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ELUNE CONVO FIX IT part 1
i did it i finished!! finished enough anyway
How about instead of Tyrande getting possessed by Elune, we actually got to see them have a conversation about why tf she won't let her kill sylvanas!!! And get some real payoff for all the "hmm something's off about Elune"!! And more!!
Warning this one is long and boring. part 2 is way better lol
sry she should more serious here but w/e we're just going with 'angy' lol
i think i drew these same poses in the sylvanas one lol oop sry my brain library is not vast
ok one thing i added at the last second was elune is like pulling from tyrande's personal elune power to get her real form back to properly tell winter queen to fuck off. and that's why tyrande looks like she has spider webs on her it's just glowy elune magic
and then winter queen does go fuck off bc i didn't want to draw her anymore
End of part 1!! Also when tyrande is watching elune and WQ yell at each other I imagine it like a kid watching their mom get in a fight at the grocery store or smt lol
#if you haven't seen my elune design#its literally just tyto the swift / journey#and the god power logic she uses is just discworld god logic#and a little bit summer fairy vs. winter fairy vibes from dresden files#part 2 coming sometime!! also really got not-that-far from done like 2 years ago just have a couple panels to fill#anyway dude this in game moment was so crazy#it was literally just like watching those rage bait videos where people dump fresh good food ingredients on their disgusting dusty#ass kitchen island and make like cheeto dust spaghetti nachos instead of making something edible#elisa gabrielli spitting absolutely gut wrenching#warcraft#elune#tyrande
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Dumb concept thing
Ooga booga spooky number
#2 looks like a ugly ass puppy asking for food#bfb#tpot#osc#bfdi#xfohv#idfb#algebralians#algebralian#algebralien#algebraliens#three tpot#three bfb#tpot three#xfohv three#two tpot#bfdi two#bfb two#two bfb#two bfdi#the power of two#x finds out his value#object show#tpot two#tpot fanart
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This came to me in an early morning queer haze
Kissing my medics good morning (I am your husband heavy and I love you)
#tf2#team fortress 2#heavymedic#i know its super annoying for everyone when the sole medic on the team keeps pocketing heavies so as a heavy main i will say this.#to the medics in the chat: i dont expect you to pocket me and in fact you shouldn't. i suck. but! if you would it would be cool and gay and#and i will kiss you abd love you and give you yummy food and protect you like my life depends on it i will be your meat shield because you#are amazing incredible for picking medic despite the horrors. i will do everything in my power to help u. but don't pocket me i suck#i meant for that to be more meaningful and like giving advice but it got gay. but i meant all of it#when i see a medic healing me i immediately switch to shield mode my life is no longer mine i exist to protect the beautiful man behind me#thank you medics👍🏽 if u play medic i hope you have a wonderful day today everyday 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽❤️❤️#edit: i am gayer for heavy than i am for medic- but since i main heavy i am automatically attracted to medic and so this shitpost was born#so many people that play medic are apparently gay for heavy...... i feel so seen and understood
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#myart#shuake#akeshu#persona 5#persona 5 royal#ren amamiya#akira kurusu#companion piece to sappy sap 2/14 pic hehe#heart pizzas!!!#considering strikers was rens food tour i feel this is something he would do hehe#he forces goro to make it with him#goro definitely questions the ratio of sauce to cheese#he will inhale the pizza anyway bc power of love
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1. ANATOMY OF A KITCHEN (excerpt from THE THRILLING AND NOT AT ALL REPETITIVE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN MAN AND KID DANGER: “A CHRONOLOGY OF ENTIRELY TRUE AND HEROIC EVENTS COINCIDING WITH THE END OF HISTORY”) [2] [3] [4]
If you want to know a person, watch how they treat their servers, how they treat their food. Living with them is the second best option. Living with Ray is not Henry’s only option, but it is the best. They don’t even need to watch the other eat; they know each other already.
[ “There is a man in my house. There will always be a man in my house. I will find him even when he is not there. And one day, when I find out there is no man in my house anymore, well—I will go find one and invite him in.” Paraphrased and reappropriated from Catherine Lacey’s “Cut”. The borrowed text refers to the uncanny feeling Henry experiences as an adult reflecting on his childhood relationships. ]
Catherine Lacey writes in her short story “Cut”: “If you're raised with an angry man in your house, there will always be an angry man in your house. You'll find him even when he is not there. And if one day you find that there is no angry man in your house—well, you will go find one and invite him in!” Peggy—a professor—reads this poem, which a female student has placed on her desk, and grapples with a response, to which she is advised, “It’s not your job to save anyone from their life or explain anything to them or even really teach them anything”.
