Writers’ Chat: Light the Grill!
Your characters are having a backyard barbecue (or outside cooking-themed get-together equivalent.) Who’s cooking? Who’s ready to eat? Who’s waving away smoke and swatting bugs, wishing they could be inside?
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Cook is preparing the food, drinking, prepping the grill, drinking, cooking the food, drinking, fending off hoards of hungry privateers, and drinking. He's going to feed all of them, drink some more, and then make the lazy sods wash the dishes under his direct supervision because they obviously can't be trusted to do it right.
Kit and Alice have decided to bug Cook despite his threats to withhold food and affection. They've got lovers' privileges, they can do what they want.
Edward has come prepared with citronella candles and runes to drive the bugs away and had to be threatened to leave his notebook behind during the party. It's not that he doesn't enjoy these things, but it's shockingly difficult to find time to research on a flying ship.
Captain Proulx and Hakim (unlike the rest of the crew) are waiting patiently for the food to be done and doing any setup required.














