Damien of Seajen sat down after the mess hall said the prayer to the gods, he looked at his food, his face squinted as he leaned in. "Is it dead or is it still dying?" he asked a squire sitting next to him as he poked his food

"I think I just heard it moo!" the squire on the other side of him stated.

Damien made a loud cow sound, causing the squires near by to laugh as others looked around for the source. The squire to the right of him got up, his plate was cleaned off, Damien stared at his friend, "Please," he said disbelief on his face, "please tell me you didn't eat the same thing I did!"

The squire smiled and wagged his fingers signifying he used the Gift. Damien glared at his friend for a brief second before Damien started gesturing towards his own plate full of food. The fellow squire sighed leaned over and with a flash of light Damien stared at his food as it became fully cooked. Damien nodded to his friend and said his thanks as he gobbled his food down now that it was appetizing.

Rean sat down a few seats down from him. A few of her friends were turning a bit green, or just staring at the food distastefully. She frowned at it. "Okay. No." She sighed, and her stomach growled. She stared at the food, as if willing it to be edible.
A squire near her managed a croaking sound. She looked at him. He had obviously tried to food. He looked rather ill. She remarked casually, "Looks like you're really enjoying that." He seemed to glare at her, though she suspected his eyes had just been bugging out. "Well. This looked delicious." She poke it with a fork, rolling it over her plate. She sighed, and covered the offending 'food' with her napkin, she groaned.

Damien glanced down at Rean, "Come on Rean, eat up it's good for you," he stated as he took another bite. "Actually its really good for you, and taste yummy too," He gave a broad grin as one of the squire's made a gagging sound. Damien raised an eyebrow in question then shrugged and took another bite of his meal.

"Hey," he said, "at least its not slimy icky squid," with that remark the squire in-between Rean and Damien ran outside with his hand covering his mouth.

Damien looked at Rean a fork full of food, "Want some?" he asked with a boyish grin on his face, "it's cooked I swear!"

She made a face, and remarked, "Somehow, I think I can pass, and not be horribly upset." She noticed that his food, was indeed, cooked. She looked at him, peering around the boy in-between them. She raised an eyebrow at him. "How is yours cooked, and mine looks like death itself?" She quieried, resting her head on her hand.
She waved her fork around, and the boy next to her got up. "I have to go to bed. I don't feel good."
Rean laughed, and grinned, "Tell me how you got it cooked."

"Do you see Charlie over there?" Damien whispered as he pointed to a pudgy red-haired boy talking to some pages, "Well he has the gift, specializing in fire, he... warmed mine up to a edible stage while no one was looking. It works great but if someone notices he gets into trouble but it makes us happy."

Damien leaned in towards Rean, "Here is a hint, sit near him, he needs to be able to touch your plate in order to make it cooked. Why do you think he always has a place to sit in here," after taking another bite he finished, "he's very helpful for when the kitchen staff forgets we don't like things still moving."

Damien took another bite and then looked at her holding up a fork full of food, "Want some?"

She glanced over at the boy, putting him into memory for later times. Damien was full of interesting bits of knowledge. She moved into the now empty seat between them, and peered at his forkful of food. "Sure." She girnned at him. "Thanks." She looked at her fork, then his, "Want me to use my fork?" She added, her eyes amused. Of course he did. She shouldn't even of asked. But she didn't really care. She didn't mind being embarrassed, and she didn't get upset easily.

Damien looked at his fork then back at Rean, "What you don't want me to feed you? Should I be insulted by this?" Damien said with a shocked look on his face, which was completely ruined with the twinkle in his eye and a smile that slipped on his face.

"Sorry," he muttered, "I can't seem to stop smiling, " he gave a small shrug and pushed his plate in between himself and Rean, he took his fork and pushed half the food towards Rean and the other half towards him, he pointed to the far side that was closest to Rean, "that's your food and this side," pointing to the other side, "is my side, this is the middle line, do not cross over the middle line or war will break out on this here country of COOKED FOOD!" Damien held his hand up as if he was saluting a flag and then he smiled as he finished, "dig in!" Damien took a big bite of food and shoved it into his mouth.