PANEL NOTES
This follows the format of the catalyst stranger approaching the downtrodden protagonist in a dingy bar from behind, backlit by the hazy yellow lights and smoked out shadows. This is not a bar, but a kitchen—the center of any living space.
The borrowed text is tweaked, and excludes the descriptor “angry”, as the theme of the storyboards is not anger.
The use of red is limited and strategic, and scattered throughout like evidence; dusting for fingerprints. It’s tempting to drape Henry’s back in red against the blue background, as if bathed by an overhead lamp, but Ray is the anomaly. Henry is colored by an anxious, slightly melancholic blue (as well as shaky panel borders), while the flints of red signify danger (knock on wood) or non-literal symbolism.
The white wolf is curled around the blue in a protective gesture that also doubles as a stranglehold, snakelike.
Something, something, about wolves and lambs, consumption, and the simultaneous loss and retention of innocence through transformative processes. Note there are three lambs; these could stand either for Henry, Jasper, and Charlotte, or Henry (singular).
#henry danger#henry hart#ray manchester#henray#dangerverse#captain man#my art#aka unnecessarily heavy handed symbolism based on a 2 second imaginary interaction#the panels with shaky lines are in henrys pov while the straight ones are either metaphorical or are 3rd person or worse#worse as in henry has no power here and never did. smt smt about being fed and being devoured. the hand that offers you food has teeth#but will never eat you whole because it needs you too. smt smt smt hmmmmmmm#i love the color red. it is so provocative. mmm blue almost infected with red both antithetical and complimentary.#henry has let him in in a way that transcends even the physical#the most complicated most uncomfortable most familiar roommates to have ever roommated in the history of heroics#pov: ur new roommate is. well he is everything and that is concerning because its been like that for a loong time and it has shaped watered#and ruined your life. mmm at least you dont have to pay rent. or does that make it worse?
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I'm here to yell and love Okami all over again!!!! I LOVE OKAMI VERY MUCH AND AM SO EXCITED SHES COMING BACK BABEYYYYYYY!!!!!
(that okami case is in fact bought from a blockbuster its that old XD)
I didn't start playing Okami back when it released on the playstation but when it had come to the Wii I was instantly hooked. The artstyle, the story and just being able to run around as a DOGGO was amazing for my young teen brain!! It got me into looking up myths and legends when I was in school and now I love reading about them still to this day, its fascinating seeing what was used in the game and seeing other instances of the real myths in other games thanks to Okami getting the ball rolling for me! Then of course Okamiden came out and THAT IS THE ORIGINAL OKAMI 2 WE CANNOT FORGET ABOUT THE LIL OUPPY HIMSELF CHIBI!!! I'll admit I may have only played thru Okamiden once.... only because I HAD a complete file and lent the game for a family friend to play on... and they deleted the file and I had been so discouraged to replay it again, maybe with the new game being teased I may play thru it again along with OG okami as well to 100%
Back when I first played Okami initially, I managed to make 2 things just because I loved the game so so much, first being this old clay figure I made. Its missing a leg sadly but I'm still so dang proud of how well younger me managed to even get it so well shaped! Her mirror is a lil worse for wear too but its flames are hanging on by a thread (its removable too!)
Then I forget WHEN I made this but I think I just wanted to paint something small on this tiny canvas I found at the time, and tiny it was! Again probably to broaden my skills as a kid XD
And then in 2019 during one my sisters batchelorette outings we did for fun, we went to this ceramics cafe where we could pick something and just go buck wild and paint whatever we wanted on it. I decided to make the coolest mug ever, and of course did Ammy! Itty bitty Issun to boot XD
Now something cool folks may not have seen that I gots! I didn't use the internet like crazy as a kid so I didn't know about looking things up for games and whatnot, so how did young me even stumble onto Okami to begin with? Well with THESE two books right here!!
