#I'M EATING THIS HMMMM DELICIOUS

[cherryc1nnam0n]

Before you go, baby | Dark!Ethan Landry x Afab!Reader

Part 2

Summary: You're going away for college, so before you go, Ethan has a gift for you

Cw: Kinda dark, smut, virginity loss, P in V sex, unprotected sex, creampie, excessive cumming, mentions of pregnancy, kind of manipulative Ethan(?, baby trapping, oral sex (fem receiving), tittie play and sucking

This was it, your time to go, your final chance to say goodbye before you left to college in 3 days, you had to say goodbye to everyone

Specifically your best friend Ethan, who would be the hardest to say goodbye to

"I have to go Ethan, this is my chance" you said happily but also with sadness in your heart

He looked at you through his lashes, hiding something in them

"Come over to my house" he said grabbing your hand.

"Hmmmm, okay, but for what?"

He suggestively nodded his head and you got his cue

"Ethan, you really wanna... Fuck me?"

He nodded his head, his hand going down to your hip

"As a last gift, before I lose my chance" He said bitting his lip

"But Ethan..." You whined and he went into your neck, nudging your jaw with his nose

"Come on, just one time and you can go babe, please?"

"But nothing will change between us right?" He shook his head "Fine, when can I go?"

"Right now, let's go" he said eagerly, you giggled and walked with him

...........................................................

Between kisses and cute words and whispers, you were tangled with Ethan on his bed

"I do need to tell you, I'm a virgin" you said pushing him away by his chest, that toned chest with his abs and strong arms

"That's okay, I'll be gentle with you baby"

His mouth went on exploring your neck and tits, sucking on them softly but still making you moan while looking into your eyes, a thing he loved to do

"Fuck baby, you got such cute tits" he said jiggling them, you giggled and looked away

"Shut uuuup" you whined

His giggles gave you 10 years more of life

His nose nudged down onto your legs, where he spread them, he was in awe of your pussy, so cute and pink

"Looks delicious, my next meal"

"You're so goofy" you said giggling

"Only for you"

He dived into your pussy, sucking your clit into his mouth, shaking his head while he did so, moaning into your pussy, his eyes rolling back

"Ethan, fuck!" You grabbed his curls, digging him deeper into your pussy

"You've never experienced this have you?" He said licking your pussy

You shook your head "N-no, feels so good"

He smiled before going back to eating you out

His hips kept rutting into his bed, trying to relieve his aching boner, he was so turned on from eating your pussy

"Fuck Ethan, fuck me please"

He kissed your mound, then your belly pudge, then between your boobs, then your chest and then your lips, deep and slow

"I need to fuck you so bad baby"

You should've known

"Fuck baby, need to feel your warmth" he said whimpering into your ear, rubbing his wet dick around your entrance

You should've known

"Yes, yes, fuck me please"

But you were so turned on, lost in the feeling

"Fuck, so warm and tight"

You were a virgin, of course you never used birth control, why?

"Fuck baby, keep sucking me in like that, fuck gonna fucking cum soon"

"Ethan, please!"

And he knew and took advantage of that

"Fuck you feel so good baby, so warm around me I'm gonna bust"

"Please fill me up"

And he knew you would back to him when you knew

"I'm so close baby, so so close, gonna cum inside you baby, gonna breed you baby"

And then you would be all his'

"Oh fuck baby, I'm cumming fuck I'm cumming so much baby, I've never cummed this much. It's fucking dripping out of you"

All his'

Some months later...

You dropped the pregnancy test on the floor, it was a positive

And you knew who the father was...

"Hello?"

"Ethan..." You sobbed "I'm pregnant..."

[crystalflygeo]

Sweet torture ft. Zhongli + fem!reader

cw/tags: bondage/shibari, muzzle, oral sex (m!receiver), dom/sub dynamics, reader doms in this one ayyy, sub!zhongli, TEASING lots of it, masturbation, sex toy, improper use of geo (lmao).

notes: What did I just write?? We just don't know. I am sorry I saw one (1) fanart of Zhongli wearing a muzzle and went b a l l i s c t i c. Also.... dom!reader hella. This is so filthy and I'm so sleepy.....

It was torture. You were torturing him.

Zhongli groans, muscles tense as he feels your fingers gently stroking his member. The sudden touch makes him jerk, but the intricate ropework laced around his arms holds him nicely to prevent any more movements and instead keeping them tied at his back.

He couldn't touch you, kiss you, hold you...

A sweet yet deliciously devilish laughter comes out of your lips.

And then you lean down and start giving small kitten licks to his dripping cockhead before your hot, wet mouth starts slowly enveloping him, bobbing your head with lewd wet noises and purposefully drooling all over him. Messy. Obscene. Painfully driving him mad with lust.

“Darling, please.” He moans hoarsely.

You pull back with a smirk “Hmm? Are you about to break your own contract? My dearest Zhongli?”

He huffs and growls, shaking his head.

As easily as he could break out of these ‘restrains’ he had made a deal with you, so all he could do was toss his head back and endure.

And oh… you could definitely see the appeal of being the one in control.

The lord of Geo. The mighty Prime of the Adepti. Bound and muzzled like a feral beast. Squirming under your touch.

You kiss down along the side of his impressive cock, lightly tracing a vein with your tongue and making it twitch. “Hmmm… seems like you’re all ready for me.” Zhongli gasps as your fingers follow the fine trail of hair from his bellybutton down, teasingly. “It’s my turn.”

For a moment he thinks the torture is over and you’re satisfied with your small game. You’ll release his arms, or at least take off the horrible muzzle (“no biting tonight, dearest.”) and allow him to eat you out to his heart’s content.

How wrong he was.

Zhongli’s eyes widen then he scowls and jerks into his restrains again, shuffling on the bed when he sees you pull out one of your toys. He glares at you. You wouldn’t.

You smirk in response. Watch me.

“Relax…” You smile, sickly sweet. Leaning back onto a pillow and spreading your legs. “Just enjoy the show, darling.”

You start by teasing your entrance, gently, slowly. Caressing and pinching at your clit and slowly easing the oiled tip of the object into you. A rather special geo construct of Zhongli’s own creation. Sweet irony.

“Hmmmm…Ah…”

He snarls, glaring at the offending object as you slowly feed the fake cock into your pussy, inch by inch stuffing you as you let out a quiet moan. He knows you wouldn’t be satisfied with such a… crude and lacking replacement, no. He knows you ached for him, his warmth and thickness that could fill you so much more, satisfy you so much better.

You bite your lip and whine as it bottoms out.

“This one is… hah… rather accurate huh? … hng!” You mewl, squeezing your eyes shut as you start pulling it out only to push back in. “A-ah- fu-!”

