shitposting rave 5: discount rejects from every genre

Of course you do. Someone as pleasant as you couldn't be a tealess heathen.

 

"Also, it keeps me warm," she says, smiling.

 

There are many ways I could keep you warm. But...

-THERE IS A TABLE AND A POT OF TEA. also a bowl with fresh mint in it-

Tea will have to do. Tea?

 

Anhelia raises a painted-on eyebrow but nods politely. "I would love some."

 

-is chuckling about that expression-

Sorry about that. I'm a lively thing for a "ghost".

-pours out a cup of tea-

Mint or no?

-she looks at you expectantly. like your worth as a person hinges on your answer-

 

Rude. All sorts of people should be dead and aren't.

I don't relish the idea of killing without intending to. I've been fighting with it a lot lately just choosing where to help. Having something beyond my control like that. -shakes her head- Don't blame you; not my idea of a Fun Time.

-longing stare at REAL TEA- Is the offer open? I haven't hit on a good blend from the local stuff and the bags I've scavenged are.... drinkable. Which is the best I can say.

 

You don't know many Egyptians do you? This isn't an offer. It's a command.

-sets anhelia's cup down and prepares another-

Now, would you like mint?

 

"Mint is wonderful."

 

-smiles approvingly-

Of course it is.

-the other cup is set down and mint leaves are place in anhelia's cup. she holds it out for her-

 

She takes it delicately and wraps cold fingers around the cup, then raises it to her face, inhaling and then sipping.

 

No, not many. -laughs and sits, curbing the instinct to check her sitting spot for bugs or stray rocks- Mint would be good, yes. Thank you.

 

-the tea is deeply sweet. incredibly sweet. you can still taste the tea, but it is impossibly sweet. also minty-

Good. I need not throw you out of my house.

-she says as she adds the sprig of mint. she holds it for you-

 

-she giggles as she takes the cup and savors the tea- I wish I could find mint around here. All I've found so far is valerian, which smells exactly like stinky socks.

 

Hardly suitable for human consumption. Or anything else for that matter.

I thankfully am a veritable treasure trove of mint.

 

"Good mint, too." She sips at it again. "Delicious. This is how they enjoy tea in your homeland?"

 

With enough sugar to give you diabetes simply by looking at it? Yes. Yes it is. It is often supplemented by sweet treats as well. Such as these delightful things...

-SUDDENLY THERE IS BASBOUSA. little cakes made of semolina and covered in syrup. they smell of rosewater and yet more sugar-

 

Cats are rather fond of it, at least. Get higher off it than catnip.

-HEART EYES, immediately snags one nibbles happily on it-

 

Fools. Precious ones though.

 

"Cats seek warmth, like me. I sit with them and talk best we can, and I pet them and they like it. "

 

You sound like a woman whose dream is to simply cuddle in a pile of blankets and cats.