All For Not - Wednesday

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"You're tempting your gorgon," her head spun, "what? What do you mean? How?" I turned to meet her face, "by existing, you should go say hello, he seems quite nervous with the low interaction between the two of you today..."

"You think?" I gave a nod, "indeed, I'm afraid sneaking him in to kiss last night hasn't kept him as compliant as he would have hoped," She frowned at my words, "what does that even mean?" A sigh left me as I answered with a quipped tone, "he wants to keep kissing you Enid, how you don't understand your situation confounds me..." I turned back to the spread laid out before us, a striking amount of different finger foods, "disappointing," she raised her brows looking back at me, "what is?"

"With as many creatures here the selection is minimum, where's the poison," she looked around, "I don't think they set any out, you know in case someone ate it by accident," a puff of air left me, "like I said, disappointing..."

"Are you sure you don't want any rabbit? It's fresh," she bit her lip as I stayed silent, watching as I reached forward finally and grabbed a small handful of berries from the plant at the center, "I don't think you're supposed to eat those Morella," my brow cocked, "if that was the case why would they be here?"

"Table decoration?" I frowned once again looking at the sprig of berries, "nonsense, this is one of the only edible things Enid," she stood with a weird expression, "okay well... Here try this," my eyes narrowed as she piled something on my plate, "and this, is what exactly?"

"You've never had a deviled egg?" Her face froze and she turned into a shocked statue before snatching it with extended claws, "oh my god, I am so sorry I just completely forget sometimes, stupid, stupid..."

My brow cocked at her whine as she bit into the creation, in a pitiful way, "I don't lay eggs Enid, I am not a chicken..." A whimper sounded as she was made to feel worse, tensions running high within her, "I'm sorry I just, I don't wanna see my mom, I just wish she'd leave you know?" She looked at me expectantly and I glanced over to an accompanying table, eyeing my own mother as I replied, "it would seem as though I do..."

She smiled softly, relaxing just the slightest amount as her shoulders deflated from her stiff posture, "now then, is there any pufferfish?" I scrounged with my eyes as she gave me an answer, "no I don't think so, but they do have octopus and mahi mahi, here try some of that."

"It's fish," I swallowed as she scooped a slab of strange meat onto my plate, "is it poisonous?" I was hopeful as I looked down at it, but there was doubt, it didn't smell or even look like a poisonous creature, "no, sorry..." She looked apologetic when I glanced at her, "I appreciate you Enid, your help and your, friendship... But I must say I am disappointed in this display of food..."

"Yeah, I can tell... And thanks, I like you too, you know." She smiled brightly before piling food onto her own plate, all meat. "Hey," I side eyed her as she whispered, giving a grunt in question, "I guess birds do like fish, huh?" I blinked as her eyes moved behind me.

"Ajax you can't say that?!" Her tone was frightened as she looked at him in shock, my body slowly turning to him as if I floated into a 180 degree turn just to look up at him, "wow, you're really scary you know that..."

I knew Enid's face was showing how mortified she was without even having to look at her expression as I spoke to the boy that stood tall before me, "do you have any issues with me, gorgon?" He frowned at the use of my speech, "what, no. Why would I have an issue with you?"

Enid motioned towards the fish behind me, his eyes catching the motion, making him fling into action. His hands waved wildly as he spoke in a 'matter of fact' manner, "no, no, I just thought only seagulls liked fish and maybe penguins..."

I hummed in contemplation, "I see, no harm then..." I paused, my head tilting as the smell filled my nostrils at his laugh, "how high is your tolerance? I can smell it on you," he grinned, eyeing Enid as she slowly smiled at his gaze, "I don't know what you mean..."

"Sorry, were you saying something?" My brow cocked at him, his entire mind very much so filled with the little blonde wolf behind me, "are you okay?" He nodded at Enid's words, the irony being that only my voice was ignored, "oh yeah, we kind of made a new strain for class and yesterday it was finally ready to be harvested so now I'm like," I waited as she nodded also waiting, watching his hands pump the air as if he started push ups while standing...

"You're like what?"

His eyes went wide at the question and he nodded, "yeah, I think I'm just having a reaction to it or something, so are the others."