[Rin promised Ignis she would make lunch for everyone today, so that has her up as early as the kitchen will open. With 20+ people to cook for and a variety of new flavors and ingredients to learn, she knows this is going to take... a while.
So for several hours, Rin can be found cooking in the kitchen! While the cooks don't seem to care she's moved herself into her space, she thinks they'd be irritated if they were their normal selves, so she does her best to include them. "What ingredients would you suggest compliments this flavor?" she asks. Other times she can be overheard saying, "Can you teach me how to make that? I'll teach you a dish I know in exchange." If anyone else comes in and offers to help, Rin probably won't turn them down. This is a lot of work.
When all is said and done though, anyone who comes to get lunch at the restaurant will find tea and dim sum has been prepared for them. Basically a lot of Chinese-style dishes, with a twist to work out the strange flavors of the Sinnoh region. She's worked hard to get it as right as she can, though. There's all kinds of dumplings, steamed buns, congee, cold and hot spring rolls, you name it. All come with both a meat and vegetarian option (she's noticed a lot of people here seem to be leaning more towards veggies these days).]
Ignis and the others made breakfast, so I pulled my weight and made lunch. There's treats in the back if you want something for dessert, too. Egg tarts and youtiao for us, and then I got the staff to make some special food for the pokemon.
[Rin hangs out at the restaurant there for a while, taking a break to eat and get off her feet, maybe talk to anyone who comes in if they feel up to it. She'll seek out and deliver lunches personally to anyone she doesn't see come in, just to make sure they eat.
And it's sort of in the process of that that she realizes she hasn't seen Alice or Chitanda all day? She's not really talked to either of them much—Chitanda not at all—but she's used to seeing them around. When she tries to deliver lunch to them though, they're nowhere to be found.
So. That's a thing.
...Rin didn't really know them at all, but their disappearance is still frustrating. Yesterday was frustrating; even if she think the meeting with Saturn ultimately went well, it still makes her angry. Too many reminders of certain people in her life, both good and bad.
When it starts to get late, then, Rin leaves the resort by herself to go down to the beach. Bajiquan isn't a martial art that has katas, really. It's more about technique, and strength conditioning, which makes the beach a unique training opportunity. Your hands and feet sink in wet sand, so push-ups and handstands or any activity on it is really unforgiving. Rin practices all of those, but not alone—she has her Mienfoo with her, and instructs him to do the same exercises.
They train not just on the sand, but in the ocean itself. In short shorts and a tank top, Rin wides out until her shins are submerged in the water. Monkey does the same, though being much shorter than she is, he can't go as far out. Rin turns her body sideways so she can watch over him and the incoming waves at the same time.]
Do as I do.
[Telling him this, she lifts her leg high in the air, her foot above her shoulder.]
The point of this exercise is to see how long you can hold this side kick without losing your balance. When you fall, try again.
[If the previous exercises were unforgiving, these ones are tougher. Rin herself can only go for ten seconds at a time in the water, and Monkey much less. But dutifully he does as he's told, and seems to get better each time.
After more training like this, when it's dark out, and Rin's hips and thighs and wrists are burning from the strain, she finally decides to call it a day and will sneak back to her bungalow, careful to be quiet in case anyone's asleep. From the late afternoon on then, Rin can be caught either leaving the resort, training at the beach, or returning late in the evening, probably super soaked and tired, but ultimately looking less frustrated.]
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So for several hours, Rin can be found cooking in the kitchen! While the cooks don't seem to care she's moved herself into her space, she thinks they'd be irritated if they were their normal selves, so she does her best to include them. "What ingredients would you suggest compliments this flavor?" she asks. Other times she can be overheard saying, "Can you teach me how to make that? I'll teach you a dish I know in exchange." If anyone else comes in and offers to help, Rin probably won't turn them down. This is a lot of work.
When all is said and done though, anyone who comes to get lunch at the restaurant will find tea and dim sum has been prepared for them. Basically a lot of Chinese-style dishes, with a twist to work out the strange flavors of the Sinnoh region. She's worked hard to get it as right as she can, though. There's all kinds of dumplings, steamed buns, congee, cold and hot spring rolls, you name it. All come with both a meat and vegetarian option (she's noticed a lot of people here seem to be leaning more towards veggies these days).]
Ignis and the others made breakfast, so I pulled my weight and made lunch. There's treats in the back if you want something for dessert, too. Egg tarts and youtiao for us, and then I got the staff to make some special food for the pokemon.
[Rin hangs out at the restaurant there for a while, taking a break to eat and get off her feet, maybe talk to anyone who comes in if they feel up to it. She'll seek out and deliver lunches personally to anyone she doesn't see come in, just to make sure they eat.
And it's sort of in the process of that that she realizes she hasn't seen Alice or Chitanda all day? She's not really talked to either of them much—Chitanda not at all—but she's used to seeing them around. When she tries to deliver lunch to them though, they're nowhere to be found.
So. That's a thing.
...Rin didn't really know them at all, but their disappearance is still frustrating. Yesterday was frustrating; even if she think the meeting with Saturn ultimately went well, it still makes her angry. Too many reminders of certain people in her life, both good and bad.
When it starts to get late, then, Rin leaves the resort by herself to go down to the beach. Bajiquan isn't a martial art that has katas, really. It's more about technique, and strength conditioning, which makes the beach a unique training opportunity. Your hands and feet sink in wet sand, so push-ups and handstands or any activity on it is really unforgiving. Rin practices all of those, but not alone—she has her Mienfoo with her, and instructs him to do the same exercises.
They train not just on the sand, but in the ocean itself. In short shorts and a tank top, Rin wides out until her shins are submerged in the water. Monkey does the same, though being much shorter than she is, he can't go as far out. Rin turns her body sideways so she can watch over him and the incoming waves at the same time.]
Do as I do.
[Telling him this, she lifts her leg high in the air, her foot above her shoulder.]
The point of this exercise is to see how long you can hold this side kick without losing your balance. When you fall, try again.
[If the previous exercises were unforgiving, these ones are tougher. Rin herself can only go for ten seconds at a time in the water, and Monkey much less. But dutifully he does as he's told, and seems to get better each time.
After more training like this, when it's dark out, and Rin's hips and thighs and wrists are burning from the strain, she finally decides to call it a day and will sneak back to her bungalow, careful to be quiet in case anyone's asleep. From the late afternoon on then, Rin can be caught either leaving the resort, training at the beach, or returning late in the evening, probably super soaked and tired, but ultimately looking less frustrated.]