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[featheradrift]

WHO: Wanderer (featheradrift) & Various
WHAT: November Catch-all for random threads!
WHERE: Anywhere and everywhere???
WHEN: All of November
WARNINGS: Marked in threads

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[fanstheflames]

Maybe they think they're good test subjects? I've run into a few people from my own country too, but no one I've met before here.

[ Mysterious. ]

Anyway, is there an order I should be trying these out in?

[featheradrift]

Without taking a census, it might be hard to determine if there's a pattern in who they kidnap.

[ They should take a census though, shouldn't they? Demographics were often factored into a good study. But he would have to work the idea over more before acting on it.

At the question, he shrugs. ]

If you're not a fan of sweets, maybe you shouldn't leave them all to last. Otherwise, do as you please.

[fanstheflames]

I like 'em! So let's go for the omurice first!

[ Well, she probably doesn't have to tell him, but you know. She's an honest girl. ]

[featheradrift]

[ He gestures at the omurice. Well, go on. ]

[fanstheflames]

[ She takes a healthy spoonful, popping it into her mouth.

And brightening swiftly, though she's at least mindful enough to chew and swallow before she speaks-- ]

It's so fluffy!

[featheradrift]

[ His expression softens a little. She likes it. Good. There's a bit of pride that he feels in that. ]

You said you could tell everything about a person from the way they make omurice. Well?

[fanstheflames]

[ A pause to take another bite and consider it. ]

... You're really meticulous and observant, probably really good focus. It feels like you'd rather know it's perfect than get creative.

[featheradrift]

[ He hums in assent. She's mostly right. That he'd rather it perfect than get creative... in other words, she also means he's rigid and not very flexible. When it comes to food, he can't really deny that. Once he figures out his preference, he takes time to perfect it, and then hardly changes his recipe after. What can he say? He knows what he wants.

(Perhaps it was something he learned back when he was taught to forge swords.) ]

You're quite observant yourself. So, do I get passing marks?

[fanstheflames]

Yep, you do! I didn't think you were worried about it.

[ There's confidence here, and she hums happily as she takes another bite. ]

[featheradrift]

[ He scoffs. He's never been worried about his cooking being appealing to others. What he cooks has always been made to appeal to himself. After all, he has no other reason to cook.

(Well, maybe he had one now, back in Sumeru. The Dendro Archon was rather fond of asking him to cook for her from time to time.) ]

I wasn't, but you're here to taste-test. What's the point if you don't rate it?

[fanstheflames]

Bonding!

[ Obviously. ]

But I'll rate things too, I promise.

[featheradrift]

[ His expression scrunches at the response, and he looks away. ]

Aren't you being a little too presumptuous? I never said I wanted to bond with you.

[ But his words lack bite. ]

Just rate them already.

[fanstheflames]

You never said you didn't, either.

[ As she goes for the pita pocket now with another happy hum once she takes a healthy bite of it.

... He's going to quickly learn she is delighted by all of this food she gets to try. ]

[featheradrift]

And if I said I didn't want to? What would you do then?

[ She looks pleased with the food though, which fills him with a sense of satisfaction. So even if his words are somewhat unfriendly, they aren't actually hostile. ]

[fanstheflames]

Out-stubborn you until you gave in.

[ Promptly. ]

[featheradrift]

[ ...This girl... ]

You have no sense of danger, do you? I'm not as harmless as you seem to think I am.

[fanstheflames]

And I'm not as defenseless as you seem to think I am.

[ Brightly. ]

Anyway, I don't think you'd waste time making food just to try and hurt me after.

[featheradrift]

[ She's not wrong. If he had those designations, she would have died after the first bite. But he's not the malicious schemer he used to be, and his food was to help him make connections with people, not hurt them. ]

At least you've got some intelligence.

[ Unlike a certain faerie girl they both know. (Sorry Altria) ]

[fanstheflames]

[ Wow Altria isn't even here to defend herself from these brackets?? ]

Thanks, I think. A lot of people just assume I'm pretty dumb, but it kind of works out in my favor if they underestimate me.

[ Because then she comes back swinging. Intellectually.

Sometimes also physically. ]

[featheradrift]

[ Even if she was here, she couldn't defend herself. She ate the food immediately on the first day despite not needing to eat. No consideration for poison or danger. There is no defense.

There's a bit of a smirk on his face as he nods in approval. Smart girl. Best to let enemies underestimate you. But... ]

Sounds like you've had your share of fights.

[ Her past must be turbulent, for her to be so guarded, despite her bubbly personality. ]

[fanstheflames]

Oh, yeah. I don't mind, it's usually a pretty fun challenge in the end!

[ Bubbly indeed. ]