He tries to keep calm. By Celestia, he tries. But the sight of you, naked and sweaty, presenting yourself so freely and displaying your pleasure, makes it excruciatingly difficult. You rock your hips and moan his name, high-pitched. Getting more and more used to the intrusion and thus increasing the speed.

“Z-Zhongli, baobei” You keen. “Wouldn’t you be a dear and apply a bit of resonance?”

A growl. “I would rather have you myself, my love.”

You let out a breathless chuckle. “Of course. But don’t you want to see me come undone first? We do have a contract and for now you have to do as I sa-a-y Ah! Oh fuck-!”

You bite your lip, whining, eyes rolling back and hips moving on their own when the geo construct indeed starts buzzing low on your hand and inside your pussy. The sensation drives you up to the edge of that high, delicious simmering heat all over your body and pooling at your navel. Feel so good, so good-

“Zhongli, Zhongli, Zhongli-”   

You come with a cry of his name as your body arches away from the mattress, high-strung with pleasure, free hand clawing at the sheets. For a few seconds you lie there basking in the afterglow, chest falling and rising rapidly until you sit up and slowly pull the toy out, shuddering at the wet squelch.

Your gaze sets on the man in front of you, looking absolutely pent-up with sexual frustration. Cock pressed up hard against his abs and smearing tacky precum everywhere.

You scoot up to him with a playful smile, eyes half-lidded as you sit upon his lap. You brush your hand down before bringing it back to run a slick-covered finger over the muzzle, the metal turning shiny and no doubt getting impregnated with the scent of your arousal. You see him open his mouth and pant slightly, sharp fangs on display, nostrils flared, eyes half-lidded and pupils brown wide as he chases the path your finger makes.

Oh, he is absolutely drunk on you.

You place your hands at his shoulders for leverage and this time (finally!) slowly envelop his cock with your warm pussy.

 “Now’s your turn…”

[moonchild-in-blue]

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I'm

baaaaaaaaaaaaaaack

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Hello hello hello hi hello I'm here I'm back no longer on timeout helloooooooo 🥹💃🤸‍♀️

I've missed you all sooooo much muwah muwah how is everyone doing babes??

I'm gonna be going through my tags and stuff today so bear with me. Let me know if I've missed anything important or funny or silly or whatever. Or idk, say hi if you wanna 🥺👉👈

IN THE MEANTIME, I have at last gone through my ask box! There was a lot! Wow, am I bad at this!! At least you'll get plenty of doodles from me (most of them are sky/moon pictures because of course they are).

I don't want to spam you all babes, so I have scheduled them to be posted* throughout this week starting tomorrow 💙 queue will also be back on tomorrow

* (there are about 2 or 3 or so that I will be hoarding for a little longer, but with all of this done, I can at last spend a little extra focus on them 🥹 if there's anything I missed I apologise 🩷)

NOW, I have quite a few drafts I made during these past 2 weeks. They are weird and cringe and highly specific. I'm gonna post them all today / tomorrow because I don't want to deal with them any longer. Sorry but also not sorry 😌✌️

I'm giving them a "Timeout Drafts" tag so you know these don't necessarily reflect my mood for today (most likely they do - i stand by my opinions lmaoo).

Uhhhhhhhh and that's that I guess? Happy Halloween and all! 🎃🍂🍁 Today is hot as balls (damn heatwave), and I'm not having a wonderful time (also on my mensies 🥺) but hey. At least it's for a short time, I'm very looking forward to hoa hoa hoa weather.

Hmmmm what else, what else. I changed my blog a little, it looks cute! My ukulele arrived and SONGS are being LEARNT (learned? meh).

Hmmm, I catched up on a lot of shows. I've already posted my reviews on TUA S4 (🤢🥴💔💀🥲) and KAOS (🥹💖😚🥰❤️‍🔥) (i am indeed re-watching it), but I also finished Emily In Paris (LOVE the Italian guy, second part was much better than the 1st), and FINALLY watched S2 of Fleabag (oh my GOD YOU GUYS!!! I AM IN SHAMBLES!!! WOAH!!! PAIN AND AGONY!!! 🥺💔).

Uhhhhhhhhhh I think that's it. I need to cut my hair and bangs. Hope everyone has been eating good and drinking water and missing me a lot 😤🫵

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🌱 forest friends having a delicious picnic 🌱

[fisheito]

how would you eat/cook each nukani character

oh noooooooooo (holds my face in great contemplative agony) u can't do this to me

Eiden: oh mein gotTtTtt getting my hands on eiden would be like receiving an entire cart of summer fresh-from-farm produce. or an entire cow carcass . i would have SO MANY PARTS and SO MANY WAYS to prepare him and every part of him would taste delicious in its own way. there's no way i can ONLY cook eiden one way. i'd have to put him thru every process possible (true to his versatility). i thought about spitroasting him (for the joke) but that's too much eiden for one method. i need to covet him like the king tuna at the fish market as i take him apart piece by piece look. i am frying him like egg for a fast breakfast. i am meticulously grinding him to a paste in a traditional mortar and pestle. i am using him as pesto AND as dipping sauce. i will dehydrate him and drink him as tea. he will be roasted . braised. devoured raw in ceviche. i'll infuse him with vinegars! syrups! oils!! is there a way to make a sourdough starter but it's eidough starter so i can just keep him on my shelf and feed him every day and pass him down for generations? i want eiden for every meal of the day prepared 1000 ways

Aster: would aster taste like blood or the absence of it? hmmmm..... i guess it depends on when he feeds! maybe if i bite into him after a feeding session, he'll burst like a cherry tomato. but otherwise i feel like giving aster the sashimi treatment. put him all fancy on the plate with some garnishes after i treat him with a light citrus wash or smth. a fresh cool flavour!! i'm tempted to make some sort of beverage out of him. dilute him into a fancy mocktail of strange spirits and woody spices. aster juice?!?! looks like pink wine???! i have to treat this one like i'm spoiling him with gifts. he'll probably end up on the artisanal charcuterie board with the fusion jams and marmalades...

Morvay: i feel like he would have a very...particular aroma. he eats a very specialised diet so of everyone in the clan, he has to follow "you are what you eat", right?? my first instinct for some reason is to cure him. like, turn him into prosciutto. if he's gonna have a funky smell, might as well turn up the salt and cure him. tie him up and lock him in the carefully controlled environment of the curing basement. dark... surrounded by other meatbags... slap him around every now and then. slice him up thin and put him on that fancy cheese board with a bunch of other strong smelling foods. slurp him down him with a glass of astringent aster juice to balance out the richness of the morv

Yakumo: soup. he's getting souped. it's only right. might split him half and half into one soup and one stew. maybe the soup will just be a concentrated essence of snek-style broth. like a clear, warming bowl of pho that is DISTILLED YAKUMO and doesn't need much else besides some fave spices to accompany the flavour. as for the stew? i just straight up like stew and it can be so nutritionally complete. so he's going in the classic comfort stew. chunks of yakumo and seasonal vegetables simmered to make a thick hearty pot of glorp. maybe add some alcohol to it if i want to live dangerously. he will sustain me for days to come. anything that i do not turn into soup? i'm going to steam him. a mild little parcel of wrapped yakumo, gently steamed for a hot minute. yakumo tastes best to me when a little wet.

