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[kakouton]

[Xiahou Dun was trying to get used to his new surroundings here. For someone who has never really dealt with technology, it wasn't an easy thing to do. First those doors, the elevator, everything was eyed carefully and with lots of suspicion before he uses any of them.

The technology isn't the only thing he has to get used to - the food is something he has to try as well, as nothing was really a reminder of the food he got in Ancient China. He stops in the canteen, his eyes flying over the menu list.]

What's a Hot Dog?

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[fierybluebird]

A dog that's been out in the sun for too long.

- Marco

[kakouton]

Are you trying to make a fool out of me? People wouldn't eat that. [Or so he hopes for his own sanity.]

[bunnypassingby]

[Mikuru doesn't have a hotdog on her own tray, but the question makes her smile.] A sausage. It doesn't have real dog in it; it's just a mix of things like beef and pork.

[kakouton]

[He's never heard of sausages either, but the beef and pork explanation made at least some sense to him.]

Is it really as good as they claim?

[fierybluebird]

Oh, I thought it was a riddle.

Are you sure you really want to know? Most food is best left unknown.

[kakouton]

I wouldn't ask if I don't want to know. I'd like to know what I'm eating here.

[fierybluebird]

Do you know what intestines are?

[bunnypassingby]

[Mikuru looks around, then leans in like she's sharing a secret but with a mischievous smile:] I don't get what the big deal is.

[fionna_time]

The prince or the food?

[tempesting]

It's cylindrical meat that the Surface people eat with fluffed bread called 'buns'.

[kakouton]

I've... heard about it. [This didn't seem to bode well.]

[kakouton]

[As soon as Xiahou Dun notices that she starts leaning in he leans back simultaneously, just a little. Why was she doing this?]

I'm not so big on adventures with the food I'm eating.

[Not that he had much choice here, but at least he gets to know the tongue of the people that lived here then.]

[kakouton]

There's a prince called like that? [This world gets stranger by the minute, really.]

[fionna_time]

Yeah, hot dog prince! Don't get too close, he smells like hot dog water though.

But I think there's some kind beef in hot dogs or something...

[kakouton]

With a bread? That doesn't sound too bad.

[He's considering it for a moment.]

Do you enjoy this kind of food?

[kakouton]

He smells like the food? How did he do that?

[Beef, huh.]

That doesn't sound like you ate it, though.

[fierybluebird]

Right, so they're pig intestines stuff with various other meats and spices. Usually more pig meat, but sometimes beef and whatever. Kind of like sausage but less disgusting.

They're best with sauces. Ketchup, relish, mustard, and a bun.

[fionna_time]

Well he's a hot dog prince, of course he smells like that.

I ate it! I just guessed what it was made from cuz of the taste.

[kakouton]

[Well, it didn't sound like something that would taste as good as they made it sound, but..]

And I suppose that ketchup is a sauce?

[kakouton]

Is that that logical? [He'd thought the Hot Dog prince might be the person who has invented it or something along those lines... that didn't mean he had to smell like hot dogs, right?]

I see.

[fionna_time]

In my world, totally! That stuff happens all the time!

[fierybluebird]

It is, aye. Tomatoes, vinegar, sugar, I forget what else.

[kakouton]

I see. Is that what you usually eat as well? Or do you prefer other kind of food?

[kakouton]

It does? Just what kind of world are you from?

[fionna_time]

It's called Ooo! That's not even one of the strangest stuff: I mean, there are candy people and mutants and demons and vampires and stuff like that!

I'm kinda surprised that people don't have 'em in their world too!