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Spicy: Spicy is there, a plate right before her on the table, clearly preparing to dig into her food with fork and knife. Waffles with chocolate and bacon and such. Her heavy bag tucked under the table, her arms are scratched up quite a bit but there's a bright smile on her lips anyway. She's wearing a white button up and jeans.
Asbolus: Asbolus made his way into the diner in the unobtrusive fashion one would expect of a Winter Courtier, the simple jeans and t-shirt combo he wore not much to look at. Pale eyes scanned the room as he entered, with the Darkling pausing as he spotted the marks on Spicy's arms. "Looks like you went through a bit of a rough patch..." He commented, heading towards her table to be in conversation range but not assuming enough to claim a seat just yet. "Everything alright?"
Mel Joyner: Mel hasn't been to Maddy's before, but they've heard of the place. Honestly it's a bit surprising they haven't - diners are one of their favorite places to eat. Mostly because they're usually the only places still open when they get off work. And the idea of a neutral ground sort of place seems like a good idea. So tonight they've decided to check it out. They notice their fellow changelings the moment they enter, and give them a wave. "Hey there!" they say, with a friendly nod. They perch on one of the bar stools. "What's the best here?"
Spicy: "The waffles are the specialty, but everything is pretty good. Most of the stuff you see advertise from countries are actually from those countries." Spicy nods to Mel. "The owner's a bit of a wizard and she hires good cook too." a little wink, then turns to Asbolus. "And, those scratches are from a hedge beast that tried to eat stuff from my garden, it was so hungry and desperate. So I hugged it until it loved me. Maybe I'm skipping details."
Asbolus: Asbolus gave Mel a polite smile as they entered, nodding in agreement to Spicy's comment. "I'm partial to the Green Forest and the Greek scrambles myself, but it's all quite good."
His eyebrow arched as Spicy spoke of the source of her wounds, however, giving the Ogress a curious look. "I'd dare say so...sounds interesting, at any rate."
Mel Joyner: "Mmm. A wizard like..." They wiggle their fingers in a ~ooo, magic~ gesture. "Or just really good with food?" They peruse the menu for a moment then look back up at the others. "Was that part of all the stuff this weekend?"
Spicy: "Yes." She answers to Mel with a chuckles. "She gets her ingredient from the people in the countries from where the food originate and the way she does it, I believe, matches the weird portal thing you come in here with." a beat. "And the scratching from the not happy badgermole in my garden was only related in the fact that it was drawn to the fruit I grew for the folks who went into the dreams."
Asbolus: "Which served those who went on that venture very well, from what I heard." Asbolus nodded respectfully to Spicy, followed by a 'may I?' gesture to the other side of the table she had claimed. "Kudos for that."
Mel Joyner: "Okay, I can't decide if that's awesome or terrifying," Mel says, shaking their head. They order a pot of coffee and a plate of Smores waffles. "So does the badgermole love you now, or did it wander off back into the Hedge?"
Spicy: "I think it has a burrow under my garden?" a little chuckle and a shrug. "It likes it when I sing to the plant, even though I'm terrible at it." she waves both Asbolus and Mel into the booth, all to happy to have company. "I haven't spoken with anyone who went yet."
Asbolus: Asbolus claimed a seat for himself and slid over so Mel had space as well if they so wished, nodding quietly. "I went by the main hollow to check in briefly. Things were mostly intact but the gardens and trods need further work to get them back to where they were before."
Mel Joyner: Mel grabs their coffee and slides into the booth as well, giving the other two a gape-beaked smile. "I've not been to the freehold proper in a week. Honestly it's been kinda depressing seeing how dead everything is. Not that my Hollow's much better, but..." They shrug. "Supposedly things are going to get better though I've heard?"
Spicy: "That's what I understood from what little I've heard." She nods "I'm glad my elephanting around helped a bit to the defense." she nods. Then proceed to eat from her plate more, she seems rather hungry. "Hopefully everything settles down before the next catastrophe." a little shrug.
Asbolus: "Everything freshened up right away, thankfully. In some places that means everything grew in, including weeds and whatnot, but some proper care will tend to that." Asbolus nodded, putting in for a hot tea and a Home Run scramble sans the chicken breast when the next server came by. "Indeed...a little breathing room would do us all wonders, I imagine."
Mel Joyner: Mel lets out a dry hooting laugh. "Like we'll actually get that." They shake their head and take a sip of their coffee. "It feels like it's just been one crisis after another recently." But they shrug. "I shouldn't complain though. It's not like I did much with this one. Or the last outside of some union agitation."
Spicy: "I wish I could've fought with the others, I would've been useful there. But I happened to be out when the fighting started and I couldn't show up." a shrug. "You do what you can, when you can."
