Event Log - Love at the Lake

[lucetimods]

Who: All you people, can't you see, can't you see?
What: Part two of el evento del amor, the lake festival
When: March 1st
Where: The Southern Lake
Summary: An absolutely ordinary week in Luceti ends on a high note, with a festival to tickle everyone's fancy.
Rating: up to PG-13, or take it off-comm please

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[ura_no_ura]

Ah, but he's not here right now.

[ Said as the distance between them and the booth finally closes. Before them is a spread of different foods, both sweet and savory. Little, fragrant fish-shaped taiyaki, perfectly browned and filled with azuki and custard, sit at the end of the table, still warm and fresh from the press. Takoyaki and yakitori sit on small grills, alongside strips of ikayaki and kara-age on skewers. There's even a flat griddle, upon which okonomiyaki and yakitori is being made.

Kakashi's not sure if Levi would actually enjoy any of this, but he reaches out to pick up a skewer of yakitori, assuming that grilled chicken is probably the safest bet, and hands it to Levi. ]

brb as mun drools at all the food

[reviling]

He's around.

[Levi accepts the skewer - it doesn't look too strange. He gives it a sniff, and then bites off one end. It's - really good, actually. His tastes run simple by necessity, so it doesn't take much to impress him really.

But he finishes the bite, swallows.]

Not bad.

[yeah the rest of it is gone in seconds.]

i know right, i want all of it in my belly ;w;

[ura_no_ura]

[ Judging by how quickly that skewer was inhaled, Kakashi assumes Levi must've liked it, and decides to go up a notch by picking up two skewers of kara-age, and a slice of lemon.

Kara-age is basically yakitori, after all. Just breaded and lightly fried. ]

That was yakitori. [ Said as he squeezes the lemon over both skewers and hands Levi one. ] This is kara-age.

[ He saves one of the skewers for himself. It's not his favorite thing to eat, but since they're here, he might as well eat it. As for the topic of Erwin, he lets it go. As much as he likes Erwin, he's also found himself enjoying spending time alone with Levi over the past few days. ]

[reviling]

[He inspects it a moment, sniffing it again before taking an experimental bite, considering.]

Prefer the other one, but this is good too.

[Levi finishes the rest of that in silence as well, tossing both sticks into the waste bin next to the booth.]

Are those staples in your world, or for special occasions?

[ura_no_ura]

[ Kakashi had been working on his own stick of kara-age through a genjutsu mask as he normally does, and has to finish chewing his mouthful and swallow before he can answer. ]

They're usually snack foods that you can order at certain restaurants, such as izakaya, which is a type of restaurant in my world. [ Or something like it, anyway. ] The squid, however, [ he points at the ikayaki for emphasis ] isn't as common, and usually shows up at festivals or certain izakaya that carry it, but it can be more expensive depending on the season.

[reviling]

[Levi glances at the squid, and eyes it suspiciously. Fish is not uncommon, since there is a large lake and rivers running through the territory of all three walls. But none of them encompass the sea, and as such he's never seen a cephalopod, or anything like it.]

What's squid? Where does it come from?

[ura_no_ura]

Squid comes from the ocean. It's not quite like fish, but it's closer to fish than something like chicken.

[ And since Levi has lived the entirety of his life in a landlocked walled city, most likely he would never be able to sample anything like squid. ]

Here, you might like it.

[ Said as he picks up one of the ikayaki with its skewer and passes it to Levi. He's maybe a little amused that he's been more or less feeding Levi, but there's something a little endearing about all of this. ]

[reviling]

[Levi takes it, still eyeing it skeptically. No, he's never had anything from the ocean, and neither has anyone else inside the walls for over a hundred years.

None of them have even seen it.

They say that the ocean is full of salt water - he can't really imagine that, considering how valuable salt is, and considering that it's hard to imagine something so...vast and seemingly endless.

He wonders if it'll taste salty, too.

Levi bites of the top, chewing. And chewing.

Not that he isn't used to chewy food, but this isn't bad, he thinks. Although beyond that he's not really sure what to think of it.

His face probably looks a lot more contemplative than it should, given that he's just trying new food.]

[ura_no_ura]

[ Kakashi watches as Levi puzzles through the new taste, wondering if he likes it or not. He looks like he's thinking a little too hard about it, and it's possible, judging from Levi's personality, that he's trying to analyze the taste or something like that. ]

Well? What do you think?

[reviling]

...it's strange.

[he wrinkles his nose. takes another bite. Not bad. But definitely strange. He couldn't necessarily say that he outright likes it, but. Perhaps the taste will grow on him, once he gets over the novelty.]

[ura_no_ura]

You don't have to keep eating it if you don't like it, you know.

[ Kakashi's maybe a little amused at Levi's reaction.

Maybe a little too amused. ]

[reviling]

I don't dislike it.

[yeah so he finishes it, though not quite as fast as the chicken. He also can't abide wasting food. It just isn't something he's ever had the luxury to do.]

[ura_no_ura]

[ Kakashi might've commented on how there is plenty of food, but the rest of the squid disappeared into Levi's mouth before he had a chance to get a word out either way. ]

Well, I guess we should stick with chicken with you, hmm?

[ A beat. ]

Or maybe we can try something else, if you want.