Rean chuckled, and annouced, "Well! I attack your side!" She took some kind of vegetable from his side. Lightning fast, she shot it at the guy next to them, swiftly turning back to Damien and eating her food nochalantly. The boy glared at Damien, while Rean kept her face composed. She winked, and scooped up some of the cooked food with her fork. She grinned, "Smiling is infectious." She laughed, and ate the food, miraculously, it tasted good.

OOC: What are they eating? Hahah, I had to go with 'some kind of vegetable'. :lol:

Damien laughed and nodded to the kid saying loudly, "I told you the food was still moving! I didn't know it could fly!" he laughed and the kid just glared at him some more before turning back around.

Still laughing he looked at Rean, "You think your so smart putting the blame on me don't you?" he nodded, "yup I'm the more reliable culprit in this sense but you owe me!" continuing to laugh he at his veggies and meat, taking a drink now and then. When his side of the plate was empty he stole some vegetables from Rean's side of the plate, "to replace the one you stole and threw at some poor un-expecting fool!" quickly he shoved the cooked carrot in his mouth glaring at Rean is if she was going to steal it.


(I have no idea what they were eating, but not squid, I'm terribly fond of cooked carrots, with that in mind so is Damien)

Rean started laughing, and coveted her food. She grinned, and made a face. "I don't really like carrots." She pushed few towards him. She winked, and raised an eyebrow. "Enjoy." She made a face at the carrots. She peered at Damien, "So, Damien." She began, looking at him calmly, her chocolate eyes relaxed. "Why did you want to become a knight?" She knew her reason, and she sometimes wondered about others reasons.

She was jostled as the person who had moved in next to her got up, disgusted. "I am not eating this." There were murmurs of agreement from some of the other squires. Rean shifted in her seat, not bothered by the discontent so close to her.

OOC: I don't really like cooked carrots. I like raw carrots... I lik .. mostly everything else. :ph43r:

"Why did i want to be a knight," Damien actually sat back and thought about it, he gave her a smile "I guess most of it was from my sisters, I have five," he informed her, "I love them to pieces, my one sister, Eva told me I was going to be a great person one day," he smiled as he remembered, "my other sister, Asha, told me I had to much energy for a book worm so I came here. Plus it made my dad and mom proud," he pointed at her with his fork that had a carrot at the end, "what about you missy? Why did you want to be a knight?"

Rean frowned in though for a moment. "Well, to make my father and brother proud, I guess." She sighed, "When I was nine, by brother was killed." She raised her eyes to Damien's, their chocolate sheen determined. "I want to be able to defend people. I want to be able to save people. Their brothers." She sighed, and stabbed a potatoe with her fork. She ate it, and then said thoughtfully, "I can't really imagine you being a scholar, anway." She paused, "I mean you're smart, and you're quick witted, but you're a good fighter, too." She grinned, "And I, as I have proved so many times, am a rambler who tends to point out the obvious." She winked.

Damien raised an eyebrow, shrugging he said, "you forget I can take my beatings and still laugh about it, I have a great sense of humor," laughing he looked around, "your very fun to be around, you amuse me, which is a good thing," he gave a boyish grin and laughed, "I bet you like adventures and all that fun stuff too," he said as he shoved piece of steak in his mouth.

Rean said in mock horror, "Oh, I forgot your good humor and boyish goodlooks!" She grinned and said, "Well, I do love a good adventure." She settled in her chair. She was restless for some reason. She wanted to move, she wanted to fight something. She had too much energy. She sighed. "I sort of want to go to out to the city." She thought, 'Maybe buyig something will calm me down.' She grinned, "Want to come with?"

Damien smiled at the thought of roaming around Corus, "Girl you got me, lets go," suddenly very hyper he started jumping around in his seat like a little kid. "Lets go lets go!!!" he said smiling as if she wasn't moving fast enough for him he stood up grabbed her tray and his to rush up to the front, he took two steps and turned, "hurry up slow poke it was your idea!" he rushed to put their trays away with jump in everystep.

Rean laughed, and started out the doors, getting a head start on him. She raced down to the stables, not even looking behind her. She let out a laugh as she reached Kenshir. Saddling him, she looked over to see if Damien had saddled up Lala yet.

OOC: Want to join in the fight in the Market, and should we a new thread there? We could continue here.