[Closed] Entry 005

[chippedsoul]

Who: Barok Van Zieks, Ema Skye, Gina Lestrade, Herlock Sholmes, Kazuma Asogi, Susato Mikotoba and Yujin Mikotoba
Which: Closed
Where: The Wild Harvest
What: The AA crew get together to try their luck with the spicy food challenge. Or to observe the struggling of others. Don't worry, we got a doctor on the scene.
Warnings: Fire


The Wild Harvest have setup a food challenge this month and the crew are having an impromptu get together to either try it themselves or observe. An area by the garden has been sectioned off for those to do the challenge, so damage control can be a bit more manageable. Some extra hands are definitely appreciated when, not if, a fire starts.

There's plenty of ice cream and floats to go around for those watching, along with the regular menu of course. Or maybe one could get some air walking around the garden, with plenty of critters from garden snakes to lotus koi fish, and an axolturtle wandering around somewhere. Take care not to feed the fish and turtle too much "junk" food, and good luck spotting the garden snakes as they are more on the shy side.

Comments

[chippedsoul]

[Of course she is. He looks between the lotus milk and bucket, his brows furrowing.]

I won't be needing either of them. [Before getting further distracted, he's going to jump right on in and taking the first bite. The flavors hit first, but immediately right after came the spice. It is just as intense as when he bit a devil pepper raw. But he keeps trucking through, barely giving himself much of a break before he's gathering another bite. The area around them is getting warmer, and there may even be steam starting to come off from Kazuma.]

[katonking]

Yeah okay.

[She totally believes him. Clearly. Ema's just gonna kick back and watch as the steam slowly starts to pour out of his ears.]

How are the first couple of bites, champ?

[chippedsoul]

[Good and then immediately filled with regret. He'd say something along that line if he gave himself an opportunity to speak. Instead he closes his eyes, a deep breath and then continues into the next bite. This next bite felt even more intense than the last. Free hand clenched into a fist on the table, closing his eyes for a moment to keep it together. He is not going to start tearing up. He's barely through his ramen to be doing that!]

[katonking]

[Ah yup. There it is. She's getting the phantom sweats just watching him.

Ema starts to drum her fingers along the side of the lotus milk jug not so subtly moving it a little closer to Kazuma.]

[chippedsoul]

[Oh no, Ema is not getting the satisfaction. Just seeing that milk jug, taunting him in view only drives him to keep going. The next few bites are torture. He tries to contain himself from making sounds of agony. Breathlessly-]

Don't even think about it...! [Was that to Ema or to the ramen bowl? Either way, there are burn marks on the table where his fingers had tried to grip.]

[katonking]

[It doesn't matter if he's not talking to her - she's smug enough to think he is.] Don't think about what?

[The burn marks don't go unnoticed though and the smug face quickly wipes off her face for way of panic. Her hands inches towards the bucket of water.]

Uh...Kazuma? Your fingers are burning the table cloth.

[chippedsoul]

[Bits of smoke and spark escapes his mouth as he lets out some air.] That isn't necessary. [He says with a bit of a hiss, seeing her inching toward the bucket. Tables can be replaced, it's fine. He'll just grip the edge of the table then, hopefully not burn through it before he finishes this.

As he continues to painfully consume the ramen. A wave of heat was emanating from him, creating some sort of strange aura around him. It appeared to be taking on some kind of shape. Flames might occasionally spark up from this aura, but it never fully manifests, whatever it was.

There might be some hissing sounds, not coming from Kazuma, but from the plant life around them. Garden snakes, coming to observe their human friend, suffering over a bowl of ramen.]

[katonking]

[Ema mutters something under breath about ‘men being all the same and stupid stubborn, but also no fun’ but stays there with her hand on the bucket just in case.

She hears the hissing first. And she isn’t sure where it’s coming from until she spots the snakes. Her hand hits the bucket, sending it falling to the ground with a clatter sending water splashing all over her feet, the snakes, and Kazuma.]

What are those?!

[chippedsoul]

[Steam rises from where the water makes contact with Kazuma's boots. The snakes scatter from the incoming water, hissing their disapproval at Ema. Kazuma, caught in a raging fire of hell in his mouth and stomach, just barely comprehends why Ema was yelling.]

Snakes. [He utters in a strained voice. Have you never seen a snake in your life, Ema?]

[katonking]

I can see that they’re snakes!

[It’s hard to be grumpy when her heart is still racing from the surprise of seeing snakes just slithering into the restaurant.]

Why are there snakes inside the restaurant?!

[chippedsoul]

The garden. [He could explain, but, well. Dying from hell peppers. He coughs slightly, taking deep breaths. He better say something before Ema tries to exterminate them.]

Harmless. [Even as they show their fangs and are hissing at her. Completely harmless.]