Not Again | Catch All for Ash

[applechemist]

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[voidbreaker]

They're all emotional and stuff, yeah. Apart from task 1.

[ hm ]

Sure, that'd count. Probably? Mind if I get a task out of you as well?

[applechemist]

Sure!

[ ... she's a little nervous but. ]

My power is to dispel one curse per week. It comes with unpredictable side-effects, though.

[voidbreaker]

Unpredictable side effects?

[applechemist]

Like, um... Shutting down someone's emotions, for example.

[voidbreaker]

[ h m. ]

Used it on Carrot top or the Princess since we got here?

[applechemist]

I was trying to help.

[voidbreaker]

Yeah, these things seem like they're here to help but at a cost half the time, huh?

[applechemist]

It could be worse. At least it wears off, eventually...!

[voidbreaker]

Eventually. Like, end of the week eventually?

[applechemist]

Yeah...

[voidbreaker]

[ rip in heck, asch. ]

Hm. I kinda wanna ask your team, but I'm not sure I'd be able to return the favour this week. So it's up to you.

[ he leans back to tap a knuckle against the door to the lounge. ] I can show you how to mix a drink though. Something a little bit fancy.

[applechemist]

[ she shakes her head. ]

Let's leave teams aside, for now. The goal is for all of us to switch to one team, anyway, so it doesn't matter that much.

[ and she perks up! ]

Sure, I wouldn't mind learning.

[voidbreaker]

[ COLA my SPREADSHEET. ]

Yeah, that's fair.

[ he uses that same hand to open up the door. ]

Alright then. It might be a bit like your alchemy? But different results, or... slightly different process, I guess? [ he knows nothing of alchemy. ]

[applechemist]

[ suffer

and she follows along after him! ]

I've seen drinks mixed, before. Wuxian likes to do stuff like that a lot. I guess it is kind of like alchemy! Just with a lot less variation in ingredients.

[voidbreaker]

[ 😭 bullied by cola... ]

You'd use more for something basic?

[ he's looking around at the bottles with a sense of familiarity, before he glances over at her. ]

Any fruits or flavours you like the most?

[applechemist]

Apple!

[ oh right he asked more than just that one question. she's just so excited about apples. ]

And - even a simple drink may as well be loaded with useful traits.

[voidbreaker]

Oh. Yeah, that’s an easy one to do.

[ he immediately ducks down to the fridge and gets out some apples and lemon juice, and the selects a bottle of something very, very green looking; and something clear from the wall behind them.

all the bottles go in front of escha, along with a glass, and ash starts slicing the apple ]

Applr martini. It’s like... only those ingredients and an apple for garnish so it should be nice and easy to pick up.

[applechemist]

... Aren't you too young to know this kind of stuff?

[ Baby-zoned... ]

[voidbreaker]

I grew up in Raquel.

[ this explains nothing but also everything ]

[applechemist]

[ she tilts her head? to the side? ]

So...?

[voidbreaker]

It's an entertainment city. Bars, gambling, theatres -- a little of it seeps into your blood if you grow up there.

[ anyway. he slides a slide of apple at escha, as a little treat, and pops one in his mouth himself ]

[applechemist]

Woah, that sounds so interesting! I wonder if Central is like that...?

[ since it's the biggest city she can think of and those all seem like big city things. but then while she munches on her apple slice she thinks about Logy and... slowly shakes her head at her own thoughts... no, Central is probably not like that... ]

[voidbreaker]

Central?

[ he finishes up slicing the apple and tosses the core into the bin. then he digs around one more time and pulls out a cocktail shaker. it's almost time. ]

[applechemist]

[ she is watching attentively! ]

Central City. It's probably the biggest city there is, and they get a lot more government funding. They have way more alchemists too - like Logy.

[voidbreaker]

A friend of yours?

[ he has all the equipment ready, but he's listening to her tale of central city and her not-boyfriend logy. ]