Enjoy the Taste of Fall! Ep. 5
Ruby
*Huff* *Puff* Hanayo, just how far are we going? I don't think I can take another step.
Hanayo
Hmm, just a bit further!
Ruby
Further?! Left, right, everywhere I look, all I see are trees. I'm scaaared.
Hanayo
We'll be fine! This is all for those delicious ingredients. We have to keep going.
Ruby
So what exactly are you looking for?
Hanayo
*Chuckle* Excellent question. I'm looking for the king of fall, which means matsutake mushrooms!
Ruby
Really?! Matsutake?! Those would be perfect! Can we really find them here?
Hanayo
I asked the caretakers earlier and they said we can. Unfortunately, they said that matsutake mushrooms only grow up in the mountain, so getting them is difficult.
Ruby
Gotcha. Hmm, I guess those mushrooms have to be here if the caretakers said so.
Hanayo
We keep calling this a fall harvest festival, so I want to have some matsutake mushrooms for it.
Hanayo
I have this picture in my mind of the king of fall, matsutake mushrooms, mixed into takikomi gohan, and I have to give it a try!
Ruby
That doesn't really have anything to do with barbecuing.
Ruby
But it still sounds really good, so that means I have to do my Rubesty!
Ruby
Hey, I wonder if everyone will be surprised when we come back with a bunch.
Hanayo
They'll totally be surprised and ecstatic. Why wouldn't they? It's matsutake rice!
Ruby
But still…how much further do we have to hike? *Huff*
Hanayo
*Sniff* *Sniff* Oh, they must be close.
Ruby
Huh? Are you sniffing them out?
Hanayo
Well, yeah, matsutake mushrooms are tasty, right? I can smell something deliciously sweet coming from over there.
Ruby
Do those mushrooms really smell sweet?
Hanayo
*Sniff* *Sniff* Yup, I'm sure we're getting close! Ruby, this way!
Ruby
O-Okay.
[Fade in/out.]
Hanayo
Wow, look at all these mushrooms!
Ruby
Whoa! There's really no end to them.
Hanayo
With all of these, we can have a mushroom party!
Ruby
I guess we can.
Ruby
Do you know which ones are matsutake?
Hanayo
There's so many here that I can't tell. But they should definitely be around here somewhere! Let's take back a whole bunch.
Ruby
Wait, are you sure about this? There's no poisonous ones mixed in?
Hanayo
We're totally fine. Look at this one, it's so red and adorable! I bet it tastes amazing.
Ruby
For some reason, I've got this hunch telling me that we shouldn't take that one. H-Hold on. We should look up what everything is on our phones first!
Hanayo
Whaaat? But it looks so tasty.
Ruby
It really doesn't look that way to me.
Contributors to this page: