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[ostro_goth]

Teja is sitting at a table in the bar, eating fruit salad.

It had been recommended to him, so he would find out what pine-apples are.

They are fibrous, and tart, Teja finds.-

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[mogget_cat]

"I would suggest the drink called an Atomic Cat," says the not'cat stealing a chair at Teja's table, "made with pineapples, but the vodka in it would be no good for you."

Yrael's not really a fruit kind of person.

[ostro_goth]

"Yrael!" Teja says, turning to look at his friend. "I have not seen you in a while. And indeed, you would not wish me to drink vodka, and the wax maudlin over things from my life that I can no longer change."

[mogget_cat]

Yrael grins, a bit sheepishly. "I was busy for a while, a week really, outside of the bar. I only returned yesterday, and even then, I was out of the bar last night."

[ostro_goth]

"What were you busy with?" Teja asks, curious.

[candied_rabbit]

There is a rabbit-boy eying Teja's food from an adjacent table, leaning his chair back so that he can get a good look. (It is, for the record, a rabbit-boy somewhat more grown-up than Teja might be expecting.)

"Are you really eating that?" He asks with a fair dose of incredulity, finally turning right around in his chair so that he's seated backwards.

Fruit salad is locked in his mind as much more of an after-school snack than as a meal suited for ancient warrior types. The combination of the two just doesn't compute!

[ostro_goth]

"Greetings," Teja says. "And indeed, I am eating this."

He puts a spoonful in his mouth, chews, and swallows.

[candied_rabbit]

"Hiya," Momiji chirps back, waving energetically.

"Did you get all the fruit together and chop it up with your axe, at least?"

Getting taller has not made him any less ridiculous.

[ostro_goth]

"I never chop fruit with my axe," Teja says, earnestly, "but sometimes, herbs. I simply asked the bar for this."

[fiery_ring]

Carlotta, in school uniform, dangles a thread down from the ceiling to tickle Teja behind the ear.

[ostro_goth]

Teja is startled, and looks up.

"Carlotta!" he says. "I am not a cat!"

[fiery_ring]

"No, but it's amusing when you make this face." Carlotta says, doing a good impression of his startled look.

She pushes away from the beam, spins twice in the air, and lands neatly on the floor next to him.

"Good evening, your Highness."

[ostro_goth]

"Good evening, Carlotta!" Teja says. "Would you have some fruit salad, also, or would you prefer some ice cream?"