Rio’s Kitchen Chapter 1: Procuring The Ingredients
Alternative Rap Battle’s first event is here! It’s Rio’s Kitchen, featuring the 3rd liners of the 4 OG divisions. This event lasts until the 9th of April 12:59 JST. Best get hunting! This introductory chapter shows Dice meeting up with Rio and how they start their hunt for ingredients.
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DICE Hey, Rio!
[ FOOTSTEPS ]
RIO Hm? Ah, Arisugawa. What’s the matter?
DICE Hehe… Could you feed me again??
RIO Hm… It's no problem but…
DICE Eh? What's up?
RIO Actually, I just ran out of ingredients.
DICE Ah… That so…
RIO So then, I’m going to hunt down the ingredients in a bit.
DICE Then I’ll help as well!
RIO Is that alright?
DICE Ain’t it obvious? You’re making it for me, so the least I can do is help out, or I’ll get some karma on me [1], y’know?
RIO Well then, if I can ask that of you.
DICE Yep! Why don’t we get going already?
RIO That’s right… I was going to say, I’m grateful for you coming to help me so quickly, but I haven’t even had a cup of coffee yet
DICE Oh, really! I’ll have some too!
[ TRANSITION ]
DICE
That's good!!!
RIO
Is that so? I’m glad.
[ DRINKING NOISES ]
DICE Rio, are you always self-sufficient?
RIO I am
DICE Do you buy coffee beans?
RIO No, I always make coffee from the beans that I’ve grown
DICE Eh? No way! Can you actually grow coffee in Japan?
RIO Originally, it grows in an area called 'The Coffee Belt’ that spreads across the equator at 25 degrees of a north latitude
DICE Then isn’t it impossible…?
RIO There are several conditions that are required for cultivation. Temperature and precipitation, moderate shade and cold. But I was able to achieve that.
DICE R-Really… So you got the coffee from a domestic tree!
RIO I heard that there was an area in the south of Japan that had some growing. Though, they are quite rare here.
DICE Ah I see. So I just drank something really rare. That’s super exciting!
RIO Haha… If you say that, then it was worth all the effort.
[ DRINKING NOISES ]
DICE By the way Rio, you’re always cooking all these dishes, but what’s your favourite food?
RIO Mine..? Well… Roast turkey, I guess...
DICE Roasted turkey is good and all but, why’s that?
RIO When I was a child, my mother would always make it to celebrate Christmas with the family... I remember we were pretty happy. Maybe it’s because of those memories.
DICE That sounds good. So you as a little kid, huh?
RIO Is that not obvious?
DICE Ahahahahaha! I can’t even imagine that at all!
RIO Hm. Is that so? On the contrary, it’s not like Arisugawa changed much at all.
DICE Me? Nah, I may be the way I am now, but back in the day, I was completely different.
RIO Is that so? That’s a surprise. What do you mean by different?
DICE Well…
RIO Hm?
DICE Nahahahahaha. I don’t really wanna talk about old stories or anything.
RIO That right? It seems I’ve picked a difficult topic to talk about. I apologise.
DICE No no no! Please don’t apologise!
RIO But…
DICE That's over now. My mother’s house was strict and there was a lot that happened, but it’s in the past.
RIO … Well, people have their different pasts.
DICE Well, with that outta the way, let’s get to hunting! I’m getting hungry waiting around!
RIO Hmph. Well then, let’s go.
[ THE TWO HEAD OFF ]
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[1] The term used can be translated to Dice receiving ‘divine punishment’ from some unknown god, so I’ve just left it as bad karma.
That’s the first chapter! We should have the next coming up tomorrow, apologies for the wait!
CHAPTER 2 >














