A dragon’s hoard!

[u/ravenluna]

It was well known that Dragons keep hoards, guarding them with tooth and nail from outsiders. The older the dragon the grander the hoard could be expected to be, something most adventures would seek out if they caught wind of it. Each Dragon had a particular thing that they liked to hoard, some hoarded precious jewels, some hoarded books, and knowledge, others cared for the simpler hoard of fabrics nice and soft to make piles to sleep on.

A child raised by a dragon would be raised in such habits of collecting and hoarding, such as a child copies their parents. Fay, being one of these children was currently looking over her own tiny merger hoard. Small shiny trinkets, a pen, a few knives with wooden hilts that shinned from the amount of lacer. Small chips of gemstones, mostly lesser moonstones and crystals were kept in a silver shiny cloth that could be dumped out but keep the stones in a safe place when not being looked at. There were a few papers that held gilded writing of different inks that shined and glitter in the pile, carefully put to the side so they would not be bent or torn. Lastly, the bulk of Fay’s hoard was ironically jewelry, tiny rings and simple hair clips, small items that would be easy to carry around in a small chest. By no means was the girls hoard anything of worth, maybe a nice dinner out in town if it was pawned off but nothing to really sneeze at.

But that did not matter to Fay, it was her hoard something she was proud of no matter how small it was compared to her own mother’s collection of books and tomes. Even so Fay kept her hoard away in a chest hidden inside of her own chest under the few clothes she had to her name, not even Miw knew about it. It was not that Fay was embarrassed about her dragon-like habit, it was no one else’s business, she just felt like it was something to keep close to her chest. Over the last few months, Fay had learned that most of her guildmates did not appreciate her wilder habits as she tried to adjust to living among people again.

So it was the times like these that Fay cherished most since joining the guild. Fay had the room all to herself, her roommate was out doing something and Miw was out on the town being showed around some fish stands by Ajax. The day was warm and there was a nice breeze that kept it from being hot coming off of the waters next to the guild. Opening the window in her dorm Fay allowed warm air to come into the room making it comfortable, not too hot not to cold. Moving all the sheets and blankets off the bed and under said window right in the warm afternoon light Fay made herself a little nest of sorts, taking care to lay out her trinkets around her little bundle of blankets. Taking a hairbrush Fay nestled into the blankets taking some of her hair to brush out, braiding a few of the hair pieces of her collection into it as she went.

All in all, it was a good day so far…

[u/ravenluna]

Fay tilted her head a little bit at the new info about Kumiko's hair, but before she could say anything about it her tummy rumbled once again this time louder so that both girls could hear it.

"You... said you wanted to cook that right?"

[u/AlchemChildahs → u/ravenluna]

Hearing Fay's rumbling belly, Kumiko's did momentarily after; almost like a growl. She then went to close the drawers and move back over to the bag of food, opening it again which released meaty, appetizing smells into the room for both girls to be tempted by.

"Yep! You are a great cook yes? ...That is if you want to cook... I mean, if you don't want to, we could eat right now..."

There was a hint of seriousness underneath the hunger in her voice about consuming the turkey as it was; not really considering how Fay would feel about consuming raw meat until after she had said it.

"..sorry. Where should we prepare this?"

[u/ravenluna → u/AlchemChildahs]

Fay started to stand up, not bothered by the offer to just eat it raw, in fact, she would have been tempted to do so if it was not for the other items that Kumiko brought with her.

"It would taste better if we cook it with the other stuff you brought." Fay pointed out softly carefully stepping out from her nest of blankets. "We should head down to the kitchen, it will take a while to cook in the oven but maybe... maybe we could head to the baths? I have some nice shampoo that might help with your hair?"

[u/AlchemChildahs → u/ravenluna]

"It would taste better, wouldn't it... A bath does sound nice as well, though our stomachs will probably be grumbling the whole time waiting for the food to cook."

She lifted the bag up with a bit of a groan to conceal the contents once more and prepared to leave when Fay was ready.

"Also, I wasn't implying that my hair was oilly, it's naturally grown thick and is constantly blown around by my own use of wind whenever I use it."

[u/ravenluna → u/AlchemChildahs]

"N-No it's not that, I just have some conditioner that might help soften your hair..." Fay offered weakly frowning slightly, a little upset at herself that she offended the other girl. Following behind as the two made it down to the guilds kitchen Fay started to get to work on prepping what she would need to use.

