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[takethat]

[A flour-covered Phoenix may be found in the kitchen bright and early on March 7, adorned with a yellow and white striped apron, and merrily rolling out cookie dough. His journal is open nearby, and he's talking over it.]

So, it's Purim! Or at least, it will be tonight. I don't think it counts for very much here, since the castle seems to be pretty choosy about what holidays it celebrates, but I wanted to make hamantaschen anyway. So, uh, anybody who wants some, please let me know!

[There's a delay as he's cutting out circles from the dough, and then a splatter of prune filling on the journal.]

...if you don't know what they are, they're cookies with fruit filling in the center. These are prune flavored. Don't knock it til you try it, but I can make apricot, too.

[And with that, he goes back to making his cookies, plopping the filling into the center of each one and pinching the cookies into triangle shapes. When finished, they'll look a bit like this, though considerably less perfectly-shaped. A couple are definitely still round.]



Hey, uh--Maya? I need to ask you something.

[A lengthy pause]

...what's going on with you and that Wheatley guy?





I made you a batch of hamantaschen. Lots of different flavors. I'm in the kitchen if you want to come get them, or I can bring them to you later.



((ooc: Jewish!Phoenix is headcanon, not actual canon. The more you know.))

Comments

[peacockherald]

Ah, I see.

Jewish... it is not a religion in my world. Do you worship a god?

[takethat]

Yeah. Just one--no Pantheons or anything like that.

[peacockherald]

_{[He nods, coming up parallel to him and reaching into a cupboard to get down a cutting tray and then a knife, laying down a small assortment of apples.]}

Is it the only religion in your world?

[takethat]

[Watching the apples, wondering what they're for--just a snack, or part of a larger dish?]

Ah... no, no. There are huge amounts of religions where I come from. I couldn't even begin to guess at how many. And within each religion, there are different sects or denominations that vary enough to stand out from the others. It's sort of a religiously complicated world.

[peacockherald]

Ah, I understand. There are quite a few in my own and not... all of them get along, to say the least.

[takethat]

Yeah, that's true of my world, too. Many wars have been fought over those religious differences.

[peacockherald]

Believe me, I know how that is. Karsite and Valdemar are not the best of friends right now for it.

[takethat]

[He blinks.]

...well, I don't know exactly what that means, but... I can infer, from the context, anyway?

[peacockherald]

To them we are demons, and to us they are backwards and unnecessarily violent and oppressive.

_{[He shrugs helplessly.]}

[takethat]

...goodness. ...that sounds like the makings of conflict, alright.

[peacockherald]

I spent more than one season holding them from the edges of Valdemar.

_{[And he has the numerous scars to show it.]}

Some of their religion is practiced within our borders, and we have nothing against it. I only have dislike for those who would use it as weapon to attack innocents.

[takethat]

It seems like you come from a very troubled world.

[peacockherald]

I think every world is troubled. Mine perhaps more visibly than others.