Edmond: to honour his thick sugary ass, i have to turn edmond into some sorta dessert. turn the defrosted ice queen into ice cream? now i could just put edmond in a pot and reduce him until he turns into a syrup but then i would waste all the extra good bits that make up edomon. u need the tsun with the dere and reducing him to pure dere is NOT balanced. he can withstand quite a bit of punishment so maybe i'll whip him up like a custard (by hand FIRST. if that's not strong enough, i'll use an electric hand mixer). turn him into an earl grey creme brulee where u can set him on fire then smack that caramelised crust before spooning out the goopy insides.

Olivine: i feel like i'd wanna enjoy olivine in his least processed form. just enjoy the pure marbled goodness of well-exercised, tender oli. so why not a steak? medium rare to rare? just a little pan-sear and we can chew on him all we want. (i considered searing on a grill, but it's easier around here to get a pan instead of a grill. and oli is all about being accessible to the greatest number of people.) on the other hand, that might not honour oli's nature. he, too, can stand up to a lot of punishment. he might even like it. so part of him can be the relatively unprocessed slab and the other can be a cutlet. that way i can beat him with a hammer, dredge and bread him, then toss him into the deep fryer. to be served with a variety of heavy or creamy sauces.

Quincy: this man is OLD and TOUGH and he probably tastes like every bit of wildlife in the forest combined. then again, he's also always sleeping so does that mean his meat is quite relaxed and i don't have to tenderise forever to be able to chew it? quincy probably eats the simplest diet (no processed microwave preservative type cocktails in here) so he'd be best appreciated in an equally simple dish?? i'd like to skewer him. make him bite-size and cook him over a campfire. alternating with simple salt vs. intricate dry rubs bc i'm not sure which i'd prefer. if he ends up being tough, i'll let him hang out in a savoury marinade for however many days he needs (do NOT make me put a pineapple in there, mister).

Kuya: i lied. **THIS** man is OLD and TOUGH and SINEWY and A BITCHASS to deal with and i bet if i cut him at *just slightly near the wrong spot* then some mystery sac of foul gunk will explode all over me like a punk'd prank. i will take any excuse during the cooking process to abuse this one. grate his rind to infuse in the sauce. mince him for the physical satisfaction then throw him into the blender anyway. toss him violently into a fiery wok and start saute-ing him with every other ingredient ever. i hope you get stabbed by a bunch of pointy carrots. i'll broil him as if he's not already crispy. and I BET at the end of all this work, i'll have somehow have messed up and made him inedible. skill issue. at this point i give up, toss the entire kuya into the pressure cooker, and turn him into stew.

G/Karu: i wanna toss them like a salad (i think they'll have fun with that). i could go the traditional way and make wolf jerky. bring it on the road for a durable snack! if i could somehow chop these two up and turn them into furikake, they could become my convenient, reliable flavour injector for a quick bowl of rice. it's tricky because there are two distinct flavours and they gotta be treated differently to bring out their full potential. but they're also inseparable. what do i do??? i might just put them into my party-type foods where flavours are supposed to mix and it's the wildness of the combos that make it all fun. he's going on the 12-topping pizza!! he's being melted onto the giant tray of nachos!!!

Blade: CAN I EAT THIS? WILL I DIE? WILL MY TEETH BREAK OFF? i have to debone him. i bet there are pointy bits hiding everywhere. get my special tools out and pluck at him for over an hour (i must be thorough). might just put him in the microwave (he'd probably enjoy that). i feel like essence of Blade would also do well as a bubbly drink. mix a simple edroid syrup with some club soda and some edible flowers to look pretty (low calories too!). if the legends are true and blade can adapt to any flavour, i might just turn him into a condiment or special spice mix. grind him to dust and put him in a nice glass container near my stove so i can add him to various foods (the weirder the combo, the better). keep the spirit of experimentation alive with Blade popcorn seasoning!!

Dante: i am gonna make him fragrant as hell. gonna smoke him over intricate spice combos or tea leaves and impart him with the most alluring lung-punchiest sniffs. i don't wanna be too harsh with him but i trust that he'll at least stand up to heat well. he'd probably complain about wasting time, but i'm not rushing the process. u will sit in the smoker and steadily break down over time. maybe after the smoke, i can tuck the odds and ends into a savoury saucy pie. bake him for an hour surrounded by a flaky buttery crust? i might also experiment with some fermentation, like a dante kimchi. i'm curious as to how he'd change flavours given time to age (and just relax for a bit, really).

Rei: i am pickling him. he's gonna become that sour salty lil accompaniment to every meal i have. he'll last forever and somehow never mould and no matter how long i leave him chillin in the fridge, when the time comes to put him on a bun, i know i can rely on him to not suddenly go limp. i still gotta be careful with him tho. can't just stick my fingers in the jar and introduce contaminants all the day because it IS possible to Spoil the Goods idk i just feel like i'd have to let him sit in SOME sort of marinade or brine. if i try to eat him raw i might turn 14 shades of purple before dissolving into radioactive bile

[therantfairysblog]

This haunting humming and your comforting hug

He afraid of women. To be honest, it much more than afraid. Everything around them, even the voice.

The humming. Even their little laughing echoes around him is enough to make him shivered. Sometimes he almost getting a panic attack.

" you know the nice singer, yuriko? Her voice is as soft as silk, i was impressed. She look like a goddess too"

" ohhh, she's really talented. Me too, they said she will perform here as charity, you want to go watch?"

" yeah, tomorrow, i just want to ask you that"

He eavesdropping the two conversation when he was eating dinner with Kanroji. He didn't really care about it anyway.

While watching Kanroji eating deliciously, sometime he still wondering about her. How she was different from others, how he never feel threatened around her, instead he was so comfortable when they are together.

"eh, iguro san, is there some weird stuff in my face?" Kanroji with her reddish cheeks catching him starring at her

"oh nothing, I'm sorry please continue eating. Eat a lot, Kanroji"

"Thank you. Iguro san, i like Yuriko's voice. Want to go watch with me?"

"Huh?'" Iguro startled. It's not that he was hating it, but he was worried about his reaction. He aware of his weakness, but it's Kanroji. He never rejecting her. Kanroji didn't know about this, in fact the only person who know about his trauma with women was ruka, and kyujuro for some extent.

"Oh, are you on duty tomorrow? It's okay I'll asked shinobu chan then" there's a sad tone in her voice. Iguro was hesitant, there's no way he want to hurt her.

"yes of course, I'm off duty tomorrow, let's met after"

....

