Origins of Rice Balls

Okay, everyone, come and get your rice balls!

Yaaay! Rice balls!

The rice balls we made to use up all the rice we harvested are turning out to be a big hit, Senpai.

Well sure. How could they not when they're so yummy?

And the ones with clams simmered in soy sauce are just too good for words!

Thanks, Your Highness. I couldn't ask for a better compliment than one from royalty.

We've got plenty of different types if nothing else, so don't be afraid to try as many as you like. There's kelp, bonito flakes, sliced fish...

Don't forget the special ones wrapped in Shinsengumi seaweed!

They've got freshly chilled pickles for filling!

Wait. Chilled pickles!? Who said you could put those in, Mr. Hijikata!?

Whoooa! This seaweed's all jagged! I want one of those!

Mmm, these chilled pickle things are yummy!

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True, I used to play with them a lot back in Mibu.

Mr. Yamanami used to join me, too.

In fact, this may be hard to believe, but even Mr. Serizawa would often play with them.

That, uh, IS kind of hard to believe...

I know, but trust me: he was like a completely different person when he was playing with children.

He'd clown around and make them laugh all the time. Though he was also quick to raise his hand to them.

...I see.

Huh? What's going on over there?

We've got an emergency! Something terrible's attacking the village!

Something terrible!?

Need food...to go...with rice!

X!? Something's clearly not right with her, Senpai!

Please... Need food...to go with rice!

This IS terrible. She's suffering from space scurvy.

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Space scurvy... A scourge that has plagued all of space since the birth of the Origin Universe.

It's a berserk state that befalls Servantverse Servants...

...when they incur vitamin deficiencies from eating nothing but white rice.

I guess it's a kind of residual trauma left over from their human days? Sucks to be them.

Huh, gotcha.

Guess you really can't live on white rice alone then. Gotta have clams regularly, too.

True, clams do seem like they'd go well with curry.

Anyway, once a Servantverse Servant succumbs to space scurvy, they're basically like a zombie craving human flesh.

So we'll need to stop her by force if we're going to keep this delicious rice ball culture safe.

(Gasp!) That faint scent of soy sauce on the wind...!

It smells so familiar, and so...tender!

Khh! Settle down, my food-seeking Altrium!

Just kidding! I can't take it anymore! Prepare to be eaten!

Is it just me, or does nothing about this person make any sense at all!?