check out the kitchen
. . . . . . . check out the kitchen. The two of you make your way below decks to the kitchen. As you walk, you start to smell something good. You both come upon the cook chopping the head off a fish.
Rather than a scruffy man like you expected, the cook is a buxom brown-haired woman. She is wearing a small apron that shows off her assets, and her right arm is covered in octopus tattoos. She looks up and sees the both of you. She suddenly grips her knife a little harder. "What are you two doing down here?"
You put on a smile and approach the counter. "My friend and I just booked passage on this ship and thought we'd do some exploring. What's that you're making? Sure smells good."
Suddenly whipping out some fancy knife tactics, she cleaned the fish in three quick movements. "I'm making seared sea bass."
The red-haired teenager blinks a few times. "You're using sea salt to season it right? I heard it's bad luck if a sea creature is salted with anything but sea salt."
The cook and you stare at him for a moment. "Where on earth did you hear that?" you ask.
"I can't really recall," he says, "but just to be safe . . ."
"If you don't like what I cook," said the cook irritably, "you can eat what you brought with you. Nothing."
You decide to try and dissolve the tension. "I love fish! What are you planning for dessert?"
"I'm torn between chocolate cake, apple pie, and scones. What do you think I should go with?"
You don't even need to think. You want her to make a . . . . . . .
Written by Ophelianime on 06 December 2014