The crowds were alive. The charity performance was funded by the government. Everyone's were happy. Iguro didn't really like it, in fact he stay close with Kanroji to protect her.

"hmmm...hmmmm 🎶~" in the middle of stage, Yuriko started her humming. Soft and nice voice, everyone was flew away with her beautiful voice. Kanroji too, Iguro glancing at her, she was glowing with happiness. Instead, his hand turned cold.

Yuriko sang the song while moving her body and hand, as if to cast her spell for the audience.

"Obanai chan~~ my pretty son~~ hmmm hmmm, my son eating well🎶 " the memory comeback. Iguro started sweating.

"mother, where are we going?"

"hmm..hmmm🎶 to meet the highness queen. She want to meet you hmm, be a good boy okay? Hmm hmmm~ 🎶" his mother's soft voice, slowly humming an unrecognizable song, make his little body shivered. He didn't like it.

His breath slowly getting heavier. He could no longer listening to Yuriko's anthem. Iguro trying to stand still. His whole body was sweating, his hands shaking heavily, clenching his chest, he couldn't help but cry. His world started to get dark.

"Iguro san!!!"

.....

He woke up, in Kanroji's warm hug. She's crying, and visibly panicking. He found himself in an unfamiliar room.

"Kanroji..."

"Iguro san, you awake waaaa I'm so worried about you. You suddenly collapsed like that" kanroji was crying her heart out without loosing her hug.

"Kanroji... I'm fine. I'm sorry..." he didn't asked her to let go of her hug, instead he wake up and hug her back tightly.

'so warm... it's isn't like mother'

"Where are we?"

"oh... it's a motel room, hospital was quite far from here and the doctor around the venue, Takashi san had help us fortunately. I had informed and getting permission from Ubayashiki sama to take care of you here. Iguro san...please rest well. Takashi san said you are getting panic attack... I'm so sorry to ask you out while you are tired..." Kanroji letting go of her hug.

Iguro just smiled.

"Thank you, I'm so sorry, i really ruining your night didn't i?"

"No you not. Iguro san...why...no, are ...you always getting that?"

"hmm?"

"..i mean the panic attack... Takashi san there's perhaps something that triggering you..."

It was a bit of silent. Of course he didn't want to tell kanroji about his suffering. There's no need for it.

"Iguro san, don't hide anything from me I'm begging...even for a little, i want to help"

'im sorry Kanroji, I don't want to taint you with my filthy burden' his inner voice desperately want to tell her but iguro just smiled.

"Apparently I'm quite sensitive with high pitch voice. There's nothing more than that... I'm fine. It's okay" iguro reaching out Kanroji's hand, holding them closely.

"Kanroji... it's may be inappropriate request...but i wonder if i can lean on your shoulder for a bit." His cheeks feel hot. Kaburamaru crawling over their hands.

"Yea, I don't mind, Iguro san, my shoulder is strong enough you know? . When you are fine, we'll heading home tomorrow morning. Please rest well"

"tomorrow? And we both alone in this room?" Iguro started to tease her with his little chuckle.

"huh???"

Kanroji's face turn pale. Oh my God, she's forgot that this was the only the available room that night. 'what to do what to do'

"it's okay, you need to rest so you can use this bed I'll sleeping there. He show her a long sofa on the left side of the room.

"Ehhh but Iguro san is the one who sh-"

"I'm strong enough you see? I'll be in good condition fully tomorrow so don't worry about me"

Unsurprisingly both of them couldn't sleep that night.

[actuallysaiyan]

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🍫 Cheese or chocolate?

I'm this weird in between. I like chocolate a lot and cheese a lot. But if I eat one, I like to have the other one following it. So if I eat something chocolatey, I wanna have something cheesy after. Vice versa!

🍪 If you were a cookie, what kind would you be?

Hmmmm you know, I think I wanna be something like hot cocoa cookie. Warm, rich and delicious.

🦉 Are you a morning person or a night owl?

Definitely a permanently exhausted pigeon!

🦋 Describe yourself in three words.

Cute, funny, friendly.

👖 Jeans or sweatpants?

How about third secret option? I'm into leggings! And pajama pants.

💌 Do you talk to yourself?

If I didn't, then maybe you should question why I'm not? Heheh of course I do. Who doesn't?

[lunyselene]

5, 6, and 20. ^-^

5. best vegetable?

OUGH what a GOOD question!! there are so many good vegetables. I think I'm a huge fan of zucchini, especially when it's grilled with olive oil. it becomes all caramelised and just tastes delicious

6. favorite go-to home cooked meal? (I’m surveying you all for new meal ideas lol)

I don't usually cook my own meals lol but most of the time I'll eat some rice + zucchini + chicken/pork and it never fails me

20. if you had to pick a country to live in outside of your own, which would it be?

hmmmm .. probably someplace like the Netherlands or further north. I've never been though, so I don't really know what it's like there haha

thanks for asking!! and also hi!

[tare-chan]

Thank you for the tag @shiro-s2e2-erukinzu

So, List 5 things that you can talk about for hours without preparing any materials before:

1. My brainrots of course.

Current one: Spy x Family especially Yor Forger and TwiYor. I can definitely tell strangers about lots of details regarding this manga, characterization, events, background etc.

2. Anime and manga included a bit of Japanese culture.

I still found people who has wrong impression regarding anime and manga in general. So whenever I found such person, rest assured, if I was not in hurry, I'll sit down with the person and tell them all about the history, phylosophy, and anything about anime manga culture 🤣

3. Foods.

I love to eat good food. Grilled meat, poultry, bread and pastries to name one of my faves. Healthy or not healthy as long as it's delicious, I can talk about it, the places to find them, possible way to make them, etc.

4. Tea and Cocoa drink

I'm a tea and cocoa drinker. I love black tea. I love cocoa drink and chocolate in general. And I know a bit about them. So I'd love to talk about it and its variations avaliable in the world.

5. Questions about many daily things in regards of my proffession.

This one is a topic that immediately pops up whenever anyone/stranger/acquaintances know what I do for a living. Anytime. Anywhere. And since I study about this for years, of course I can answer most of their questions. Besides it's much much better for people to know the answers directly from person actually working in the fields rather than assuming things from unreliable sources like social media 😅😅😅😅

Welp hope my answers isn't boring.

So .... who to tag??

