Fourteen Bells: [WRITTEN/ACTION] Forward-dated to morning.

[simplestgift]

I understand that Twenty-Six isn't any different from Twenty-Five, and that birthdays are no accomplishment, but I find myself especially grateful for this one. I didn't expect to spend it thinking about being thrown into the lions' den tomorrow, but one can't have everything.

Kennedy

[Archie will be about the library, the grocery store, and Good Spirits today, looking strangely neutral. Catch him pretty much anywhere. Horatio is permitted to tag along wherever, so responses might come from both.]

Comments

[Voice/Filtered from Legato/Yuber]

[simplestgift]

I'll see you shortly, then.

Re: [Voice/Filtered from Legato/Yuber]

[goldenglasses]

Alright! [And it really won't take too long to arrive. He'll be bringing what would be a fairly expensive bottle of liquor with him too. You know, if Luceti had any money. He also has a bag full of chips and other such fun snacks inside of it.] Happy birthday!

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[simplestgift]

[Kennedy can't help but smile as he lets Vash in, but that's about the first time he's done that all day.] Thank you! Let me... [Take something from you?]

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[goldenglasses]

[Vash hands over one of the bags.] I thought - what kind of card game is played without snacks! So I stopped and picked some up.

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[simplestgift]

[And now you got him to laugh, even if it's more like a sharp exhalation. He arranges the food on the table.] You picked up enough to feed my entire family for a week. [He says this approvingly.]

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[goldenglasses]

[Vash grins as he pops open a bag a chips and takes out a handfull.] Then you need to visit my apartment sometime around dinner, because you wouldn't think the same way after.

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[simplestgift]

[Kennedy nabs a chip.] As contrasted with my own, where one must occasionally remind my messmate to eat.

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[goldenglasses]

Really? How could they forget about eating? [Food is such a great thing!]

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[simplestgift]

Thinking too much on other things.

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[goldenglasses]

I can't ever imagine skipping a meal! [Yes he can, he's just being dramatic.] There's just too many tasty things to skip one!

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[simplestgift]

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[goldenglasses]

What! It's true! There is just so many tastey things to try!

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[simplestgift]

...Perhaps I should let you tell him that. You sound very convincing.

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[goldenglasses]

Has he ever had a donut before? [Because horror, upon, horror Vash has learned there are people in Luceti that's never had one before!]

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[simplestgift]

You know, I'm not quite sure.

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[goldenglasses]

Hmm, I bet he wouldn't be so willing to skip meals if he had!

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[simplestgift]

He doesn't...starve himself.

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[goldenglasses]

Well, at least there's that though, but maybe if he tried some more of the great food Luceti has he'd change his mind!

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[simplestgift]

That'll never happen here. [He's referring to the apartment.] Two bach--men cooking on their own? I've learnt a little from Sayo, but not enough.

[That's right, Horatio's not a bachelor anymore.]

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[goldenglasses]

[Vash raises a brief eyebrow at the sudden word change, but doesn't mention it.] I'm not much of a cook myself, that's why I always visit the restaurants around town! Better way to sample cooking for different planets that way too.

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[simplestgift]

I tried sampling a drink from another planet once. It...

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[goldenglasses]

It?

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[simplestgift]

Have you tried Romulan ale, Vash?

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[goldenglasses]

No, I don't think so.

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[simplestgift]

I wouldn't recommend it. It isn't anything like actual ale. It'll take the roof off the top of your mouth if you let it linger.