Taquitos, burritos, nachos, quesadillas, fajitas and more!

[bufudine]

Who: All of YOU!
Where: In the Vat equivalant of a Mexican restaurant!
When: January 23rd
Style: Whatever you want it to be, bra.
Status: WIDE OPEN MINGLE POST


[Some time ago, Cielo had mentioned this thing called flautas and how Gale needed to try some. Cielo had also mentioned that he knew a restaurant in Vatheon that sold them. For free, like most other things in the bubble, of course.

Yukari had also given Cielo and Serph a birthday some time ago: January 23rd. And what better excuse did Serph need for a big Embryon outing in the name of flautas and birthdays?

Which brings us to a "Mexican" (whatever that means) restaurant in Vatheon, where there are at least 8 people at a table (Cielo, Gale, Heat, Rinoa, Sera, Serph, Signless/Sufferer, Tiir) with a ridiculous amount of Mexican food. Some of it is mild, harmless to the sensitive palate. But some of dishes... the spices on those are enough to make you feel like you can breathe fire after a single mouthful. The horrendous table manners of about half the people there leaves much to be desired, however...

The locals, excited at having so much business at once, decide that other people need to taste the delightful flavours of their cuisine. If you're passing by, the threat of locals forcibly dragging you into their restaurant with other poor saps is very real.]



[ooc: TL;DR A general mingle post centered around Mexican food that ranges from mild to spicy as Satan's balls. There is a very high chance your character has been forcibly dragged into the restaurant by pushy locals. WHATEVER COULD GO WRONG!?]

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opeeeeeeen

[techno_shaman]

[Sera has never seen anything like this spread before. Where do you start? How do you start?]

Look at it all! It's all so colorful, and it smells really good!

[She'll take one of those triangular chips from the basket. They seem harmless enough.

Mmm...salty!]

[bufudine]

[Serph has to agree, the spread is a lot more interesting than expected. He, too, takes one of the chips and chews. It's not bad.

He nudges a plate of enchiladas over to Sera for her to try. The sauce covering them, however, is quite spicy, appearing a rather bright shade of red. Not that Serph would know about the heat, since he hasn't tried the dish himself, yet.]

[techno_shaman]

[The plate of enchiladas are so large, and they're covered in so much red sauce and cheese that it's hard to tell there are more than one. Intoxicated by the smell, Sera stabs at the edge of one of the enchiladas and pulls a sauce-covered bite up into her mouth.]

....nn...

[Uh-oh. Does she swallow it or spit it out? Her mouth feels like it's on fire!]

[bufudine]

[Serph looks a little alarmed at the expression Sera's making.]

Are you alright?

[Serph pushes the plate aside. How does he deal with this??]

OPEN

[rainbowarch]

[Oh. Oh gosh. Just this. All of this. Cielo loves everything about these foods and drinks. The mild stuff, the spicy stuff all of it is wonderful.

He turns to the nearest person without knowing exactly who is the closest person at that very moment.]

You have to try this taco dip thing, ja?

[tsundyne]

[But -- But Cielo, Yukari only just got here!! Though, other than the huge crowd of people that the locals seem to have attracted, she doesn't really have a reason to say no . . .]

Hey to you, too.

[She finally chuckles a bit as she takes a seat across from him. Glancing over at the bowl of dip, she adds jokingly, teasingly:]

Were you saving that for me?

[It's kind of. Almost gone.

Unsure if Cielo even noticed -- but what's left of it does look pretty delicious.]

[rainbowarch]

Sure was.

[And he sounds a little proud of that too until he notices that it's mostly gone.]

...we can get more.

[tsundyne]

[Yukari on the other hand, doesn't seem too bothered by it. Just as long as you don't mind her finishing it off, because if she's gonna try any of it, that's exactly what she's going to do.

Even though it's probably supposed to go on a taco, she reaches into a nearby bowl for one of its tortilla chips instead, and uses that.

Crunch, crunch.]

Mmm --

[Vague sounds of approval as she chews! And then swallows.]

We should. What's it called?

[Don't mind her, she been in a coma for three weeks and has just realized she's freaking starving.]

