"By the way, it looks like you’ve grown a lot more used to your prosthetic legs now, you look way more comfortable than you did before," Remarked Cleo, as she glanced at Jaden.
"Yeah, it did take a while to get fully accustod to them, but I’ve finally got the hang of it. I did struggle at first, and then I tried wrapping my whips around them to better stabilize my balance. I was basically using my whips as training wheels. But I don’t need to do that anymore," He replied with a smile.
"Hey, that’s great, man," I chid in.
"Thanks! Well, the maintenance is a bit of a pain, I’m supposed to get them checked once a month. Last ti was about a week ago. Apparently, as I grow more accustod to them, they need to be periodically recalibrated or sothing like that. But even after that’s no longer necessary, I’ll still need to get regular maintenance done. Otherwise, they could malfunction or break down if they’re left unmaintained for a prolonged period of ti," Jaden sighed wistfully.
"Yeah, that does sound like a hassle. Glad I don’t have to do that, since my prosthetic is Magical instead of technological. It’s fused to the stump of my arm, I can detach it if I want, but I have no reason to do that. And, of course, no need for maintenance, I just clean it with the rest of my body when I shower or take a bath," Grinned Ciel, as she held up her arm.
"Lucky, wish my Personalis Arma would’ve transford into prosthetic legs," Lanted Jaden with a wry smile.
Actually, I’ve been wondering about that, why exactly didn’t it change form? Maybe it’s a question of necessity?
Like, since he can use his telekinesis to move his body even without legs, the weapon didn’t transform because it technically wasn’t necessary for battle?
Hm, but then, Ciel’s Personalis Arma could’ve just switched to her left hand instead of changing form. Then again, she’s right-handed, so having to switch to her non-dominant hand would definitely put her at a comparative disadvantage.
Ai, got any insight?
Huh, I see. Maybe those unique pulsations affect the adaptability and flexibility of the weapons.
Hm, think I’ll ntion this to the others later. It won’t really make a difference, and besides, we’re supposed to be having fun right now, so I should avoid saying anything that might put a damper on things.
"Glad to see you guys are enjoying the food, by the way," I remarked with a smile.
"Oh, yeah, everything you guys made is absolutely delicious," Nodded Jaden, as he munched on one of the snacks.
We’d made quite a spread for the occasion. Fried chicken burgers, with freshly baked buns that we’d toasted, a layer of garlic butter, caremalized onions, a spicy, creamy sauce, and for the patties, we used chicken thighs that we’d marinated in an herb-rich marinade, then breaded, deep-fried and dipped in a hot honey sauce.
We also made cross-hatch fries, by putting mashed potatoes mixed with herbs and spices in a mold, froze them to solidify, and then fried. After that, we loaded the fries with cheese, crushed bacon and chopped up chunks of the sa fried chicken we used for the burgers.
We cooked up a pile of steak strips with a garlic butter sauce to dip it in, we decided to keep it nice and simple since we didn’t want to end up ruining the at by experinting too much with it.
And finally, I made so Sri Lankan-style rolls. I used a spicy, stir-fried minced mutton for the filling, rolled up in a thin pancake, which I then coated in bread crumbs and deep-fried. It’s a snack my mother used to make in my past life.
Moving onto drinks, we made a couple of large pitchers of refreshing fruit juice, a mix of apple, kiwi and passionfruit, with sparkling water, mint leaves and crushed ice. Should make for a nice mixer to go with the vodka Jaden brought.
Last but not least, dessert.
Aria baked a red velvet cake with three layers, with white chocolate cream in between the layers and a sweetened dark chocolate icing around it, with a rich strawberry puree on top.
And I made a custard pudding mixed with a ton of various fruit chunks, including grape, strawberry, blueberry, raspberry, mango and peach, topped off with whipped cream.
We’d just started eating a few minutes ago, and also poured ourselves so of the alcohol. Aria and I poured the booze and juice in separate glasses for ourselves, while the others mixed them.
To , alcohol tastes bad no matter what, so mixing it would just ruin the juice for . Aria’s got the sa taste when it cos to booze, so if we’re drinking, we just have it straight instead of mixing it with sothing else, since it tastes bad either way.
Instead, we take a sip of the alcohol and then wash it down with the juice afterwards.
"Feel like I could eat this forever. But it feels like my stomach will soon disagree with that notion, so...," Trailed off Ciel, before picking up a joint and adding, "Let’s get stoned! Getting the munchies should help keep eating beyond my limit!"
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