So when life gives you lemons, make some lemonade

[notimmortal]

[So yeah, that trial was totally a thing. But if there's one thing Jansen knows, it's how to deal with crap like this. You gotta move on and try to do what you can do rather than getting upset about what just happened. Right now, they don't need to be mulling over this too much.

So he'll go around and slip some papers under the doors of everyone still alive. On each he writes the following: Let's meet in the Great Hall in about an hour. I think we could all use a good meal and some company right now.

And true to his word, he'll have some food prepared. Nothing too special, but it's warm and tasty and there is no fruit involved in its making. He cooked up some meats and also made some rolls and simple side dishes. There's enough to feed everyone so dig in!

Also, thanks to Ayumu there will be cookies and other not fruity baked goods available as well.]

Comments

[coinflipped]

I thought you reminded me of someone I knew, but I feel like this confirms it.

[At least she doesn't have some weird chuunibyou hand that eats and devours flesh...]

[blacksong]

[She has a weird chuunibyou flower that spits her out, close enough right??]

Yeah? And who's that? [Zero has no qualms about being as awful as she is, but the thought that someone is like her is. Almost concerning.....]

[coinflipped]

Her name's Velvet. Her right hand is that of a daemon's and it devours flesh. It's how she eats.

[A beat.]

Though she would be thrilled if she could taste food like you're having.

[Still the manners are about the same and that's okay. He prefers people like that.]

[blacksong]

It sounds like an easier way to eat. [All that information and that's what she takes away from it.] Besides, it's not like taste is all that important.

[But she'd literally eat raw meat off the floor no problem, so she's not the best person to listen to on this.]

[coinflipped]

I guess since I don't need food to live I can't relate to food not needing to taste good.

[Eating is a hobby for him, so it's weird.]

Still, it's interesting to hear this.

[blacksong]

You've got some weird ideas about interesting then. [shrugging] When you need food to survive, there's not much point in getting worked up about flavor.

[It's not like she doesn't get it of course, but having the luxury of delicious food wasn't exactly available to her. It was what it was, and she doubted that would change anytime soon.]

[coinflipped]

I suppose that's true. [A chuckle.]

It's just got me thinking about how humans and malakhim have different things they need to do to survive... or different ways they can die.

[Though being stabbed in the heart would kill anyone.]

[blacksong]

Yeah? So what's it take to kill a pirate angel then? [And to think she doesn't even know about the dragon part yet.]

[coinflipped]

Malevolence.

[Said with a straight face. Because it's true. Yep.]

[blacksong]

Malevolence.

[She's assuming there's a lot of context she's not getting here because otherwise ???? what the fuck.]

So.... What, someone's an asshole that's gonna kill you? [How is he not dead already with her attitude here.]

[coinflipped]

No. Just humans emit malevolence and I've absorbed so much that it's going to eventually kill me.

[A shrug. Just a part of what he's accepted because well, he made his bed. Time to lie in it.]

By die, I mean I'm going to lose all my sanity and become a dragon.

[Which would be badass... except the 'lose all my sanity' part.]

[blacksong]

[There's a lot that she COULD ask here like what exactly constitutes malevolence and how an angel absorbs that but HOLD UP—]

You're gonna turn into a dragon>?

[coinflipped]

Yeah, it's the fate of all malakhim who are corrupted to the point they can't be purified.

[Just a nonchalant answer from him. Yep. He's calm about it.]

[blacksong]

[This might be the most exciting thing she's heard of here.]

Do you think that might happen here? [ZERO HE JUST SAID HE'D LOSE HIS SANITY, DO YOU REALLY WANNA DEAL WITH A DRAGON WITHOUT YOUR OWN POWERS!! Notably though, this might be the first time she's actually sounded serious about something instead of just casually apathetic.]