we're gonna afterparty and you're GOING TO FUCKING LIKE IT

[presomnia]

[Tiki wanders into the great hall expecting company, expecting a full room just like before to abate her loneliness and what she finds instead is...Mahiro, chillin'.

And no one else.

Okay. Cool. Fine. She'll throw a goddamn party herself IF THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING, TRY HER.

So she drags one (1) rude teen into the kitchen despite protests that he can't cook, finds Eizen actively in the middle of cooking, and takes full advantage of the situation and also her own cute charm until curry for two turns into curry for twenty four.

Everyone will find notes slipped under their door, courtesy of Tiki's new gopher since he refuses to cook, the first part written in loose, loopy handwriting like an elementary schooler who hasn't quite gotten the hang of the cursive they've been taught:]

Let's meet in the Great Hall together in about an hour and have dinner again this time, so nobody has to be alone.

[aaand under that in a completely different set of handwriting:]

I don't know why we're doing this after someone died from getting poisoned through food but at least there won't be any fucking cake. Don't come if you don't want to.

[hm. well.

in the Great Hall, Tiki's hard at work setting up Eizen's mabo curry for the taking (and she's bullied him into making exactly one plate of non-spicy curry because she loves Hanyuu), and also hard at work into bullying Mahiro into helping her set up silverware and plates and beverages. It's not much, but it's here.]

Comments

[devilsphysician]

[Georik sits close, having Quite The Experience of having a curry, and a spicy one in the first time in his life. He coughs mostly after the first couple of bites - wow, that actually got a lot of heat, but boy his sinuses are clear!]

Is it... suppose to be this warm?

[aumygoddess]

Spicy, you mean? Yes, it's normally quite the intense food.

[devilsphysician]

Yes...

[He takes a long sip of his drink]

I had things with Paprika that adds some heat, but not quite to this level.

[aumygoddess]

That is normally why I do not like these sort of foods, heh heh...

[ a pause ]

I know a person who eats curry every single day. Can you even imagine how much of a spice tolerance she has?

[ chie-sensei why ]

[devilsphysician]

[He laughs a little, shaking his head. Soon he had enough of the curry, and carefully scoops so he would get mostly the rice underneath without too much of the spice]

I don't think I would know anyone who could tolerate the heat - it's not part of our cuisine... though I can think of a man who would eat it to the point of pain if you imply that he's not 'man enough' to handle it.

[aumygoddess]

I-Is all that pain really worth his bruised pride...?

[ jesus dude ]

[devilsphysician]

Men are ridiculous with their pride.

[Pot calling kettle, Georik]

Mikhail is that kind of man, he still isn't over the fact I had beaten him in a tournament nine years ago and had been chomping at the bit for a rematch. You would think someone entrusted with being the Captain of the Royal guard would be a bit more dignified.

[Despite the criticisms that his words imply, there's a great fondness in his voice]

[aumygoddess]

That's a bit of a silly thing to hold a grudge over...!

[ instead of, say, the things she's used to seeing grudges over. dismemberment of one's beloved mentor, for instance.......... ]

He is mentioned on your profile, yes? One of your friends?

[devilsphysician]

[He nods in confirmation]

We've been friends since we were pretty young. I think the reason he's so... competitive is as he had four older brothers, and with Aristocracy, the more older siblings you have, the mess important you are socially.

[aumygoddess]

Truly? I have always heard of the opposite...the more heirs you have, the more fights break out on who assumes leadership.

[ looking at you, sonozakis ]

But that is understandable.

[devilsphysician]

That's more true with royals...

[He recalls the conversation he had with Sylvie when the princess was ill, her suspicions about what happened to her brothers.]

While he can be a right royal pain, he's a good and loyal friend.