Chapter 11: Cooking with the Tsums
Moments later, Kalim has taken his Tsum and Jamil to the kitchen.
"And we're here! It's a little on the small side, but it's nice, right?
"Why are we in the cafeteria kitchen? There's nothing interesting about it at all..." Jamil questions.
And Kalim answers, "Actually, I was hoping you'd cook something for us, Jamil. I wanted to have lunch with the Tsum since it came all the way here—something we didn't serve at the party!"
"Kalim... You're putting me in a tight spot," Jamil responds, a bit frustrated, "I don't mind cooking, but we don't have any ingredients. Maybe the ghost chefs would give us a few things if we asked nicely, but not enough for anything fancy."
Realizing that Jamil has a point, Kalim says, "Oh... Then what do we do?"
Suddenly, they hear a voice, "Goodness, talk about too many cooks in the kitchen."
The two Scarabia students and the Tsum turn to see Floyd, Azul, and his Tsum counterpart enter the kitchen.
"If it isn't Kalim and Jamil. Fancy that. What brings you here?" Azul responds.
Kalim smiles and says, "Oh, hey Azul, hey Floyd! Here's the thing..." and explains why they're in the kitchen.
Azul understands, "Now I see. If that's your conundrum, you can use some of the ingredients we brought."
"Wow, really?" Kalim asks with a smile.
"Not for free, of course," Azul points out, "Since we're providing the ingredients, I'd like you to cook enough for us as well. We were going to do some cooking of our own for...reasons. We brought ample seafood and rice..."
"'Reasons' is doing some heavy lifting there..." Jamil says, thinking that something fishy is going on.
But Azul reassures, "Don't worry about it. It's hardly relevant. Anyway, Floyd and the Tsum were supposed to do the cooking, but Floyd got bored partway through.
Azul Tsum jumps with glee.
"Look, it's a huge pain havin' to work around a Tsum every step of the way," Floyd says.
Kalim soon understands, "Ooh, I get you. We were just in the market for some ingredients. Thanks, Azul!"
The Kalim Tsum happily jumps for joy.
"Guess the guy who's actually gonna be making the meal doesn't get a say..." Jamil responds, "...Whatever. I might as well get this over with while the ingredients are still fresh."
If it's Sea Snake doin' the cookin', maybe he'll do something I haven't seen before. I'll help out if it looks interestin'," Floyd says.
And Azul says, "You should help him as well, Tsum. I'm sure Jamil would appreciate the extra hand—er, stub? Not to mention the whole point of coming here was so I could gauge your aptitude."
"Okay, let's cheer 'em on!" Kalim says.
And with that, the cooking adventure has begun. Jamill chips the ingredients as Floyd focuses on the stove. Once Jamil chips an ingredient, the Kalim Tsum brings them over and puts them in the pot. Then the Azul Tsum passes Jamil the next ingredient. Azul and Kalim are on the sidelines as they watch the Tsum help Jamil and Floyd.
Time has passed, and the meal is a success that the two Tsums jump for joy.
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