NINTENDO POWER BABEYYYYYY!!!!! Back when I had been getting a subscription, these were my introductions to Okami! The One with Sonic on it was the original one that had this section for Okami in the issue, and man when I saw the art for it I fell so hard in love adsfsgdhfj
LOOK AT THEM ARTS IMAGINE HOW COOL THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN TO SEE AS A KID XD
Then the Kingdom hearts one was the one that told me about Okamiden!
I had to go digging for those when I remembered I had them at all, the only other cool things I owned that I didn't make or was the game themselves XD
I'm so hyped Okami is getting a third game and from the trailer alone it's gonna look amazinnnngggg. With how far graphics have gotten today, who knows how much stylization were gonna get that's essentially what they wanted from the original, how far can they push the Sumi-e now that we have the graphic capabilities? I can't wait for news and PRAY it comes to the next gen nintendo console, we got the other two for the nintendo, one being a DS exclusive, so it would be insane if it didn't come to nintendo again.
We must wait and seeeeeeee
Time to continue to be deranged and look at peoples pretty asf art, OKAMI RESURGENCE LETS FRICKING GO FELLAS!!!!
#I'd scream about it more but I'm barely stayin awake I had a long ass day and wanted to get this made for fun XD#Okami and PLA are now my current hyperfixations#PLA is never gonna leave the brainspace that lives rent free stealing my food out of the fridge but Okamis gonna room with them for now lol#IF ANYONE HASN'T PLAYED OKAMI BEFORE I HIGHLY SUGGEST GIVING IT A SHOT!! ITS ON SALE ON MOST PLATFORMS INCLUDING THE SWITCH PORT!!!#okami#okami sequel#okami amaterasu#capcom#okamiden#okami 2#amaterasu#nintendo power#smashwolfen
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Sskk redraw of a panel from The Disabled Tyrants Beloved Pet Fish
#my art#bsd#bungo stray dogs#sskk#the disabled tyrant's beloved pet fish#yes I know that title is insane and if you see the summary of the book it’s even more insane but HEAR ME OUT#DESPITE BEING A CRAZY SOUNDING PLOT it’s actually so funny and sweet#like it’s so cute I can’t believe I finished the entire first book in one day#basically a guy was isekaied into a webnovel he was reading and became a goldfish#and he had to become the evil tyrants pet goldfish as his quest or he dies#he does and he crushes his enemies with the power of being an adorable helpless fish#and like halfway through the book he gets the ability to be human for like 2 hours a day so he’s just running around the castle eating food#anyways so this scene is when the tyrant (akutagawa) catches the human version of the fish (atsushi) climbing out the window#and aku thinks atsushi stole his pet fish#anyways that’s my mini summary GO READ JT#ITS WEIRD BUT I LOVE IT
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Silver's prototype profile says that he has "powers that draw from the Chaos Emeralds" and you know what else draws power from the Chaos Emeralds?
Not only is the energy of the Eclipse Cannon green/teal/cyan like Silver's powers but the electricity that it gives off is like the Psycho Shock that Silver uses on Sonic in 06.
While Silver can use his powers without Chaos Emeralds the bit about him drawing power from them is still made canon at the end of his Sonic Channel introduction story where his powers get super charged by one when he and Sonic are saving the bridge.
#I don't know what I'm getting at with these theory posts#I'm just putting stuff I notice out there#silver the hedgehog#eclipse cannon#chaos emeralds#shadow the hedgehog the game#sonic adventure 2#sonic the hedgehog#sonic 06#analysis#theory#I wonder if Silver could recreate the Eclipse Cannon with his powers?#food for thought
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the meowtsider
#personally I think probably all black but the visual effect of an all white cat with void eyes is cool…#the outsider#dishonored#dishonored 2#sigh. I should draw catboy outsider.#also modern with powers au where the outsider is a which who turns into a cat… and he steals food from corvo…#I’m not putting proper tags on this I honestly am not happy with how the cat drawings turned out. I am a character artist and it shows
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I’m playing a servo for the first time (I know!) and oh my GOD, how are they more annoying than the nannies?
I’ve never had a fridge fuller of redundant group meals (mostly desserts) put in the fridge as single plates.
