Snack Club Anon here! I bring…a game.
*produces platter of cupcakes*
Most of these are sweet spice cupcakes. But some have hot cayenne pepper instead.
Would the boys be interested in playing?
(I do have a backup platter of the “nice” ones, just in case. 😁)
*The adoles pop their heads above the surface*
Wild: Spices? Like salt or seaweed flakes?
Hyrule: Bet that would be tasty with sweet stuff, those look kind of like your seaberry puffs! So, this is just a game where the treat's either cold or warm?
Ravio: Uh, that's a weird look on the human's face ... I think there's more to the game than that.
Wild: Well, what else could it be? I don't know what a "cayenne" or a "pepper" is, but there's only one meaning for the word hot. I'm the oldest and hungriest--
Legend: You are NOT the hungriest, I can guarantee that.
Wild: Because I'm the oldest and hungriest, I'll go first.
Legend: *snatches a cupcake from the plate and shoves the whole thing in his mouth* Oh. Oh, wow, that's really good. That's not a spice we have here in the ocean, it tastes kind of warm without being actually warm. Bet it would be good with the coconuts we get drifting out here sometimes. I like it! *hands one to Ravio, who takes a smaller bite*
Ravio: Yum! It's kind of prickly, like eating a sea urchin without cleaning it. But this won't kill you like a whole sea urchin would going down. It's delicious.
Legend: No way, that's not at all what it tastes like.
Hyrule: Maybe you two got the different kinds?
Ravio: I don't think so. Mine wasn't warm, and neither was Legend's. Maybe my tongue tastes things differently since I'm ... you know. Ex-Demise.
Legend: Here. *splits a cupcake in half and gives the halves to Wild and Hyrule* This one doesn't feel warm, so it must be the same flavor Ravio and I had. You two can tell us what it really tastes like.
*Quiet munching*
*Pause of horrified realization*
Hyrule: *coughs, splutters, makes general dying noises*
Wild: It's attacking my mouth!
Hyrule: How did someone--cough--turn Demise poison into food?
Wild: I love it! More, please! I want to fight it back.
Legend: You two are so dramatic. *Gulps down three more cupcakes without a problem*
Ravio: Yeah, it doesn't hurt, it just prickles a bit. *Bites into another* Oh. That one does taste different. I see what Legend was saying about it feeling warm instead of being warm. That one's not for me, I think. *Shoves the rest of his sweet spice cupcake at Legend, who gobbles it up straight off of Ravio's hand*
Wild: Maybe "hot" is a flavor on land instead of a temperature?
Legend: But these are all the same flavor. See? *Eats another cupcake* Exactly the same.
Hyrule: *Gurgles and floats belly-up in the background*
Wild: Hm. Aryll would know for sure, I'd guess. Hey, nice human! Can you wait here for a second while I grab a watertight bag for the rest of those? I want to experiment with them later. And thank you for sharing with us!
