“Hey! You tricked me!” Aya whined, pnting her palms oable in surprise.
“All’s fair in love and war Aya,” Mars teased.
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