#sims 2#gif#don’t get me wrong they’re good in some ways#but baby harassment and covert food prep ugh#at least they can be powered down#time to go find mods to make it more bearable
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cannot STRESS how much i love your svsss demon prince oc. his hair... the cunty clothes... the coloring on his eyes and fingers and lips.... ohhh goddd
demon SLAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
#THANK YOU YES SUCH A GUY TO ME!!#svs3#my lil moshang kid. Look at him go!!#THE GOTH COLORING JUST COMES NATURALLY TO HIM! NO MAKEUP! THATS THE POWER OF ICE DEMON SLAYAGE!#watched dune the other night and the sandworms gave me brainworms#that convo would make a little more sense with MBJ but XJ would rather pull his nails out than admit weakness to his king father#he has a much more communicative relationship w SQH. hard to worry about looking pathetic when you’re literally talking to shang qinghua#anyways me having this whole sketchbook on the stovetop for this… serendipitous#he does for real have like migraines and demon fibromyalgia. thanks to the Poisonings. but he does also WAY overact it to get out of stuff#also worlds thinnest face 0 acting ability#unlike MBJ he is very communicative. most of what he has to communicate is disgust and displeasure#also thinkin bout how he has 2 guys in his life who show their devotion to their lovers by making food for them. thats literally love#XJ: i can condone rpf but I draw the line at badly written rpf 😤😤😤
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My dad was Bruce-ing again today.
Dad: Where are your keys? I'm gonna go put more air in your tire.
Me: I already filled it up this week.
Dad: Oh okay.
Dad goes upstairs for a second and comes back with a bag in his hand.
Dad: Here, take this poncho and put it in your glove compartment. In case you have to pull over in the rain, put it on so other cars can see you.
So then I took my new bright ass orange poncho to my car, bypassing the three water bottles my dad had stuffed in the door pocket as well as the emergency phone battery pack charger he stuffed in another pocket.
#i also have an air compressor in my car. toilet paper. jumper cables. portable jumper cables/battery charger. tool box.#and then my own contribution includes a first aid/emergency kit#honestly surprised he didn't get me a jack to put in there but then again idk how to change my tires so alkdja#no but this man is literally bruce in the ''always be prepared'' type of way.#he literally has a closet dedicated to extra food and toilet paper and soap and tons of other things#we call it his store. ''hey we're out of dishwasher detergent. oh i'll go look for some in dad's store.''#he also has flashlights Everywhere. i probably have 2-3 in my room bc he's just randomly like ''em take this flashlight.''#he literally gave me another one like a week ago or something. and y'know what they've actually been handy as fuck when the power goes out#he's also given me a penlight for my purse but i think i need a new one#just whew.
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Here's a kind of experimental lineless A.B.A from memory to keep up the good habits of this blog. Then I got carried away and did some creative writing that you can read under the cut if you'd like. It can be interpreted as the picture's context, or as an unrelated scenario.
Warning for a homunculus with shitty bad mental health:
"A.B.A stood there, in the middle of the cold night, seen by... who cares? as she stared at the broken window of that room, which had once been her prison, her flask, so to speak.
Even though it had now been years since her great escape, the location could nowadays elicit the same strong feelings as it did on day one, though that wasn't shown in her outward expression: seemingly fully blank, aside from a flicker in her eyes.
That room was still invisibly asphyxiating, still like if its walls murmured to her again that, were anything to happen to her... No one would care. And that statement had something that broke her, and it wasn't just due to its cruel face-value.
Think about it; being the way she was created, her biggest virtue was being able to excel human limitations: she could come out unscathed from almost any wound if blood was abundant, and was effectively able to give senescence the middle finger.
But here she was, hurting from the sight of an empty room, that, logically speaking, posed no more chagrin or danger. So, she mentally wasn't able to completely excel humans, as from what she knew, even they must have surely thought of this behaviour as weak and deranged. If we were so kind, a mistake-a shortcoming of the mind.
If these sorts of shortcomings kept piling up... Then what was even that she excelled at?
