A Happy Be-Lated Birthday Party (Does That Make It an Unbirthday?)

[wishmadeinfire]

Who: Ashura (wishmadeinfire ) , Dextera (twisted_baroque ), and Felix (lord_wizard )
What: Ashura learned with was Dextera's birthday and he wanted to help the boy celebrate and see that birthdays are happy things!
When: Today
Where: Ashura and Felix's room
Warnings: none

Ashura checked that everything was in place - a table set  out with delicious food (roasted duck, potatoes, seasoned vegetables) and for three, that there was wine, juice, and water available according to diner's preference, and the piece de resistance - a birthday cake set in the middle surrounded by a series of small gifts with the words 'Happy Birthday Dextera' written on its buttercream surface.

Now, all that was needed to be done was await the presence of the birthday boy himself.

Comments

[twisted_baroque]

"I don't think I've had both at the same time before." Which meant this was another new thing. The thought that he really should start looking at his cooking books again ran through his mind for a moment before it latched onto something else.

"Can I ask why it's called 'marbled'?"

[lord_wizard]

Felix smiled and stabbed a fork into the food without much preamble.

"Marble is a type of stone. It can have various appearances, but it usually looks like two or more colors swirled together," he said, then swished the juicy piece of duck around in his potatoes, creating a similar effect, "...like that."

[wishmadeinfire]

Ashura laughed, but kindly.

"Yes, something like that. Think of two colors of paint being swirled together, but not fully mixed. That is what it looks like it. It is sort of a way to cheat and get both flavors at once," he grinned at Dextera, munching happily on his duck, taking a slice of orange and squeezing the juice from the wedge onto the skin for added flavor.