Asbolus: "You did your part, though." Asbolus nodded to Spicy at that. "I wasn't particularly involved either, barring some trod patrols here and there. Neither dreamwork nor diplomacy are my forte so I left it to those better suited to it."
Mel Joyner: "I did a little bit of trod patrolling. Which I suppose was useful. Mostly it just got me saddled with a thornbat." Despite their derisive words, their tone is fond when they talk about the thornbat. "And yea, I'm great at being scary and intimidating but that didn't seem like it'd be very useful when you're trying to be diplomatic." Their food arrives and they tuck into the sweet gooey goodness.
Spicy: "A thornbat? I think me , Lif and Lucia found a few of those and that's why we made a ballista in the first place." a little grin. "You should've seen our faces when we realize we both had the Tatterdemalion contract!"
Asbolus: "Didn't come across anything that exciting myself." He smiled a touch at Mel's suddenly fond tone, nodding to the server as they brought his meal by. He looked content after taking a test bite, turning his attention to Spicy. "Not familiar with that one off-hand, I'll admit."
Mel Joyner: "Yea, a whole flock flew by when several of us were out hunting. They didn't see the spiderweb across the trod and... well, I rescued one of them and now he hangs out with me." They give a short laugh. "It's... interesting."
Spicy: "Tatterdemalion's workshop basically turns you ability to craft into that of a cartoon character." She summarize. "I could probably make a freeze gun out of a freezer and a hairdryer." a nod. "And patch a batter slot in there so it doesn't have to be plugged in." a nod.
"Hedge beings are strange, but pleasant."
Asbolus: "Ah...interesting indeed, on both counts."
Mel Joyner: Mel's eyes go wide at the description of the contract. "I have got to learn that!" Then they pause, thinking. "Do you have to actually have like, crafting skills though? "
Spicy: "It's better or that freezer gun might explode in your face and then the healer motley thinks you're a dumbass while you explain what happened while they take out the shrapnel from your ears." A nod from Spicy, clearly, she experienced as such. "But more seriously, it's kind of a big, big help to at least know how to make things mundanely outside of it."
Asbolus: Cue a curious eyebrow arch from the Darkling as he took a bite or two of his meal to let that particular life lesson percolate. "I can imagine."
Mel Joyner: "Oh." Mel turns their attention to their food for a moment, obviously slightly dejected. "I guess I should probably develop some more mundane skills first. Only crafting thing I can really do is knit."
Spicy: "That's a cool thing to do, I don't really knit myself, sounds like a relaxing thing to do." she smiles and shrugs. "Do you knit anything specific?" she asks, curious and then turn her attention back to Asbolus. "And well, when I say they're pleasant, I mostly mean when you can make them go that route. I'm pretty sure there are plenty of unpleasant experiences to be had with them too."
Mel Joyner: Mel shrugs, picking a bit of marshmallow stickiness out of one of their arm feathers. "Whatever looks interesting. I like making stuffed animals. And blankets, though I rarely end up finishing them. I get bored and end up frogging them."
Spicy: "Frogging them? Meaning you turn them into frogs, or is that a term I've not heard about yet?" She asks, curious. "And I think making stuffed animals would be great. I might be trying to grab an elephant soon."
Mel Joyner: Mel hoot-laughs at that. "No, frogging's just the term for unraveling knitting. It's part of what I like about it. If you mess up, or somethings not coming out like you want, you've not wasted any materials. Except time. I could probably make an elephant pretty easy. Not sure I have any grey yarn at the moment though."
Spicy: "Weird colors for an elephant?" She ponders and poke her own chin. "Maybe I could exchange the elephant for a few meals ?" she suggest "I'm a badass cook." she grins a little bit there and finally finishes her plate.
Mel Joyner: "Oh if you want weird colors, I've got that." They preen through the feathers on the back of their neck as they think. "Offhand I know I've got plenty of teal and a sort of dusky pink. Maybe enough purple, but I'd have to check. Or I could do stripes in a bunch of colors." They pour themself another mug of coffee and sip at it. "Meals sound like a great trade. My usual diet is, well, this" They wave a hand at their plate.
Spicy: "It could still be something like that, I work here and one other place as a cook." A little grins shows up. "I just came out of the kitchen when you came in." a shrug of her shoulder. "But I could do something a little more homemade too."
Mel Joyner: Mel shrugs in response. "Well, this hasn't killed me yet, so it works too. I have terrible eating habits, honestly."
Spicy: A little chuckle "No worries, I'll keep you healthy with the food." ( I will have to start prepping for work soon, unfortunately.)
Mel Joyner: "I missed out on a lot of the whole 'life skills' stuff," Mel says, tone slightly hollow. "I've caught up on some stuff, but I still kinda feel left behind on others"
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