"Boyfriend?"
"Yes, Vashti, boyfriend."
"...right."
An amused look lingered on the ranger’s eyes as she watched the vixen look back at Yugam while deep in thought, causing Lúthien to wonder just what on Arcia could’ve happened for Vashti to seem so wary of the man in the first place.
"Wanna catch up after all of this is over? I can introduce you to my other friends, I’m sure you’d get along with them—especially Fiora~" The blonde nudged her head in the direction of the elf and the magia as they had approached, a grin on her lips before the knightest’s words caught Lúthien’s attention.
"Don't lie to the rest of the gang around here."
"Me, lie to the gang? Why never Fio, perish the thought~!"
A dramatic flair was added to her voice as the ranger spoke, her words soon followed by a light chuckle as she continued to work with the coconuts. While the magnitude of work they’d have to do today had just started to sink into her elven mind, Lúthien could at least find comfort in the presence of her friends—and of course anyone else that had shown up with the intention of helping out.
She watched Fiora’s attempt to mimic her movements as the white haired elf went for a coconut of her own, before the taller woman plunged her knife too hard and too deep. The coconut split in half from the force, the water within spilling onto the table and the floor below.
"No biggie, at least whoever brought the coconuts in made sure to get a lot of extras… but definitely dial it back two like a two or three on the next attempt?" No use getting angry over accidents, especially when it was clear Fiora hadn’t meant to purposely fuck it up. Again the ranger went through the motions, slower this time as she showed Fiora how to properly handle it, before the voice of Ronja caught Lúthien’s attention while the magia busied herself with part of the evaporated milk.
"You are really protective of him, huh, Luthy?"
"N-Not really…"
"That's really cute."
Her voice faltered for a moment before the blonde clamped her lips shut as a rosy hue quickly colored her cheeks, the girl now aware of a tickling sensation at the tip of her elven ears from the heat that rushed into them too. Instead she opted to listen as Fiora relegated one of the adventures the pair had been on, a soft chuckle escaping Lúthien upon seeing Ronja’s reaction.
"For once I believe every word you just said, Fio~ I’ve lost count of the times I would’ve probably bit it out there had Ronja not been around with one of her cool inventions to get us out of sticky situations." The magia might be tiny, but her size didn’t mean that the blue-haired girl couldn’t keep up with the rest—and anyone that looked down on her would certainly be in for a surprise.
Soon though it seemed things had gotten a bit serious between the pair, the scowl on the bluenette’s face not one Lúthien was used to seeing. In stepped Fiora, attempting to do some form of damage control, but before the elf could get a couple of words the sound of a teapot seemingly reaching its peak echoed around them—accompanied by a cyan-ish steam coming out of Ronja’s ears.
"... Oh..."
"... oh."
Their exclamations were for entirely different reasons, with the elf’s hand reaching up to cover her lips seconds after to stifle an incoming laugh at the scene she’d just witnessed. Deciding to give Fiora and Ronja some space for the time being she’d stepped away from the table under the pretext of needing
something from
somewhere else, taking the chance to look around the lobby at the progress others were achieving.
Three figures had joined them by now, two humans and a magia from what Lúthien could tell, and the blonde waved at the trio welcomingly… before pausing as she noticed the fake glasses with a big fake nose/mustache and fake hairy brows combo on the latter.
I’m… not even going to ask about that. Nope. She had far enough things to keep track of and worry about today, no more space on her proverbially full plate to figure out what was going on over there.
Besides it looked like the white haired woman had things under control for the most part, she’d trust Eva to keep Kyanna and Tick Tock on track.
Not far from them Lúthien noticed the young fox girl leap back as a coconut splashed some of its water, before her quietly watching as Cynna neared Yugam—this time no snowball in hand. It seemed the two had managed to make peace after all, something that relieved the blonde, before a peculiar banter between Schilva and Vargold caught the girl’s attention.
"Would you look at that, between all that talk of a katana’s usefulness and piercing skills—" She clapped her hands together to gather the attention of both player, one eyebrow arched high in the air as a smirk remained on the girl’s lips—she hadn’t missed the euphemisms flying around, even if they might have.
"—it seems the both of you finished draining the last of them. Time to properly split them now, they still need to go into the ovens and bake for a bit."
The girl pulled one of the now emptied coconuts on the table towards herself as she spoke, her other hand reaching for one of the few large chef knives present in the tables. She twirled the blade along her fingers with practiced ease, adjusting her movements for the weight difference of it compared to her throwing knives, before ensuring a firm grip on the handle as the back of the knife was aligned with the equator of the coconut in her other hand.
Quick and solid hits were given to it, and with each movement the elf made sure to shift the coconut in her palm a bit more to strike a new part, until she’d made one full pass around it. A small crack was now evident in the hard outer shell and, after flipping the knife over so the bladed edge now faced the coconut, Lúthien managed to sink the heel of the blade with apparent ease. The coconut was then placed on the table, a safe grip on its side, before the ranger twisted the knife and a
craaack rang out.
One perfectly split coconut now rested on the surface, the cheeky grin on the elf remaining before she carefully grasped the knife by the blade and offered the handle to the other two.
"So, who wants to give it a try first~?"
KNACK BONUS
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8pts to progress rolls
PROGRESS ROLL #1
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+24 to Cream of Coco
Coconuts | Luthien | 1597C2
PROGRESS ROLL #2
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+56 to Cream of Coco
Coconuts | Luthien | 1597C2
Evap.d Milk 154/150
Conds.d Milk 099/250
Cream of Coco 336/500
