"What was the best food you ever ate?"
I'll respond as my MC, Cinna.
"Trees."
"Please don't judge me, but yes, plain white, plastic trees are the best food to have ever graced my lips. I've realized a few years ago that perhaps I should stop eating them."
What was the best food you ever ate?
Seth: Ooh hmmm that's hard to say! There are so many good ones!! If I had to choose though...uhh...oh! - those sugary thingies that we got from the fair! They were called...what were they called-"
Joyce: "I think you're talking about funnel cakes. We got some when we went to the local fair for the first time. It was right after we went to the petting zoo I think"
Seth: "Yeah! Funnel cakes!! So good...What about you, Joyce?"
Joyce: "oh- um... I guess...apple pie?"
Seth: "...you guess?"
Joyce: "I-it's hard to say really...too many choices y'know! haha..."
What was the best food you ever ate?
Bjorn: "Well that's easy - mead of course! I remember the first time I..."
Korr: "Um...Capt'n"
Bjorn: "Oh what is it now Korr? Can't you see I am in the middle of answering this man's question."
Korr: "Yes, of course Capt'n but...you see, mead isn't a food. "
Bjorn: "Ha! Now is not the time Korr, to be making such ridiculous jokes. Um...now where was I?
...Ah, yes now I recall... and that is when I found out that squirrels make terrible house pets."
Wen : Well all food is good food, unless its rotten, or burnt, or both... and no to cannibalism, and also no capsicum, rest is good food. And no raw meat. yeah. that's all.
Just a character from my book.
Hello everyone, it has been a couple of days and I am still making my way through all the wonderful responses and checking out everyone's comics. I want to make sure I respond to each post made in the thread. It may take a little time, but it is what it is. The food question was quite interesting and I saw a lot of great posts that really conveyed a lot of character. This is looking to be a fun way to hone in on the voice of a character as well as promote stories.
In particular, my favorite post in the first round was by @diamondpowder; they sure can describe a delicious bowl of soup!
However, now we're onto a new question. Are you ready?
I'll go first with my werewolf, Fang:
"When I was a child I came from a rather poor fishing village on the shores of Lake Triseria and there tended to be a lot of, well... fish guts out and about. All over the beach and the docks, and in the alleys between the houses. Well, I was a bit of a scrapper in my youth, always pick fights. I made the mistake of picking a fight with an older boy... [Fang pauses] Torel, I think his name was. We started wrestling near the big fish house, where they gut the fish to salt and seal them in the jars and pots. I may have been a fighter, but I wasn't necessarily a good one, back then. Wasn't even a big kid, either. About a minute or two in, Torel just picked me up - my arms flailing and smacking at him, mind you - and dropped me into a trough of fish guts that were pouring out from the house... [Fang chuckles] I smelled like rotten fish for about a week or so."
Adiael, wood elf huntress and adventurer: "Most embarrassing childhood event? Oh, being denied access to divine magic in front of my entire village, and then never receiving a reason WHY? And being literally the only person anyone had ever even heard of to have that problem? Yeah, that was pretty mortifying. Who, me, bitter? Don't be ridiculous..." (snarls bitterly)
(BTW, this EXACT scenario is playing out in the prologue!)
What was the most thing you've ever done as a child?
Alice: I don't know I was rather a good kid. I guess one time I walked up to a magic user and asked them if they could show me a spell. I got whipped for that and Mama was absolutely terrified.
Sandra: Too many embarrassing things! I remember there was once I forgot to lock the bathroom door. My mum's new boyfriend of the week came in and there I was, naked. It was shudders a terrible feeling. 
Alist Glassheart:
"There wasn't anything embarrassing that happened to me when I was a little orphan in my past life because I lived under the wrath of abusive orphanage guardians but ever since I transmigrated into my favorite novel, I can't get used to my new parents' antics.
The most embarrassing thing that happened to me in my childhood is sleeping beside my parents who happen to be making love in front of me. I mean, I transmigrated into a toddler in the novel so obviously I retained my 18 years of intellect and conscience. From all the moaning and sweating, it seems as if they have forgotten about me. Must-have transmigration travel items: EYE MASK and EARMUFFS! 