#a.b.a#guilty gear#ask to tag#art tag2b named#eye strain#dunno if putting this in a writing tag#anyhow this is sort of a spiritual sucessor to that pic I drew like 2 years ago. most of it was done in my phone too! though I later edited#this one A LOT on the computer.#OKAY from now on I'll write some tags super unrelated to gg cause I'm bored. feel free to skip#does anybody here play d.b legends? I've been playing an absurd ammt lately. the current festival's being... divisive for the community lol#what do you think abt gog.eta's plat. it makes him ridiculously strong and fun to play as but the devs could've done some stuff better#like giving a bit more than 777 z powers come on. anyhow! I wonder if the girls boosts plus this is a clue of ke.fla being our next ultra#which would be controversial for an anniversary ult but I like her. gonna get some food and go upgrade my ta.magami
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Y'know this little throwaway gag is so bizarre to me and I know this game is a bit very different to 2 and 3 but look at Matt's reaction when Jack raids the place in 3:
You'd argue he's simply stopping Jack bc he hates this guy and he also hates this job which Could Be True but i highly doubt bc overall despite his virginity and overall cursed vibe, Matt seems to be a good employee, by all means (I mean, Peter literally gave him a vacation instead of firing him in 2, so that says a lot).
Plus, Dave hates this guy as much as he hates him! He literally always calls him creepy and, AND!
This is the only footage you get of the prize corner in 2. Which is also the first game to show Matt and Dave's disdain for one another, Dave being likely more scared of Matt than Matt will ever be of him.
Which is all very curious. 2 does set a drastic change for Matt too with him going from being just strange to outright creepy, so was the old pizza place closing something that actually affected him or was he consistently that creepy all along? And if the later, did he just start hating Dave after that or did they always have beef and they simply had some sort of arrangement (or even higher word from Steven who tended to let Dave do whatever he wanted in general) that let him do so?
#luly talks#dsaf#matt virginia#matthew virginia#<- using both tags bc i didnt realize some call him matthew. ya se los dije el es matias para mi...#dsaf matt#dsaf dave#dave miller#anyway yeah i kinda went from just writing this as a haha silly thing i noticed to wait this is actually kind of bizarre to not mean anythi#cant tell which theory works best imo like the idea of matt being genuinely upset at the old place being destroyed is kinda cool#but also steven just being like a neglectful parent and using his manager power to let dave steal is So fucking funny to me#i will make a post about dave and steven later my sugar is low rn i need food before i die#but they're soooo silly too#also did you guys know i never realized 1 and 2 were just a few months apart from each other? this is because im a very stupid man#you might see me all analytical and shit and go woah luly is so smart i cant read. i cant hold information to save my life either#im an utter and complete dumbass#amen.#also another fun fact both these screenshots were taken from my evil routes which was a coincidence really#well except for 1 that is a non route#but those other two those are matpat baby#also yeah couldnt be bothered to get screenshots for dave and matt's argument KNJHJNGM JN
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Chef Hob's family and the food truck's origin story
Hob is half-English and half-Indian. His father, Mr. Gadling, is from London. His mother, Mrs. Dandekar-Gadling, is from Mumbai. Hob was born in the UK.
Unfortunately, Hob was orphaned at an early age. And since his father had no remaining living relatives, (his paternal grandparents died a long time ago and his father was an only child), Hob was taken in by his maternal uncle's family in Mumbai.
His uncle, Sanyam Dandekar, is the current head of the family-owned and operated restaurant in Mumbai. It's small but thriving, and is well-regarded in the community. As the restaurant is on the ground floor of the building where the Dandekar family live, it's hard to escape the tantalizing smell of food wafting constantly from below.
It's from Sanyam that Hob learns to love food, to cook well, and to love making people happy through his cooking.
His aunt, Priya, always encourages him to go after his dreams. She was there for him every step of the way when he applied for a scholarship to go to a fancy culinary school in the UK. When he was accepted, she was the first person he told the news to, and she was so proud of him that she immediately called up her friends to share the good news with them. (Hob had had to endure maybe half a dozen aunties trying to introduce him to their daughters and nieces.)
His female cousins, Kala and Daya, love Hob very much and treat him as their older brother.
Kala has always been very intelligent even as a child, and she got bullied for it at school. Hob was quick to put an end to that and told her to reach even higher so she can leave everyone in the ground while she sails among the stars. Kala shyly told him she would build a spaceship for their entire family so she wouldn't have to sail the stars alone.
Daya was the more easy-going sister. She tried her best to teach Hob to dance, and never made fun of him even when he eventually accepted that he had two left feet. When she was rejected by a boy who told her she was so ugly that she'll never find anyone who'll love her, Hob got in trouble for beating the shit out of him, but he has no regrets about it. (Kala did not get in trouble for setting the boy's schoolbag on fire because she didn't get caught.)
