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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 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?

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.))
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[personal profile] gate_crasher 2016-02-12 06:45 am (UTC)(link)

"Magic needs poetry," he replies. "Both arts seek to give shape and scope to ephemeral things, imagined before they can be real."

He watches with interest as the ingredients are added, sniffing curiously more than once before she's done. And when she is, he tries a bite and instantly gives the pleased hiss-laugh of a chili-lover eating something that's right at the heat they like. "Haaaaa, yess! Delicious, Verity, thank you. They do not cook like this in the Imperial province, and I have missed it. You do not have some boiled shrimp I could stir in, by chance?"

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[personal profile] gate_crasher 2016-02-12 07:18 am (UTC)(link)

Shade-Seeker nods approval, or perhaps affirmation. After their discussion of alchemy, he feels a certain amount of proprietary care for Verity's magical growth. It isn't a widely-held belief he's just voiced, but it works for him, and he believes it could work for her as well.

"Cornbread? I don't think I've seen corn made into bread," he muses, taking a piece with care. "Oh, it's crumbly." Gauntlets maybe aren't the best for picking up a piece of cornbread--claws, either. With a little care, though, he can pop a piece into his mouth. "Mmm. Buttery, sweet, and very definitely corn. Thank you!"

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[personal profile] gate_crasher 2016-02-12 02:23 pm (UTC)(link)

He flashes her another pointy-toothed smile. "I would enjoy that, thank you. Mmm, and it makes a good counterpoint to the heat. A countermelody, perhaps." The crumbs can go straight into his bowl, that simplifies things.

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[personal profile] gate_crasher 2016-02-12 03:53 pm (UTC)(link)

"Ah? My apologies, I would not mean to give the wrong impression. It is almost a pity that the subjects are so connected. Almost." Shade-Seeker hasn't had much luck in that department, although to be fair his prospects have changed substantially since the last time he looked. He's still operating on his previous habits, in that regard; he shall need to adjust.

"Oh?" He smiles, intrigued, at the prospect. "Then I look forward to trying it. This has been a pleasant day, indeed, and I thank you both for instigating it."

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[personal profile] gate_crasher 2016-02-13 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
The chili can't make him sweat, but the praise can make him duck (the equivalent of a blush, for him). "Mm, I need to remind myself that I am not the impoverished aspiring student I was when I first came to the Capital."

He chuckles. "It is the best sort of commotion to raise, eh?"
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[personal profile] gate_crasher 2016-02-13 03:52 am (UTC)(link)
"Ha!" he laughs. "And no longer aspiring, either--I have certainly joined the Mages' Guild now. Which is not to say that I am without aspirations."

The suggestion of some kind of chocolate-off gets a chuckle. "You would need to fend off the crowds with a sturdy pole of some sort."
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[personal profile] gate_crasher 2016-02-13 04:42 am (UTC)(link)

"Guards would be prudent, yes," he agrees, before chuckling. "Yes, how many students are also the head of the educational institute they attend?"

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[personal profile] gate_crasher 2016-02-13 04:57 am (UTC)(link)

He chuckles again. "A fair point. I would not want to give up the pleasure of learning, when it is my turn to teach another." He sobers then, assuring Verity sincerely, "you are much better than you say, Song of Truth. Better I think than you know."

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[personal profile] gate_crasher 2016-02-13 05:16 am (UTC)(link)

"It takes only fact to see someone at their worst," he replies. "To see them at their best requires an act of faith, I think, where you have slightly less practice, and have met perhaps with fewer rewards."

As an afterthought, he adds, "do I lie, when I speak better of you than you think of yourself?"

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[personal profile] gate_crasher 2016-02-13 05:29 am (UTC)(link)

"All fair points," he agrees. "I look forward to exploring these subjects further, on another occasion."