brave_heart_verity: (cooking)
Verity Willis ([personal profile] brave_heart_verity) wrote in [community profile] nexus_sages2016-02-07 12:35 pm

Sibling Rivalries: Chili Edition



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


Who gets your vote?

View Answers

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.))
conjuredskies: (Smirk)

[personal profile] conjuredskies 2016-02-11 01:14 am (UTC)(link)
If Verity’s offering free food in the Nexus, she can’t be surprised to see her favorite legionnaire come scrounging. Felix takes a while to make his way over, partly because of the crowd and partly because he wants to stop and inspect every last topping and accompaniment provided. Academic curiosity, and all.

Once he’s close enough, he leans against her table and waits for her to have a free moment before he catches her eye with a smile. “Afternoon, Verity. Planning to warm up the entire Nexus?”
conjuredskies: (Indeeeeed)

[personal profile] conjuredskies 2016-02-11 11:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Stratos is too paranoid to approach Verity eat much in the Nexus, and the rest of their unit listens to him. So no chili for them!

Being happily un-afflicted, Felix grins back at her. "Naturally I trust you. I'll even taste it before I ask how you made it. But here's my thinking: you give me half a bowl the way you'd recommend it, and once I know how it's supposed to be eaten, I can experiment."
conjuredskies: (Smirk)

[personal profile] conjuredskies 2016-02-12 11:07 pm (UTC)(link)
They have chili! …In Hamerfell. Felix’s uncle tried to replicate it once and, well, suffice to say Felix still doesn’t know what chili is supposed to be like.

“Thanks.” Felix leans against the table, cupping his hands around the bowl. He breathes in the aroma before he digs in, savoring the rich flavors, familiar and otherwise.

“That is perfect,” he comments, humming appreciatively before the chili catches up and he starts experimenting with the sour cream and crumbled chips. He’s frowning a little, but it’s his curious frown and it’s not slowing down his spoon. “So, what does go into it? I’ve got… the beef, the tomatoes, the garlic and onion, but that can’t be all.”
conjuredskies: (Surprised)

[personal profile] conjuredskies 2016-02-14 08:28 pm (UTC)(link)
"Chocolate and tea?" He stops eating long enough to give her an intrigued (if amused) look. "Clever. And how do you say that- ras el...?"
smartass_captain: (Pleased with himself)

[personal profile] smartass_captain 2016-02-12 01:29 am (UTC)(link)
Jim has an idea. A terrible idea. Jim has a wonderful terrible idea.

Is it a thing if he can pick out Felix in a crowded room almost as soon as he arrives? That's totally something most people do. It's not weird. Right?

"Look, it's two of my favorite Nexus people!" He blows Verity a kiss as he walks up, beer in one hand.

conjuredskies: (I've gotcha)

[personal profile] conjuredskies 2016-02-12 11:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Jim’s just exceptionally sharp-eyed, of course. Just like it’s entirely normal to forget everything else you’re doing for a moment when a familiar face shows up. Felix totally smiles like that at everyone.

He’s learned his lesson, though – he’s not jumping in to greet the captain just yet. But he does look hopeful, despite the theatrical scrutiny he levels at Jim. “Well, you’re definitely acting more yourself…” Wait. Abandon joke. “Oh, we have plans? Excellent!”

What is Valentine’s? He does not know except that he’s seen signs, and shops trying to capitalize on it, which means festival, thus party, thus only good things.
smartass_captain: (Oh boy)

[personal profile] smartass_captain 2016-02-13 07:47 am (UTC)(link)
Jim chokes on his beer. Verity gets the dirtiest look for a fraction of a second.

He needs to have Valentines Day plans with Felix? Felix wants them to have plans. Shit. Oh fuck. Uh. Gifts? Flowers? Date? Jim. Calm down Jim.

"Sure." It comes out more strangled than Jim would have hoped but he pastes a grin on. "Sure do!"

Oh fuck oh shit oh fuck.
conjuredskies: (Indeeeeed)

[personal profile] conjuredskies 2016-02-14 08:34 pm (UTC)(link)
…Okay, so Jim doesn’t have a plan. Felix's eyes flick between him and Verity, gauging their looks. Whoops. Well, Felix is happy to help come up with a plan before it gets awkward. (He assumes that’s all there is to this. He’ll feel very foolish later, when he actually asks around about what this holiday is.)

For now, Jim gets a reassuring look and an arm through his as Felix leads him over to the table. “We needed something to celebrate your, um, restoration. Recorporation? Anyway."
smartass_captain: (Uncomfortable)

He has less than zero plan

[personal profile] smartass_captain 2016-02-14 08:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Jim totally has a plan who says he doesn't have a plan? Felix you do not know how much of a plan Jim has. He's a starship captain of course he has a plan.

Verity is going to help him...refine...said plan. Later. She better for opening her mouth. For now Jim thanks her with a kiss on the cheek for the chili and allows Felix to lead him over to a table where they can talk more privately.

"Yeah about that. Uh. Naugus...might have done something to me. When we were swapped. Hope it's not weird." He would much rather talk about the body swap than the totally awesome plan he totally has for Valentines day. It wouldn't be a surprise if he told Felix, now would it?
conjuredskies: (Sidelong)

One day Felix will get him to admit when he needs help :p

[personal profile] conjuredskies 2016-02-15 05:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Is there a jug of water here? There is, good. He'll need that when he starts experimenting with more chili.

"Hmm? Oh- wait, the shaving or- did he do something else?" Naugus! Felix is just distracted enough not to catch how quick the subject change is.
smartass_captain: (Looking down)

Gotta call him on his bs Felix

[personal profile] smartass_captain 2016-02-15 05:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Jim groans and let's his head slip down to the table. Maybe if he's lucky it will swallow him whole and spare him really any of this.

"You heard about that?" Considering Naugus was screaming about it in the forums no less, pretty much everyone did. "There's a lot of bruising, too but yeah. "

Sigh.

"Hasn't really come back much yet." Itches like a bastard though.