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[ She's already laughing while she tries to duck away from it. (She does not succeed.) ]

Why would I pass over the obvious food? Tell me it's not delicious.

[ The boulder is crunchy but easy to get down, and Lea is grinning like an asshole while she eats, casually eating the remaining grapes. She picks up the now bare stem and takes a bite of the leaf, which also makes a crunchy noise. ]

Better than what you're eating.

[you have fun with that, Isa's gonna just stick with the good actual food while eyeing Lea with concern. have you just finally gone off the deep end, bestie.]

You say that like you'd know.

[ The leaf is discarded on the ground by the boulders, along with the grape bunch remnants. She's keeping the remaining breads in her lap, and dusts her hands off. ]

Tell you what, if you can find me a rock that tastes as good as pork, I'll eat as much of it as you want.

[like, legit, that goes for me as well irl. though Isa is peering at that boulder a little more closely to make sure it's not like, made entirely of chocolate.]

[ There's a pause, and then: ]

What if it's not a rock?

[this is the trap Isa falls into every time: Lea's ability to compromise.]

...as long as it's not bugs.

[ The boulder, by the way, is in fact mostly chocolate, although it's not pure smooth chocolate. A lot of it basically a Crunch bar. Anyway, she nods softly. ]

Tree's bacon.

[it's a shame they've come this far in life and can't just trust each other implicitly anymore. Isa looks real suspicious, even as she's setting what's left of her actual food aside and getting to her feet.]

If you're lying to me I'm going to pick you up and carry you until I find a body of water I can throw you into.

Might take a while, in here.

[ Confidence. The tree bark is, in fact, chocolate-covered bacon. Lea is not lying about that at least. ]

[having had chocolate-covered bacon, that's less appealing than just regular bacon, but i admit it was dark chocolate, which isn't at all what you want to balance out the bacon flavor. Isa stalks over to the tree and frowns at it in that way that used to make Demyx automatically hide behind Xigbar. she breaks a little piece of bark off and examines it thoroughly. it doesn't look like bacon, does it smell like bacon?]

That's fine, I got a good long sleep in.

[ Hey now, under the first layer of chocolate-covered bacon is candied bacon, and underneath that it's all pure bacon, packed tightly together but somehow magically fresh and delicious. The tree is bacon, she said! (The leaves are basil.) ]

Is it or is it not bacon?

[that's.... is it cooked underneath? she's not opposed to raw bacon, but. she gives the bit of bark in her hand another tentative sniff and then cautiously bites a corner of it off and is surprised when it does actually seem to be bacon. dammit.]

Looks like you're spared from a watery death for now.

[ Cooked, yes. Some of it's crispy, some of it not so much. All sorts of appealing bacon. Now Lea gets to look smug! ]

Literally everything in here is food. The ground is food. The rocks, the tables, the bowls and spoons and everything.

[now she's waiting for the other shoe to drop. why would a room such as this exist? like... free food, and then bonus free edible everything else? why????]

What's the catch? There has to be one.

[ I mean. She's not wrong... ]

Oh, there is one. It usually waits until I'm done eating. Speaking of...

[ Just gonna casually stroll back over to the tables. Feeling like some chicken kebabs, hmm... ]

[oh god. they're both doomed, and she's going to have to find a lake to put Lea in after all.]

Why are you like this. Should I just leave now and avoid the rush?

[the piece of bacon-bark gets respectfully placed at the foot of the tree it came from, and Isa's returning to her regular food, scowling at Lea.]

Nah, bees are worse. Just follow me when we start running. This is really good, do you want one? There's steak, too.

[ Isa may be wondering: is this revenge for something? It may in fact be, but no, no it's not. She really does come here for food. More than once. ]

[as dry as old bones:]

I remember when the most exciting food we'd ever had was at that steakhouse where they cooked on the table with all the fire.

[she is headed over though, steak sounds good for dessert, since apparently death is coming for them imminently. there are going to be like five options for Isa's mood later; it's like a gashapon but for emotions, and the secret prize will probably be either more kissing or more threats of physical violence. maybe both.]

[ Snackin' on kebabs with my bestie while imminent doom definitely comes for us. Lea couldn't be more thrilled by this outcome, to be honest, and the fact that she can see it affecting Isa's mood is even better. It's like old times! Only because she knows the threat isn't too bad... ]

Oh yeah. I remember thinking how cool that was.

[Lea won't be so thrilled when a single bee shows up and Isa flips completely over into berserk and destroys the entire room. she's honestly gearing up for something moderately serious, based on how nonchalant Lea's being. at the moment Isa's thinking about how finding a hibachi table to throw Lea onto sounds like a better idea than the lake.]

Remember there was that little kid at another table who wouldn't stop crying every time the fire went up?

[easter egg: that child was kate, and this actually happened.]

Barely. I was really focused on the food. And the fire.

[ That's adorable, by the way. Throw her onto a table in... a sexy way?

She would be more urgent if it was more serious than it is, relax!! The kebabs are delicious, though, and Lea is sticking hers into her mouth and taking one of the giant bowls of food to... sort of trickle all of its content into another pile of food. She wants the bowl empty, is what I'm saying. ]

[no. well, probably, but then she was thinking more of Cleganeing this shit, if that would even work on Lea. is she still fireproof, with a heart? it doesn't even occur to her that Lea might want the bowl empty as a shield, or a weapon, which is what i assume it's for.

Isa's just grumpy and on guard now as she eats a bit of steak with her hands directly out of the serving bowl, because fuck everything. why is she friends with someone like Lea who pisses her off like this, i ask you. (the answer is that unfortunately, Lea comes through in the clutch, and also has great legs and the right sense of humor and probably very attractive hands as well, and also spite. she's made it through everything else, why bother detaching now.)]

[ God. (Sounds a little bit like an over-explanation. Just say it's true love and be done with it.)

Lea turns the bowl over completely and pats it to make sure it's empty, then moves to another table. She stops there, staring at Isa, and kind of looks like she's trying not to laugh. ]

Oh come on, relax. There's nothing dangerous in here. Just eat.

I'm gonna strangle you in your sleep someday, just so you know.

[the grouchiness is only half a bluff. on the one hand she was subconsciously expecting something like this, because it's Lea. on the other hand, in this place with free food and free everything else where she ended up suddenly with a Lea who she hadn't already smooched and gotten used to again, was a little peace and quiet so much to ask?

Isa gives Lea a really sullen look, but at least moves down the table a little bit to scope out the food. she's trying, really.]

Nahhh, you would've done it already.

[ She's calling the wrong bluff, isn't she? Anyway, the bowl is not a weapon or a shield, and she is now piling a little bit of food into it from every section, except the rice and noodles. Those aren't really finger foods. Roast chicken, pork, plus some wedges of various cheese and more of the breads. ]

This place regenerates food every day. Well, the whole world does, but I meant this room. It's... worth it, I'm just too lazy to deal with it usually. Kitchens are easier. Or Riku's.

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