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

[ixis]

"NEVERBETTER." He barks this SO quickly. Speaking makes him cough. Coughing makes him hiccup. The hiccups continue sporadically.

Tip of the tail? Still wagglin'. Very rapidly.

[aw_hawkguy]

Okay, okay, Clint isn't heartless. He pops the top off a bottle of beer and pushes it toward the suffering mage.

"So, I should make it hotter next time?" Let me get back to you on that "not completely heartless" thing.

[ixis]

Naugus attempts to answer, he really does, but when he tries, he hiccups again. And that makes him cough again. Which adds a new reaction to the mix where he gags slightly, quickly raising his fist to his mouth to stifle it.

He's arrogant? stupid? proud enough to wave off the beer with a shake of his head and twitchy snap of his claw.

"I-"

Another cough. He bends his knees and rests both hands on either one, hanging his head. JUST GOTTA BREATHE.

His tail is just thumping sporadically against the floor now now, loudly.

[aw_hawkguy]

Well, if he doesn't want the beer, Clint won't press. Watching chili neophytes try stuff hotter than they're used to is a time-honored chili cook-off tradition, so he settles back to make sure he's got a good angle for filming Naugus' reaction.

[ixis]

He continues to sag until...yup. Okay. Finally on the floor. He rolls over onto his back and just lays there, useless, for a time. Tail's still going nuts, though.

Then just one single, frustrated, "AAAAAUUGGHHH."

[brave_heart_verity]

Okay, that's enough of that. Ver to the rescue! With a very manly glass of milk!

"Drink this. It'll help." She'll kneel down beside him (and well away from that tail) with an arm out to help him up if he needs it.

sip it down cool https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKuEtAyTPtg

[ixis]

He just takes the cup that's offered him and dumps the milk into his open maw. Who cares what it is anymore. Besides, Verity handing him something means he can trust it, right? Right!

"I CAN'T DECIDE IF I SHOULD BE TURNING INTO FLAMES OR ICE," is what Naugus manages to loudly choke out once he can speak. Barely.

[aw_hawkguy]

"Which one gets rid of your taste buds?" Clint asks. It's even possible that he's trying to be helpful.

[ixis]

"WHO CARES." An eloquent reply as he scrubs at his tongue. Make it STOP.

[aw_hawkguy]

"Well, if you couldn't taste anymore, then it wouldn't burn, right?" He's really trying not to be mean. Verity would give him hell if he was mean. But it's hard not to laugh. There's one like this at every good chili cook-off.

[brave_heart_verity]

Sigh. Really, grandpa.

Ver gets up briefly and gets some cornbread for him. "Eat this. And if you're going elemental, ice please, the building is mostly wood and I don't want anyone committing arson today."