Hob was so afraid when he found out that he was bisexual, but his family accepted him and treated him the same as they always did. His aunt Priya even promised not to matchmake him with anyone even though he's such a catch. They'll all just wait and see who he brings home. No judgment or pressure whatsoever.
He misses them fiercely when he gets to the UK. Especially when Kala gets married and he couldn't travel back because he had back-to-back exams, both theoretical and practical.
Still, he pushes himself to study hard, graduates with distinction, and eventually becomes a professional chef at a fancy hotel.
Hob's family are very proud of him and always call him to tell him so. Daya begs him to return and cook for them. Hob says he's still saving up enough vacation days. Rajan, Kala's husband and the current CEO of a major pharmaceutical company, offers to pay for his transportation. He graciously accepts because he's not an idiot.
After a couple of years, he finally accumulated enough vacation days to travel back to India for a long visit. The first thing he did is to cook a feast for his family (which now includes Rajan). He cooks traditional Indian food as well as food from other countries that he thinks they'll like.
(He adjusts the recipes to fit into their religion-based dietary restrictions, and adjusts some more when some ingredients are not readily available. He's a professional chef, after all.)
Daya is all about the taiyaki. Kala is in love with the vegetable lumpia. Rajan has strategically rearranged the dishes on the table so the plate of jollof rice is always close to him. Priya asks him to give his uncle his recipe for the vegetable moussaka. Sanyam is in tears because of how proud he is of Hob and how delicious everything is. He tells Hob that when he dies (far, far into the future), Hob is welcome to take over the restaurant.
Hob spends most of his time in India in the restaurant's kitchen with his uncle, and they experiment and add new things to the menu. Hob gets to talk to customers he's known ever since he was a child. They are all very proud of him and sing praises for the restaurant's new menu items.
Hob leaves India a month later with a much lighter heart.
When he returns to being a chef in the fancy hotel though, he finds that he is increasingly frustrated and unsatisfied. He feels like he should be happy and grateful. Instead he feels burned out.
He calls Kala, who is the closest to him age-wise, for advice. She simply asks him, "What do you want?"
He sighs and says, "I thought I wanted to be a chef. But now that I am one, I feel lost."
Silence. Then Kala says, "May I say something potentially controversial and not have you hang up on me?"
Hob chuckles and tells her to go ahead and say what she needs to say. In fact, maybe he needs to hear the potentially controversial thing to snap him out of this wretched state.
"I don't think you really want to be a chef."
Wow. "So far, so bad. Go on."
"No, listen: you have always loved cooking for us. You and dad. It's how you show your love. But where you're working currently, it's like you're a machine. Day in and day out, you're just completing orders. How many times since you started working there did you go out of the kitchen to talk to the guests? How often do you get to experiment with new culinary creations without anyone trying to stifle your creativity?"
Kala's tone implied that she knew the answer. "You might say that it will get worse before it gets better, but will it really? If I ask you now what your happiest memory is of your workplace, what will you tell me?"
"I--" Hob clears his throat and blinks away the tears that had snuck up on him. "When the hotel called me to tell me they had accepted my application. I immediately called home and all of you were so proud of me. I even heard Uncle announcing it to the entire restaurant in the background."
"Oh, Hob..." And now Kala sounded like she was gonna cry too. "I wish I were there so I can give you a hug."
"Virtual hug accepted. Is that the end of your controversial pep talk or is there more?"
"I think that's enough controversial things for now," Kala says. "Rajan and I are going to London in a couple of weeks for pleasure. We should meet up so you can show us all the good spots to eat at and then we can talk more."
They said their goodbyes soon after. Hob spends a lot of time that night just looking at the ceiling, not wanting to go to work but inevitably has to when his alarm goes off.
Kala was right. Being a chef granted him all sorts of qualifications and symbolized that he is a master in the field, but he isn't in it for the title. His uncle isn't a professional chef, yet Hob wouldn't claim to surpass his skills. And between the two of them, he knows who the happier one is.
Rajan and Kala arrived with a couple of bodyguards named Vikram and Wolfgang. Hob remembers them from his visit to India. Vikram is as stoic as bodyguards come, but Wolfgang has a different, more dangerous kind of intensity.
