[BBS] ICK.

[espio]

[Espio is... bored. He was training in his much weaker human form during Galbadia's attack, trying to better familiarise himself with fighting with it, and took nasty injuries to his shoulder and leg that wouldn't have been anywhere near as bad if he'd been in his usual, durable chameleon form at the time. Add the limitations of para-magic and complications arising from the magical fun of shapeshifting, and lizard boy has pretty much been out of action for a couple of weeks.

A couple of weeks of lots of reading. Fiction and cookbooks and recapping on Indirect Para-Magic and all sorts. It led to a few discoveries, the best of which was black forest hot chocolate - basically the world's best cake in hot drink form. And... less delicious things Espio has no intention of eating any time soon. Or, you know, ever.

He's back on his feet, but still needs to take it easy, much to his continued frustration. Here, BBS, have a taste of Espio's reading materials.]

Okay, you lot seem to think eating bugs is disgusting and gross and whatever, despite the fact everyone's from different worlds and cultures. Can't believe how multi-universal the "bugs are icky" train of thought is. But you know, there's worse things out there than bugs - worlds are full of very different countries and cultures and stuff.

So, here's another one of those good old "tell us about your world" BBS posts. Natives included.

Subject: Disgusting foods.



1. Natto. Basically a bunch of rotted beans. They look rotten, they smell rotten, and they're covered in a sticky and stringy mess because they're just that rotten. I mean, fermentation always sounds nasty, but in this case the end product itself is foul.

2. Maggot cheese. I think it has an actual name. Yeah, I'm fine with eating bugs, but there's something about maggots that even I find gross. So try cheese infested with live maggots (deliberately put there, I'll add), which have been eating and digesting said cheese, basically decomposing it. Oh, and you eat it while the maggots are still alive, and chances are high they'll still be alive when they come out again. AND the maggots can jump about six inches or so. Delicious.

3. Balut. It's a fertilised egg. There is a half-developed baby bird inside that thing when it gets boiled. I don't think any more needs to be said on why that is disturbing.

Comments

1/2 [BBS obvs]

[fierybluebird]

What?

What?

WHY!?

2/3 [BBS obvs]

[fierybluebird]

That's just not right man. Not right at all.

[Thanks Espio, he's having a break down and crying.]

3/3 done [BBS obvs]

[fierybluebird]

I'm not coming out of my room.

Ever again.

- Marco

[espio]

Shift your ass out of there, Marco. This stuff will probably never enter the vicinity outside of books.

[Because he can't see breakdown, and isn't really connecting "Marco is a bird" to anything either because, well... you know, there's a huge difference between, say, bugs that are food and bugs that are people. He already kind of has that division set in his mind for all species. For all he knows, there's a non-sapient food source human species somewhere.]

[fierybluebird]

No. I don't care. I don't want to live in a world where people think balut is food.

[redcinemareel]

[THE LAST ONE..........]

That's disgusting! I'm never eating eggs again. Or cheese.

-Grell [No heart this time. EW EW EW.]

[Action]

[fierybluebird]

[Have a phoenix clinging to you all wrapped up in a red blanket. EVERYTHING IS WRONG WITH THE UNIVERSE AND HE CANNOT FORGIVE IT.]

[redcinemareel]

[Oh, her poor birdie...

Grell nearly tosses her laptop onto a chair before petting his head, or what Grell thinks is his head. There are a lot of covers.]

There, there, my firebird. No one will eat your babies.

[fierybluebird]

[Chirps and mumbles. It's too late. They eat them as unhatched, that's just beyond creepy.]

[espio]

I did already say they were disgusting. But hey, I guess repeating it just emphasises it.

[redcinemareel]

Yes, especially since you've traumatized my husband.

[espio]

Dealing with it.

[bbs]

[plotdeviceturk]

Malboro: They taste only slightly better than they smell and have the same texture as chewing on grass stained old shoe leather. They are, however, a good source of various vitamins and protein in an emergency.

[espio]

You mean those horrible green things that inflict every ailment possible on you just by breathing?

[plotdeviceturk]

Yes.

[dragonspooker]

...eugh, those all sound beyond awful.

As for something from my world - Dradora Surprise. You think that stuff was, bad, well...

[Cue one horrifying tale of what goes into the dish.]

ooc

[espio]

[region locked video is region locked u_u]

Re: ooc

[dragonspooker]

[Damn it, Youtube...

Well. What happens is that Lina wonders about the dish since her party's hijinks resulted in a dragon going berserk and wrecking most of the town they were visiting that was famous for the dish. Another member pulls out a field guide and shows Lina, who promptly gets green in the face and terribly disgusted, as does another member. The last two scream in terror and fall over.]

[mirage_diver]

Insects are tiny and often kinda... crunchy. I can kind of see why people would be turned off by looking at them at food-wise. Has nothing on the maggot cheese, though.

As far as back home... escargot always grossed me out, but then again, that tends to happen when snails can get as big as a house.

[espio]

I dunno, escargot sounds fine to me. Them being big just means more meat to go around.

[mirage_diver]

I guess it's in the presentation. ...and the fact that crappy chefs forget to take out the electric gland in the things. I prefer being able to feel my tastebuds.

I can second what was said further up about marlboro, by the way. Pretty much anything tastes better, but it's technically good for you. In a "puking purges the toxins" sort of way.

[fisheyes]

android puke

thats all

[espio]

I didn't know that androids could puke.

[fisheyes]

yeah i guess most of them cook normally but some of them have other ideas

why youd want to make a meal inside yourself i dont know but it happens

[graynbowdash]

Bugs really aren't that bad. They're a part of nature; most just aren't used to having them around all the time, I guess.

That said, none of those things will ever sound appetizing to me.

(She may be an explorer, but damn that's just...just no.)