third hunt ⚔ bears reunion dinner

[rokubro]

Characters: Rokurou Rangetsu [Huntsman]; Velvet Crowe [Big Bad Wolf]; Eizen [Davy Jones]
Campaign: Break
Format: [ we lazy ]
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Summary: Now that everyone knows they're all here, time to crash Eizen's place for a real "family" dinner.


[After being told of the plan, Rokurou made good on his word to hunt up the meat to be used for this particular dinner. Although it had been weird at first to see Velvet again and to have Eizen be so far in the future (and he may have experienced some feelings over a lot of drinks), by the time he burst through Eizen's door he was in a very good mood.

...Mostly because despite the colder season, his hunting had been a success, as evident by the sleigh he had dragged behind him stacked with an assortment of wrapped meat. Deer, rabbit, boar, an assortment of various fowl. He couldn't exactly hunt cows, so beef was bought from in town. But the rest were killed and prepped on his own.]

Hey, Eizen! Is Velvet here, yet? Hope I brought enough for her to cook.

[He brought enough to store for at least half the winter.]

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[deadmentellnotails]

[Eizen, meanwhile, had spent most of the day fishing. However, unlike Rokurou he had some restraint.

Eizen just sort of gives Rokurou a deadpan look once he spots that sleigh.]

I hope one of you knows how to preserve meat, because not even you could eat that much in one meal.

[oligomania]

[ The individual in question is, in fact, here already. She has completely taken over Eizen's kitchen in order to prepare the various dishes for dinner. Most of her fluffy outfit has been discarded to prevent it from getting dirty.

When Rokurou shows up with all that meat, she's leaning over to take it all in. s t a r e... ]

There's a chance I could eat all of that in one meal. [ Look, she's the Big Bad human-eating Wolf for a reason. ] Whatever we don't eat, I'll preserve. Did you hunt all of that in one day?

[rokubro]

[He just laughs as he starts to bring it in.]

Don't worry, my essence helped out and gave me some knowledge on how to prepare and preserve meat like this. I actually have more of it back in my cabin, so you guys can keep whatever's left.

[HOW MUCH DID HE HUNT.]

But not one day—pretty much ever since you told me about this dinner.

[Which. Is still. Not that long at all.]

[deadmentellnotails]

...we made the plan yesterday.

[Rokurou what the hell.]

[oligomania]

[ As he brings it in, Velvet will start preparing it for what she's planned to make. ]

Good, then you can help me preserve whatever's left after we've eaten.

[ And potentially help her cart her portion to her place - depending on how much she ends up with. Really, this is one Wolf who isn't protesting the amount of meat. ]

He'd be a poor huntsman if he only brought a little meat. [ IS SHE TEASING? Hard to say. ]

[rokubro]

Oh, was it? [He thinks about this before laughing.] Haha, guess I was so into it I didn't notice. [And what is time in this world.]

But there's no way I'd bring too little. It's a big reunion, no point in skimping out on the goods.

[Even if Eizen thinks he's crazy and Velvet is teasing(???) him, he is one happy daemon to be together like this again. Not that he didn't mind going off wandering alone and not that much time has passed for him to miss it too much, but it was beginning to feel like old times.

So yes, one cheerful daemon as he just sets everything aside. Velvet will find he actually LABELED the various wrapped meats, too, so that should help out.]

[deadmentellnotails]

Just remember this next time, when I end up with ten pounds of fish that need preserving.

[Y'all are disasters.

But Eizen's not going to complain. He starts going through the stuff set aside, picking a few things here and there to keep for himself.]

A shame there's no place to buy chicken...

[oligomania]

There's nothing wrong with hunting so much as long as it doesn't go to waste. If we truly have too much, we can always take it into town and sell it. Same if you have ten pounds of fish.

[ Velvet is used to selling the meat she hunts, it's no different if it was given to her. Having it labeled is certainly a nice touch - she appreciates that. Makes it easier to decide which packages to work with first. ]

A "big" reunion when it's only the three of us. I'm more surprised Eizen still remembers us now that he's an extremely old man.

[rokubro]

...Do you want a chicken to actually raise or eat, because I think I have some chicken meat in there. Or was it quail. [You know how caught too much when he can't even remember what all he brought.] Either way, just head to a farm, there are plenty.

