[Lots of people]

[starchilde_lost]

[Dated March 31st, 2012]

She wanted this to go smoothly. She wanted this to go smoothly so badly, it was almost making her nauseous as she finished setting the table and setting out the last of the food. Some of it she'd made, some of it she'd bribed members of the kitchen crew to make for her, but all of it was hopefully something someone would like. And hopefully none of it would end up on someone's face.

Because she really didn't know.

She'd never really done anything like this before. Sure, there were family-style dinners at the mansion and with her grandparents while she was with them, but nothing like that existed here. She had no idea how this group of people that meant so much to her would get along with each other. She knew they'd all try, for her sake, and bless them for it, but she had a habit of making friends and family out of very opinionated and stubborn people and once the wine and beers were opened, who knew what would happen.

So she just said a prayer and hoped for the best as she got up to fiddle with her hair again.

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[likesthestooges]

"Vampire family dinners are a lot more... brutal than this," Aidan admitted with a nod. He tried not to think of the last one with Bishop and the Dutch, the pregnant woman tied to a table... definitely far more brutal.

"Rachel is also a far better cook than what we're used to."

[verynaughtymutant]

"Not many ways to cook blood, I'd imagine," he replied in a chatty easy going voice. "Your only real choice is whether to drink from a flask or a neck."

[likesthestooges]

"Actually, almost all vampires from my world drink straight from the source when possible," Aidan said. If Cable was going to make vampire eating habits small talk, Aidan wasn't going to shy from it.

"It tastes pretty awful otherwise."

[verynaughtymutant]

"Interesting," Cable replied, in that same easy going tone.

"I hadn't considered the importance of taste."

[likesthestooges]

"It's the difference between drinking a Henri Jayer Richebourg Grand Cru or flat soda," Aidan said. Most vampires, aside from himself, wouldn't drink blood from a non-live source unless their lives depended on it.

"But it's also a matter of... perspective. Most vampires view humans as little better than cattle. They don't see a reason not to drink from people."

[verynaughtymutant]

"Most?" was Cable's only, very mild, response and his body and face were completely still and expressionless.

[likesthestooges]

"As far as I know, I was the only one to attempt to consistently drink bagged blood instead of feeding live," Aidan explained. It sounded far more noble than it actually was, especially considering how many times he failed at sticking to that policy.

[verynaughtymutant]

"You're not too picky an eater, then?" he responded, with something that was very nearly a smile. "That is good to know."

[likesthestooges]

"That's one way to look at it," Aidan said with a chuckle. He was actually more picky about his real food than his blood. He was glad though that Cable seemed to have a realistic outlook on the ex-vampire experience.

"Although what's available on the island is a little closer to what was available when I was human."