catchall for lili

[leaberator]

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[coastal]

[AHEM]

I - I mean...

Of course! It's based on the recipe of the Water Tribe's famous seafood stew...!

[leaberator]

[ aw, her excitement for a second there... cute. it's time to triple down on compliments ]

Yeah? Well, it's delicious. Your tribe's got a good recipe, and you've really honed your skills!

[coastal]

[fuck,,

she's not expecting that and it surprises her again - ]

I - h-hey...

[she kind of sees what he's doing but also]

It's just - what's expected with enough practice....!

[leaberator]

[ he genuinely means it which makes it even better ]

You see anyone else here learnin' that stuff? I know some other people took lessons, and they're nowhere near close to your level.

[coastal]

Do you mean Akane, who was doing it to impress her boyfriend, and Minato, said boyfriend?

[she just huffs, regaining her bearings just a little]

If you're going to try to compliment me, at least pick better people to compare it to....

[leaberator]

Why would Akane need to do anything to impress Minato.

[ he needs to question that out loud. anyway: ]

I would, but I thought you'd get mad if I said I was pretty sure you're almost better than Ookurikara, now.

[coastal]

[oh my god

she doesn't get mad but she absolutely laughs]

Okay, let's not get ahead of ourselves.

[leaberator]

I did say almost.

[coastal]

You're going to make me wonder if something went wrong with your tastebuds.

[she's not that good]

I still have a lot to learn... but I'm glad I have the chance to, at least.

[leaberator]

[ he hasn't actually eaten kara's food, shh ]

Was it somethin' you couldn't do back home?

[coastal]

[axel please eat something aside from ice cream]

Not really. We had chefs, so it wasn't something I ever really needed to learn.

[leaberator]

[ he is?? right now????? and he ate a corndog this week??????

Health ]

And you never got curious?

[ says the man who clearly cannot cook ]

[coastal]

... well, I did.

But that ended the same way things like that always did - I'd be locked in my room.

[joon-gi super sucks wow]

[leaberator]

Well that's stupid. What's the point of stopping you from learning stuff?

[coastal]

It was how my father saw fit to educate me...

[she frowns]

It was stupid.

[leaberator]

It kinda sounds like the opposite of educating you, if he didn't actually let you learn anything.

[coastal]

Nobility shouldn't have to learn things like cooking....

He wanted me to study the arts instead. But those were stupid - though I guess I'm at least glad I can play the koto a little.

[leaberator]

He never heard of "culinary arts"?

[ though he tilts his head ]

Arts can be interesting, but if it's all you're allowed to learn, there's no point. What about stuff like history?

[coastal]

Male heirs can be taught history and weaponry, so that they can make for skilled soldiers and fighters as well as leaders.

Ladies were expected to learn... [gestures vaguely] floofy stuff? Flower arrangement, dance, instruments...

I mean, it's not bad - I think it can be impressive in its own right, but I needed more useful things.

[leaberator]

Nothin' wrong with floofy stuff if it's what you wanna learn, but... it sounds a bit backwards. What if there's no male heir?

[coastal]

You get me - a bartering chip to be married off to the king.

[eugh]

Well, not that it's going to work out like that anyway.

You really don't have any type of nobility or monarchy where you're from?

[leaberator]

Wouldn't the king wanna marry someone who knows... anything?

[ a bit rude, but. Listen. anyway wow, uh. oh boy. how to explain disney royalty ]

Nah, there's a lot of monarchy in the worlds I've visited. The world I'm from had a king, too, but he was all about learning stuff. [ and being the worst, but axel doesn't mention that ] Though the King I'm more familiar with leaves his Queen to handle things at home, most of the time. [ a beat ] Also, he's a mouse.

[coastal]

Not really. The current king would rather just marry someone for the sake of political gain than worry about whether she knows anything - that's just how it goes.

[ . . . ]

I don't think he'd accept marrying a mouse though.

[that's

hm?]

Please tell me that the mouse at least talks.

[leaberator]

[ he's. laughing. ]

Yeah. He's-- sorta like Grim Eyes? He's about this tall [ he gestures and. mickey mouse is like three feet tall i guess how the FUCK would i know ] and he wears clothes and everything. Everyone from his world is some sorta talking animal. And I seriously doubt he's interested in politics.

[coastal]

[wh

wh?]

..... how can you be a king and not be interested in politics?!