Hold me/I'll Keep you warm/In the throes/Of this raging storm

[sekaiwayasashii]

Who: The 'Eldridge' family, and everyone that decided to take refuge with them for the time being.
What: Night has fallen, and everyone at least has time to breathe.
When: Nighttime, November 9
Where: 341 Brady Lane
Warnings: Fail!Op, but this is a mass 'everyone under Tifa's roof mingle at night' log so...

Night has finally fallen, and everything is

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[heartofheaven]

Considering the number of guests, it was a good thing that Tifa was used to cooking for a lot of people. She decided the best way to handle all this was to treat it as though she was back in Seventh Heaven. So Tifa could mostly be found in the kitchen, cooking up quick and tasty dishes for her guests. And yes, it all smelt good. Tifa was an excellent cook.

If anyone wanted food, all they had to do was ask.

*tags everyone ever--God I should probably be studying*

[sekaiwayasashii]

Food. If there was one thing she loved about living here, that was it. She wasn't sure how Tifa did it--it was as though it was magic...

Tifa touched food and it became amazing, rich, delicious. Something that...well. Something that far outshone anything Teta had ever eaten in Ivalice.

So of course, even Teta couldn't withstand the smells for long, poking her head inside and watching her 'mother' make her magic, curious eyes shimmering.

"I hope I am not interrupting..."

I don't know anything about cooking at all, so just pretend she's cooking something awesome

[heartofheaven]

Tifa glanced around and smiled when she saw Teta. "Nope! But I could do with a little help. Could you set the dining table?"

Works for me~ Not sure if the Dining table's close to the kitchen but um. ASSUMING IT IS.

[sekaiwayasashii]

"Certainly."

Teta moved towards one of the cupboards, gathering the plates little by little. It was always important to gather them a little bit at a time or else they would break...

And thus she set to work setting the table, gathering the plates, settings and other such things and setting them in a traditional Ivalician style, common to be shown at Noble banquets. She had found some cloth napkins and even made an attempt to fold them in that fancy rightside up manner that the nobles liked so much, but it didn't seem as refined as it was in the Beoulve household, when the elder servants did it...

Teta tried it a few more times until it was satisfactory.

"Ah...Tifa?"

An awkward pause.

"Thank you.

[heartofheaven]

Meanwhile, Tifa busied herself carving the roast beef which was now ready. The rest of the food was almost done, but she could leave it to simmer.

Teta called her name, and Tifa turned, tucking back her hair as she did so.

"Thank you?" Tifa looked puzzled. "For what?"

[sekaiwayasashii]

What was she thanking her for? Taking care of her? Being kind to her? That doesn't seem quite right...

But she was. She was very kind to her since arriving. Always there for her, and always gentle, but strong. Teta could only hope that she could become a woman like that someday, even though Ivalician women were not quite that sort...at least those who were not in the military.

...But...

"For...for being so kind to me, since I had arrived."

Not anyone would do that. She was common-born. Worthless. Useless.

[heartofheaven]

Tifa's face softened. Did Teta think she was undeserving of good treatment? Hunter had told her how back in Teta's own world, people hadn't always been kind to her.

She shrugged, trying to make light of it. "I'm just doing the decent thing. As long as you're here, you're my daughter. Even if it's not by choice... We have to help each other."

[sekaiwayasashii]

She was so kind. So kind to her.

"This is true." Teta said, though the smile felt a bit forced.

She wished that it was the 'decent' thing where she lived to help. She wished that Ivalice had more good people like her. Everyone in Mayfield were so kind...this place was Hell, but the people in it made it bearable.

It even made her wish that Delita could come here...just to meet the people that she had met here, and see that not everyone was like the nobles in Ivalice.

"Though it is not a common thing for one to think that way; you possess a kind heart."

[heartofheaven]

Tifa smiled, but there was a slight wistfulness in her expression.

"So do you, Teta. Now, would you go and tell our guests that dinner is ready?"

[sekaiwayasashii]

"I shall!"

A bright smile formed on her face, and Teta left the room with a bounce in her step.

They didn't go in uncomfortable territory. She was okay.

They were okay.

And so she left to let the guests know that food was, thus, ready.