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

[conjuredskies]

…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."

He has less than zero plan

[smartass_captain]

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?

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

[conjuredskies]

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.

Gotta call him on his bs Felix

[smartass_captain]

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.