your new friend vernon is walking you home one night, telling you all about the date his mom is setting him up on in an attempt to “get out there more”. he admits it’s been a while since he’s taken somebody on a date, and he’s sort of nervous and half dreading it. he doesn’t even have any idea what he’s going to wear.
the two of you reach the front of your apartment building, and you face to look at him. placing your hands on his shoulders you teasingly say, “wear that navy blue polo shirt of yours. it almost makes you look nice.”
he huffs out a small laugh in response, but the truth is he’s sort of spiraling. you notice what he’s wearing beyond an aesthetic sense? do you pay attention to how the shirt fits him perfectly, how it hugs at his chest and shows off his arms? of course, vernon knows he’s attractive — people swoon over him on the daily, and many times he can get away with not paying for ramen at the convenience store if the girl at the counter is young. but, it never crossed his mind that you thought about him in that way. it was different with you, wasn’t it?
he thinks about that, and you, on the way back to his dorm.
you text him to ask about his date the next night, the curiosity getting the better of you.
how was ur date? did she appreciate the polo?
he admits he didn’t wear the polo, but doesn’t offer any explanation as to why. he adds that the date was going fine until they were saying goodbye and she went in for a kiss on the cheek and he held out his hand. he probably won’t see her again.
you laugh out loud at his message.
when it’s your birthday a week later, he wears the polo to the casual dinner you host at your place with your closest friends. he notices when your eyes linger on his lean figure, and the way you blush when you know you’ve been caught. you’re almost sure he’s worn it on purpose.
@unfriendlyamazon you gave me so many options and I accomplished half of two of them. My original goal was actual chef, great cook Jou. But jock Shizuka interfered and everything descended into chaos.
The logbook is soooo funny, what the hell is happening there? I’m not even talking about the lore implications, I just mean why does it exist and why are the prompts in the book like that?
Like, pages are covered in blood, it’s a children’s book. It’s got spooky writing about how the writer is scared and dead and can’t see and it’s an activity book for kids. Who is buying their children activity books that contains a section where they write their end of life preferences??
It also has that FNaF style of humor where it’s like “Thought about how you aren’t doing what you wanted with your life? Write it here!” Or “Make a list if your favorite things and also consider making this page in to a legally binding will!” Which is all stuff that lots of kids probably wouldn’t think was funny. (Edited to add because I just had to say this ig) It’s a very tired employee style of humor, not a lot of 7 year olds will relate.
But it’s definitely for kids, because if it was for adults or older fans then it would be set up like an actual employee handbook and not an activity book?? Whose idea was this thing? Why is it so funny???
i have recently learned apparently pomegranates are a mysterious fruit to more people than i thought (particularly to Rick Riordan himself, if the books are anything to go by) so little list of pomegranate things:
They’re in-season during the winter in the Northern Hemisphere. This is why they’re associated with Persephone's journey to the Underworld (because winter).
The outside peel feels basically like a smooth version of a citrus peel, and it’s a bit thinner.
There is SO MUCH PITH it is such a pain to peel and you should not eat the pith.
The entire seed is edible. They’re like corn kernels but a tiny bit crunchier and a fruit instead of a grain. Apparently some people do not eat the entire seed and spit out half of it and I do not understand why someone would put in that much extra effort for something literally the size of a corn kernel.
The juice is this very rich magenta. It looks a little like blood but it’s definitely more pink/purple than blood red.
A single pomegranate has several hundred seeds. Even a single section of pomegranate easily has like 50 seeds.
I cannot compare the smell other than “it smells like pomegranate” but things that claim to be pomegranate flavored/scented are generally accurate.
Individual seeds range in taste but they’re generally. well. fruity, as you’d expect from a fruit, or very mildly sour. Think like, apple levels of range.
things I didn't realize back when I lived in an entirely gluten free household with a professional chef brother and mad experimental baker mother:
gluten free food does not exist in the wild. at all.
it is spensive
literally how am i supposed to survive like who designed this. I knew I was spoiled but I didn't know the situation was this dire.
I actually prefer the stores that don't stock gluten free pastries at all, because once in a blue moon, when I step into one of those fancy grocery stores and see that one singular frozen cinnamon roll (smaller than my palm) has a price tag of 98kr (abt 9$) I just start crying on the spot.
I just feel like that SHOULD be illegal.
for reference; a regular (FRESH, not even frozen) gluten filled cinnamon roll at the same fancy store costs abt 25kr (2$).
Also ngl I'm getting kinda sick of the way people percieve gluten free food. Whenever I get accomodated at an event (and don't bring my own food), the person serving it will give me a knowing look and go "well, it's gluten free so it's not like it'll taste good anyways, but here u go" and hand me a half baked chocolate cupcake that tastes like someone substituted the sugar in the recipe with salt. Like, yeah okay I'm glad you guys thought of me but the thought doesn't count for much when you waste your time and money on something you don't even believe can taste good so you settle for just making it inedible on purpose. Please for the sake of my stomach and sanity just send me the menu in advance and I'll bring my own chocolate cupcake. Or better yet: make something that doesn't have gluten in it to begin with, like pavlova or almond cake, the possibilities are endless.
Went to that post to see about installing Into the Pit and I got curious so I looked at the books and. Guys.
In the recipe book, Glamrock Chica has three recipes. Food is her whole thing, the original Chica got a good amount at least, but neither of them have the most recipes. All the other Glamrocks have five or more recipes.
They made a cookbook. And gave the food animatronic. Three recipes. They gave the food animatronic. Three. Recipes.
Like, at what point does the lack of care for Chica specifically just become insulting? They even gave her fucking maze to Monty in the new interactive novel. The recipe for Cupcakes is in Roxy's section now. Not a single one of the Glamrock recipes are Glamrock Chica themed.
They really just can't give her anything can they?