Hob shows them all the good dining spots he has discovered over the years, and all five of them eat well.
It was during their outing that Hob notices the food vendors on the street. They look...happy. They work just as hard as the other chefs in the hotel, with the main difference being that the customers are right in front of them, and they get to see their reactions.
It was very heartwarming to see tourists trying the local street food and seeing their faces light up after their first bite.
At the end of the day, Hob tells Kala of his food truck idea. It's almost embarrassing how excited he sounds, but Kala is excited too. She grabs Rajan and tells him about it. Rajan grabs Wolfgang and asks him about it. Hob almost expects Wolfgang to grab Vikram too, but Vikram just looks on, looking amused.
In the end, Wolfgang shrugs and says it's doable, and just like that, they're drawing plans and trying to come up with names.
("What about 'Gadling's'?"
Kala hummed. "I guess...I mean, that is your name. No one can argue that."
"I feel like you just insulted me, my father, and my paternal ancestors."
"Hob, our family restaurant's name is Dandekar. We are all basic here.")
("Glad Tidings?"
Wolfgang huffed a laugh. "No, Rajan."
"I think it's a good name."
"I think you need to go to sleep. How many hours has it been since you slept? Forty-eight?"
"Are you the sleep police now, my wolf?"
"Kala, I'm taking Rajan to bed."
"Alright," Kala says distractedly. She is currently looking at the kitchen plans, specifically the stove set-up. "Have fun. Don't hog all the blankets."
Hob's eyebrows have migrated to the ceiling. He doesn't think they quite know what they let slip, but he isn't going to pry until they're ready to talk to him about it. He looks at Vikram to see his reaction, but the man just looks like this is a thing that happens often and isn't bothered in the slightest.)
They videocall six people all over the world--mutual friends, Kala says--and all of them put their heads rogether to make Hob's food truck idea into a reality.
Hob is overwhelmed by their support. Rajan has promised to fund everything if Hob lets him eat for free when he's in town. Sun from Korea seconds him and agrees to lend monetary support as well, and to help him expand to Korea if the venture is successful. Capheus, the matatu driver from Nairobi, is flying to London to help customize the food truck. If possible, he sounds even more excited than Hob himself. Nomi from San Francisco and Will from Chicago volunteers to get the papers and forms sorted. Actual famous actor Lito Rodriguez from Mexico promises to promote his foodtruck when he goes to London to shoot a movie.
"When and where did you meet and befriend all these people?" Hob asks Kala. They all sounded like old friends and had inside jokes that Hob didn't understand. (What in the world is a tequila-squared?) Kala just smiles at him and says, "The internet exists for a reason, you know."
"Let me guess," Hob said in a low voice so the others won't hear. "An online dating site?"
Kala shrieks with laughter and hits him with a throw pillow.
Soon, the food truck is ready and Hob is in awe of everyone who pitched in and helped. He literally could not have achieved this so quickly without any of them.
Kala hugs him tight. "You deserve to be happy, Hob."
Hob hugs her back. Every person they videocalled (and Wolfgang's brother Felix) is coming to visit with their plus ones and twos to try out Hob's menu to taste-test before opening, and will stay until the grand opening a week later to help in promoting the foodtruck. They even have Riley from Iceland going to DJ for them.
"Should we invite aunt and uncle and Daya?"
"Do you really think we could stop them if they want to be here?" Kala asks him incredulously. "Have you met our sister?"
Hob has handed in his resignation notice as soon as the food truck's kitchen had been operational. That had been two weeks ago. He feels like a huge burden has been lifted from his shoulders the moment the e-mail was sent.
It can only get better from here.
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P.S. I'm basic as hell at naming, so if you have ideas on what Hob's food truck should be called, speak now or forever hold your peace.
#Chef Hob AU#minor spoilers for Sense8!#you read that right#it suddenly became sort of a Sense8 crossover because I owe Sanyam Dandekar my first exposure to Indian food#gods bless him honestly#he'll be a good uncle and role model for young Chef!Hob#I will have a Rajan-Kala-Wolfgang throuple as a treat to myself#if Amanita can have 3 dads so can Kala's future children have 2#this is still a no powers AU though#dreamling#the sandman#sense8#my writing
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