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『Fast Track』

The smell of coconut wafted through the air, and that was when she appeared.

Cassandra adorned in a knee length purple cloth dress, with black slacks tucked into a pair of shin high boots making her dress out to be a tunic, as she came waltzing on into the dining hall. Her eyes shifted over the absurdly long rectangular table, her eyes tracing over the two elves and two human girls, before looking to her own family.

"Seems like almost everyone is here..." Her head shifted to the side as she went to look over her shoulder, but no Jack was behind her. "Huh," her eyes trailed towards the ground, her eyes taking in the familiar surroundings that she saw every morning, and every night at supper..

The floor was covered in flat tiled slabs of polished slate, the walls were covered with dark chocolate colored wood panelling and a decorative wainscoting of unpainted cherry wood.

The support beams for one of the many internal balconies could be seen lining the walls evenly every eight feet apart.

Various portraits graced the walls above the wainscoting.

Gilded oil lamps, truly made of iron were attached to the walls, but were unlit as their glass covers were burnt black by their previous flames.

Above the massive, unneeded and expensive, table was a large chandelier made of ivory and gold with red wax candles and black wicks contrasting with the walls. It's only purpose truly is to bring light into the otherwise naturally unlit room. All the same, its very existence was an exaggeration as the room was still dim and practically unlit.

Runa turned her gaze towards Cassandra as she sniffed the air, as did Vivian, blinking at the scent that it seemed only Runa and Kokei could recognize.

Kokei made his sudden appearance, seamlessly entering from the kitchen door attached to the room with a pair of trays carrying platters of omelet rice, with a red condiment in a small glass beside each dish. It was ketchup, or at least a thick homemade variant of the sauce.

Cassandra blinked several times seeing this and even smelling it. The red sauce had a citric scent to it, similar to a tomato which was commonly thought to be poisonous or bad for one's health to those who don't study. However there was plenty of salt in it too. She licked her lips slightly at this unhealthy flavor enhancer as she would quickly make her way over towards her parents and sat down boyishly with a heavy emphasis behind a simple flop.

The moment she was seated, that was when Jack decided to make himself known as he too came out from the kitchen as Kokei stood beside the table.

"I see you're done your bath," Jack chuckled, "Did you enjoy the sweet scented soap?"

Cassandra nodded wildly at this, "Yes. Yes I did! Where did you get it?"

"From an Island... I don't quite remember the name of it however," his head lulled to the side before he gazed over towards the tray in the hands of Kokei. "Ah, you made ketchup!"

Kokei chattered his jaw a bit excitedly, since he couldn't taste it, this was a test to see if he could still cook without the sensation of taste.

Oddly enough though, he had the ability to smell through the ambient use of magic that his body uses to remain animated. He was still getting used to the strange floating sensation as he couldn't feel very much unless it was an intense feeling.

"I found some tomatoes in the kitchen repository." He shared telepathically as he began to place each plate down in front of the people before him. "I hope you all enjoy omelet rice. The cook was 'wise' enough to let me borrow the kitchen for this meal."