Sworn friends and the year's end - 2-5N

[Hero Club room]

Gin: Phew, that was fun. It's been a while since we've played colour tag. 

Sum: That was a pretty intense game. I still don't know what that "vermillion" colour Sonocchi named is supposed to look like, though.

SON: It's between red and orange, Wasshi! 

Tam: Hey, elementary schoolers, you're back. I'm making shimenawa rope for the New Year's decorations right now.

Gin: Preparing for New Year's celebrations, right?

Son: That sounds fun!

Sum: Shimenawa and kadomatsu pine decorations... The soul of Japanese traditions is important.

Nat: Making shimenawa is worth it. Look, here's how we make it in Okinawa.

Tak: Wah, that's cool!

Nat: A piece of coal wrapped in kelp and a small shiisa decoration are what set it apart.	 

Tak: I want to make one too!

Sum: Gin, what should we do? Looks like they don't need a hand here...

Gin: Want to go take a look at the Home Ec room? I want to see how the New Year's dishes are going!

[Home Ec room]
 
Fuu: Itsuki, can you turn over that stuff that's simmering?

Its: Eh? The whole pot? ...Oh, you mean so it doesn't burn.

Tou: Itsuki-chan, can you get me those bamboo skewers? And check if they're done, if you would.

Its: Okay. I need to stab this into the vegetables and check how hard they are, right?

Gin: Ooh!.. Itsuki-san is cooking, properly!..

Sum: Gin, that's rude.

Son: Her cooking skills must've went up a level after her experience with cooking soba!

Son: Oh, speaking of soba... Are those two at it again?

Wak: The firmness is udon's lifeblood! Keep going, you need to knead it more!

Uta: The feel of soba going down your throat is all about being uniformly thin! And the most essential thing for that is how you cut it!

Son: Wah, it's like they're fighting. 

Fuu: Huh, when'd the three of you get here?

Gin: We just came here. Can we help out somehow?

Fuu: Let's see... We've got enough people working on the New Year's dishes, and having you help Wakaba and Utano... would be dangerous.

Fuu: Is there anything else we need done... Ah, there is!

Fuu: Sumi, can you make regular mochi? You know, not botamochi.

Sum: Yeah, if I have mochi rice, a mallet and a mortar.

Fuu: Alright, great. That's just perfect.

Fuu: I'll prepare all those, so can I count on you to make us some mochi?