1391/We have cookies!

We have cookies!
Date of Scene:	19 April 2016
Location:	Uminari City - Seishou Public School
Synopsis:	Get well cookies for Makoto are just a little belated, and become 'yay you're better' cookies.
Cast of Characters:	Naru Osaka, Makoto Kino

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Naru Osaka has posed:
School has just ended for the day, and the halls are slowly emptying out of students who are making plans and going hither and yon, off to after school clubs, or the arcade, or for the unlucky, detention. Any lethargy that had built up by the end of the lessons, by and large, magically /vanishes/ the moment the last bell goes, and students who were 'oh so tired' find that they have plenty of energy to race after friends now that they dont have to sit still and listen.

Naru is one of those who has plenty of energy now that school is done for the day and she turns a corner to peer down the hallway, looking up and down it, as she tries first where Makoto's locker resides, hoping to catch the girl there.

Makoto Kino has posed:
Makoto may have missed the first couple of days of the new term, but by now routine has mostly resumed... which means that the tall girl is indeed at her locker, in the process of getting her things together to head home. No sign remains of whatever energy drained her to the point that Kunzite felt the need to go scout out Naru's house just to be safe.

As she steps back from her locker and lifts her school bag, Mako looks around to one side and the other - and doing so, she catches sight of Naru down the hall. In an automatic friendly reaction, she raises a hand to wave to the friendly face: hi.

Naru Osaka has posed:
Naru Osaka's expression brightens as she spots Makoto, and the wave. She heads down the hallway, coming up to where Makoto is gathering up her things. "Hi! I was hoping to find you." She offers the lunch bag that she's carrying over to the other girl. "You came back to school before I could get over to visit you. Soo.. they aren't get well soon offerings, but a 'yay you're better' offering, I suppose." She looks just a touch sheepish. "I hope you like experimental spice cookies. Kunzite said they were alright, but I'm not sure he'd say if they weren't. /I/ liked them at least."

Makoto Kino has posed:
Mako accepts the lunch bag with a look of pleased surprise. "Thank you! I bounce back pretty quick," the words hitch with a short, embarrassed little laugh, "but it's really nice of you to have thought of me, either way."

Mention of Kunzite's name has her blinking, thrown for a moment, but then her expression clears into a cheerful grin. "I'm pretty sure Kunzite's standards mostly stop at 'edible,'" she says, looking down to peek interestedly into the bag as she speaks. "If he has likes or dislikes beyond that, I don't think he knows yet - I've been working on figuring them out, but it's tough to trial-and-error when he only kind of has facial expressions. These look great, anyway." She looks up from the cookies to Naru again, green eyes bright. "Is it okay if I try one now, or would you rather I didn't eat them right in front of you?"

Naru Osaka has posed:
"He does, sort of. It's in the twitches." Naru explains, as if providing a partial guide to the secret decoder ring required to read Kunzite. "But if you miss that little twitch around his eye, you're done and you get to just guess. At least that's what I've noticed." She smiles and gestures. "Oh! Please, try one if you'd like. I've eaten more than my share already. It was late, and I didn't want to go to the store, so I had to do some subs with the spices, and I wanted .. well.. they're nto as good as yours." She demures a little.

Makoto Kino has posed:
Nodding merrily at Naru's description of The Subtleties of Kunzite 101, Makoto reaches into the lunch bag for a cookie with no need for any further encouragement. Nom!

She takes her time chewing, trying out the flavor and texture with growing interest. "This is really good!" she declares as soon as she's swallowed. "Your experiment was a success, you should be proud! What substitutions did you make?" It's not a casual question; Mako's green eyes are alight with curiosity. "It's different, it's got kind of a..." The word she wants escapes her, and she ends up gesturing vaguely with the half-eaten cookie.

Naru Osaka has posed:
"Well. It was an American recipe." Naru explains, as if /that/ explains everything about how she had to sub. "So it wanted odd american alcohol and browned butter. I was out of butter, but added some nutitional yeast to give a bit of umani. A bit of whiskey, rather than burbon that it called for and then when I sniffed the batter at the end, a bit of five spice seemed like it would be right."

Makoto Kino has posed:
Mako listens attentively, brows lifting at the explanation. As she listens, she takes another bite out of the cookie, considering the flavor a second time now that she knows what's gone into it.

"Hmmmm~" It's a long, drawn-out sound with a rising inflection, thoughtful and impressed. "I don't know if I'd have thought of that, but it works really well. Thank you again for sharing these with me - I'll definitely enjoy them!"

Naru Osaka has posed:
"I'm glad you like them. I'm also glad they turned out as well as they did." Naru smiles warmly and then gestures a bit. "I should probably get going, I'm supposed to be helping out in the store tonight. I'm glad you're feeling better." She gives a bright wave.

Makoto Kino has posed:
Makoto answers the wave with a wave of her own, the bag of cookies rustling in her hand. "Me too," she says with another little laugh. "See you tomorrow. Take care, Naru-chan!"