It's a party for your taste buds. Or maybe torture. OTA (foreward date for tonight really)

[magnetic_magpie]

It's entirely possible the person who had caused this little challenge wasn't going to show up - that didn't matter. Really after the fun of having a third puberty - grant it only the second he remembered - he needed a distraction. So he'd been cooking more and when challenge to make something "really hot" he'd worked at it until he had something not only incredibly spicy - probably far more than most people could eat - but also flavorful. There was actual flavor, not just heat to the pasta he'd created.

And then he'd send word that this dish was ready and he'd put it together in Ten Forward. Over the last few days, he'd mentioned it here and there and towards the evening, he popped his cooktop into a girdle-type base and set up on a table to start cooking.

Winner gets bragging rights. It's only a moderately sized plate of pasta, how bad can it be right?

It's probably just food prep safety that has Magneto and Annie wearing gloves. Couldn't be the spice levels at all. And the cooler to the side that contains ice cream? Also not a warning.

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[engineermage]

While Trever is preventing his cat from repeat mistakes... Kale has plopped himself down nearish to the cook, holding a small, well worn notepad and pencil.

"So... he's using the really, really spicy ones. And I'm told that there's no difference between replicated food and not... so we shouldn't make any leeways for that... do you think?" He's only half talking to himself and half talking to Danny, if only because Danny is right there.

[effingblind]

Danny looks over when the guy sits down, cane folded up next to him and sitting on the floor. He looks almost exactly in the guy's direction, but his eyes don't focus the same way a sighted person's should.

"Yeah, the ghost chilies." Danny starts. "There's three of them in it, and a black pepper alfredo sauce."

[engineermage]

"Nasty shit that those ghost chilies. One of the few times my Uncle Rory actually lost a bet on something was eating one of those raw," Kale said, clearly gleeful at the idea of his uncle's misery.

Not that Danny would notice, but Kale doesn't seem to notice Danny's lack of noticing... (say that three times fast). He's more preoccupied with his little book, tapping it with the pencil.

[effingblind]

Kale might be surprised what Danny does and doesn't notice. He makes it his business to be able to read people, at least a little. He feels it's necessary if one wants to be a lawyer.

"Sounds like a bad thing to bet on," says Danny with a chuckle. "Me, I like my tastebuds when they aren't on fire. He tilts his head at the tapping of the pencil on the notebook.

"What are you writing?"

[engineermage]

Oh, Kale would definitely agree with that. An uncle of his was a lawyer and married to a lawyer. Being able to read people, even if you can't see them could mean the difference between a conviction or not.

"Yeah, but Rory's a seventh son, so betting on him is usually a sure way to win easy money." From the annoyed sound of Kale's voice he lost the chili bet.

Nat had told him otherwise, but it'd actually been a fairly even split between everyone on if he could manage the chili raw. The smarter people went with Nat because Nat was the professional chef.

"I'm trying to come up with a good betting pool for this. The problem is coming up with the odds. There's a bunch of people with abilities that could let them cheat and there's no way for me tell one way or the other. I mean, I've got the how many people will come screaming for ice cream pool, obviously."

[effingblind]

"Seventh son?" Danny asks, cause he's clearly missing something. Then again, he feels like that a lot here. He tries to mingle as much as he can to learn more about this place and the people stuck here.

"Don't tell me you lost the bet then. Did you?"

He listens as Kale explains what it is he's trying to do. "Well, if they have abilities to help them cheat, that seems a little unfair. Is there any way to do separate pools for separate people?" He gives a grin when he mentions the ice cream, though.

"Yeah? What are the odds on that one?" Or the chances they might try to take one without asking and get smacked for their trouble?

[engineermage]

"Seventh son of a seventh son? They're Lucky." And yes, the capitalized L is very evident as he says the word. "They always manage to just barely win, they can make that shot that you'd have to be incredibly lucky to make. It's why they're barred from participating in sports competitions. They'd always just win. Even by the slimmest of margins."

Drove Rory nuts because all his other siblings - twelve of them - plus Kale, Trever and Nat were all able to participate in sports and he couldn't.

"We could do that, but would you be able to tell who has the powers and who does? I mean that's the entire point of cheating, after all." He scratch his nose with the pen. "The odds as they stand right now are a flat out 50/50..."