Ishitsumugi no Shou 16-1N

The horrifying hotpot party - 1

[Park]

Fuu: Okay, everyone, good work today. Who's going for udon after this?

Yuu/Tak/Aka: Me!

Aya: One, two, three... Uh, everyone is!

Uta: Not everyone. Fuu-san, I'll go if there's soba.

Mit: U-Utanon. You should've just quietly come along and ordered soba in secret.

Tam: Hmm. Maybe Tama'll get soba too, for a change.

Uta/Wak: Eh!? (What!? Tamako, are you betraying us!?)

Tak: No, I'm not betraying anyone. But don't you want to eat something different every now and then?

Gin: Yeah, I get you. I like udon as a staple food, but I want something different!

Sum: Different? Ah, Manchu Han Imperial Feast? You can't have that.

Gin: Then something... You know, stuff we don't usually eat. Some sort of delicacy... that I've never had.

Anz: Delicacy? So like funazushi, karasumi, konowata or kuchiko? [1]

Tam: I don't know any of those. But they sound good!

Suz: Deciding that they sound delicious without knowing a thing is dangerous to the extreme!

Yum: But something called a "delicacy" is likely to cost a considerable sum.

Tou: That's right. And it would probably hard to get your hands on any, especially on such a short notice.

Shi: But it sounds funny... I kind of want to eat a delicacy...

Kir: Heh heh heh. If it's something funny ya want, ya can just leave it to me!

Shi: Ah... Yeah, I'm good.

Kir: Wait, wait! Why are you backing down!? Heh heh. That was a good one just now. Good going, Shizu-tan.

Meb: So, Kiryu-san, what did you want us to leave to you?

Kir: Ah, that? If we're talking about funny food, what else can it be other than yaminabe!?

Chi/Son/Hin: Yaminabe!?

Sek: I've heard about that. It's hotpot where you turn off the lights and everyone puts in ingredients they brought, right?

SON: It's an exciting hotpot party, since what everyone brings is a secret and you're eating in the darkness, so you don't know what you'll get!

Chi: I can't understand what's supposed to be funny about that...

Tak: But it sounds kind of fun! I want to try it!

Kir: Right? Alrighty then, let's go over the rules!

Its: I-It's already decided we'll be doing it...

Kar: Well, why not? I've never done hot pot with a bunch of people.

Fuu: Our first hotpot party is yaminabe... Why do we keep deviating further and further away from normal things?

Kir: First, one person gets to bring one item. Limited to edible stuff only!

Ren: Isn't that obvious?

Kir: Ahaha! There were some wild folks in the past that brought geta sandals and frogs just for laughs. I can understand them!

Yuu: Eeeh!? Are frogs tasty!?

Suz/Mit/Kar: That part!?

Kir: No noodles like udon or soba this time, either. Wouldn't be fun if y'all just brought noodles.

Kir: Also, nothing that's still alive and no liquids. If you can't grab it with chopsticks, it won't do. That's all!

Nat: No living things, huh...

Its: W-What were you planning to put in...?

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Notes:
1 - Funazushi - salted fermented fish; karasumi - salted and dried mullet roe; konowata - salted sea cucumber innards; kuchiko - dried sea cucumber ovaries.