Itsuki/Utano birthday 2018 - 3

Heartfelt recipe - 3

[Home Ec room]

Its: We bought the ingredients... Alright, let's get to it!

Its: First, it says to "pound the soba", so I'll take this rolling pin...

Fuu: W-W-Wait a little! Say, Itsuki? Could you tell your big sister here what you're planning to do with that rolling pin?

Its: Huh? What do you mean, what? Pound the soba.

Fuu: Pounding the buckwheat flour for soba with a rolling pin... Ahaha, Itsuki, you're such a little rascal.

Tou: ...We barely evaded seeing a ferocious and manly Itsuki-chan...

Its: Also, you need to prepare some fresh eggs!

Mit: Aah, she started cracking the eggs!

Fuu: Wait, wait. What are you going to do with those eggs?

Its: Buckwheat flour for soba doesn't stick together by itself like udon does, so you need a "binder", right?

Its: And you told me that eggs are a good binder a while ago, Onee-chan.

Fuu: Hamburg steak is what you use eggs as a binder for! The binder you use for soba is wheat flour!

Fuu: Okay, let's stop for now. First, I'll explain to you how to cook it. Then you'll actually start doing things. Okay?

Its: Got it!

Kar: ...The future looks grim.

SON: But it'd be interesting to let Ittsun cook the way she wants to.

Fuu: Nogi... Cooking doesn't have to be interesting...

SON: Heh heh heh... Are there any boring people around? Are there any fun things around?

Yuu: Ahaha, you're like a namahage! What'd you do if there were boring people? [1]

SON: I'd make them fun!

Tou: To breathe interest
Into this world, bereft of
Interest as is.

Takasugi Shinsaku.

Fuu: Wasn't that his death poem?..

Kar: That's a bad omen...

Yuu: Forestization warning!? But we just took care of some Vertexes before!

Hin: So this is where all of you were. Can I ask you to sortie?

Fuu: Uuh... What are we going to do, Itsuki?

Its: Let's go, Onee-chan. Or I won't able to make some tasty soba in peace.

===
Notes:

1 - Namahage are demonic beings from Japanese folklore, involved in a New Year's ritual where men in masks and straw capes walk around asking if there are any bad children around.