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Sibling Rivalries: Chili Edition


Inside, everything's set up and waiting for the hungry and the curious: Clint's cooking in one corner, and Verity's in the other. Between them, tables are laid out with the necessities: bowls, plates, spoons, and plenty of napkins. There's beer and iced tea, some lovely tres leches cakes provided by the Nexus' favorite Japanese detective, and various toppings for the chili: bottles of sriracha and sweet Thai chili sauce, red pepper flakes, green onions and red, lime wedges, diced bell peppers and jalapeƱos, crumbled bacon, shredded cheddar cheese and sour cream. Cornbread and tortilla chips round things out.
Long tables with a mix of benches and chairs fill the hall on either side of the fire pits. One has board and card games stacked neatly at one end (they were neat when they were put out, at least). Another has two boxes, one wrapped in purple paper and one in pink, for depositing voting slips.
Poll #17301 1st Annual Chili Cook-Off
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 7
Who gets your vote?
((There will doubtless be further Cupid-based shenanigans, but this weekend, it's all about the platonic relationships. Bromances, BFFs, and family ties rule the day! Let's celebrate! Threadhopping, tangents, games, and mischief are all encouraged. Just don't start a food fight or Verity will have to yell.))
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"It's nice to see you again, Clint. How have you been?" He gestures to the chili in a silent request for a bowl. He'll definitely need to add some cheese and sour cream to his, but not too much. If it's spicy, he wants to enjoy it that way.
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Another bite is in order before he answers. "Glad to hear it. I'm doing better after getting back into my own body. That crazy doctor's spell or whatever was hell."
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"Back in your own body? I think I missed something," Clint admits with a laugh. "Something big, it sounds like."
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Hughes nods as he finishes another bite. "Some doctor guy called it an 'exercise in empathy.' He partnered people off and had them switching bodies. It was pretty awful, being trapped in someone else's body for a while." Not that Blaze isn't a great pal, but holy hell getting back to where he belonged was nice.
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"Ugh. Man, doctors are trouble," Clint groans in sympathy. "Seems like half the villains I fight are doctors. Doctor Doom, Doctor Octopus, Doctor Malus... it's like a coin toss whether a PhD comes with psychotic tendencies."
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He's going to finish this bowl of chili off now because damn it's good. Excuse him while he scarfs it down.
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"Yeah, that sounds like an ethical violation."
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"This is what I'm sayin'. So, you want an extra beer to wash that down?" Does he mean the chili, or the situation?
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And the Clint said: let there be beer. And it was good.