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Bo-Katan Kryze ([personal profile] mywayistheway) wrote in [community profile] victory_road2023-10-01 09:01 pm

A Mandalorian Feast! [Closed]

Who: Bo-Katan, Mando, Riz, Boober, Shadowmaru, and Gobo
Where: Mando's Apartment in Saffron City
When: Early August
Summary: Bo-Katan makes a Mandalorian feast for Mando's family.



A - Slaving Away in the Kitchen

Something was up.

Bo-Katan had come back from Lavender Town that past weekend, but instead of relaxing or taking it easy, she was very busy. The day before she had gone out shopping and brought back... a LOT of food. Her Cyclizar had to help her carry it all back as it was simply too much for her two hands to hold onto. The fridge and pantry were practically overflowing with everything she had come back with. She then spent that evening cleaning and polishing her armor as a Mandalorian does every now and then.

The next day, her armor stacked neatly in a corner of the living room, she really got to work. Wearing her bird keeper outfit, she took over the kitchen early in the morning. Sorry Boober, she knows this is usually your space but she's usurping your rule for today. Bo-Katan starts by brewing a pot of spiced caf, which is really just coffee with spices added to it, knowing she's going to need it to keep her going. Once she downed her first cup, she used a couple hair clips to keep her hair out of her face, and got to work.

Throughout the day she would be working diligently. It's been a long time since she's done anything like this, but the Mandalorian princess was determined to do it right. Or at least as right as she could. After all, many of the ingredients she needed were not available in this world. So she did her absolute best to find good substitutes. The smells of food filling the apartment at all hours as she worked. At one point there was the distinct smell of bread, another there was the smell of meat and vegetables cooking, later one could swear the air would burn their nose hairs off with the spices that were being used, and eventually a pleasantly sweet aroma filled the place.

Anyone who was curious about what was going on was free to stick their head in, but she would rarely slow down with the exception of a short break here and there. It was hot and grueling work, but she hoped it would pay off.

B - The Feast

Eventually it would all be ready. Bo-Katan had made sure to send out a couple of invitations in advance to both Shadowmaru and Gobo, and sent messages to Din and Riz urging them get home on time. Bo-Katan took a quick shower, fixed her hair, and put on her armor.

As everyone arrived, they would find the kitchen table absolutely covered with food. A spread fit for a Mandalorian king. There was a plate of fresh haarshun bread made from scratch. Next to that was a pot of warm pog soup also made from scratch and completely vegetarian. With cups set next to the pot and a ladle with which to scoop the soup into them. It would be recommended that the bread be dipped into the soup. In the middle of the table were slices of roasted meat. Roast shatual is what she would call it, with the addendum that it's actually Skiddo meat but its the closest thing she could find. Bo having taken the time to select the cut of meat used at a butcher and having them roast it to her specifications as doing so over an open flame in the apartment was probably not a good idea. Across from the shatual was the gi dumpling soup. This soup featuring meaty dumplings made with Magikarp meat, again made from scratch. There's two pots of it, one with the fish meat, and another with dumplings containing tofu for the Fraggles. If anyone had been wondering what the spiciness was all about, they would find out with the pot of Tiingilar. A hearty stew of vegetables and hoothoot meat, and a smaller pot of it lacking the meat for the Fraggles. Be warned, it's very spicy! Next to that is a simple salad and a pot of "not quite Cassius tea but close enough" set next to it which is some sort of fragrant green tea. Finally, there is what looks to be a large cake covered in confectioner's sugar. The uj'alayi, or uj cake for short, is placed at the end for dessert. It's sticky and sweet, but very filling. Bo-Katan having especially put all her thought and care into this as its near and dear to her. There's even a couple other cakes set aside for later, wrapped in red cloth.

Cutlery, plates, bowls, and cups are all set out for use with the food. There is a lot of it so eat your fill! Even if everyone eats ravenously there's likely enough to have leftovers for days. Bo-Katan knows that at least one of them will eat alone in another room, so it's all very casual. She simply sits back with her own bowl of tiingilar, a cup of tea, and a plate of uj'alayi. Enjoying watching everyone else try the food.

((OOC: This is a mingle prompt! You don't just have to tag Bo. Feel free to tag among each other!))

