[GP] Shoot that poison arrow

[st_aff]

None of the guests noticed when the spiky-haired man-child in jeans and purple t-shirt, wrists wrapped in cheap leather and metal bracelets, arrived at the Madonna Inn a few hours before midnight on February 13. That, in itself, wasn't all that surprising. Eros, otherwise known as Danny Valentine, had millennia of experience doing his job without being spotted.

What was surprising was that the dude at the front desk did see him. Tall and Nondescript waved him over and then gave him a room number 'in case you wanted to rest'. But Danny didn't.

Want to, or rest. He spent the time before the clock struck midnight polishing his love gun. Not like that. He'd find a girl to spend his nameday with. He always did. No, this little beauty was made by Hephaestus himself. It shot love darts that disappeared on contact.

At midnight, kitted out with more love darts than there were people in this pink and gold monstrosity, Danny left his room and shot the first person he saw--and didn't wait to see what would happen.

No point getting a slow start. He had a lot of work to do.

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Re: Ignis - for Yasmeen, Vax, and OTA - in the kitchens, naturally

[st_abby]

Putting the broom back from whence it came, Vax only then remembered he'd actually come in for a bite. ...For food. Not that he'd earned it, but he decided he may as well see what it was Ignis had going back there. The man didn't seem like he was intending to hold a grudge about the whole thing, so he might still be willing to feed his molester.

He drifted back to the stools in front of the counter, having a seat to watch. "Is your world overrun with them, then?"

Re: Ignis - for Yasmeen, Vax, and OTA - in the kitchens, naturally

[st_eadfast]

"Almost entirely." Ignis spared a quick smile in the general direction of where Vax's movement had stilled; he hadn't missed the sweeping-up sounds, the trash being disposed of, or - wonder of wonders - the broom being put away again. He wouldn't have to clean up after his help cleaning up.

Focusing on cooking was perhaps not as easy as usual, but Ignis chalked that up to having an audience when he was no longer used to one. Nevertheless, it was probably a good thing that what he was doing was simple assembly. Some pork belly from the pot, steam-bun-like bread from the oven dish, cucumber slices, lettuce.... "They used to come out at night, and were destroyed by sunlight. Once the sun stopped rising, nothing much stopped them. Fortunately, there are a few areas with sunlamps and such, so some civilization still exists."

Re: Ignis - for Yasmeen, Vax, and OTA - in the kitchens, naturally

[st_abby]

The half-elf's empty stomach kept Vax's attention fixed on the unusual combination of salty, savory-smelling meat and light, crisp veg with pillow-soft looking bun, so that he didn't look up until be heard something too big to be ignored. "Your sun stopped rising? How could that be?"

Re: Ignis - for Yasmeen, Vax, and OTA - in the kitchens, naturally

[st_eadfast]

"Rather a complicated cosmological tangle. Suffice to say that several gods died as well as the people keeping the whole demon scourge at bay." It was a vast, gross oversimplification that didn't even go into Noctis's role, but Ignis felt that, on the whole, he'd prefer to be much drunker before getting into all of that. Certainly for talking about Noctis.

Ignis finished putting two buns together, folded them over, put them on a plate, and set them in front of where he assumed his companion was sitting. "There, try those."

Re: Ignis - for Yasmeen, Vax, and OTA - in the kitchens, naturally

[st_abby]

The concept of such a thing was too vast for a cutthroat to understand in so few words. And the attempt made Vax consider a hard drink himself. "At a time when I'm not already reeling with bad impulses, I'd like to hear more of your stories," he left it at that.

Vax studied the buns as they were presented directly before him. They were pretty enough that he hesitated a moment before lifting the first for a bite. He savored it for a good, long minute. He wasn't used to the combination of flavors and textures, not in the least. But that wasn't to say the bite was anything less than delicious.

"I could kiss you all over again, dear chef," Vax'ildan suggested, sounding as if he were giving it some flirtatious consideration. "Your skills are much needed in this place."

Re: Ignis - for Yasmeen, Vax, and OTA - in the kitchens, naturally

[st_eadfast]

Ignis chuckled, taking the joke - as it surely was - in good part. "I imagine there are others with culinary skills about the Inn. I simply took over the kitchen before they did. But I'm glad you approve."