Sibling Rivalries: Chili Edition

[brave_heart_verity]

Flyers have been going up around the Forum and Commercial District for the last week or so. This morning,the lights in the VSW Meadhall came on. By noon, anyone getting close enough to an open door would know: chili's on!

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 jalapeños, 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

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Who gets your vote?

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Clint--Avengers Assemble!
3 (42.9%)

Truthfully? Verity.
4 (57.1%)

The fire pits are lit, the food is waiting, and there are games in want of players. What are you waiting for?
((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.))

Comments

[beyond_my_limits]

[Oops. Mewtwo slinks back for a second upon hearing Nekomata's cries, realizing that he's accidentally spooked the demon / pokemon? He lets her calm down first, before actually trying to approach again. Hopefully she's used to the telepathy this time around.]

Hmmm...It seems like we're the only non-human creatures around here. I don't see why we can't partake in the food if it's a contest. Votes can come from anyone, after all.

[magnetite_plz]

"Yeah humies run everything around here." She wrinkles her kitty nose in disgust. Well, exasperation, really. She's learned not to distrust all humans.

"Stay away from the dessert table nya. The officer is allergic to cats and he doesn't like demons. Something about trying to kill his world. Racist mya."

[beyond_my_limits]

Are they as bad as the humans from my world? [Mewtwo doesn't expect an answer from Nekomata, instead he just offers a light nod of his head to her.]

Dessert. That should be no problem. [The pokemon spots Katsuya's table a few feet away. One paw is raised to the table, a purple aura lightly covers his body. When the detective isn't looking, two pieces of cake are levitated away and eventually presented before Nekomata.] Here. You won't have to deal with the human now.

[magnetite_plz]

"Nyo idea. Humies aren't too bad where I'm from. Taste pretty good too." Her tails flick from side to side. "Oh, but ya can't do that here nya." Yeah she's definitely not as innocent as she looks.

Her golden eyes go wide at the floating cake. He's getting a kitty thumbs up.

"Nice!" Cake goes in face now. He can keep talking with his brain-speak, but she's eating.

[beyond_my_limits]

"Taste? What do you mean?" [He's never heard of a pokemon who eats people, so this is a new fact for him. Mewtwo doesn't seem fazed at the fact that Nekomata has turned her attention to the cake and it won't stop him from talking to her.]

"Where are you from, if I may ask?"

[magnetite_plz]

"I'm a demon. Eating folks for their sweet sweet magnetite is how we roll." Anther flick of the tails as she sets aside her now-empty plate. "But I'm contracted now, so I get a steady supply of magnetite from my bossman, and in return I give him information. It's a sweet deal, but a girl likes a variety in her diet sometimes nyanno?"

Hence, attending the chili cookoff.

"The collective unconscious. Demon realm." He waves her hand dismissively. "Sumaru, Japan on a version of Earth nya. Born an' raised there."