C - After the Meal

What Mandalorian feast is complete without the booze? Once everyone has had their fill of food, Bo-Katan breaks out a bottle of alcohol. Naturally she couldn't get a bottle of Mandalorian wine, but she found something suitable enough. Rest assured, it's very strong. She wouldn't have it any other way.

This is, of course, for the adults. Sorry kids, but while you guys pass out into food comas, the grown-ups are going to enjoy the good stuff. Or at the very least, Bo will. After a long hard day, she feels she deserves it. As well as some conversation if anyone else is up for it.

nightyorb: (ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴀʀᴀᴅɪɴᴇ ᴄᴀsᴇ)

A,

[personal profile] nightyorb 2023-10-02 02:27 am (UTC)(link)
Coming home to the hearty smells of food was quickly becoming a very familiar experience for Riz. It was not something he was used to back home-home, not unless his mom managed to beat him home with fresh take-out in hand, but here, sharing an apartment with one Boober Fraggle, it's starting to become a very familiar thing.

Which was good, because while Riz might be slowly aging out of those teen years, his appetite was still the kind only possessed by starved feral dogs and teenage boys.

When he followed his nose into the kitchen though, sniffing the air all the way and trying to identify what was being prepared, he got a bit of a surprise.

"You're not Boober."

A brilliant deduction.
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[personal profile] nightyorb 2023-10-02 06:44 pm (UTC)(link)
"Height, mainly," came the absent answer as Riz diverted to the coffee pot. He sniffed the air as he poured the remainder of the pot in his mug -- a big one that proclaimed Riz to be '100% coffee powered'.

"This doesn't smell like regular coffee."
sassymaru: (h | i cannot understand)

you know what all of the above at any time

[personal profile] sassymaru 2023-10-03 06:34 am (UTC)(link)
It's a dinner party. So of course, he'll dress for the occasion. A fresh hair job, and boom. He's at the door, his Growlithes and Null at his heels. It's not quite as dramatic an entrance as it would have been, in a public place, as this is someone else's house, and all.

"Greetings, all!"

Listen, he didn't need to bring anything, necessarily, but of course, he's a guest here. Shadowmaru had to do something. Especially if he's part of this little group now. So there's a basket under one arm. Pokemon treats and some small snacks for the humans - mostly crackers and small sweets. Nothing to detract from...

"That is. Quite a bit of food. Did I neglect a holiday?" Should he have done more?

And then afterward... he probably should make his goodbyes before it's awkward or something like that. Or before Oberon, his type Null, sheds more glitter around. Unless he's stopped, that is.
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[personal profile] sassymaru 2023-10-04 06:20 am (UTC)(link)
Unfortunately, it's just going to get worse. His Type Null scurries inside to investigate things... and shakes itself off. Shedding glitter. Oberon can't help it, that's just how it was made.

"I see, I see..." He perches his chin on one hand, folding the other across his chest, thoughtfully. "Well that's certainly good to know. I'll have to bear it in mind for the future." Just in case.

"You've rather outdone yourself in this case," he says, admiring. It really is impressive. She must have been working all day at this. "Thank you. I'm honored to share."
sassymaru: (h | not with all that i have witnessed)

[personal profile] sassymaru 2023-10-05 06:27 am (UTC)(link)
Honestly, Shadowmaru himself doesn't know how Oberon has that much glitter in him. It's a bizarre, sparkling mystery. At least it seems to be the biodegradable kind...

"Interesting! I've yet to encounter anything terribly spicy..." And with that, he's doomed. But, before that!

"Ahh, yes. Speaking of customary things. It isn't much, especially compared to all of your work so far, but, please, accept these." The basket of little snacks he'd brought. Rice crackers, light sweets. More at home at a tea service than a dinner like this.
singlespacedad: (???)

A.

[personal profile] singlespacedad 2023-10-05 04:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Mando is not home right now. But you know who is home?

Spicy.

The Scovillain stomps into the kitchen, complaining loudly with both heads. What the fuck is this! Who is making so much noise! How dare you interrupt her beauty sleep, she is going to blast you with a fireball so hot it'll make your seed pods shrivel up AND THEN...

And then she realises that isn't Boober in the kitchen, who she was attempting to bully. It's someone new, and Spicy glares up with both heads.

