[The Chapel] Feel It In My Bones [Veldrys]

[Vanos Strongarm]

The prospect of having a cake made of those delectable berries was enough to elicit a big grin from the Isurian. He nodded his head as he looked to where the rest of the raspberries were hanging and then glanced back up to the Symenestra with a little chuckle. If Vanos had any ability to bake, he would definitely be trying to make something with those berries inside of it. Though he did imagine himself having a hard time doing anything of that, as the temptation to the eat all the berries himself before they were put into the cake would be very great. "Sounds good. Vill have to find baker to try and make one for me. Maybe you try some too - berry vith vake. Milk too?" He said and tried to think of the taste of milk with a hint of that sweetness. "Isurian food good, but very different from all this food in Denval. Very sweet here, very ... good." Vanos nodded his head at the warning about taste; it was slightly disappointing that it wouldn't be so easy for him to distinguish between things that were safe for him to eat and not eat, as it made his knowledge that Veldrys was teaching him all the more important to memorize. At the idea of a ship being safer, Vanos let out a grunt as he thought about how his travels were "okay" in that they were safer, but his stomach was not quite settled with the motion of the ship that kept rocking back and forth. It made the stability of land all the sweeter when he landed in the port in Denval. "Ocean safe, perhaps, but rocking and moving and vater and moving..." At the mere thought of that movement Vanos appeared to be getting slightly queasy. "No more talk of moving, please. Stomach vill not be happy. Ship trip safe. Ship trip not safe for stomach food." The easy answer to Vano's question about the harvest was enough to satisfy his curiosity; it was that simple. The Symenestra merely harvested what they needed to survive, it was something that Vanos could understand. Though the tales that he heard about the scary Symenestra, the killing and other deviations from what Veldrys said made Vanos think that they simply got the wrong idea about the Symenestra. There was nothing scary about the man standing beside him. "Perhaps ve take trip just outside city, so you can introduce food, berries, dangers that I might see out there. Hands on knowledge, good. Vill learn fast that vay. As thanks, I find way to get berry cake for us? Does this sound like best plan?"

[Veldrys]

Veldrys noticed how Vanos looked back to the raspberries and nodded. „Go ahead and take a few more. I don’t think anybody will mind. I’d love to try a little of the cake if you can find a baker who is willing to make it.“ He decided that he would probably be able to eat cake if it was soft enough. „What is Isurian food like? Do your people not eat sweet things?“

Gods, he hoped that Vanos wouldn’t suddenly have the urge to inform himself about a Symenestra’s eating habits. It would be hard to explain the appeal of Bruka, a cup of blood or what exactly Symenestra did with meat. Veldrys had been around surface dwellers long enough to be aware that they had no interest at all in most of the things he enjoyed eating and found his eating habits fairly revolting.

As Vanos talked about how travelling on a ship made him sick, the Symenestra nodded. „I know. I don’t particularly like ships either. And being on a large body of water makes me uncomfortable. There is hardly any water where I come from, apart from that pool in the Blue Grotto. But it’s still better than becoming a savage Myrian’s dinner, don’t you think?“

„But no more talk of moving“, he agreed. „Let’s change the topic to something a little more pleasant. „Maybe we can take that trip sometimes, although we probably won’t get far. You are aware that Denval was isolated for centuries? There are all those rocks surrounding the city. They’ve only recently begun building the Road.“

„Still, we could explore the cliffs. I think we’ll let the ocean be for now as you don’t seem to be too fond of water either. And yes, please get that berry cake for us. I’ve heard that humans make cake with berries, but I’ve never tried it.“

[Vanos Strongarm]

Vanos gleefully reached up and grabbed some more of the raspberries with the intention of keeping some for himself instead of them ending up between his lips. The Isurian couldn't hold back, however, as he kept on eating them as he listened to Veldrys speak and gave a little shrug of his big shoulders. He ran his tongue over his teeth try and clear away the stubborn seeds that seem to explode in his mouth every time that he tried eat one ever so innocently. "Isurian cooking good, yes, but one vord I vouldn't use to describe it vould be sweet. Isurian food good, but made for Isurian body in mind. Does not have sweet like this, but maybe that vas just family I had. They did not vant sweet, they vanted full of protein. Full of useful things for Isurian body, not ... good, fun things to put in mouth." Vanos chuckled at the thought of meeting one of those terrifying Myrians - he didn't think they would greatly appreciate an Isurian meal as Vanos wasn't quite sure how well muscle tasted. Though he was certain that any Isur that was about to be the main course of some meal would put up a pretty good fight before becoming to something so barbaric. He smiled and nodded his head thankfully at the change in topic as he cleared a few more raspberries from the bush as he listened to Veldrys once more. "Cliffs to explore, yes. That vould be exciting. Cliff climbing in Sultros too, but never did that much." He smiled as he looked back to Veldrys and frowned as he moved his thick fingers, feeling the sticky juices of the raspberries between his fingers. "Ve vill meet again, Symenestra Veldrys," Vanos said with a nod of his head. "For cake. For climbing. Hopefully more for cake than anything. Vhen I find someone to bake it, it vill be delicious, and if I do not find someone to share it vith me, I vill consume it all on my own. Very dangerous."

[Legion]

Thread Award Vanos: Herbalism +3, Plant Identification +3, Rhetoric +5 Symenestra Culture (Basic) Veldrys: Medicine +3, Herbalism +3, Plant Identification +3, Teaching +3 Isurian Skeletal Strength Comments Beautifully written thread. Thank you for the pleasant read. If you have any requests or concerns, feel free to PM me.