XIX

[rashness]

[So Sanji went home over a week ago. Honestly, Seventh Heaven’s been struggling to stay open since and he been conspicuously closed in the mornings where it hadn’t been before since then that time. You see, while there is a part time chef (Spock) and four members of the serving staff left, there is only one full time chef and at least one of the serving staff members isn’t coming in.

Oh, and there’s also a robot. Specifically mecha Sanji. It’s been picking up the cooking slack some, but for all of its frankly impressive robotics, it still can’t really think for itself or do much more than copy stuff it’s already seen prepared. ...Well and shoot lasers, but you know, robot. That is, until Pascal came in sometime yesterday and gave him some programming to "help" out at the place.

Or rather, to get more help. Which is way, sometime in the the afternoon today the robot steals Rin’s journal when the boy isn’t paying attention to make the following voice entry-]

[Voice / Action]
[This post begins with a hideous mechanical thing coming onto the picture, and beginning in a mechanical voice-]

My name is Sanji. We need more shitty workers at Seventh Heaven. Would you like to-

[And then there’s a sound of surprise as Rin comes into the room and exclaims-]

What the hell’re you-! [WAIT ISN’T THAT HIS JOURNAL HAS THE ROBOT GONE ROGUE? Pascal warned him about this!!]

Hello Rin. I am recruiting more shitty workers.

Who programmed you to-- no, dumb question. Just stop it already!

But we need more-

Hydrozz-- aalo nii-san! No, Hydra- Oh come on! [And at this point Rin gives up and goes to tackle the robot, because he turned his face back to the journal to continue his speil. And he seems to struggle with the robot for a bit, including an explosion before a shout of of-] Tell me you damn shut down phrase already!

Hydroxylammonium nitrate-- [And then a buzzing sound before, upon hearing the word, the robot shuts down. Rin sighs in relief and goes to pick up the book himself-]

S...sorry ‘bout that, everyone. [A beat] ...But the thing kinda has a point. We’re short handed, and while we don’t have a new boss or nothing, or even a head chef, if anyone’s willing to help us out however you think you can, could you stop by Seventh Heaven? I’m Rin, by the way, so I guess me and whoever else is here’ll be talkin’ to you.

[Because he wouldn’t want to pull a fast one on Miyabi or the others or anything. He’s really got no authority to do this in the first place...

And for the action portion, true to his word, Rin will be at Seventh Heaven all day. For once, he isn’t in the back cooking, so you might not be able to get a meal, but that’s because he’s manning the fort for anyone who might willing to help out here. This post was made in response to this OOC post]

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[rashness]

[All he hears is white noise.]


...Wow.

[etudes]

...

Rin-kun? Is something wrong..? [ She thinks he's being distracted by something.. ]

[rashness]

Not. Really - no, not really.

[etudes]

Does Rin-kun need me to explain more then? I know a lot about these sort of things..

[rashness]

Ah, sure. If you want to...?

[etudes]

Of course. I never mind teaching Rin-kun anything. After all.. we're friends.

[ She hums blankly, as if she's trying to think of what to say first.. ]

.. The compound is a salt with separated hydroxyammonium and nitrate ions. Hydroxylammonium nitrate is unstable because it contains both a reducing agent and an oxidizer, the situation being analogous to ammonium nitrate. It is usually handled as an aqueous solution. The solution is corrosive and toxic, and may be carcinogenic. Solidhydroxylammonium nitrate is unstable, particularly in the presence of trace amounts of metal salts.

[rashness]

[Was he supposed to follow that?

How?]

[etudes]

[ Nobody can, Rin. Nobody can.

But still, she pauses for a moment, as if she's waiting for him to catch up. ]

Is there anything more Rin-kun still wants to know?

[rashness]

Kind of, I guess - like... where'd you learn all that?

[etudes]

From books, of course.. My mother and father always had very, very interesting books since they're scientists.

[rashness]

And you understood all of that? Are you a genius or something?

[etudes]

Some people in my school said that before.. When I was done with a book and could hear other people nearby, they'd say something like "it's the genius girl".. or something like that.

Rin-kun thinks they're right?

[rashness]

If you can remember random stuff like that so well then you just might be! I mean, I don't know why I'd doubt it if it's like that!

[etudes]

I see, so that's why they were saying it.. [ She's slowly starting to agree now.. although it's mostly since Rin is saying it now. ]

So I really am a genius. [ .. ] That's a good thing, right?

[rashness]

Of course it's a good thing! It means you're smart!

[etudes]

I bet Rin-kun's a genius too then. Since I think Rin-kun is smart too.. [ no, Kotomi. ]

[rashness]

-What? No I'm not! Seriously?! You think so?!

[etudes]

Uh-huh. Rin-kun is taking care of the hydroxylammonium nitrate robot, after all. I bet that takes a lot of intelligence.

[rashness]

Actually, that doesn't have anything to do with what the robot's like. I just teach it to cook and tell it to shut up when you gotta shut it up.

[etudes]

...

[ Blink. ]

Then why does it know about it to begin with?

[rashness]

'Cus the woman who programmed it decided that was an easy to memorize shut down phrase.

[etudes]

.. Hmm, I guess she's right. It's not hard to remember at all.

[ NOT FOR YOU, KOTOMI.. ]

[rashness]

I still can't remember it! And you said it like two seconds ago!

[etudes]

Maybe you should repeat it a few times to yourself, I've heard that helps. Hydroxylammonium nitrate, hydroxylammonium nitrate, hydroxylammonium nitrate..

[rashness]

Hydro-al-moo-num? Night-rate....