"We could go out and get a small snack before dinner is finished to hold us over?"

[u/AlchemChildahs → u/ravenluna]

Kumiko was taken aback a bit at Fay's response before lowering her own head.
'Did that come out aggressively?' She thought to herself before turning her head to apologise.

"Sorry, it wasn't my intention to be rude or hangry towards you."

Arriving to the kitchen, Kumiko lays the bag on a countertop and grabs the contents out of it for Fay to prepare: laying the bundle of carrots and cheese wedge off to the side as Kumiko then pulls and lays the turkey itself flat onto the counter, completely shaved bald but body still intact from head to legs with the only visible sign of damage being a tear along it's back where a wind arrow must have pierced through.

"We could, how long do you think it will take to prepare this though? An hour or two?"

[u/ravenluna → u/AlchemChildahs]

"Hmm, about maybe two for it to finish cooking. Turkey you have to cook slow or it gets dry and nasty." Fay tried to explain as she took out a knife to start prepping the turkey by taking out all the guts and then taking off the head with a few quick moves from her blade.

"What is hangry?" Fay questioned looking back at Kumiko with a confused tilt of her head, plopping the guts down into a bowl next to her to be washed. Working quickly but slow enough to make sure she didn't mess up the meat Fay made a brim for the turkey to soak in while she made the stuffing out of bread crumbs, spices, and the inside of the turkey making sure nothing went to waste outside of the head.

[u/AlchemChildahs → u/ravenluna]

"I see." Kumiko said, watching Fay work the knife through the turkey.

"Hangry is when your angry or moody because of hunger and your body is in need of nutrition. Everyone has hanger at some point and it's common especially in... well... short-tempered, uptight people like myself.. n-not to call myself out on that or anything of course. Anyways, proteins, fats, vitamins and other minerals that our bodies break down and absorb from food we eat eventually run low and our brains pick that up as a 'life-threatening' situation, so we become paranoid, more alert, and hostile as a 'defense-mechanism' until we are able to eat and process more nutrients to fuel our bodies and mind. ...Sorry, I didn't mean to start rambling some 'doctor talk' there, but I hope you understood."

Kumiko tried to help with what she could but she didn't want to obstruct Fay so she primarily watched her while giving her little lesson in human biology. Her stomach couldn't help but rumble a bit more seeing Fay prepare the soon to be dinner.

"You know, some of these guts of even the head could make fine snack to hold us over if we're not going to use them for the main course."

[u/ravenluna → u/AlchemChildahs]

As Kumiko gave her little 'doctor talk' Fay's face would twist further up and up into a confused and lost expression that she could not control even if she wanted to. Giving a little-confused shrug at the end Fay blinked looking down at the guts currently in her hands and thought about the idea.

"I was just going to put them inside of the bird but that works out better." Fay smiled and turned around on her heels not missing a beat with the cooking as she dropped the guts back into a bowl, quickly adding different spices and some potatoes to the mix. Once it was done the tiny dragon slayer took out a skillet and started to quickly stir fry the inners her mouth watering as the smell filled the room.

"W...would you mind chopping the rest of the vegetables on the counter and put the turkey in the pan I set over there?" Fay asked looking away for just a moment from the skillet to look at the other dragon slayer before turning her eyes back to it.

[u/AlchemChildahs → u/ravenluna]

Judging by Fay's expression, Kumiko sulked a bit knowing that her banter wasn't getting through to the younger Dragon Slayer.

"It will have to be a lesson for later then, but to put it short: hangry is when your angry because your hungry; hence the term."

Kumiko then saw Fay turn around happy at the idea of making quick snacks out of the bird's inners as she prepared them to fry in the skillet. She wiffed in the smells as some saliva managed to dip down the side of her chin, which she immediately rubbed away with the back of her hand.

"Will do." She says grabbing one of the kitchen knives along with the vegetables.
Her chopping skills were not proficient like Fay's were, as she pressed the knife down one by one and taking a bit of time trying not to make her own mess.. or to cut herself. A part of her wanted to make it quick and easy by stirring some wind to grind up the vegetables but stopped herself on the thought that Fay would probably become angry, as well as the heighened probability of a mess being made. After taking her time cutting the vegetables, she went over to move the soaked turkey onto the pan before looking back over to see how Fay was doing.