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Resistance Base
It was a peaceful day in the Resistance, the new members who have recently joined are sleeping, but all that would change once a certain Guardian wakes up.
"HEY GUYS! I'm starving, how about we try and cook something up?" Fefnir rubbed his stomach.
"I thought reploids weren't supposed to eat." Cerveau was confused as all that he and the other Resistance reploids ever had were E-Crystals.
"That might be a good idea, Zero, why don't you go first?" Ciel asked the crimson reploid that just entered the room. Zero looked around and quickly spoke into his intercom.
"What's that operators, a Neo Arcadian attack? I'm on my way." Before Zero could run away his exit was blocked by Forte, who just entered the room and Ciel dragged him to the kitchen.
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Kitchen
"I don't know what to do, how am I suppose to cook this?" Zero asked.
"Well there's a computer over there so you can go online and check whatever you need." Ciel turned away and left. I wonder why Ciel isn't the cook, guess she's too busy, I'll go and see what I can find.
Zero opened up the computer and the fridge and started searching the internet. He didn't know what he was searching for so he went on the Resistance search engine and typed in food.
"Hmm… soo-sheee, it says here its cut up raw fish with rice and other things inside. I can totally do that, I'm a master at cutting." Zero got out a raw fish from the fridge, some rice, and some other vegetables he wasn't able to identify and got to work.
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10 Minutes Later
In the kitchen sat Ciel and the only reploids with taste buds installed in them, which included: Leviathan, Fefnir, Forte, and Alouette. The only reploid missing was Harpuia, but he wasn't in the room and no one bothered to disturb them.
"Alright guys, prepare to eat the best thing you've ever tasted." Zero came out with a covered plate. He uncovered the plate and everyone stared at the "food". It was a raw fish with a bunch of things including raw rice crammed into it after Zero cut it. All the gut and things still haven't been removed yet and nobody moved.
"Zero," Ciel stared for a few more minutes before she remembered what she was going to say, "how come the fish is cut like that?" The fish was cut very sloppily, and if one looked closely enough, they would find small pieces of metal inside.
"The same way I cut my enemies," Zero smiled proudly, "with my Z-saber."
"There's no way I'm eating that thing," Leviathan ran to the washroom while Fefnir was talking, "maybe if we give it to Weil and Omega, it'd solve all our problems."
"Alright, I get it." Zero put his raw fish in the recycling. "I had no experience with it before, and the instructions were very vague."
"What website did you go on, Zero?" Ciel wondered how Zero managed to get that result while trying to make sushi. why?"
"Never mind, well, I guess you're next, Forte." Forte rose from his seat and went into the kitchen.
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"Let's see, how am I going to do this?" Forte browsed the internet but all the recipes had words he never heard of.
"If Rockman and X can cook, then I sure as hell can." Frustrated, Forte slammed the keyboard and found a recipe he can find.
"This recipe looks pretty easy, I guess I'll make an omelet."
Forte got out some eggs and other ingredients as he started mixing."
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"Five hundred E-Crystals that Forte will destroy the kitchen." Fefnir was betting with Leviathan as they waited.
"You're on," just as Leviathan finished making the bet, Forte came out with his omelet. At the outside it didn't look that bad so Ciel took the first bite. I guess it isn't so bad, a bit plain, but it seems okay. Just then Ciel felt something hard in her mouth and the omelet became really salty. She quickly spit it out and turned to Forte.
"Did you remember to actually spread the salt out?"
"Well, I sort of forgot about it till the last step so I just put some on, my bad."
"What's with all the white things?" Ciel pointed at some hard white things that she seemed to have spit out.
"Oh, that's the egg shell." Forte then realized it wasn't edible and he was supposed to take them out. "Sorry about that, so who's next?"
"Well, I can't really cook well, and Alouette is too young, so that just leaves the two Guardians."
"I'll go first," Fefnir volunteered hoping it will create a diversion, but alas, Leviathan remembered.
"Remember the five hundred E-Crystals you owe me." I just can't seem to catch a break today. Fefnir went into the kitchen and the others waited knowing it will most likely turn out inedible like the other dishes.
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"Man, all of these are either vegetables or fish, where's the real food," Fefnir then found a huge steak. "Perfect."
All that Fefnir managed to find out from the internet was that he was suppose to let the steak roast for four minutes.
Fefnir put in everything he thought was good, which included a lot of things. He used a whole jar of pepper on the steak and turned on his buster and roasted the steak for three minutes.
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"Alright everyone," Fefnir announced to everyone waiting at the desks, "get ready for a man's meal."
Fefnir unveiled his dish, and everyone just stared for a second. Alouette was the first one to respond, "Is the meat suppose to be black or is it a bad thing?"
Forte also responded, "That was suppose to be meat? I thought it was some sort of new weapon."
"Fefnir, you burned the whole thing."
"Be quiet, Leviathan, I'd like to see you do any better." Leviathan got up and went to the kitchen as everyone tried to get the "steak" off the plate. With the combined strength of Zero, Fefnir, and Forte, they finally managed to scrape everything off.
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"Let's see, what should I make?" Leviathan pondered that thought. "It has to be something with some water in it."
Leviathan searched around the internet and found something she liked. "Curry seems to have quite a lot of water in it, I guess I should make that."
Leviathan got all the ingredients listed in there and prepared the dish. She was extra careful, unlike the others, but made one mistake. The recipe didn't specify how much water to add, and she added too many.
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Leviathan came out with the dish, and it was almost all water. Ciel sighed as she looked at the last dish.
"Well, I guess it's not too bad, at least it's edible." Ciel got a bowl and so did everyone else as they drank it.
It didn't necessarily taste bad or anything, but it was a bit bland. It definitely didn't fill anyone up and everyone is still hungry.
"Man, I miss those times at Neo Arcadia, remember that party we had Leviathan?" Fefnir recalled back to the food they ate there.
"Oh yeah, Master X told us that a member who wished to remain anonymous prepared all the food, do you know who that is?"
"Well, it's just a rumor, but Hanumachine told me that X created some kind of robot pantheon." Just then, all the reploids and Ciel realized something as they turned their heads to the second kitchen.
"I smell food," They all ran to the second kitchen and was in for a shock.
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There, in the center of the kitchen, was a sight so unexpected, that Zero felt surprise for the first time in his life. Sure he was surprised when he awoke and met Copy X for the first time and when Elpizo betrayed them, but this was something beyond that.
For there, in the center of the kitchen, was Harpuia in an apron.
"Hey guys, I woke up a few minutes ago and decided to make us all some food." Everyone looked down and the table and found some really delicious looking food. It had everything they attempted to make and then some. The sushi was cut to perfection and organized by size, like it was from a store. The omelet was baked to perfection, and filled with all kinds of vegetables and shrimp.
The amount of water in the curry was just right and it was golden brown and very thick. The steak was baked to perfection and everything was organized in a very neat fashion. Everyone got out a bowl and ate until they couldn't move.
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10 Minutes Later
Harpuia was walking going to his room after he finished his meal and was stopped by Leviathan along the way.
"Hey, Harpy, how come you never told us you knew how to cook?" Leviathan walked closer and Harpuia became a bit uncomfortable.
"Well, a warrior should only worry about fighting, and I was afraid some of you might think less of me." Harpuia cringed as Leviathan came closer.
"That's really cute of you, Harpy, but I like it when you cook. Besides, you look really cute in an apron." Leviathan gave Harpuia a peck on the cheek and went to her room, leaving a bewildered Harpuia.
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