[ kaeya's catch is substantial enough to share, which is why he's carrying his haul all the way up from the beach and settles it on the counter with a sigh. he'll say that the time spent there on the dock was worth it for all the thinking he was able to do at least. his chat with one of their keepers earlier has left him feeling antsy. ]
Hey there. Hungry? I could use some help with these.
When I need to be, but it's serviceable at best. Only thing I'm really good at is making skewers. One trick pony on that front.
[ kaeya will pass along his fish! but also will take that as permission to slide into nero's space. polaris is currently wrapped around his throat, the best view really when kaeya is traveling. he leans over and gives nero a cursory sniff hello. ]
[ kaeya has abandoned his bed and is sitting at the base of the bath tub with his hands pushed against it. said bath is full of water and kaeya has been here maybe, ten minutes. polaris is in wolf form, sprawled with head on his paws.
is kaeya trying to heat water in the large bath in their shared quarters? yes. ]
What's the point in having fire powers if you can't heat up a damn bath?
Well the bath is frigid so they aren't afraid of extremes. Why have so many nice smelling things if the bath is going to give you pneumonia...
[ polaris gets up and stretches, padding towards the bath and peering inside. he paws at the water. ]
Stop that.
[ kaeya really wants a bath. so he paws it again. and again. and eventually just sucks it up and crawls inside, displacing the water so it sloshes around. he looks proud. ]
I suppose we could see if this place even has any to begin with. I wanted to have a better look at our new "home" anyways. It's enormous. I think I saw a ballroom during one of my walks...
If it was somethin' like mermaids, wouldn't it be totally submerged in water? What's the bubble thing doing... Dunno why they'd go for canned food either.
True, and terrible canned food at that, have you seen some of it? Perhaps not mermaids, they have to have better taste...
It makes me wonder how deep we are... you would have to be able to breathe under water and withstand the pressure of such a depth and the only thing I can think of is a fish. Or a fish person.
Mmm... they are. But some animals are wise to if they're poisonous or not. We also might have a few folks more comfortable with natural running around so perhaps we could ask one of them if we go foraging?
[ a-foraging we go! or rather, searching around for spices! kaeya likes to be thorough and even though he's taken his own walkabout in the city, taking another is never something he'll turn down
polaris is in wolf form once more, tail swaying as he nose to the grounds it. kaeya is crouched in some debris, looking through a cabinet and pulling out what he can--rocks, fish bones, and mostly expired things. finding spices is oddly difficult and he sits a moment with a huff. ]
Mmm... screw buried treasure at this point, I just want decent seasonings.
[ polaris, slightly prickled and exasperated from having sniffed to no avail so far is going to pad his way over to disce, nosing very softly at her before flopping down close by and thumping his tail. annoyed.
kaeya gets to his feet slowly and leans against a counter. ]
Mmmm, It was while we were completing our task from the Watchers. We came into the dining hall and found that there was some sort of feast there... turns out it was full of the very treasure they were looking for.
[ he'll laugh a bit at that. the existential dread that came along with it really wasn't worth it. he'll eat gross canned chicken over that meal any day if he doesn't have to think about the crushing pressure of being so far under water....... oh archons it's coming back again isn't it. fuck that.
good thing there's something to grab onto. he laughs. ]
Fish? What'd you do to deserve having them thrown at you?
[ his thoughts are not okay. polaris is in fact resting his head on his paws in a sort of defeated manner, ears back softly. kaeya just rakes fingers through his fur. ]
Pfft, would have loved to see that... instead of Sholmes launched everyone into a food fight and I'm fairly certain he was concussed mid-fight by a mushroom holding a gemstone.
I'll make sure that any food-related task I happen to get is tossed your way instead. Surely we can trade.
[ surely you absolutely can't, kaeya. ]
But it was ridiculous, really. Whoever put the food there... well. It certainly didn't look like it came from a can, but that's the only way it could have unless our Watchers were feeling particularly ridiculous and kind in equal measure.
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w0, monday
Hey there. Hungry? I could use some help with these.
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Not a cook? Sure, I can fry these up.
[He gestures to be given some.]
