Second floor common room- Wednesday evening

[seriesofbaddecisions]

After last week's trip home (or at least to some version of it), Sabine was feeling way better about things, and had also spent most of her free time since in her warehouse. By today, she felt like she should at least get out a bit, even if it was just to the common room.

She'd long ago figured out that if you ordered food, they'd send too much. So today when she placed her order for Chinese food, she got way too much on purpose, just to see what would happen. It wasn't like she knew what everything was yet anyway.

The delivery guy showed up with half the order, and they forgot the egg rolls.

Anyway, have some food, there's still plenty.


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[seriesofbaddecisions]

"Picture this, but double," Sabine said, and frowned. "I should double check how much they actually charged me for."

Honestly, it probably evened out with all the other times she got twice too much.

[goldfishontherocks]

“Either you were really that hungry, or you just wanted to see how much they’d send you,” Keyleth guessed. “Please tell me it wasn’t the first thing?”

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"Second thing. It was an experiment," she admitted. "Have you had Chinese food yet? They didn't label anything so things might be a surprise."

[goldfishontherocks]

“No, this is definitely new,” Keyleth said, on to the mixed vegetables now, “but it all smells really good. I guess this was part of the new experiences my father thought I’d get here. Or maybe not, but I don’t mind. It’ll be an adventure! Just a really safe one.”

She paused and looked at the orange chicken, which she wouldn’t even begin to recognize as chicken in that form.

“I think?”

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"It is a quirk if this town," Sabine said, looking over at her. "It should all be chicken, pork, tofu or vegetables. It's all edible, I promise."

[goldfishontherocks]

"I believe you," Keyleth said, then looked mildly horrified. "Did it sound like I didn't? Because I do. It's just a lot of new things to take in all at once, you know? Wow, so many choices."

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"You're fine," Sabine assured her. "I know the ones over here are chicken, if you want to start with something easy."

[goldfishontherocks]

It was a few years away from the time that Scanlan would be able to create that magical mansion where the invisible servants wouldn't know how to make anything but chicken, so she wasn't in danger of being tired of it yet.

"Sure. Thanks." Keyleth smiled at her. "I do want to try everything, but let's just start with one thing at a time, right?"

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"Sure. And if there's more you want to try later, just write your name on the box and put it in the fridge. Usually it will stay there," Sabine advised.

[goldfishontherocks]

". . . usually?" She had to ask, okay? )"Do people take it sometimes, or does it just get up and walk away on its own?"

Given how long food stayed in there it probably could.

"Or do we even know? Maybe it's a mystery."

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"I was getting my stuff stolen for a while, and then it ended up being the supplies for a sixth floor party no one threw," she explained. "I never did find out the deal with that."

[goldfishontherocks]

Keyleth took a breath, tilted her head, and let out a drawn-out, squeaky, "Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhh."

Then she blinked and shook her head, laughing. "That's so weird. And kind of random, but also not. Was it at least a good party?"

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"It ended up being a drinking game somehow," she explained, "so it depends on whether you're into that, I guess. I had fun, tonight."

Until the raging headache the next day.

[goldfishontherocks]

"Oh, wow. I've never played a drinking game," said Keyleth, totally unaware that what she'd just said could have been a round of said game. "That sounds like a really cool thing to do."

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"I guess there's always the potential for another one sometime. I don't know any, but I'm sure someone does."

And it'd be interesting to see if Sabine actually played! 50/50 shot!

[goldfishontherocks]

Some lessons could only be learned hands on. Like Keyleth's occasionally disastrously bad alcohol tolerance.

"So I should just keep checking the common rooms then, I guess?" She smiled, bright and dorky. "Only way to really find out!"