Hmmmm @rlbbackup @sister-cna-reader @nightofnyx8 @nire-the-mithridatist @cambot77 @puolain @buf309 only if y'all want to 🥰

[loveydoveylex]

The whole eggplant joke got me thinking. What are Rayman and Lex's favorite fruits? Would also love to hear general food headcanons you have for them both! ^.^

ohhh, this is a fun question! thank you for asking! hmmmm... well, rayman is a big eater and certainly not the picky type - I'd imagine he loves pretty much any and all fruit (and who can blame him? fruit is DELICIOUS.)

if the beginning of origins is anything to go by, though, I'm certain he has a taste for pomegranates 😆

plums are also a fruit that's seen very frequently throughout the rayman games, so I don't doubt he loves plums as well! (they are GIANT in this universe though. like, almost the size of rayman himself. imagine getting through something that big all by yourself lol)

as for lex? well, I am a SUCKER for any kind of berries, but dear GOD I love blueberries. I could literally gobble those up all day long. blueberries are SO DAMN GOOD.

also a big banana fan. which also fits with his yellow color scheme, lol!

my self insert doesn't technically need to eat - his species' natural habitat is outer space, food isn't exactly easy to come by out in the middle of cold nothingness. he can eat, though! and does so either just because it tastes good or as a kind of way to bond if he's eating with others. though I can imagine the only person he'd be comfortable eating in the presence of would be rayman. in real life I have SO much discomfort regarding others seeing me eat, I dunno why hahah. so that probably carries over to him.

[sunnylittledisposition]

07: What did you last eat?

17: Ever made out in the bathroom?

27: Have you ever broken someone’s heart?

7.

What did you last eat?

oh my goodness.

You know what I ate last meanie... I last ate the most atrocious and cursed subway sandwich.

My order is super weird but delicious 😭

17.

Ever made out in the bathroom?

hmmmm in my own bathroom... but never in public

I know what we're doing when I come visit hehe

27.

Have you ever broken someone's heart?

Not that I'm aware of...

I'm lucky in the sense that my past relationships have all been wonderful.

The splits completely amicable and still friends with many of them.

But I did have one ex reach out to me and profess his love in a very heartwarming message.

This was before I poly though and about to get married.

Definitely a hard conversation...

(also i dont think you guys know this... but I am married to one of my partners)

[nightmare-dreamt]

Hi! Please call me Frosch, she/they! Er... I think ask is still open? But if not, please ignore me. Thanks, and stay hydrated, fam!💮

So, um... could I please request a match-up? For such fandoms such as one piece, demon slayer.(and I noticed people usually ask for 3, so haikyuu?). Thanks!

So... a bit about me. I'm Gemini, INFP, and I am an introvert, plus a tad shy. Hmmm... I won't call myself kind, but I guess I'm a bit into "fairness" and whatnot. I try to help people in need but hate being tricked or being lied to, hate cheaters and playboys and etc etc. Meeting such people, my last screws gets loose, and i turn into an angry chihuahua. No shyness anymore, only a female Hulk. XD But anywho! I also adore my family and close ones, even if I don't show it by expressing it by words as often as others do. Usually, I just try to show it by gifting or getting to know their likes and dislikes? My temperament is melancholic one, but usually, I'm the one who cheers up the people around me. So I guess I'm a very adaptable person who can get on good terms with anyone, as long as I try. A bit of an easygoing person but petty at the same time? All in all, one big contradiction. I guess Geminis all like this? At least all Geminis around me are chaos incarnations.

Um. I have a huge sweet tooth, I love manga(yes, I'm also cap obvious XD), video games, comics aaaand novels. A big foodie. Hmmmm... Oh, I also try to write and draw too! But usually, I just give up, not liking how it ended up. XD Hmmm... my style is a mix of everything? Expect I don't wear dresses and skirts. So I'm a tomboy? Hmm... but I do wear some more feminine clothes too... Oh yes, I also hate pink. My favorite colors are black and white. I listen to pretty much everything, but I can't stand country. It's just... too depressing for my ass, thanks. X) Oh, I'm also love watching cartoons, horrors, comedy, and some other genres. Uhhhh... I don't know what else to write about me...

That's it, I think? Thank you, and have a great day! Thanks for the match-ups! Oh, and I hope it's okay if I go anonymously? A bit shy, sorry! If not, please just ignore my request! Again, bye and have a good day! Stay safe!🌻 (Sorry for all the mistakes. English is not my native language! Okay, bye for real now!♡)

Matchup for Frosch!

One Piece: Shanks

Food is something the two of you share and enjoy together. Whenever the two of you are out at a new city or island, the two of you rush off to go eat something, needing some sort of food in your stomachs. He loves taking you to fancy restaurants and seeing the smile on your face when seeing your food, it always makes his heart beat faster.

Shanks was never a man to care for clothing or what people wear, that was until he saw your style quickly falling in love with it. When the two of you go off to shop, he usually has you pick out his outfits, loving everything that you pick out for him.

Demon Slayer: Mitsuri

Gift giving is a strong trait for Mitsuri as well. One day, she found a small box on her doorstep with a little trinket from her significant other and she immediately found something to give back as payment for the generous gift. You guys have gifting wars, always wanting to one up the other.

I can see Mitsuri having a sweet tooth and that doesn't help with yours. The two of you spend days at cafes, eating all of the delicious treats, wasting all of your guys' money on the small items. You guys always come home and get confused, unsure of where both of your guys' money went, but when the notification of the payment being sent to the cafe was found, you two instantly knew the cause of your guy's problem.

Movie dates are adorable and can be spent together during any movie, especially with Mitsuri who will go out and see any movie, all except horror movies. Before meeting you, Mitsuri hated horror movies, always getting scared of them and never getting the concept behind them. Then, you came into her life and now she goes to see the movies no longer feeling afraid or fearful with someone strong by her side.

Haikyuu: Asahi

You both are definitely introverted, having all of the signs of one and that only makes your relationship stronger, knowing that the other experiences the same thing. You guys prefer having indoor dates and creating pillow forts in the living room only to watch all sorts of movies. (Another character who hates horror movies, but still refuses to watch them when your around getting to scared)

Helping people in need is a strong trait within the two of you showing the most when around your guys friends and families. You're always there for each other's events cheering them on, or when the other is in need of some help the other is there ready to be of assistance. You attend all of his games, making sure to be the loudest one there just so he can hear you and be proud of how far he has gotten.

[bornforastorm]

i am also asking you end of the year questions <3 6,18,21, and one you wanted to answer but no one asked yet?

!! thank you!!

6. Episode of tv or webisode that defined the year for you? hmmmm I guess I simply have to be honest with myself and say that it was: hbo Perry Mason s2e7. An hour of my guys beating each other up, throwing up about it, lighting each other's cigarettes, jumping off boats together, piecing together crimes, and standing too close to each other for no good reason. After a season of being worried about what those writers were doing to receive an hour of 'we're back we're so back' was huge. and hbo perry mason lives rent free in my brain forever now so It's either that, or the episode of GIRLS where marnie and hannah realize desi has been on drugs the entire time they've known him

18. A memorable meal this year? as previously mentioned, I went to Japan this year and while I was there I did an udon making class that ended in eating all the udon we made. It was so fun and so delicious, and I ate like idk 5 bowls.

