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[ well, rapunzel is in sanji's favorite place: the kitchen!!! she came here for food, but she seems to just be staring into the cupboards and opening and closing them. ]

[ surely, this will help food materialize?? she looks up when sees him enter, but then looks away. ]

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[Sanji was honest to god not one of the people who voted Yams into the hot seat, but given the look Rapunzel gives him, he still feels like it.]

... Do you need any help looking for things?

[In his charred kitchen.]

[ listen if he was and he admitted it to her he'd probably get that fabled frying pan to the face. instead she's just sad in a charred kitchen. ]

No, it's fine. I'm not even hungry. I was just going to make something for Yasusada....

[ in the, sad, charred, kitchen, ]

[Aah. Well, that's still a way to help, he decides. Sanji nods and takes a step further into the kitchen.]

I had to rearrange some shit because of the fire, but...

[Glancing about]

Do you prefer baking? Or stove top?

Stove top, I guess.... it's probably quicker.

[ she doesn't actually know what to make yasusada....... ]

You are the expert, though. What do you think I should make him?

... A burger.

[Looking surprisingly amused.]

Do you know what those are, by chance?

I.. do not. Does it have something to do with burrs?

[ she actually ate one with the happy meal but she didn't know what it was called, rip. ]

No... idea what the hell that is, but a burger is just a meat patty between two bread buns, usually with toppings and condiments.

... Yasusada mentioned he'd never tried it before but that he wanted to, one day.

So... a meat sandwich? Huh. Why is it called a burger?

[ hm. ]

And... can you help me make one? For him?

The full title is "hamburger", though y'know... not sure where the shitty burger part comes from.

[Research for later! But for now--]

And of course, of course~! That's the plan, Rapunzel-chwan~!

So.. it's made of ham. That's interesting.

[ swing and a miss, rapunzel!!! she does crack half a smile though, seems like he's doing well. ]

So.... I guess we have to find some ham.

-- Oh. No no, not ham. Ground beef that's grilled into a patty shaped.

[He's gonna waltz over to that fridge on the hunt, and assuming the fridge decides to be kind, Sanji will pull out a package of what he's talking about, holding it up for Rapunzel to see]

Can you get a frying pan for us to use?

[ pulls out her trusty frying pan and heads over to the sink to wash it. ]

Huh. That makes even less sense. Who came up with these... ham... burgers with no ham?

[ hm, ]

Not a bad question. I should check out the library later and find out.

They got some really good cookbooks and the history of food in there!

[Sanji is such a fuckin nerd]

Anyway... lemme see, might as well add some extras.

[namely onions, a bit of egg, seasoning... while Rapunzel gets that frying pan ready, Sanji hunts down a bowl to mix the ingredients]

Oh, I started reading some of the cookbooks.... I haven't gotten to the history of food yet. There are so many.

[ and now she never will ...... ]

[ once she's done she brings the pan over!! time for cooking. ]

.... Thank you, Sanji. I feel like this is the least I can do for him, so.. I appreciate it.

[Wow stop murdering my heart like this]

... Of course.

[The smile on his face is quiet and tired]

This is all of our faults, anyway -- not you, of course!

But... [A deep sigh as he begins forming the patties] I can't understand how this shit happened.

[ hey, at least she gets to spend her last meal with sanji! ]

No, it is my fault. I should have... I should have been able to convince everyone Yasusada wasn't dangerous --- I should have found the real killers. I let him down as a partner.

[Despite his accepting hum, Sanji quietly disagrees. She's just one girl who tried to fight off everyone's paranoia, and unfortunately it... didn't work this time.

-- But that's sad, and he'd rather give her something more cheerful to focus on. He turns a smile on her as the patty starts grilling in the pan]

Oi now, we'll just do better next time. It's terrible we had to figure it out the hard way, but we can't accept anyone else being blamed for shit they didn't do.

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