post palace hot pot party (week 7)

[townmusician]

[Yoon's Palace has faded away, but the fact the God of Conflict decided to show up and intervene again...

Well, that's! Not a good sign! To say the least! But there's nothing to be done about that right now, and Haruka isn't of the mind to really sit and wonder about divine conflicts and grandstanding and all of that, anyways. It's not his problem. The people who deal with that sort of thing on the regular can be in charge of all of that.

What he's in charge of (by virtue of being annoying) is... hot pot. Specifically rounding up everyone and dragging them out to a hot pot restaurant in the city.

He'll miss having money but... he'll just have to work hard to earn it back... Have fun, everyone. (Or maybe he can find a way to charge Mina for this?)]

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[destage]

[because sayaka is a curious little beast and wants to know things!!!]

Oh, that sounds absolutely devious! Mana sounds like someone who knows how to have fun--but I can imagine Mahaad must have been a really fun friend to be around, too.

I can only imagine how stupid it must have looked before Mana got her hands on it.

[Sayaka giggles outright, though, brightly.]

[metagame]

She would have loved it here... Sunset City I mean. Not Nekyia.

[Actually maybe Nekyia.

Girl is scrappy, she'd run around bonking the Shadows with her magic wand.]

Enough about me.

What about you..? How about your family?

[destage]

[...

Sayaka's expression falls, briefly, at that, just kind of. Getting a piece of carrot or two to dip in the broth to get herself something to do.]

...I don't really have much family, and the one I am in contact with isn't exactly a topic of conversation for a friendly place. I think.

[metagame]

Say no more.

[He raises his hand, stops. Measures his response.]

If you ever wish to speak about it in private, I'll listen.

[His hand rests back on the table.]

But don't force yourself, okay?

[How about a change of subject?]

You know the bread I mentioned? We had other similar sweets in Egypt... I'm not a culinary expert, but I'm certain modern cake owes itself to us Egyptians.

[destage]

...Thank you.

[The relief that practically floods Sayaka is...good, it's good. Sayaka finds herself smiling, listening intently. Sweets have been one of the few things she's been allowed to be interested in even as an idol, so her interest is definitely piqued.]

I can imagine; it sounds like all of you had things figured out really well, huh? Can you tell me more about them?

[metagame]

Hm... Of course there was the bread I mentioned. And we had candy, too.

[He fidgets with his chopsticks.]

Usually sweetened with honey.