21. What’s something new about your place of residence (room, home, or general location) now vs the start of the year? I've done a ton of real decorating between the start of the year and now! Got some new art prints, framed them, hung them, and am very happy with the cozy clutter of my room now. I also have gotten a new bedspread that's very William Morris in design, and that's been a mainstay for the back half of the year.

and one for me: 19. What’re you excited about for next year? I AM moving to LA to get my life moving again and I HAVE to be excited about that!! This year I quit a shitty corporate job that didn't value me and spent most of the year doing lowkey retail work that I've really enjoyed. But now I'm ready to try and get my career on track again (in a museum hopefully!), in a city that I think will be fun for me, where I have friends, and where there are lots of movie theaters. I'm excited about making a big change and hoping to land someplace good :)

[deldeldel90]

 "Be serious, guys," Blaine, the de-facto leader of their quartet, told them — mainly Syrah and Griffin. Saffron was actually working. "This is for charity."

 Syrah, the de-facto goof-off, immediately spoke up. "There's no customers!" 

 "There may be customers." 

 "No customers." Syrah stuck out her tongue childishly. "C'mon, if you really want this carwash to sell, why don't you post about it on Instagram? Don't you have a million followers?"

 "That would be dishonest." Blaine then added, "plus, my father controls everything on that. I can't just — post." 

 "Your dad sucks," Griffin said around a corndog. He was promptly ignored, as that was a topic Blaine was not ready to touch on. Ever. 

 Syrah scoffed. "Hmm. Alright, Blainey." 

 ("Only I call him that!" Griffin piped up, in a tone similar to outrage. Again, he was ignored.) 

 "Okay, Pinocchio," Blaine returned snidely. 

 "Hey! I take offense to that!" Syrah gasped. "My curse and that puppet are completely different. I dunno, I think that was really rude and uncalled for." 

 "And what do those orphans think?"

 "I—" 

 "Wow, Syrah. I can't believe you want orphans to die of starvation." Saffron wrung out a soaking-wet rag into a plastic bucket. "That's horrible." 

 "Would the orphans want me to die of boredom?" 

 "And do you want me to drop dead of annoyance?" Blaine snapped. "And then you go to jail, because you killed me?" 

 "I'm pretty sure annoying people to death isn't against the law," Syrah shot back. 

 "I suppose you'd be in jail then with a life sentence," Blaine told her, tsking. "Maybe it'd be better. You wouldn't steal all the muffins at breakfast then."

 "Those muffins are free…!"

 Blaine snorted. "Free of price, maybe. Just as you are free of morals." 

 "They're delicious," Syrah defended. "Maybe if you came to breakfast earlier with me and Saff—" ("Do not call me Saff.") "Then you could've got some. They've got a big ole basket of 'em, and do you really expect me to just take one? After I'm hungover and hangry?" 

 Blaine scoffed. 

 "You're a thief," he spat. 

 "It's free food. How am I a thief if it's free food—" 

 "EVERYONE! Will everyone stop talking about death, muffins, and general crimes?" Saffron asked. Demanded. "I have a bit of a headache, guys. My brain, it's very sensitive." 

 "Can we talk about this corndog?" Griffin, who was sitting down on a garbage bin and not doing anything of worth, piped up. "The mall down the road sells them! Blainey, we could go—" 

 "Work! We have work!" 

 Of course, Syrah could not just leave it at that. "I think we should form a union." 

 "We— we literally were assigned this by the teachers? You can't form a union." Then, Blaine sneered. "Especially not alone." 

 "Saffron would join me!" 

 "I would not."

 "He wouldn't join you. He would join me. Against you and your orphan-hating agenda."

 "I wouldn't join either of you." 

 ("I wanna join!" Griffin yelled, always excited at the prospect of conflict. He was ignored. For the third time.)

 "Hmmmm. It's so crazy how you're, like, ignoring the facts of the matter. Tyrant behavior, if you ask me." 

 Blaine opened his mouth, ready to respond when —

 Suddenly, a splurt of cold, uncaring water splashed his face. And then kept spraying. For a good few seconds. 

 It couldn't have been Syrah — she, too, was screeching, high-pitched like a newborn baby or, perhaps, a shrieking demon. Whichever fit better. 

 (Which was the demon, for that matter.) 

 Nor could it have been Griffin, who was still eating that disgusting corndog and also too far away to grab a hose.

 So, all evidence considered, and the water drenching him shook off, it had to have been…

 "SAFFRON!" 

 The man in question only said mildly, "I. Have. A. Headache." 

[sxnburst]

There's a pull. The kind that beckons him to go to the Hanok to where San Zhang sleeps. The pull is strong, but---

"I'm only going to tell one once, you damn monkey. Get down from there."

Sun finds himself stuck up on the tree. He refuses to go down, refuses to defend himself, but also refuses to obey his master. "N-No." He manages to say through a trembling gasp. That warrants a low chuckle from the man below.

"oho, your time here's really gave you balls of steel, ah? Yah '마, you really got a death wish or something. You're not indestructible here, Sun. So how about you not piss me off and just come on down" Bentley, Sun's master keeps his eyes on his dog. Eventually, he sighs, hands brought up in a surrendering way. "I ain't gon' be mad. I promise. Mm? I know you want to show me something, yeah? I see it in your eyes. You got somewhere to go? You got friends here? How about y'introduce me to 'em?"

Bentley takes a couple of steps back, away from the tree that Sun claimed as his safe haven. Sun shifts, hesitates because he knows Bentley is lying. Yet, despite knowing...part of him wants to believe that his former master means it. "I-I do have friends. They're very nice to me." He says, eyes on Bentley. He can see Bentley through the mist nodding. He smiles, "Right. What's their names?" He asks.

"There's San Zhang, Byleth...Th-There's Monkey King a-and there's Zhilan, Aether. Eiden, there's Wang Y--" "That's a lot of friends you have there. I would love to meet them all." voice is impatient, but Bentley clears his throat and starts again, "But I can't meet any of your friends if you stay up on that tree like that? C'mon bud. We'll also go get something delicious to eat. It'll be my treat."

Sun's tail twitches. Bentley knows he's got the guy now. Still, he remains smiling gently, palms of hands still upward to where Sun can see them. Sun sniffs and looks in the direction of the Hanok. "...Okay..." Sun says. "Okay, I-I'm coming down. But you promised. K-k-keep your promise, Bentley."

"Oh I will. I would never break my promise to you." His reassurance feign.

When Sun finally comes down...Well...

All Sun remembers is Bentley's voice berating the Golden Monkey and then....nothing.

And when Sun comes to his consciousness, he's greeted by darkness. He can't see anything. "Bentley....You lied."

