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"Welcome back," Ignis greeted the class, "and welcome to our final class. Now, over the course of the week, you should have hopefully received one of my shamelessly handwavey communications regarding our last lesson, which means you should have brought your own recipe to prepare and present to the class via your photography skills. I'm looking forward to seeing what you're intending to bring to the table," why, yes, pun intended, thank you for noticing!, "and, most of all, how you're presenting it. So, unless there are any questions, let us get right into it. Please don't hesitate to ask one of us for help should you need it and you'll have until handwavey time to finish your dishes.

"Happy cooking," he concluded with a small smile.

"And shooting!" Prompto added in, almost as if to remind everyone that he really did have a part in this class, too, although, yeah, you really wouldn't know it through most of the instruction, but that was fine!

As per usual, once the time had come around to start class, Ignis gave his glasses a small push up his nose, adjusted his gloves, the cuffs of his jacket, and got right into it.

"Good moring, everyone," he nodded. "Hope you've all had a good, uneventful week, and that you're ready to get into the kitchen to prepare some food. This week's dish was chosen by Mr. Argentum," Prompto gave them a little grin and wave, and don't worry, he thought it was as ridiculous as he hoped everyone else did to hear himself be called Mr. Argentum, "not only as one of his favorite dishes, but also as one that will afford you the opportunity to perhaps get a little creative with your plating...."

"Because," Prompto interjected with his grin, "while it is is incredibly tasty, even I've got to admit, it's not a whole lot to look at. So that's where you guys come in to make it really interesting or maybe flex on some of those photography techniques to make it eye-catching as it is mouthwatering!"

"So, without further ado," said Ignis, "let's get started on some Peppery Daggerquill Rice."

After being stuck in a hole for several weeks, Ignis had been using his past week to make up for lost time and attempt to counteract every single feeling of uselessness and idleness that he had artfully tried to push deep into some sort of hole inside of himself the whole time, and move past it.

At the very least, returning to Insomnia after being indisposed for so long and seeing the state of Noctis's apartment due to his absense had assured him that his absence had made a marked difference somewhere. And now he hoped to get back to the structure of leading a class again, too, to help sort of return that balance of normalcy, of control, of usefulness.

"At long last," he started, with a faint grin to the class, "we can get a proper start on this class now that we're hopefully all here and in an environment where we can all do what we came here to do, and that is, create some incredible food and know how to properly show it off. Now, my apologies for the last few weeks; I'm sure you're all well aware of the fact that several of us were quite...indisposed, but that is the benefit, I suppose, of having two instructors, because I know Prompto here," he gave the other teacher a grateful nod, "rose to the occasion and did a fine job of handling the class solo while I was...gone.

"For those of you who don't know me yet," he offered, "my name is Ignis Scientia, I've taught a few cooking courses here so far, and I will be handling the cooking portion of this class. We'll not waste any more time, as the island's particular quirks have already stolen quite a bit of that from us already, and we'll dive right into our first recipe, which I hope you enjoy, a breaded cutlet with tomato sauce. It is a simple though hearty meal good for bolstering one for the day ahead, and one of my personal favorites, and the true challenge in it will be in how you might choose to present such a simple dish in an intriguing way, but we'll get to that once we actually have food to be plated."