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[ kaeya will pass along his fish! but also will take that as permission to slide into nero's space. polaris is currently wrapped around his throat, the best view really when kaeya is traveling. he leans over and gives nero a cursory sniff hello. ]
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Skewers are still somethin'. Plenty of people can't make much at all.
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Do you do a lot of the cooking back where you're from?
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Yeah? I'm a chef, it'd be weird if I didn't.
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[ he'll help with what he knows in terms of preparation for the fish, but he'll let nero kind of lead the way. ]
Your friend is shy.
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Nothin' wrong with that.
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[ nothing bad. ]
These daemons are fascinating is all. [ he'll happily watch. ] Does yours favor this form?
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w1, monday - east wing, room 03
is kaeya trying to heat water in the large bath in their shared quarters? yes. ]
What's the point in having fire powers if you can't heat up a damn bath?
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Disce stays curled up next to him on the bed, staring at the other pair at the bed.]
Doesn't seem like a lot of power to work with. Even if ya did get fire.
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It's meager at best. [ he looks at his hands. ] Ice is more my forte, so this is... new to me.
[ a glance upwards. ] Did they give you anything like this too?
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[He's the ice in this relationship now.]
Doesn't seem like much 't me.
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[ polaris gets up and stretches, padding towards the bath and peering inside. he paws at the water. ]
Stop that.
[ kaeya really wants a bath. so he paws it again. and again. and eventually just sucks it up and crawls inside, displacing the water so it sloshes around. he looks proud. ]
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[Is there even electricity here?]
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And with everyone inside, I wonder who precisely this castle belonged to. Some form of undersea royalty? Ooh, maybe mermaids.
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It makes me wonder how deep we are... you would have to be able to breathe under water and withstand the pressure of such a depth and the only thing I can think of is a fish. Or a fish person.
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[Anyway.]
Maybe somebody sank it? I know that one kid... Rin? Said somethin' about a sunken city.
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But also I don't really want to eat chicken from a... can...
They must have been absolute psychopaths.
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[He shudders at the thought of it.]
It kept but at what cost... Who cans chicken anyway?
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People with too much chicken, maybe.
[ frowning still. ]
What can you even make with it that might be palatable... it has to be beyond old.
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Maybe some of the sea life or fungi might be helpful?
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w1, thursday before curfew
polaris is in wolf form once more, tail swaying as he nose to the grounds it. kaeya is crouched in some debris, looking through a cabinet and pulling out what he can--rocks, fish bones, and mostly expired things. finding spices is oddly difficult and he sits a moment with a huff. ]
Mmm... screw buried treasure at this point, I just want decent seasonings.
[ he kicks the cabinet shut. ]
How did they make the food in the dining hall the other night taste so damn good?
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He pulls out anther canned chicken and fights the urge to throw it at the wall.]
There was food there? How'd I miss that?
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kaeya gets to his feet slowly and leans against a counter. ]
Mmmm, It was while we were completing our task from the Watchers. We came into the dining hall and found that there was some sort of feast there... turns out it was full of the very treasure they were looking for.
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[He manages to find a salt shaker... And then immediately sticks it into his apron pockets.]
Damn, wish I was in that group. I got pelted with fish on mine.
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good thing there's something to grab onto. he laughs. ]
Fish? What'd you do to deserve having them thrown at you?
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... It could happen. ]
Nothing. There were underwater geyers and we just got pelted with the things.
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Pfft, would have loved to see that... instead of Sholmes launched everyone into a food fight and I'm fairly certain he was concussed mid-fight by a mushroom holding a gemstone.
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[ Damn, he does want to see Sholmes eat shit. ]
Sounds like a hell of an experience there.
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[ surely you absolutely can't, kaeya. ]
But it was ridiculous, really. Whoever put the food there... well. It certainly didn't look like it came from a can, but that's the only way it could have unless our Watchers were feeling particularly ridiculous and kind in equal measure.
[ sigh ]
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He does not say this out loud.]
A sudden feast does sound a little suspicious. But at least ya got a good meal out of it.
Even if you also almost broke yer teeth.