GrinningGentleman
Super-Earth
- Joined
- Feb 4, 2014
From Vivian's exclamation through her steak, it was pretty obvious she hadn't enjoyed a meal like this in a while. Same went for Cecilia, so it surprised her a little. The big city had to have tons of places to eat, and surely most of them had steak available. Cecilia was oblivious to the fact, that Vivian probably didn't chose the majority of her lunching times anymore. That she went out with the group, or with her agent, them choosing the spots. In Cecilia's mind, wealth was being able to chose. Also in her mind, why would anyone chose anything but a good steak? What could possibly trump that? She'd had other things, certainly, her family quite happy to do culinary exploits, but she'd nothing had ever hit her, like steak had. She could enjoy a good, juicy piece of chicken, or a smoked salmon, but nothing ever trumped steak. Maybe a good pasta with a chicken carbonara, or beef sauce, but it had to be pristine to even come close to steak.
And so she devoured her selection with joy, sampling her cocktail from time, to time, the red of the wine making up the majority of the glass at this point, as it should. When she neared the end of the whiskey sour mix, she stirred the mix with her straw, making sure it mingled with the rest of the red, finishing off the cocktail. She didn't actually favor red wine, over wines or spirits. It was, however, the most tasty she could get, for the cheapest price. She could get other wines cheaper, but then they where either completely dry, or so fruity it made the toes curl. Drinking hadn't exactly become a problem for Cecilia, but it'd been a growing trend. Whenever things got too heavy, she used red wine to fall asleep. She wasn't delusional. She knew getting mindlessly drunk, didn't help sorrow one bit. Only made it worse. It did, however, making sleeping on a broken heart easier, and come quicker. Where she might've sat up all night, crying, instead she eventually passed out drunk, sleeping restlessly till the next day, a headache now pushing away the mental anguish. Unhealthy solution, but a solution none the less. One she wasn't proud of.
It had, however, given her quite a strong resistance to alcohol's effects, which only really made that solution more expensive, but it also made sure that when the second cocktail came, Cecilia's mind hadn't even been touched by a buzz, and she accepted it happily. The NYS cocktail was a hard hitter, but not nearly hard enough to hit Cecilia.
Cecilia listened intently, silently chewing and cutting her food as she did, grimacing lightly at what she heard. The idea of eating tentacles, sent a confused shiver down her spine. Now that she knew it was something people did, her mind wanted to try it. Her mouth, wasn't quite so sure, her stomach churning at the concept. And hearing it was at a sushi place, only made it sound weirder. She wasn't oblivious to fine dining. She knew what a sushi place was. And the idea of eating a tentacle raw, didn't exactly sit well with her palate. At least, so she didn't think in that moment, while her mind also played with the idea. She'd certainly try it, if she ever had the chance. She raised a brow lightly, looking down at her rare steak, looking a little doubtful as she cut into it again, watching a bit more red juices squirm out of it.
"Iii.. I don't know.. Seems to me like there is a long way from this, to a raw tentacle... Tentacles? Really? People eat that? Suckers, and everything? Eh.. Doesn't.. You say they've dried out, but.. Won't you still feel the.. Suckers.. Slide down your throat?" Cecilia questioned, lost to how anyone ever even considered -trying- raw tentacles in the first place. "Who.. Thought of that idea? Who looked at a squirming tentacle, and figured: 'Hey.. Ima dry that shit up, n' eat it raw..' I could list countless things I think I'd think before that.. Like.. Walking the other way from the octopus.." Cecilia giggled lightly, before taking another piece of her steak between her teeth, chewing it with the relief that it wasn't a raw tentacle.
When Vivian turned to her, Cecilia turned lightly herself, her leg meeting Vivian's knees on the soft cushions of the couch, as she listened intently. She still remained turned towards her plate with her body, but her face was directed towards Vivian, more then the lavish food on her plate. This wouldn't have happened, if she was out with friends. Family. Food meant a lot to Cecilia, even more so now when she could barely afford it, much less luxuries like decent steaks, and sushi. But nothing meant more to her, than Vivian.