"Mmmmmmmmm-hmmmm. You really think I care about your friends and the people you've gotten close to? You have no idea how long I've waited for this day. You're a lot weaker here, aren'tcha? Not the oh so POWERFUL Monkey King anymore, yeah, yeah?" Bentley chuckles, sighing with content. "I always did have an inkling of fear having you around when I did. Wondered when you were gonna just.......snap. Glad I escaped when I did."

Sun whimpers softly in distress, "Bentley...I didn't want to hurt anyone. You didn't play fair. I-I was already tired--" "YOU tired? You've never been tired. You could go hours, days, YEARS even without rest. You ruined my life, you little shit. You're no longer indestructible and even if you were, you didn't have the heart to kill me then and you don't have it in you to kill me now."

And Sun knew. Bentley knew. Sun could never harm his master. No matter how much he wanted to be free of Bentley, he'd never be able to run away and be the free man he always dreamt of being. Bentley truly has Sun on a leash.

"So you're going to sit here and let us have some fun."

Us?

But before Sun can ask his question, he feels a sharp pain in his side. The sudden attack causing Sun to lurch over in pain as he releases a gasp. He has no time to react as he's attacked again, again, and again. Sun is unable to do anything as he's being assaulted with weapons by Bentley and the men Sun had ended that night.

[thinkingnot]

I've been wanting to try Indian food for months, but we always ended up going somewhere else :(

Maybe they just don't want y'all getting distracted in school? Also, never heard of werewolf. We have one Vietnamese place somewhat near us and I got beef pho, which was very good. My friend keeps telling me to try banh mi. I'm fully aware their food is likely not authentic, btw. Any other foods you'd say I need to try? Vietnamese and otherwise, trying to widen my palate. Seeing as I was raised white as hell I mean. Lmao

hmmmm

- Bún bò is one of my favorites, its beef noodle soup the main tastes are sour&savory, it pairs nicely with lemon and satay :D!! (idk how to make it though i just eat them at stores :o)

- Bánh mì bò kho, stewed beef and carrots, spices and lemon grass with bread (bánh mì), usually paired with some fresh cucmbers and aromatics, its really good and utilize the toughest part of the beef (as my mum does it) that is really cheap to buy :D!!

- bánh cuốn, bánh nậm - these are hard to make (the formet needs something similar to a crepe pan and the flipping is impossible to master 😭, the latter i dont know hơ its made i just eat them :D) and idk if you could find them but if you do you should try them out!!

- taiwanese beef noodle, my mum can send you the recipe if you want :D!!! though theres some spices my dad had to bring back from taiwan to make it so i dont know if youll have it, it also requires some time to stew, but ITS SO GOOD!!!

- panipuri is a nice (albeit a bit cold) spiced appetizer to have if you like crunchy crispy stuffs :D

- the caramelized pork and eggs i mentioned is really good and i think the infredients wont be that hard to fond if you want to make it yourself :D (though it will take some time as it need to be stewed for quite long)

- yo banh mi is great you definitely should try it!!, its the iconic breakfast food :D! or lunch food, or dinner, banh minis good all day 😎

- bánh chưng bánh giầy: the former i mentioned is our traditional new years food, might be hard to get but some stores vacuumed ones that lasts for months and the latter is so good with chả (pork bologna) and salt&pepper. The reason to try is because they got this really cool legend to it which i am going to give you a short retelling :D:

The 6th Hung king wanted to pass his throne onto one of his kids, to determine a worthy future king he made all of them compete to hand him the most meaningful and delicious platter of food.

His 18th son, Lang Liêu is a really kind hearted, pious man who’s mother passed early -> mans (dirt) poor, and was ashamed of that as he couldn’t get to luxurious ingredients like his brothers.

One night, a god came into his dream and told him: “Between the sky and earth, nothing is as valuable as rice, it sustains us. Use sticky rice to make round and square shaped cakes. Round for the sky and square for the earth, wrap them in leaves and fill them with fillings inside in shape of the mother and father that birthed” <- bunch of ramblings but mans was just like yo make these things and say they means stuffs youll get the job

so lil Lang Lieu did and his father was so delighted with it, and the afforability of it, he made Lang Lieu king! And the people eat them cakes every year 👍

(not to be confused with bánh tét <- cylindrical shaped 😔, idk if the south got a legend for it, the one above was taught in school)

[the-faramir]

Extinction Curse Session 2024/05/15 Part 2

All four adventurers dreamt of a fantastical fey dreamscape under the sun and a bright blue sky.

Midori pointed at the others. "Hey, you're all here. Is this one o' those shared hallucination things?"

Lysander noted that he could hear her and had control over his actions. "A lucid dream of sorts. Perhaps we are in a group mind meld."

Suddenly, food of all sorts floated through the air above their heads.

Midori exclaimed, "Oh! Hey, maybe the play was giving us a clue. Maybe if we eat this dream food, we'll be cured!" She grabbed a floating sandwich and ate it hungrily. Galon and Zookdar followed suit with other food floating around. Only Lysander abstained.

Soon, Lysander and Midori noticed a tiny frog off in the distance. It simply sat on the ground, giant eyes staring at the party, looking famished. All four of the adventurers then walked over to the frog.

Picking up the frog, Lysander cast a spell to join pasts with it so that he could understand it better. His mind filled with images of the tiny frog being bullied by bigger frogs and having to survive on scraps. The frog hungered for years on end as the mistreatment continued.

Lysander turned to Midori and filled her in on what he saw. "Maybe this is a sign that the Masters are holding onto the good food and withholding it.

Midori pondered Lysander's story. "Well, maybe we should feed it somethin'. Uhhh, the play said somethin' about pudding. Let's grab some o' that." She looked around, seeing chocolate pudding, vanilla pudding, and butterscotch pudding. "Maybe some butterscotch—ugh, butter! Oh, gods, I'm havin' flashbacks to that room! Maybe vanilla." She reached out for a serving of vanilla pudding, but all of the pudding transmuted into butterscotch. "Nope! Never mind. How about some gelatin instead. Ooh, green!" She grabbed the bowl of the jiggly green dessert and started to feed the frog, whose tongue got stuck in it.

Lysander released the frog to the ground. It started hopping around the area, gathering all of the floating food. It began to organize some of the food into the shape of a picnic table, then gathered more to put on top of the makeshift table. Completing the task, the frog jumped onto the table and looked at the heroes.

Galon, Midori, and Zookdar seated themselves at the table to eat. The food was delicious, but the frog continued to stare. With all of the food eaten, the frog simply looked at the party with sadness on its face.

The group woke up together, still as hungry as before.

Soon, a knock came at the cabin. The voice of one of the children pierced through the door, "Are you ready to play with us?"

The other child continued, "We heard you wake up."

Yawning, Midori shouted out, "Sure, why not!"

The party ventured out to where the children had written their contract in the dirt. Lysander preemptively exclaimed, "Looks great. We don't need to sign. Let's play."

