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[Zatanna appears with a smile on her face and a...rabbit on her head.   No, not the same one that seems to have been going around from person to person.  This one was actually stuffed.  Cute in its own right, but very much nonliving.  Still, she didn't want to feel left out in the festivities.  Plus, she had her own reasons for donning it.  One that, believe it or not, involved neither tophats not magic tricks.]

Funny story.

I checked the calendar, and it looks like national all-you-can-eat day is coming up   [Translation: Thanksgiving.]  It's a great opportunity for me to flex my amazing cooking skills...but I'm almost starting to run out of ideas.  Want to keep things fresh each year, you know?

Anybody here got any favorite recipes that might offer a fun challenge?  I'm open.  I'll even cook meat.

[She won't eat it, of course, but she'll cook it.]

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[Pardon him, he's never heard of this Thanks Giving.]

There's actually a day for that?

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What can I say? We love food back home.

[At some point, she might even get the the whole actual point of the holiday.]

What about you? Any dishes you really like?

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I'm not very picky.

[It's the truth. In his canon there's not a single dish he doesn't like It's amazing.]

But if there's anything sweet, I'll be happy.

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Something sweet, huh?

[It wasn't much to work with, but she did say she wanted a challenge.]

[Sitting back in her seat, she brought a finger to her lips. Staring up at the seat in deep contemplation. The problem wasn't that she couldn't think of anything. Quite the opposite; too many recipes instantly came to mind.]

Chocolate Mouse Pie?

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[The look on his face speaks volumes.]

I'm okay with that.

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Ah, there are a number of American's under employ at Libra. They would often bring in a lot of food around this time as well. It was always very enjoyable. The gardening club also set aside a day for sharing a meal together.

Are you a vegetarian, by the way?

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I am.

But don't let that fool you. I'm a magician in the kitchen. And that's without even using my powers.

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I'm not fooled at all. I imagine having such diet restrictions would make one an excellent cook since one would have to make do with far less.

If I may, do you have any recipes you'd recommend for a beginner? My last attempt... [was locked away in a tomb so dark that it would never come to light] ...a bit of a disaster.

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[That wasn't quite what she meant, but hey, she would take a compliment where she got it.]

...how about cereal?

Just add milk.

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[There's a small rumble of laughter.]

Ah... as pleased as Mr Shudder would surely be if I stuck with such things, I believe I've graduated at least from toast and cereal.

...I hope.

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Chocolate cake.

[ Preferably with chocolate that's actually... not reworked protein packets. ]

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Hmm...simple, yet irrefutably delicious.

I like it.

[How could one possibly go wrong with chocolate cake; she even knew how to make one without having to look up the recipe.]

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Don't forget the candles.

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[...candles?]

Why? Is it someone's birthday?

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No, but cake tastes better with candles on it.

[ It's said very confidently. ]

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National what?

[Why, yes, Tonks has been pinged by the suggestion that there's a holiday where one can eat as much as possible. It hasn't occurred to her that Zatanna is talking about Thanksgiving.

She hasn't ever celebrated that one, either, anyway.]

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So I might have paraphrased the actual name of the holiday a little bit.

[Even though that's...not what paraphrasing means...at all....]

It got my point across, didn't it?

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[Tonks seriously thinks she's missing something here.]

I'm not sure it did. It's a kedan holiday?

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Technically...no.

Although they've probably heard about it once or twice from us the last couple of years. It's a Holiday from the world I came from. Well...from part of the world.

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[After a bit of silence, Tonks narrows her eyes, more in curiosity than accusation.]

Thanksgiving? Are you talking about Thanksgiving?

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Whoa! There's a day dedicated to food?

[That's... well, they don't really have Thanksgiving in the Land of Departure. He's heard of Christmas, Halloween, and stuff like that, but the concept's new to him.

New, but interesting.]

Hmm, well, d'you know how to make ice cream? Or does that not count as cooking, since it's cold?

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Well, you do have to cook the ingredients together before you chill it. So I guess it could count.

What flavor were you thinking of?

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Let's see...

[There's a lotta different flavors to work with! Disney Town had tons of variety, anyway, but which to start...]

What about Double Crunch? It's got chocolate, strawberries, bananas, peaches, cherries... Basically, it's got lots of different fruit, with bits of chocolate shaped like mouse ears on top of a huge scoop of strawberry ice cream!

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[That was...slightly more detailed than she was expecting.]

[But, hey, challenge!]

Okay, so that's...let me see if I got this right...you want strawberry ice cream with fruits and chocolate on top? Only in the shape of a mouse?

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Yup! Like two, big round ears.

[He tries to mimic the Mickey Mouse shape with his hands.]

There's a key-shaped piece of chocolate pointing to the left, and a caramel one pointing to the right, and a strawberry shell wrapped around the bottom of the ice cream scoop with two white spots like buttons. The rest of the fruit sits around the bottom, and it's all in a crunchy bowl made outta the stuff you make ice cream cones with.

[Heh, that was kinda a mouthful...]

It'd be easier if I had some with me.