#by association
im so swamped with school ahhh i only have time to draw dumb memes
Lup comes home to the mouth-watering smell of garlic sautéing on the stove. It’s fucking delightful. She loves having a body again. Not enough people appreciate having a working nose; for a long moment, it’s all she can do to stand in the hallway and inhale. Mmm. Fuck yeah, that’s the good stuff.
Then she kicks off her shoes and heads on into the kitchen, because after twelve years trapped inside an umbrella and several months as a lich, Lup also greatly enjoys having legs. It’s the little things, you know? Taako’s standing by stove, and when she enters, he glances back and waves her over to the counter.
“Oh, good, you’re just in time,” he says. “Come grate this parm. Where’s Barold?”
Lup rolls her eyes, but pads over and pulls a box grater out of the drawer. “What, no hello? Barry’s still filling out paperwork, he told me to go on ahead. What’re you making?”
Taako sticks his tongue out and reaches past her for a bowl of diced tomatoes. “Pasta puttanesca,” he says. The tomatoes sizzle finely as they’re added to the pan. Lup watches as he stirs, then lowers the heat to let them simmer. “How was day one of Reaper school? You gank some ghouls yet? Slurp up any souls?”
“Nah, no soul slurping,” Lup says. “That’s day two.” She eyes the skillet, then his mise en place. “You never add enough red pepper flakes.” She reaches for the little bowl.
Taako slaps at her hand. “Don’t you fuckin’ dare,” he says. “If you add it now it’ll burn.”
“Um,excuseyou, it’ll be nicely toasted. You just have no taste.” Lup elbows him back, then picks up the block of cheese and resolves to try again when he’s not looking. “Orientation was good, though,” she says. “Pretty standard onboarding. It reminded me of the IPRE a little, actually. Krav made us do icebreakers.”