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[Grouchy though you can't tell from his writing.]

If you wanted a recipe, you could've asked. Your friend got a preference on flavor?

I'm asking now. [That was the question after all.]

I don't know, he didn't say that. He just said he wants cake, but not ice cream cake and two kinds of ice cream, but not sea-salt and not the kind that comes in the same container.

If you're going to bake him a cake, you need to narrow down the flavors a bit more, kid. For example, does he prefer more sweet things or lean more towards salty?

~~I think~~

I really don't know. He just said cake.

[Oh for the love of...]

You're training to be a cook for your ship. One of the things you need to keep an eye on is the types of flavors your crewmembers gravitate towards. It helps significantly in making sure you prepare things that aren't just healthy but that they'll actually eat.

What sorts of food does your friend tend to eat more of?

I have to do that? Really?

[Huh. How about that.]

I know Lea eats sandwiches.

[Roxas is so helpful.]

[If you were within choking distance, Zeff would cheerfully strangle you right now, Roxas. As it is, he's taking a moment to beat his head against one of the cabinets in the galley before writing his response.]

It's part of the job, kid. You have to balance nutrition with flavor. As healthy as it is for you, nobody can live on things like plain oatmeal forever.

That's a start. What kinds of things does he put on those? Also, what else does he tend to eat?

I don't really know. He likes sea salt ice cream, but he doesn't want any. It used to be his favourite.

So he likes salty and sweet things. Or at least he used to. Could be he had so much of that ice cream that he got sick of it.

Your or him ever have sea salt caramel?

Maybe, we used to eat it almost every day.

[Anyone normal would get sick of it really.]

I don't know what kinds of things he's had, I've only known him a year.

Hm...how much time do you have to make this cake? I can give you a few caramels for you and him to try just to gauge how well he likes it.

His birthday is in three days so I have a little bit of time!

[Hmmm, Lea might like it, if it's not to sea-salt like. Maybe.]

Stop by the Sun's galley in half an hour. I should have a few things you can take back to your crew for them to sample. Shouldn't keep an eye on what he picks out and likes.

[Of course, he'll also be making a batch of everything for the rest of the Spades on the Sun, too. Don't want to have a riot on his hands.]

Okay, I'll be there soon!

[Then Roxas will have to do his best not to eat all the sweets before Lea gets them.]

[And when Roxas arrives, there are boxes filled with the little candies. Plenty for the hungry appetites of both ships' crews.]

[Zeff is allowing the last batch of pastries to cool before decorating.]

[He looks at the little candies with wide eyes.]

I didn't know you could make candy.

[Zeff smirks.]

It's hard to find something I can't make, kid. And if I run across a recipe I've never seen before, I have to learn how to make it.

[He is sufficiently distracted by this.]

Can you make sea salt ice cream? Lea won't make it!

[Zeff takes a moment to root through his mental cookbook which is more like a mental cookbook library.]

To be honest, I don't think I've even heard of it before now, but I've made ice cream dozens of times. Just a matter of working out the flavor ratio.

The other cook made some for me! It was awhile though. The one...the one that's really tall and the blond hair...um...

[Name. Name. Name. It's escaping him right now so he shrugs.]

He had me taste a few and he had it almost perfect, only it wasn't on a stick like at home. Still delicious though.

Wouldn't happen to have had a curly eyebrow and one of his eyes covered by hair, would he?

Yeah! That's him! He's nice even if the witch made him poison me before.

Heh. So Sanji's already taken a crack at it. What was missing from his recipe?

[Trying to drive Sanji crazy by getting the recipe down before him? Perish the thought~]

I'm not really sure. It was sweet and salty just like at home but not the same sweet and salty.

[A challenge where Roxas gets to eat ice cream? Count him in.]

Too sweet or salty?

[Ugh. Kid, you are terrible at details.]

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