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

[brave_heart_verity]

Verity takes food very seriously, and he knows that. But yeah, they could keep it up forever and never agree. Agreeing isn't the point, that smile of his is the point.

"Mm, still. I knew it'd be good. And you know there aren't many people I would have asked."

She'll have another bite of cake instead of saying something she shouldn't. That she misses who she was with him, for that little while before everything went to hell. That she misses who they could have been together.

"Maybe next time we should have a baking contest."

[sumarusfinest]

"Oho. Now that would be interesting. I daresay that you're the only person I've met that I would call my rival."

He smiles around a bite of chili.

"It would be worth the cleanup just to have a chance to break out my favorite recipes."

[brave_heart_verity]

"Likewise, I'm sure," she retorts with a smirk.

"Shall we pencil in something for a nondenominational spring celebration, perhaps?"

[sumarusfinest]

"What is the American saying? You're there? No. Pardon." He tries so hard to be hip with the kids. No he doesn't but he's trying now.

"You're on." Nailed it.

[brave_heart_verity]

There's a little smile from the slip, but only because he's so cute. She won't fault his not getting all the idioms. It's not like she speaks much Japanese. There's a much bigger smile from the agreement.

"Excellent. Late April, let's say, for now? We can work out the details about when closer to the date."