antumbrac | finer food, but no music

[Well that was...unpleasant, to say the least. Two more deaths, but this time there's the matter of whatever's happening to Seteth as well.

Ignis is trying not to think about it, which means he's thinking about it a lot, which means he spends a few moments pacing and trying to figure out what to do. He thinks back to the party - for as much as you could call it that - that Olivert hosted, and, well... He's not sure how much morale can be boosted, but it's worth a shot, isn't it?

The decorations of the opera house are much simpler this time around, but the food is noticeably better, between the actual operational kitchen and the fact Ignis is much more skilled than Olivert. The food is well made and it even looks delicious from where it's set up, and there's a sign outside the opera house that reads:]

A not as grand feast, for all of us to enjoy.
Attendance is not mandatory, but it might be better than staying alone.

Catered by Ignis Scientia.

[At least there are less rose petals this time.]

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Thanks! [ You know for letting him pizzaroll as he tends to do. For at least a few minutes he's quiet as he eats, but silence never lasts long when he's involved. ]

Are you enjoying your food? [ Peek, peek what is it. ]

[ god damn it

He closes his eyes for a moment, and exhales. ]

It's fine. Infinitely better than last week's offerings, in any case.

[ idfk what food is here, let's say it's some kind of spam schnitzel or something... though i'm laughing that "moist tomato cake" is apparently an ffxv recipe ]

What happened last week? [ He was having a case of feelings so he didn't witness that calamity.

Moist tomato cake tho... ]

The person doing the cooking had no business putting himself in that position is what. I hear there were some things that were passable, but the dish I had certainly wasn't one of them.

I suspect the reason someone else jumped on the chance to handle the cooking today was specifically to prevent the same person from trying it a second time.

Was it really that bad? Maybe they got the salt and the sugar mixed up... [ Playing with his food innocently. ]

...Well, that's strangely specific, and possible, but hardly the only issue. It was like he just dumped all these dry spices on top at the very end rather than actually cooking with them, so you'd just end up inhaling this cloud of dust.