Cecilia listened to Vivian's plight about high society. Her lips curled a gentle smile as Vivian spoke, her head tilting down towards her plate, in order to let some more potatoes inside her mouth, chewing it down slowly. Vivian lived for her art, Cecilia had always known this. She'd also made space for it, but had often had to drag her away from it. Drag her outside. Into things. She remembered more then a single argument between them in the past, flourishing from a disagreement about practice, and the time spent on it. Cecilia practiced as well, but she didn't forget to live outside her art. At least not in the past. This last year, her blood only really flowed when her fingers danced on keys or strings.
Cecilia cleaned her lips, smiling to Vivian as she rested her cutlery, nearly having finished her plate. She put a hand on Vivian's arm, gently stroking it with a thumb.
"That's because you live for your art, Vivy. You still have goals, and aspirations, but I think you forget to enjoy the moments you live in. You know? And I say that, not really having much interest high society dining, but I'm referring to other things. How much of the city, have you actually seen, in the year you've been there? Because I imagine.. It's a marginally small amount, considering how much you could've, right?" She suggested, still smiling softly. "Your goals drive you. That's a good thing, but you let it.. Drag you away. Away from.. Everything else in your life." Her smile shrunk a little bit, only then realizing where she ended up with that sentence. That those goals, and all that practice, had dragged her away from Cecilia. A person who'd understood, helped and joined her every chance she had. She cleared her throat, looking back down to her food, as she picked up her cutlery.
"I'm not saying you should let High society drag you around, but.. But don't let practice become something you do, for the sake of goals you don't really get to enjoy. What's the point of fame and success, if you can' enjoy it? The point of art, when the beauty you create, comes out of a small practice room, rather than experiences. Remember to.. Enjoy the world around you.. Like. You're doing right now." She spoke a little more careful then, treading uncertain waters. She'd never really uttered this opinion. She'd thought it, many times over. Cursed in, the last few years. The fact that Vivian aspired great goals of success and fame, but wouldn't know how to enjoy it when she reached it. She made great music, but the stories her bow told, was more often then not, build on other's experiences, not her own. She forgot to embrace life, instead only embracing practice, and bettering herself. Admirable, but it was a lonely road. A road, with little space for things and people like Cecilia.
And so she devoured her selection with joy, sampling her cocktail from time, to time, the red of the wine making up the majority of the glass at this point, as it should. When she neared the end of the whiskey sour mix, she stirred the mix with her straw, making sure it mingled with the rest of the red, finishing off the cocktail. She didn't actually favor red wine, over wines or spirits. It was, however, the most tasty she could get, for the cheapest price. She could get other wines cheaper, but then they where either completely dry, or so fruity it made the toes curl. Drinking hadn't exactly become a problem for Cecilia, but it'd been a growing trend. Whenever things got too heavy, she used red wine to fall asleep. She wasn't delusional. She knew getting mindlessly drunk, didn't help sorrow one bit. Only made it worse. It did, however, making sleeping on a broken heart easier, and come quicker. Where she might've sat up all night, crying, instead she eventually passed out drunk, sleeping restlessly till the next day, a headache now pushing away the mental anguish. Unhealthy solution, but a solution none the less. One she wasn't proud of.
It had, however, given her quite a strong resistance to alcohol's effects, which only really made that solution more expensive, but it also made sure that when the second cocktail came, Cecilia's mind hadn't even been touched by a buzz, and she accepted it happily. The NYS cocktail was a hard hitter, but not nearly hard enough to hit Cecilia.
