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[ Souji is seen leaning over a worktop - one of the inn's huge soup pots is currently stationed on the surface, its contents unseen. Evidently, he's unaware of the rolling camera. He glances back to look at his lovely sous chefs - Val and Nanako - and smiles. ]

Valeria, would you be able to chop these finely for me?

[ And he pushes a board laden with greens over to her. ]

Huh? Oh, sure! No problem.

[ Valeria practically beams at the request and draws the board smoothly to her. She turns her attention briefly to the far counter, where a number of knives are already laid safetly out of Nanako's reach, and shows little to no hesitation in drawing what some might identify as a chef's knife from the available selection. She returns her attention to the greens after analyzing the knife briefly, drawing them up in a proper patter, and then --

Chachachachachacha!

-- begins to chop them with marked precision at an abnormally fast pace, so much so that the action is almost a song. ]

[ After a slight moment of climbing - the girl needs to stand on a box just to be able to watch what's going on on top of the counters - Nanako just stares at the chopping with wide admiring eyes in awe, silenced by the show. At least her mood seems to have become better by a lot by now, perhaps because of the cooking gathering. Nanako hasn't seen much people in the kitchen at work, just Souji actually, but she knows enough to be able to see that Valeria's work is really good. ]

W-wow! That's so fast!

[ And Souji's eyes are drawn to it, too, eyebrows raising minutely beneath his fringe. His smile is quirked by Nanako's exclamation, however, as he turns back to the pan.]

Mm. You'll have to teach us sometime.

[ Nanako stares at the cutting more in fascination, but then turns around towards the camera as something seems to dawn upon her. ]

Ah! I think it turned on when I put it down!

[ She gets off the box and trots over to the communicator, getting a bit too close to it before taking a step back to a reasonable distance. Suddenly the idea dawns upon her that this is almost like television and she turns a slight bit more timid. ]

Um.. E-everyone, let's hope.. it turns out real good!

[ There's one last (slightly nervous, but happy) smile before the feed clicks off. ]

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[ Valeria can't help but smile at Souji's statement and Nanako's enthusiasm. Although her eyes aren't currently trained on either, she hears the smile in the girl's voice and it makes the atmosphere seem a little lighter, a little warmer than it was before. She also heard the sincerity within Souji's voice and the--was that... a teasing lilt? She turns her eyes to look at him for a moment, blinking curiously before forcing her gaze away.

To Nanako. ]

Maybe we should host a cooking show sometime. What do you think, Nanako?

[ Nanako turns back to the other two after turning off the camera. ]

A real cooking show? Like the ones on tv?

[ She has at least seen some of those, considering she can spend hours in front of the television when she's at home alone. (Really, she has seen most shows by now.) But everything on there always seemed so big and distant, so at the idea of doing something of that her face lights up with surprise and a hint of excitement. ]

[Souji chuckles, his smile serene. Cooking never fails to ease stress, after all, and this is something they all sorely need.]

You two can be the faces for it, alright?

[ Valeria nods in response to Nanako's question even as she continues chopping the green. Souji did say finely, after all, and far be it from her to present him with anything but. ]

I think Nanako'd be the best face for it honestly. I know I'd watch!

[ You silly people and your silly suggestions. Nanako only looks more surprised this time. ]

Huh? Me?

[ The surprised face turns back to a smile and she giggles, even though it's a bit nervously. She's still that little timid girl after all. ]

I-I can't do that alone! You guys have to join in too, or else it's no fun.

[ Well, Melusine was just clicking through the feeds and...d'aw how cute. ]

I'm sure it'll come out just wonderfully.

You think so? Thanks! Big bro and Valeria-san are really good at it, so it will probably be alright.

I'm sure it will come out wonderfully.

I am so glad you guys didn't let Chie in on this.

Didn't let.. ... Huh?

[ Buuut even though she doesn't fully understand you're giving her ideas. ]

Oh, all of us should cook together sometime too!

[Zack had been bored, having a broken leg and no crutches was wearing on his nerves, Cloud as M.I.A again and he didn't want to take up all of Tifa's time so he was busy flipping through the communicator, he watched in amusement the cooking "show". He hadn't really ever thought of Valeria as domestic and he didn't know the other two but he figured he'd see if he couldn't chat the group up.]

Ha! So how much did you pay the Turk to get her to cook?

[There is no sarcasm or ill intent in that tone, just a good laugh and easy manner.]

[ Nanako stares at the camera a bit timidly, she doesn't recognize this man. Not to mention it takes her a few moments to realise who exactly he's referring to. ]

A-ah! Um.. V-Valeria-san just helped us..

[Zack lets out another retort of laughter and winks at the feed towards Nanako in a playful demeanor]

Just watch her with those blades, don't wanna end up with someone missin' a finger. I'm Zack by the way, SOLDIER First Class, Zack Fair.

[ She stares down at her fingers for a moment - as if she might already be missing one without knowing it - and then looks back up at the camera again. She relaxes just slightly. ]

I don't think she would chop off someone's finger.. She's really good at cutting.

U-um, I'm Nanako! Nanako Dojima. ... Are you one of Valeria-san's friends?

[Zack chuckled as she looked down at her fingers.]

I was just kiddin', she might do that to me but I don't think she would you.

Sure am, I used to work with her back home.

But I'm sure she wouldn't do that to you if you worked together! [ Well, her dad constantly slaps Adachi too, but.. Hmm, maybe that wasn't such a good argument. ] Um, she's really nice, so I'm sure!

I see.. What was it like for you back home?

Sure she would, if I aggravate her enough [He's teasing, Valeria wouldn't really hurt him, she just gets a little motherly with him, but he don't mind. Although her next question makes him pause, how was it back home for him, it was rough, but he was happy.]

Not too bad, I'm SOLDIER so I spent alot of time gone from home on missions.

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