Rewriting today

 I'd started a new plot thread about Seki having to get a new job to stay afloat, and asking Sadako for help—and Sadako getting her a position as a production assistant on a cooking show. It was a fun idea, but it needed to lead into a much more major plot point, and it just wasn't working out very well.

So, goodbye production assistant; I've gone another way. But I had to tear out 750 words—alas.

(They didn't get thrown away; I keep a file of cut scenes, in case they're ever helpful to refer back to. Hasn't happened so far, but you never know.)

Progress update: 12,883 words.