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You use the door to open the chains on the closet. Inside, you find a bunch of random movie props as expected, and a bag with Kushi’s label on top. You look deeper to find a literal boss key, it even has horns. You were about to dismiss it as a movie prop, but Vortexia (in her Crossbill voice) tells you it’s the real deal.

You pocket the key and hand back the closet key to the Main Chef.

“Esteemed Chef Noon, I failed to ask… Why are you doing this?” Chef Kushi had a moment to think about what’s going on.

You don’t know if you should credit Kushi for coming to her senses briefly, or blame yourself for this pitiful example of Kobashi’s cake...

How do you respond?

>“Oh, I’m here to steal something. Don’t tell anyone, I trust you.” Wink at Kushi.
>“Thanks, by the way!” Ignore the question altogether and headpat the lonely woman.
>“I don’t know, I’m just curious like this.” Keep it casual.
>“No real reason. Now it’s my turn to return the favor! Anything you want from me?” Move past this question quickly.
>“A security person asked me to find a key in this room. I don’t know why either, just doing what I’m told.” Play dumb.
>Write In.