Cecilia listened intently, silently chewing and cutting her food as she did, grimacing lightly at what she heard. The idea of eating tentacles, sent a confused shiver down her spine. Now that she knew it was something people did, her mind wanted to try it. Her mouth, wasn't quite so sure, her stomach churning at the concept. And hearing it was at a sushi place, only made it sound weirder. She wasn't oblivious to fine dining. She knew what a sushi place was. And the idea of eating a tentacle raw, didn't exactly sit well with her palate. At least, so she didn't think in that moment, while her mind also played with the idea. She'd certainly try it, if she ever had the chance. She raised a brow lightly, looking down at her rare steak, looking a little doubtful as she cut into it again, watching a bit more red juices squirm out of it.
"Iii.. I don't know.. Seems to me like there is a long way from this, to a raw tentacle... Tentacles? Really? People eat that? Suckers, and everything? Eh.. Doesn't.. You say they've dried out, but.. Won't you still feel the.. Suckers.. Slide down your throat?" Cecilia questioned, lost to how anyone ever even considered -trying- raw tentacles in the first place. "Who.. Thought of that idea? Who looked at a squirming tentacle, and figured: 'Hey.. Ima dry that shit up, n' eat it raw..' I could list countless things I think I'd think before that.. Like.. Walking the other way from the octopus.." Cecilia giggled lightly, before taking another piece of her steak between her teeth, chewing it with the relief that it wasn't a raw tentacle.
When Vivian turned to her, Cecilia turned lightly herself, her leg meeting Vivian's knees on the soft cushions of the couch, as she listened intently. She still remained turned towards her plate with her body, but her face was directed towards Vivian, more then the lavish food on her plate. This wouldn't have happened, if she was out with friends. Family. Food meant a lot to Cecilia, even more so now when she could barely afford it, much less luxuries like decent steaks, and sushi. But nothing meant more to her, than Vivian.
Cecilia listened to Vivian's plight about high society. Her lips curled a gentle smile as Vivian spoke, her head tilting down towards her plate, in order to let some more potatoes inside her mouth, chewing it down slowly. Vivian lived for her art, Cecilia had always known this. She'd also made space for it, but had often had to drag her away from it. Drag her outside. Into things. She remembered more then a single argument between them in the past, flourishing from a disagreement about practice, and the time spent on it. Cecilia practiced as well, but she didn't forget to live outside her art. At least not in the past. This last year, her blood only really flowed when her fingers danced on keys or strings.
Cecilia cleaned her lips, smiling to Vivian as she rested her cutlery, nearly having finished her plate. She put a hand on Vivian's arm, gently stroking it with a thumb.
"That's because you live for your art, Vivy. You still have goals, and aspirations, but I think you forget to enjoy the moments you live in. You know? And I say that, not really having much interest high society dining, but I'm referring to other things. How much of the city, have you actually seen, in the year you've been there? Because I imagine.. It's a marginally small amount, considering how much you could've, right?" She suggested, still smiling softly. "Your goals drive you. That's a good thing, but you let it.. Drag you away. Away from.. Everything else in your life." Her smile shrunk a little bit, only then realizing where she ended up with that sentence. That those goals, and all that practice, had dragged her away from Cecilia. A person who'd understood, helped and joined her every chance she had. She cleared her throat, looking back down to her food, as she picked up her cutlery.
"I'm not saying you should let High society drag you around, but.. But don't let practice become something you do, for the sake of goals you don't really get to enjoy. What's the point of fame and success, if you can' enjoy it? The point of art, when the beauty you create, comes out of a small practice room, rather than experiences. Remember to.. Enjoy the world around you.. Like. You're doing right now." She spoke a little more careful then, treading uncertain waters. She'd never really uttered this opinion. She'd thought it, many times over. Cursed in, the last few years. The fact that Vivian aspired great goals of success and fame, but wouldn't know how to enjoy it when she reached it. She made great music, but the stories her bow told, was more often then not, build on other's experiences, not her own. She forgot to embrace life, instead only embracing practice, and bettering herself. Admirable, but it was a lonely road. A road, with little space for things and people like Cecilia.