[donotcomprehend]

[The nearest person is Gale. Who would have guessed it? It's not like Cielo is most of the reason he's here, or anything.]

What is it?

[Don't give him an explanation that amounts to 'food inside food' again...]

[rainbowarch]

[Excuse me, but you are the one who came up with that. And it's not Cielo's fault if that's what dumplings amount to!]

What you do is you take these tortilla chips and scoop up stuff. Then you eat it.

[donotcomprehend]

[That's what everything amounts to, at this rate.]

Have you had it before?

[bufudine]

[Most people know Serph as a :|. There's no denying that Serph has one hell of a lineface that's pretty hard to break. He's had some pretty mild and tasty food (the local had called them tacos or something) so he thought the tortillas were similarly mild.

NOT SO.

He'll just... quietly pass the food to whoever's closest and try to ignore how much his eyes are watering.]

[beauchevalier]

[Serph will be passing his food to a familiar face who got dragged inside by the locals as he was on his way to the hair salon for a trim. Angelo's eyes are able to detect Serph's watering eyes when they are near one another too.]

Not a fan of spicy dishes, Serph?

[bufudine]

[If spicy means this burning sensation in his mouth, then yes, he's not a fan. He nods. His mouth feels like he would use Flame Breath if he opened it.

Angelo halp.]

[beauchevalier]

[Despite the moment being a source of amusement for him, Angelo decides to help Serph end his suffering. Thus, he walks over to the punch table and returns with a large glass of punch that's full of ice. Consider this his only moment of kindness for now, Serph. Meanwhile, he's eating the food given to him, he rather likes spicy things in fact.]

1/2

[tsundyne]

There you are. [Silver-haired protag spotted! She'd been looking for him, but decided to say hello to Cielo first; so finally, after wading a bit through the crowd, Yukari puts a gentle hand on his shoulder to get his attention.]

Wish you would've told me it was going to be so --

[tsundyne]

[. . .

Woah. Hang on a minute. Yukari'd just peeked around to get a better look at his face and. Uh. Are his eyes actually watering? Not that she'd believe he was actually crying, but this is an odd sight to behold, no matter what the reason.

It doesn't help that she's still kind of. Remembering how to socialize after being out of it for three weeks.]

Hey. Uh, you okay?

[contemptibility]

[...]

Serph...?

[ARE YOU OKAY...]

[bufudine]

[Serph shakes his head vehemently; NO MUM HE IS NOT OKAY. His hand covers his mouth as he says, voice slightly muffled.]

My mouth burns.

[TIIIIIIIIR YOU KNOW HOW TO CURE THIS RIGHT??]

open!

[enfire]

( sitting in front of the food, heat's giving it all a bit of a look. especially some of those dishes that are looking like they're a toxic shade of spicyness. there's something almost alluring about them, heat seems to think, as he reaches forward to grasp a handful at once... )

ARE YOU READY FOR THAT COMPETITION OF SUFFERING

[bufudine]

[OH, but at that same moment, Serph's reached for the same dish as Heat. Serph looks over to Heat.

Who's going to give in first??]

oh my lord im so sorry ten this got buried in my inbox. FORGIVE ME I AM NOW READY ;A;

[enfire]

( his eyes flick over to his leader's -- and he makes a quick grab for the first piece of the dish he can find. it doesn't matter what it was, just that he got to it before serph did!

without even considering any consequences, he shoved... whatever it was into his mouth and chomped down, never taking his eyes off the other... )

[donotcomprehend]

[Gale has been careful to try almost all of the new food he's come across in Vatheon, mostly for the sake of bringing things back to the base to share with the rest of the tribe.

He's managed to miss Mexican food, though, which is probably apparent by the way he takes a bite of one of the tortillas- the same ones Serph was trying out- then makes a face and coughs. It's like someone made him swallow fire, god.]

[contemptibility]

[Um...]

Perhaps we should avoid that particular dish. Are you all right, Gale?

[donotcomprehend]

Yes. Fine.

[Except he's kind of putting a hand over his mouth right now.]