Backdated to the weekend Beach Party and Birthday Log! \o/

[fierybluebird]

[Marco runs around setting everything up. There's platters of food laid out -- more than enough and some extra as a habit from dealing with Ace and 1600 pirates, a boombox with tons of music, beach volleyball set up, a campfire, and according to Selphie and Marco, fireworks for later. GO NUTS. There will be some threads set up, but you can make your own or do anything! Just remember if the thread gets wild, mark it as NSFW.]

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[laughafterme]

[Oh, is this secret keeper time?]

...which monster?!

[kitchenfistfirechaosstyle]

Of all the choices in that cult of nasty blends, you want me to pick one corn of cracked pepper?

[laughafterme]

Well, what about the piece of almond not chopped right?!

[kitchenfistfirechaosstyle]

I do not know which spices assaulted your taste buds and threatened your nostrils! I only know I feared your throat would taste the chalky powder of harm!

[laughafterme]

[She places a hand on her throat, as if to protect it.]

AH! I'M SORRY! My throat is alright! I promise! [Although, she doesn't know what is really going on. But somehow it's her fault??]

[kitchenfistfirechaosstyle]

Hyahya, I know your tongue is unseared by heat and your stomach unburdened by terrible gas!

[He brightens a moment at her energy, but sobers quickly again.]

Still, it is hard for me to send you into battle.

[laughafterme]

[Oh, that's what's going on?! Pinkie finally gets it before sitting on her folded legs and wrapping her arms around him with a smile.]

I'll always try my best to be safe, Chammy! But...it's our job to get a few scratches and scrapes.

[kitchenfistfirechaosstyle]

Hyahya, I would not expect you to stop any more than you would ask me to stop cooking for fear I will burn myself on a hot frying pan! But I thought honesty was a spice our relationship could not do without and still remain tasty.

[laughafterme]

[Pinkie laughs, then nods.] Definitely a spice worth having! But if you burn yourself for not being careful, I'll overcook your rump!

[kitchenfistfirechaosstyle]

You need not worry about me, Pinkie. I have studied the Kitchen Fist for centuries! There is no ingredient I cannot tame... [He gathers her into his lap quite gently. For all that he appears to be fairly rough-hewn, his precision and control are exquisite.] ...Particularly when I have such an eager diner at home awaiting my return with the meals.

[laughafterme]

[With being this close, Pinkie takes this opportunity to press their cheeks together.] YEAH! That's right! I'll even wait before I start eating!

[Which she sometimes doesn't. She snacks here and there on the side dishes...]

[kitchenfistfirechaosstyle]

[...that would be really awkward if it were a metaphor, wouldn't it?]

[But speaking of metaphors, sometimes even the finest ground beef would have been better off whole. Some things are the most delicious when served plain!]

I love you, Pinkie. Hyahya, not that I have not been acting like it, but saying it is another thing...

[laughafterme]

[P-Probably???]

...you do?! [She shouldn't be surprised that he does, but hearing it...it's different! What she's really concerned about is what that could possibly encompass. She loves her mom, dad, and sisters, and her BFFs, but this is...different. Just like kissing is very different than a kiss on the cheek!

Why didn't she watch those romance movies with Rarity?!]

[kitchenfistfirechaosstyle]

Would I have seasoned the dish had I not intended to?

[Yeah, he can only stay out of metaphor territory for so long. Two sentences was pretty good...]

[laughafterme]

...uh...no??

[She's not sure if the answer should be yes or no.]

NO WAIT! I change my answer! YES!! [A pause.] Right?!

[kitchenfistfirechaosstyle]

[How kind of her, after he admitted his feelings, to remind him of why he felt that way!]

To put it another way, Pinkie, what have I ever said or done that my heart was not fully behind?

[laughafterme]

Let me see... [Pinkie crosses her arms and thinks over the answer. She takes a few moments before a lightbulb goes off. Somewhere.]

I got it! The answer is...NOTHING!!

[kitchenfistfirechaosstyle]

Hyahya, not in two or three thousand years! And before that, I think I was young enough that it does not count!

[laughafterme]

[Pinkie smiles softly before speaking.]

How can you be sure that you're in love with me? [Because she doesn't exactly know how love really works outside of family and friends.]

[kitchenfistfirechaosstyle]

Some things you simply know. I do not have words for love; I know only what my heart tells me.

[Sorry, Pinkie; it's a journey everyone needs to walk in their own way.]

[laughafterme]

[When you're Pinkie Pie, one does not simply walk.

Pinkie tries to really understand all of this, but she's still uncertain.]

Well, you mean a lot to me, Chammy, like a friend, or sister, or mom, or dad, but more! [A pause] BUT NOT TOO MUCH! But not too little! Juuuuuust right! But...I've never...had a Special Someone before, so... [She looks to him, unsure, but still wearing a nervous smile.]

[kitchenfistfirechaosstyle]

Hyahya, well, there is a first time for everything? [This is why he tends not to get involved in things as a direct participant -- how can you give advice when it so directly concerns you?]

[Nevertheless, he smiles, putting an arm around her shoulders.]

You are a smart woman, with a heart rich and warm as miso soup, with good friends flavoring it like tofu. And the soup is cloudy when stirred, but with time it settles and becomes clearer.

[laughafterme]

[Pinkie nods at all those metaphors, even though she doesn't know what miso is.]

As long as you're okay with me waiting fort the soup to clear! But do I have to be miso soup? I've never even heard of it before!

[kitchenfistfirechaosstyle]

Then I shall remedy that at our next meal!

[Really, what else could she expect... though it's much a promise that there will be a next meal, and many more to come, as anything.]

[laughafterme]

Oh, that works too! Then I can decide if I should be miso soup or not!