Knock knock (Valkyrofmarmora) Hope this is okay
Who’s there? // @valkyrofmarmora // Open
12. Your character walking in on mine singing at the top of their lungs.
He hadn’t been told that the blade of marmora were coming around today. So when Hunk was in the middle of belting out the chorus to party rock anthem at the top of his lungs, dancing around the kitchen with a cooking tray filled of meat patties as he was in the middle of flipping them over. When he spun around there was a galra standing in the door. Hunk’s voice went high pitched as he shrieked with shock. A few patties went hopping on the hot tray and fell off onto the floor.
valkyrofmarmora:
panickypaladin:
“Hey? Is there anything else here that you recognize?”
“Yeah I’ve had to deal with them a couple of times and considering you got more than a small bowl of produce I’d say you’re haggling was pretty masterful. So you’re fine.”
Valkyr watched as hunk thought about her request, hoping that he would part with it, of course given the prices she’d understand if he wanted to save them for something better. Yet on the other hand part of her felt a little bitter about the Ubferians for charging so much for something that was grown locally and was very common in her colony.
She practically squeaked in delight that Hunk was not only letting her have one but had offered to cut it for her, of course that wasn’t necessary but it was appreciated.
“Ah it’s fine, I’m gonna break into it the old fashioned way.” without hesitation she’d used a long claw to cut through the thick spiny outer skin and pulled it in half before pulling her luxite blade to remove the large pit.
“Damn, I’ve missed this.” She piped up between mouthfuls of tender, very sweet fruit before offering the other half to Hunk. “Here, you’re gonna love this.”
After her excitement had died down she had another look, there were other things she’d recognised one or two were from home but others were native of other planets.
“Some of them I do but a lot of these I’m not so familiar with, but I can help you with some of the more common uses. Like this blue on here can be mashed up and mixed with the curdled secretions of the bovus…. Sounds gross I know but I promise it’s tasty.”
“Fair enough.” She was the one who knew these fruit after all. She knew best what to do with it. Hunk also took the opportunity to watch as the galra dug into the fruit to get it open. Just how to peel it and what to eat. It would be useful when he tried to do something with it later. It was nice to see that it could just be eaten straight away too. They needed some fresh food in their alien diet of goo and things that would hold if they needed to travel far.
As she offered the half eaten fruit, Hunk tilted his head to the side. “I’ll have a taste. But it really looks like you want the rest of it too.” But he did accept the fruit and took it in his hand. He closed his eyes for a moment and sniffed the juice that pooled inside the peel. What sweet fragrance it had and he wanted to know if it had any undertones that he would recognize. He put the fruit to his mouth and had a small taste, just a nibble. Tasting the first tang before most of the sweetness came over him. It would do very well if it was baked into a pie. Or maybe a crumble. Fresh mixed with something more tart would be good. Soften the sweetness a bit.
Hunk blinked as he heard Valkyr go through the other vegetables and fruits. Pointing out a blue thing that could be… made into mash apparently. At least that was what it sounded like in his ears. “I’ll keep that in mind. So these…” He gathered up the blue vegetables and moved them aside. “Would be more in the cooking area.” He took half the fruit that Valkyr had split and broke off a piece to eat for himself before putting it down again and scooting it over to her again. “And this…” He put the piece of fruit in his mouth to once again taste the sweet. “Would be more of a sweet dessert thing.” He quickly moved the other fruits of the same kind to a pile on the opposite side of the counter. “Let’s go through the ones you know. It is a start to go from. Knowing what is sweet and what is not.”
“Haha does it show?” She laughed as she immediately went back to eating the fruit after offering Hunk a piece, it was one of her childhood favourites and already Valkyr was relishing the bittersweet nostalgia of a time lost.
“But yeah, definitely a desert thing, very good fried and grilled too if that helps.”
Quickly she finished up her morsel before joining the yellow paladin, wiping her mouth on the back of her hand as she glanced at the full selection.
“Right.... Let me see.”
Without hesitation she sorted them into piles of sweet, savoury and bitter before stepping back and admiring her handiwork.
“Oh, right. Best to freeze the red fuzzy ones... They spoil really quickly if you dont.”