[He then grins.]

Three is still at least half of us. But maybe Velvet's right—think your age is showing, old man.

[Should he be making fun of the guy who is hosting this get together? Yes, absolutely.]

[deadmentellnotails]

[Eizen just reaches out and punches Roukrou in the arm, not even looking. Velvet is too far for him to punch, otherwise she'd get it too.]

I was over a thousand years old when we met, dumbass. Both of you. I've been old, it's just that no one was dumb enough to say anything.

[oligomania]

If you told me the farm has rappigs, I might have been interested.

[ Though now she has to wonder if some animals have an instinctual fear of her now that she's a wolf. There's a real risk of Eizen getting punched in return. Still, this dynamic between them is sort of new. Refreshingly lighter without all that weighing them down. ]

Exactly, you were already old when we first met. Now you're practically ancient in our eyes.

[rokubro]

[There is a definitely loud—]

Ow!

[From that punch. Wow??? RUDE?? So just rubbing the now sore spot as he kind of scowls at Eizen and grumble a bit.]

Yeah, so old your bones have calcified instead of going brittle.

[Stepping behind Velvet to avoid another punch, by the way.]

Haven't seen rappigs, but there are definitely some wild pigs.

[deadmentellnotails]

I'm an earth seraph. We never go brittle.

[Velvet better duck, because Eizen is throwing a balled up towel at Rokurou's head.]

[oligomania]

[ Excuse you, she is not a shield and absolutely dodges the thrown towel. It's not as harmful as one of Eizen's punches but Velvet knows that the malak has been fishing... Chances are good that it smells like gutted fish.

She hums contemplatively. ] I do recall there were quite a few rocks that were brittle. Stands to reason that earth malakhim could go the same way.

[ Wild pigs. ] I'll pass on wild pigs. They're easier to hunt than keep as cattle.

[rokubro]

[Velvet why—okay no he probably expected something like that, and he'll still be side smacked by the towel despite his efforts to dodge it.]

Eugh, oh that's foul.

[Think you can get away from it, Velvet? THINK AGAIN because he's shoving it right in front of her face. ]

[deadmentellnotails]

If she breaks anything, you're paying for it!

[Eizen is not getting in between them right now, nope. He's just going to start unwrapping select bits of meat for cooking.]

[oligomania]

[ At Eizen's threat, she almost debates breaking something on purpose but decides against it. Eizen is wise to not try to get between them because the moment she sees Rokurou move to shove the towel at her, Velvet grabs the knife she'd been using and brandishes it at the other daemon like a weapon. ]

Don't worry, the only thing I'm going to break is Rokurou.

[ With the knife between them, the towel ends up caught on it while part of it flops over her arm. ]

[rokubro]

[You'd think he would back off, and maybe any other time he would. But despite the knife—or maybe because of it—he just smirks.]

Oh yeah? You can try, but doubt you'd get far.

[He doesn't move for his swords—yet. But the way his stance shifts, it seems as if he actually would if she goes through with that threat. Whether he thinks she would doesn't seem to matter. It may even be less of Rokurou himself and that essence of his kicking in.]

[deadmentellnotails]

Take it outside, if you're not going to help cook!

[Children.]

[oligomania]

[ While she has no problem threatening Rokurou with a kitchen knife, Velvet won't let it get to the point where they start an actual fight in Eizen's house. So instead she uses the knife to fling the towel at the sink - it might be rank but the malak could always clean it and use it for future fish. ]

If you misbehave, Eizen may not feel generous enough to provide you with booze. [ A pointed look at the malak in question. ] You should expect a lot of this. The two of us are from the same story and are definitely not allies.

[ Where they'd once been on the same side, now they felt the need to clash. ]

[rokubro]

[Just a small click of his tongue—WAS HE DISAPPOINTED?? Maybe. It's Rokurou, he'd be game for a fight, essence or no.]

T'ch, guess you have a point. [And just going to ease up a little. A little. Before stepping away to create some distance between them before Eizen starts whining more at them.]

[deadmentellnotails]

The second I realized you two were here, too I expected fighting. It's Rokurou and you're just as bad. But this is my house and I can kick both of you out if you break my stuff with your bullshit.

[But speaking of booze...]

Hey, Rokurou. Do you have any wine?