voice | un: octavinelle

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[Okay, that's enough adjusting for the time being. Time is money, and Azul needs money.

And to start building a network.]

What jobs might be available for a young man with experience in the restaurant business? I don't mean waiting tables, I mean running the business. Or, even better, what sorts of restaurants and eateries is this place lacking?

[Could he have just wandered around and figured this out on his own? Sure, but this way he knows what people actually want and not just want's missing.]

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Video : Un; Caster (lmk if you're not happy making the tdm canon and I'll alter it)

[colchismagecraft]

It sounds like you're settling in well.

[Well hello potion-rival.]

...Nowhere does decent Georgian or Greek food, but I feel that's something no one except me is particularly concerned about.

works for me!!

[dottedline]

[Hello, rival.]

You'll have to tell me what those foods are. My world doesn't have those countries or cultures.

[colchismagecraft]

[50/50 chance he's winding her up after their competitive spat before.]

You must be joking...?

[dottedline]

I'm not. Another gentleman mentioned "Thai" food, but I've never heard of "Thai". I'm not from a world where those cultures exist, though I think the dishes might, just going off other conversations.

I'm glad I've already had food before doing this tag!

[colchismagecraft]

Your world must be very different from mine...

Well, I tried to cook a few dishes myself a few weeks back, give me a moment and I'll show you.

[She's...trying to work out how to send a saved picture. And clearly doesn't have much of an idea what she's doing with the phone. Give her a moment. What could be seen of her face was definitely a look of concentration...!

...

There we go! She sends a picture of what looks like bread with a cheese and egg filling of sorts.]

I think that sent... that's Khachapuri, it's a traditional cheese filled bread- when it's freshly cooked you can tear the edges off and dip them in the cheese centre. It's delicious when it's freshly cooked.

[Then she sends a picture of what looked to be some dumplings.]

These are Khinkali, dumplings containing minced lamb or beef, and a few other herbs and spices- you can grind black pepper on the top or keep them plain like I did.

...I did pick up a couple of recipe books in town, if you're curious.

[It didn't strike her that it was probably a bad idea to go on about her homeland's traditional foods when she was trying to keep her identity quiet- but, well, if he had no idea what Georgia or Greece even were, she was fairly confident that her legend didn't exist where he was from.

Also she's chronically homesick please let her gush a bit.]

omg same

[dottedline]

[Oh, he recognizes some of this.]

We don't have those cultures, but I've seen that first dish on Magicam and I think I've even had those dumplings...then again, almost every culture has dumplings I've learned.

Haha I'm glad I didn't just make you unfairly hungry

[colchismagecraft]

Magicam? Is that the name of one of the countries in your world.

And yes dumplings are common across cultures, but they do vary a fair amount- I've tried gyoza and that was certainly different to what I'm accustomed to.

[dottedline]

Oh, no, it's social media. Post pictures, get likes, that sort of thing. There's a whole swathe of people with food-focused accounts.

[colchismagecraft]

[Can he tell she's not good with tech?]

Oh...similar to these networks, then?

[dottedline]

[He's gathering that.]

Yes. Though I don't think there's a way to post voice posts on Magicam, and I haven't seen any silly filters here.

[colchismagecraft]

[She's very intrigued by what these 'silly filters' he mentioned were- but no, she wouldn't give her not-rival the satisfaction of explaining it to her!]

Yes, of course...

But really I could go on about different dishes for a while. It sounds as if you're at least somewhat familiar with them, even if the cultures are different between our worlds.

[dottedline]

Honestly, having the same foods will make this so much easier, since I don't have to try and convince people that it's all perfectly edible. I couldn't sell merfolk cuisine here, obviously, but I can't sell that anywhere but under the sea or on the coast.

[colchismagecraft]

[Hold on, what.

...What was he, really?]

...Merfolk cuisine?

[dottedline]

Cuisine eaten by merfolk?

[Smartass.]

[colchismagecraft]

Like you, you mean.

[That was a stab in the dark- especially given that he looked human- but hey, maybe he'd tip his hand.]

[dottedline]

It's not like I keep it a secret.

[It's not tipping his hand if he's not hiding anything, sorry not sorry Caster.]

[colchismagecraft]

[Screw you rival! Her lips twitched slightly from annoyance that she hadn't got the upper hand, but she tried to keep her voice neutral.]

...Interesting. I've encountered Sirens before, but this is different.

[dottedline]

Sirens as in the bird-women, or sirens as in the "this is just another name for merfolk"?

[colchismagecraft]

Sirens as in... will sing and lure sailors to their deaths. More half-bird than merfolk.

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I'll never understand why humans think they're the same thing. We're not, obviously. Have you ever seen a bird swim underwater?

[The most pointless topic of conversation but...]

[colchismagecraft]

I've seen birds dive for fish but otherwise no... clearly those people have never actually been at sea before.

[She was willing to humour it at least?]

[dottedline]

[Hmm. No opinions on sirens it seems.]

Ah well. That's humans for you.

[colchismagecraft]

[Sirens were a pain to deal with, but it was only one of the many trials from their voyage.]

...I suppose so.

Well, in any case, have you been getting many interesting restaurant ideas from this?

[dottedline]

A couple. I may need to work towards multiple establishments.

[colchismagecraft]

Ambitious, aren't you?