Who the hell are you?
singlespacedad: (tea party)

and now it's time for Mando, for any and all of the above

[personal profile] singlespacedad 2023-10-05 04:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Mando wasn't expecting anyone to make a feast this week. He really wasn't expecting anyone to make a Mandalorian feast, especially with all the foods he's heard about but never actually tried. The Children of the Watch are more of the dumpster diving, eating out of cans type of Mandalorians--the weird relatives that no one really gets but keeps inviting out of obligation, if you will--and the only thing Bo has made that he recognises is the Cassius tea.

Which is good, because he really likes Cassius tea and hasn't had any in a long time! It's not an exact match, but it's close enough.

"Do you need help with anything else?" He's got his straw out and tucked up under his helmet so he can sip his tea while staying in the room with Bo-Katan, and if she needs anything done, he'll give it the old college try. He's much better at tasks like beating dough than any of the finer points of cooking, but he can follow any instructions she gives him.
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[personal profile] sassymaru 2023-10-06 05:58 am (UTC)(link)
"Of course. It is a sharing of cultures, after all."

You bring things when you visit. You bring snacks for tea. That kind of thing. It's just what you do, and, now that he actually can do it... it's fun. Enjoyable. Maybe that's why people cook for others.

Oberon stops dead, stock still in that weird way Type Nulls have. And then shivers off a shower of glitter again.

Shadowmaru glances over, then snaps his fingers at his side. The glittery pokemon perks back up, and bounds over to him, sitting obediently at its trainer's heel. "Not to worry. He's very well behaved." And getting a pokemon treat for listening so well!
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A

[personal profile] soupguy 2023-10-07 12:32 am (UTC)(link)
Boober has been trying so hard to be... Normal. At least, as normal as he's ever been. It's just hard when someone else is using his kitchen! What's helped him not go total control freak mode is that Bo is making food from her home, and thus, food from Mando's home. Boober would love to learn more about that, to experience the cuisine his adoptive father would know. Maybe he could even start making some of it himself! That would be wonderful.

It's that thinking that keeps Boober minding his own business for most of the day... Kind of. He keeps poking his head in to see how things are going, but wordlessly. That is, until a point early in the afternoon when he simply can't help asking--

"Would you like some help?"
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[personal profile] sassymaru 2023-10-08 06:05 am (UTC)(link)
"What would you like to know?"

It's kind of a surprise. No one really asks those questions of him. Maybe the whole... glitter and glamour thing puts them off. Or the fact he very rarely talks about where he comes from in any detail.

Oberon looks back and forth between humans and Wartortle, then whines, in apology. He's sorry. He can't help the glitter, Paz.

"Ah, it washes off quite well. You don't need to worry."
singlespacedad: (really queen?)

[personal profile] singlespacedad 2023-10-08 03:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Spicy puffs up her plant chest when Bo-Katan recognises her. Clearly, her legend is spreading! She is the mighty Spicy, scourge of the apartment, burner of annoying things, seed bonker of other annoying things! She is also really good at pranks and general jackassery. As long as her superiority is acknowledged, she won't pull any pranks on Bo.

OR WILL SHE?

Bo is saved from any immediate jerkiness by the arrial of the Wartortle. Spicy stops and sizes him up, before carefully turning herself so her green, plant head is facing the other Pokemon. Then she blows a raspberry at him and makes a rude gesture.
singlespacedad: (doing dishes)

this icon is finally relevant

[personal profile] singlespacedad 2023-10-08 03:19 pm (UTC)(link)
"I can help clean up." He's secretly relieved to not be expected to help with the food, but he can handle the dishes. He stands up and moves to the sink, taking his teacup with him and setting it on the window ledge within easy reach, before pulling on a pair of kitchen gloves. The gloves are ridiculously oversized, and slide perfectly over Mando's regular pair of gloves and gauntlets. They're clearly there for this exact purpose.

"I know the tea, but what else are you making?"
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[personal profile] nightyorb 2023-10-09 02:44 am (UTC)(link)
A little more kick? That is really all that Riz needs to know. Bo-Katan could mix snuff powder into the coffee for all he cares if it means getting that little extra boost of energy.

He takes an experimental sip, cocking his head as he considers the taste. "I think my mom would love this."

Sklonda, of course, is no stranger to drinking stone-cold cups of cheap cold coffee, which is how much of the coffee in the Gukgak household gets consumed (not on purpose, they just both have a tendency of getting so busy they forget about other matter entirely) but when she does take her time, she always likes to get a little fancy with her coffee.

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