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[Richard is up early this morning, out and about before most of the rest of the household is even awake. He's not about to let his odd sensitivity to any sort of wind stop him from getting things done-- instead, he simply bundles himself up until he looks more like a walking pile of coats and scarves than anything else before making his way in to the center of town for a shopping trip. Of course, the downside of said bundle of outer layers is that it's a bit hard for him to see, meaning that he might occasionally stumble into people or objects before he even realizes it...

His first stop is the grocery store, where he can be found consulting a list and selecting ingredients. Okay, maybe making a black forest cake is a bit ambitious on his end, but he wants to give it a shot anyway. It SOUNDS delicious, if nothing else.

Then he heads to the item store to grab a few more things, even though he'd already picked out his main present some time ago. Perhaps a new toy for Tiger Festival as well...

Of course, then he realizes that his recipe calls for cherry liqueur, which requires a stop by Good Spirits to pick some of that up.

Finally, he heads back home to House 28, where housemates will find him in the kitchen baking something that smells very delicious and very chocolatey. The end result may be a little lopsided and the frosting job definitely leaves something to be desired (maybe he should've whipped that whipped cream a bit more, it seems a little runny), but at least it smells good?]

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Are you certain it's supposed to taste like apples?

[He peers at the box, searching for any sort of image of an apple on it to use as a hint.]

It would make more sense for it to be strawberry- or cherry-flavored instead. Those are the flavors one would usually associate with red-colored foods.

Really?

[He scrutinizes the box again.]

Why's that? [Neither cherries nor strawberries are terribly common where he's from, so to him it makes way more sense to just use apples.]

Because most red candies that I've tasted are cherry-flavored, or sometimes strawberry. Cherry seems to be the default flavor for something that's dyed red.

[It had been a bizarre thing to him too when he first arrived; while food coloring exists in his world, it isn't used anywhere near as often as it is in the food that shows up in the grocery store here.]

It's dyed? What, like cloth? That's supposed to be edible?

I believe they use some sort of food coloring that is safe to eat.

[He lets out a soft laugh.]

I don't think I'd be here talking to you now after all of the candy I've sampled here if it weren't.

Right...

Seems kinda pointless to me. If it's just gonna be eaten, it doesn't need to look like a freakin' work of art or anything.

Have you ever seen the decorated cakes in the bakery? Some of those look almost too beautiful to eat. I can't imagine putting all of that work into decorating them only to have them eaten in a matter of minutes.

[He nods in vague agreement.]

Hell, it could look like a pile of crumbs slapped together with frosting and it'd still taste fine.

But would you really want to eat something that looked like that?

Don't matter to me...I'm not too picky.

Picky enough to question the idea of eating something you aren't sure is made out of fruit or not.

[He can't help the little bit of teasing there, really. Jean left himself open for that one.]

That's different!

[He jabs an accusatory finger at the box of cereal.] This crap doesn't even look like normal food - at least I'd be able to tell it's still a cake, even if it's just crumbs and icing.

We could always just open the box here and try it to see how it tastes. After all, it isn't as if we have to pay for the food here. We won't be losing anything if we decide it isn't edible.

[Let him staaaaare at the box for a long moment of consideration, before side-eyeing Richard.]

...If you eat it first, sure, I'll do it. [He's still dubious, okay?]

You have a deal.

[Even if they don't taste like fruit, they can't be THAT bad... at least, he thinks. It's a chance he's willing to take.]

[He'll grab the box from the shelf and tear it open, probably in the improper way, Now they'll never be able to re-close the box by slipping the tab into the slot... Pulling the bag open, he shoves the box toward Richard.]

Go for it.

[Good thing Richard wasn't planning on putting the box back on the shelf-- he's figuring that either Asbel or Isamu will eat it if he won't.

When Jean holds out the box, Richard takes it, then lifts it up to his nose to sniff. It... doesn't quite smell like fruit, but it doesn't smell bad either. A quick glance confirms that these "Froot Loops" do indeed look like the pictures on the box.

It's the moment of truth: he reaches one hand in to grab a few of the brightly-colored pieces of cereal and pull them out. Before he can have second thoughts about this, he pushes them all into his mouth at once.]

[He watches carefully for a reaction.]

So...? What's the verdict?

[Chewchewchew... (and swallow, because he has proper manners)]

... I'm not sure if I would say it tastes like fruit, but it isn't bad at all.

Let me see.

[He grabs the box out of Richard's grip and shoves a hand in to draw out a small handful of the colorful little loops. He'll bring it close to his face for a moment of suspicious inspection before knocking it all back.]

[Now it's Richard's turn to study Jean's expression, waiting for his reaction to the strange and colorful cereal.

Even if he kind of wants that box back so he can have more of them.]

Well?

[His expression is somewhere between surprise and uncertainty. And he's still chewing - he probably stuffed too much of the colorful cereal in his mouth - but he answers anyway.]

Doesn't taste anything like fruit. [Which might be a harsh assessment, because there's a vaguely fruity something to it.] And it's too damn sweet. Might as well be a box full of sugar, it would hardly make a difference.

I thought I could detect a hint of fruit flavor, but perhaps I was wrong. You're right about it tasting mostly of sugar, however. They seem to have overdone it somewhat on the sweeteners.

[... but he likes it anyway. Give the box back to him if you don't want it, Jean.]

[Take it. He finishes chewing and swallows.]

It's more like a dessert than something you'd want to eat for breakfast.

[And take it he does... and then promptly helps himself to another small handful of it. You know, just to test the taste one more time.]

And yet it has the texture and consistency of cereal. Interesting...

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