Jashi Week 2018
Day Two
Table for Two
Summary: It takes a while for Ashi to warm up to different foods.
For the entirety of Ashi's life, food was only seen as a thing of sustenance. While the area in which she grew up was not rich in diversity of food, she was certainly taught some rules surrounding it. A means of focus in the uncertain world she and her sisters had been set upon when their training was finally complete. The rules outlined certain foods to eat and certain ones to avoid. Meat for its muscle strengthening proteins. Eggs from foul and green, leafy vegetables to maintain sharp eyesight. Avoid sweets and alcohol as the sugars can slow your body down.
Ashi had long become accustomed to sticking to the basics. Growing up, the most bountiful source of live meat was groundhog and other rodents so she and her sisters thought it smart to stick to what felt familiar. Small game like duck and rabbit became favorites. Huge beasts, while tempting, made them wary, especially if said beast gave off a particularly odd scent or seemed to be colored unnaturally. Seafood appeared downright poisonous. So when Jack offered Ashi an odd, purple colored... thing to eat in the sprawling marketplace at the edge of the desert, she was daunted at best. Slightly disgusted at worst.
But times had changed since then. Quite literally. She had traveled the world and across time itself with Jack, helping to rebuild his home—a once thriving kingdom now broken under the vicious palm of a demon who once dared to assert himself as her father. And with that peace came relaxation. And with relaxation came openness. And curiosity.
"Thank you, thank you," Ashi spoke as politely as she could, however muffled, to the one serving their dinner. Jack watched in fondness and amusement as his bride-to-be gorged herself on her fourth helping of sushi.
Needless to say, the brightly colored and sharp scented meats that came from the oceans were now among her favorite foods.
Author's Note
Short and sweet. Thank you all so much for your kind words! See you tomorrow!
