Open | The Epicurians Present: The 1st of September Beach Bash!

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Who ► Leo & Anyone that wishes to join!
What ► BEACH PARTY!!
When ► September 1st
Where ► Δ Haggard Traveler's Reprieve
Content Warnings ► People will be drunk. Will add to if needed

[The time has come... for fun! Δ Haggard Traveler's Reprieve has been decorated with all the niceties that a beach party requires - docks for fishing, large umbrellas to hide from the sun, several tables with sets of chairs for sitting and conversing, and the most obvious addition: a massive roaring bonfire with a big cooking mesh over the top of it for barbecue cookin'!

Leo's wearing a fishing hat and aviators alongside his trademark loincloth-and-nothing-else getup for maximum dissonance. From his position on the other side of the bonfire, he waves a hand at those arriving.]

Welcome to the Beach Bash! Snacks and drinks are on the tables, bottles of sunscreen and crafting tables are under the umbrellas, and complementary fishing gear are at the docks for your convenience. Have fun, friends~

[Emperor Grunty is also here, should you wish to annoy him! He's currently laying in the sand with a reflector. What? Grunties need their sun too!]

Comments

[trashtier]

[what.]

Th-They have feelings, though! They don't deserve to suffer, even if you'd apparently be fine with it!

[tablescraps]

( Ah. One of those types. )

... You must like fish.

( A lot............. )

[trashtier]

What of it?!

[He's in the middle of petting every single one of these poor little guys on the head...]

[tablescraps]

( The fishies, though they can only ( ◉▼◉ ), perhaps ( ◉▼◉ ) with their mouths a little wider for Levi as he pets them. yayyyy levi

Mithrun's tone is a verbal shrug. )

They're lucky you're here. ( As in, they literally would not be alive right now if not for Levi. Then again, they are just a bunch of pixels, so...? ) No one else here was really worried for them.

[trashtier]

Well it'd be one thing if you'd at least killed them before cooking them...

[Not that he's going to let Mithrun even do that with these guys. They're his now.]

Anyway, they're all monsters too, then. Seriously, you were just gonna torture them before making them your meal!

[tablescraps]

... What do you want?

( Levi saved the fish and he's still yelling. Why? )

[trashtier]

[He’s definitely not yelling now. This has thoroughly caught him off guard.]

…huh?

[tablescraps]

You saved the fish. But you're still upset.

[trashtier]

[It’s weird for him to have to stop and actually think about this, but he does.]

W-Well yeah. I’m mad that they even had to go through that, and I’m mad at you for not caring.

[tablescraps]

Do you want me to say I'll kill them first next time?

[trashtier]

...Yeah.

Like, I get it. They're just fish. But they deserve some dignity, too.

[tablescraps]

More dignity than human beings?

[trashtier]

[His frown deepens.]

What, is this a competition now? But if you want my honest answer, I think they deserve the same amount.

[tablescraps]

I see. I can't promise anything, then. I'm neutral on people, as well.

[trashtier]

...Man, you operate on some weird logic. Maybe just, IDK, have people prepare the fish for you, then?

[tablescraps]

( what's "eye dee kei"... )

... Would you?

( Choose wisely Levi. A yes means he will pester you about cooking fish forever, )

[trashtier]

Me? I don't...usually do the killing when I cook stuff...

[He's not gonna kill a fish.]

[tablescraps]

( there there )

It doesn't bother you that someone else did the killing when you cook?

[trashtier]

Not really... I can handle raw meat just fine, but I'm kind of squeamish with the whole killing and preparing thing.

[tablescraps]

So it's not about the ethics of killing fish, but about your own comfort.

1/2

[trashtier]

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[trashtier]

[He blankly stares at the bucket full of fish. This conversation has gotten way too deep.]

I... I guess?? I just hated seeing them being tortured and felt bad for them, that's all...

[tablescraps]

Is their pain real, even though they're simulated entities comprised of lines of code?

[trashtier]

Wh-- Are we seriously gonna go there?!

[Grumbling under his breath:] I can't do this again after Henrietta...

[tablescraps]

... Who's Henrietta?