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[selfconcept]

Congratulations! You survived the first week of Personal Enrichment Class! Or at least, your body did if you feel like astral projecting. It's time to mingle with your fellow students after the Saturday lesson. Maybe get revenge. Or maybe you're going to your room right away. Either way, it's free time! Let loose. Go wild.

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[totalcatastrophe]

[ Oh, he used to eat those flavor packets whole. But they only ever tasted metallic, so he isn't too excited for it. In fact, he doesn't bother retrieving it when it falls after his next bite. So close to the ground and yet so unconcerned with littering. ]

Not physically. What flavors do you humanoids like?

[ Stare, crunch, crunch. ]

[exofractured]

Every flavor they stock here appears to be tailored for humanoids. So, all of them, you could fairly say.

[Phantom's scouring for a shrimp flavor one, admittedly. He may as well be picky about his junk eating. The petty villainy of the littering just gets an amused glance.]

Are you meant to be another ancient being of some kind?

[totalcatastrophe]

Why's it take you so long to pick one then? They all taste the same anyway.

[ Maybe if he actually used the flavor packets, he'd think differently... ]

And I'm meant to be a demonic agent of chaos.

[ Luci deepens his voice impressively to say it. Admittedly, it isn't as impressive when followed directly by him scarfing down the last half of his ramen in a single bite. The wrapper joins the discarded flavor packet. ]

[exofractured]

Because--

[Ah, no. That might be diabolically clever, but Phantom's not revealing a weakness so easily!]

To humanoids, they don't.

[Or, like, with the flavor packets. Either/or. He picks up one that at least doesn't look conspicuously spicy before anything can thwart him.]

Indeed? You're rather small for that, aren't you?

[totalcatastrophe]

[ Eyeballing the one that the humanoid ends up selecting, Luci steps over more into his space. Then again, he's probably not that imposing. ]

Duh. Makes it easier to sow seeds of destruction. Being big is overrated anyway.

[exofractured]

It does make it easier to reach the shelves, however.

[Okay, not imposing, but Phantom is naturally suspicious. He tucks the noodle packet very firmly against his chest. No thieving!]

...I suppose I could reach you something if you required.

[totalcatastrophe]

[ Luci jumps and extends his tail, longer than he is tall, for the highest package he can reach -- coincidentally spicy. It snatches the ramen easily enough with a single loop before his feet plop back onto the ground. Of course, he still didn't reach nearly as high as Phantom probably can. The whole thing is topped off with a confident little heh as he looks back over to the taller being. His eye turns skeptical. ]

So, you gonna hug it or eat it?

[exofractured]

[Oh, that's... quite a feature. If Phantom puts all of the spicy ones in a similarly challenging location, maybe that would be one way to get rid of them and make room for potentially better things to be restocked.]

I intend to cook it. Not all of us are so...

[Yeah, he's not sure he has a word for that, actually.]

[totalcatastrophe]

[ Putting them all at his level may result in him eating more of them... but would also have the unfortunate consequence of increasing the ratio of spicy snacks in team 666's snack horde.

Luci is none the wiser for now, his tail letting the package fall right into his hands. ]

Gluttonous. You know, I'm finally starting to get this whole hunger thing.

But what's this about cooking? It's gotta be easy if you can do it.

[ Said too casually for the insult. ]

[exofractured]

If you didn't 'get' that, why were you eating them?

[Wow, Phantom will 1v1 this tiny cat demon in the street. And probably lose. He scowls a little and takes the obvious bait.]

The directions are clearly on the packaging. Does no one here read? [...] ...And I know how to cook.

[totalcatastrophe]

'Cus I felt like it. They've got a nice crunch. Like little bones. And if I don't eat, my stomach feels all weird.

[ Look, sometimes he also just says things because he feels like it. Holding up the ramen package, almost tauntingly-- ]

Okay then, prove it.

[exofractured]

Don't think I don't realize you're only trying to trick me into doing the work for you.

[But he'll try to swipe that ramen package anyway because what is he supposed to do, not let himself be played.]

Ensure that the kitchen is emptied and you have a bargain.

[totalcatastrophe]

[ Luci lets the package go, looking far too satisfied for someone whose plan was called out. But the added condition has him groaning, head falling back. Yet he agrees anyway. ]

Augh, fine.

[ And off he goes?? He's ready to shoo anyone away but it's probably empty right now anyway because what is rp time. ]

Come on, nerd.

[exofractured]

[Like that's an insult??]

After you, demon.

[RP time is a river but Phantom follows, glancing around the empty kitchen to assure himself his condition is met. Fine. Today Luci is going to learn the fine art of watching someone else boil water.]

[totalcatastrophe]

[ Coast clear, Luci accompanies his jump up on the counter with a shwoop. ]

This all you know how to cook?

[exofractured]

[Shwoop. That's... no, Phantom doesn't think things are cute, that power is sealed now. He's very busily getting water boiling and eyeing the instructions on the ramen packages.]

Of course not. I'm not the sort of hopeless adult who relies on others to take care of me. But I don't see a reason to put unnecessary effort into this.

[totalcatastrophe]

Ohhh. I get it. So you're the half assed, cook-shy sort instead?

[ Luci watches him from his perch on the counter, unperturbed and with patience bought from having already eaten something. ]

[exofractured]

[MAYBE. Phantom gives Luci a little indignant look. But he can't even threaten to eat these noodles out of spite when they're a cursed spicy packet.]

And just what do you know how to cook?

Tw: casual mention of cooking people?? It's not really cannibalism

[totalcatastrophe]

Shitty bar food.

[ Nonchalantly, because running a bar was something Luci did for fun, not to be a chef. But then he remembers he's a ~scary demon~ and adds with a shrug-- ]

And people.

oh my god luci

[exofractured]

[There's no way something that small could eat a person, right. Just... going to hedge his bets.]

If you attempt to eat me, I assure you I'll find a way to poison you. [...] And this kitchen isn't equipped for it in any case.

lol

[totalcatastrophe]

[ Luci makes a short, disgusted noise at that as he looks him over, but he still sounds flat. ]

No thanks. You aren't my type.

[exofractured]

[That's kind of offensive?? Even if he doesn't want to be eaten. Phantom gives Luci the slightly huffy look that deserves.

Just for that, he's eyeing the fill line on the spicy ramen and... undershooting on the water. Extra spice concentration for petty revenge.]

Good. Then I don't want to hear criticism from someone whose specialty is bar food.

[totalcatastrophe]

[ The deserved huffy look is not effective. But it's agreed he does deserve it. He also deserves that spice sabotage. ]

At least my specialty's usually got some kinda meat in it. [ suddenly, almost comically, distracted by what's happening with his ramen-- ] What's this stuff made of anyway?

[exofractured]

Why is meat a prerequisite...

[Never mind, he can accept this distraction. Maybe it's appreciation for his excellent ramen-making skills.]

What noodles are usually made of. Spices. Dried vegetables or fish flakes. [Some things that were indecipherable but the translation app was probably trying its best!] You didn't look before you were eating them?

[totalcatastrophe]

[ A shrug, still watching this whole process unfold. ]

Nah. Can't read. Who knew that novel would be ingredients anyway?

[ A dramatic sigh. ]

Is it almost done yet? No wonder humans starve.