Midori inspected the tower the children had been building. She was no engineer, but she could tell that the tower had severe structural issues and would collapse with any disturbance. "It's your turn, fox lady. Add to the tower." Midori gulped, made a swift calculation in her head, and then placed a nearby seat torn from the hall's theater on top. Miraculously, the tower did not collapse!

"All right, Midori," Lysander piped up, "while you're out here playing, we'll go inside and do the work. We'll ask the Masters about their research. Midori shot him a nasty look as she tried to lift a small desk to the top of the tower.

The others went inside to meet with the Masters. On seeing the three adventurers enter, one said, "Oh, I didn't think I'd see you up this early. What can I do for you?"

Lysander replied, "Touching base about the research. Where are you at with the infinite hunger thing?"

"Hmmmm, we did find something in a play. All the great wisdom comes from plays, wouldn't you agree?"

Lysander agreed, "Well, the last one had good symbolism."

The master asked him, "Do you speak Draconic?"

Lysander nodded. The Master hands him a script written in Draconic about a man who is starving but gives away his last morsel of food. That act of kindness filled his soul and healed him.

The three comrades went to the buttercup garden to find Midori and tell her about the play. "The kids can't eat inside," Lysander explained the plan, "so we need to bring them food from inside." He turned to the children. "Okay, children! Today we have a special treat for you. We are going to bring you breakfast!"

The children hesitated but eventually agreed to the plan.

The heroes returned to the buffet, assembled plates of sumptuous food, and took them outside without a fey attendant batting an eyelash. "Oh, taking your breakfast al fresco?" one asked. "A wonderful idea! It's a beautiful morning, and a beautiful day to follow up with some gambling!"

They brought the plates out to the garden and held them out for the children to take. The two boys approached the party slowly and cautiously, like frightened squirrels when offered a handful of nuts. Finally within reach, they snatched the plates of food and retreated a short distance to eat.

As the children ate the food that the heroes selflessly offered, the hunger curse began to break. The debilitating pangs that the adventurers felt began to subside. Zookdar tested his belly by eating some of his rations. Feeling somewhat better, he gave the team a thumbs-up. "I'm still hungry, though."

Excited at the prospect of eating again, Midori exclaimed, "Should we go inside to eat from the feast? What's the worst that could happen?"

Galon interjected his wisdom. "Midori, that fey food isn't even real. It was all a deceitful feast to trap and charm us."

Indignant, she replied, "Charm us? Charm us?!? Why would they need to do that? They're our friends and would never do anything to trick us!" Galon smacked his forehead and rubbed his eyes. Midori's eyes shifted back and forth as she tried to work out how she could eat more of the delicious feast. "What if—WHAT IF—we go back in there and we eat from the feast AND from our rations. Like make ration sandwiches or somethin'.

Zookdar responded, "Fine. Let's go do that. I'm hungry!"

Back in the dining room, the team gathered food and sat at a table to eat. Midori took a small loaf of bread, split it in half, and started to pile food on top: bacon, cheese, ham, apple slices, fried potatoes, and an egg from the buffet, along with salt pork, hard tack, and dried fruit from her rations. She topped it all off with some sausage gravy and the other half of the bread loaf. She squished the sandwich down messily so that it would fit in her mouth and began to eat. The others only ate from their ration packs. Soon the heroes felt their strength return.

Lysander and Midori noticed the fey in the room had been eyeing their rations hungrily. Midori addressed them: "Oh, my good, good friends! My besties! Where are my manners! Please, since you have shared your feast with us, please try some of the food that we brought in with us."

Zookdar handed a ration pack to the closest fey, who ravenously gobbled down the real food. Much to everybody's surprise, the fey began to fade away and disappeared altogether.

Bewildered, Lysander shouted at him, "Fool of a Zook! What did you do to them?"

Galon observed, "Maybe eating our food has caused them to return to the First World. Clearly, this is something they want. Maybe they were being kept here against their will by the Masters."

Midori interjected, "Ooh! We should find more hungry fey and feed them rations! I got a bunch of packs. If we pool our supplies, we'll have enough for everyone!"

The heroes made their way through the hall, finding fey and offering them their rations. One by one, the fey disappeared and the rations were gone. Soon, the only fey left in the hall were the Masters.

Exhausted, Midori suggested, "Maybe we should take a rest an' heal up. I'm still hurtin' from the fight with that giant skeleton thing." Midori gathered her friends around and treated their wounds. Once everyone had been patched up, she suggested, "Shall we to talk to the Masters, now?"

Galon thought for a moment. "Before we do this, we need a plan to counter the charm and fascination spells."

Zookdar shook his head. "That was the other fey who were casting those spells, not the Masters. We'll probably be fine."

The team then entered the theater and started a conversation with the Masters.

Zookdar bowed deeply. "We have enjoyed our time in your establishment, but we come to lodge a formal complaint."

The Masters looked at each other in surprise. One exclaimed, "A complaint?"

The other responded, "How unfortunate. What is your grievance?"

Zookdar stated gravely, "Starvation!"

The Masters looked at each other again, confused.

Sensing that he needed to explain more, Zookdar continued, "Have you noticed that all of your guests wither away to nothingness despite your feast?"

The Masters shrugged. "No"

The adventurers had a long, drawn-out discussion with the Masters, explaining that the hall patrons had been starving to death from the fey illusory food, that people back in Willowside worried sick about their missing friends and families, and how the hall staff had been so hard-hit by the hunger that they formed a giant skeleton made from their corpses.

As the conversation unfolded, looks of terrified pain crossed the Masters' faces. "Painful memories!" one exclaimed.

Lysander queried, "Care to share?" The Masters would not elaborate, however.

Lysander continued, "You seem upset."

One Master replied, "Yes, and we would ask you to leave at this point. We keep the right to refuse service to guests who disrupt the peace here."

Zookdar grabbed the handle of his flickmace. "How are you going to escort us out with all of your employees gone?"

The other Master waved his hand. "We thought you were civilized enough to leave on your own. We have not trapped anyone. Your allegations are insulting and unfounded!"

Midori, certain that the Masters were telling the truth, asked, "Well, who is responsible for trapping the guests here, then?"

The Master responded, "If a butterfly flaps its wings and starts a hurricane, is it the butterfly's fault?"

After some further questioning, the Masters seemed to be unable or unwilling to answer with any specific information. The heroes tried to extract more information about who was controlling the Masters, but could not read anything from them.

Lysander reached out to the Masters with his magic. Their minds coming together as one, he saw time flowing in reverse, going back to the beginning. Scenes at the hall played out in reverse. Starving guests recuperated and walked backward out of the hall. The fey attendants faded out as if they never existed. Going back more, one of the Masters faded out. Then the one remaining Master left this world for the First World.

Lysander exclaimed, "They are the frog! The frog from our dream!" He turned to the Masters. "Is that true? Are you the frog from our dream?"