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Aerith: "So many embarrassing things happened to me when I was younger, but I think the most embarrassing is when some the other girls at the orphanage I was staying at teamed up to prank me, and got away with it. This "epic prank" of theirs lasted a whole day, consisting of starting food fights targeting me, stuffing my pillow with tacks, finding loopholes in the rules during sports to humiliate me, and so many other horrible things. Since I didn't really talk to anyone, everyone thought of me as a target. I'm glad I left that hellhole when I did, I was sick and tired of people treating me like trash."
What is the most embarrassing thing to ever happen to you as a child?
Pom:
"So, this one time I tried to pull a prank on the queen of pranksters, Rebecca Curse. Shoulda known that wouldn't turn out too well but I'm not exactly known for being smart so there. Either way, she found out in no time and actually dared me to do it, in full view of everyone. So I dumped a whole bucket of reeds down the back of her hoodie, in full view of everyone, including my teacher and the principal when he was walking by. Once again, let me say that I'm not exactly known for being smart.
Afterwards, I was chased by my teacher's sawblade equipped drone for a solid fifteen minutes around the school. He keeps telling me that the sawblades are made of rubber but I once saw him using that thing to cut down a whole tree so I'm not falling for his bullshit. And on top of that, I was suspended for two days afterwards. And on the tippety top of that, Rebecca dumped a whole bucket of reeds down the back of my coat while we were walking home from school, when no one was looking.
No wonder she's a straight A student while I'm stuck with my D's."
I appreciate that they all have their unique voices, even if they are the silent type. (Looking at you, Sequel.)
I'm gonna answer with my Beelzebub, as she is the demon of gluttony
Beelzebub: how can someone make me choose? all food in Hell is delicious, and on Earth, and Heaven's not bad too. Hmm... these giant doghnuts I'm eating on the pic are really delicious; Hell has very different sauces and this doghnuts have different fillings, the one I am eating on the pic has red chocolate and different Tenem Unkla's (Hell's dark Jungle) fruit souces; it is delicious! some are made for lunch too, with not so sweet flavours and...
Lucifer: let's stop her here because she could spend all day talking about just this particular food.
As the Scarlet Spellcaster Omari Osei:
1)
"I ain't never had anything that beat out the barbecue my old man used to make. The whole neighborhood used to come round when he brought the grill out. Last time I got to eat with him, he handed me a bottle of Jack and man, I couldn't believe it. Like, it was the missing piece of a perfect puzzle. Next time I'm home, after this whole search is over and I'm exponentially richer with the Relic in my hand, Imma have him show me how he does it."
2)
"I got a few stories. One day, me and the other kids in the neighborhood were playing cards. Little money on the line, enough to get you some food from the corner store. Wanted to impress this girl that came round once in a while and, when the cards were dealt, I didn't look at em. I just said "All in". Everyone looked at me like I was crazy, I was, and called my bluff. Wasn't thinking with the right head and I lost triple what I had. End up having to give up my shoes and walked home barefoot. Found out later she was with some other kid 4 blocks over. Tried to be the cool guy I see in movies, ended up looking like a stooge. Lesson learned, if you're gonna bluff, don't do it for a girl."
Alright, gonna try to respond to a couple of people in this one.
@littlelilylee5683: No problems with a little innuendo here and there. 
@sefra114: My god, Bally sounds like my wife and I trying to decide what to get for dinner. Deciding is the hardest part!
@BarBarKetrab: That "trees" answer caught me off guard and made me want to check out your story. I audibly laughed when I read it.
@DreamyPastel: I always enjoy seeing multiple characters bounce off one another. One of the best ways to show personality is to have a character react to someone else. Good stuff.
Another batch of encouraging comments, here we go!
@blakestackman: You know you have a drinking problem when you consider drinking to be eating! Very funny.
@jasperwhiteheart: I am a little worried cannibalism was brought up... what happens to Wen to bring that up? I'll need to check your book.
It's been about five days since the last question. I am still working my way through responding to each post, but I think my favorite response was by @Kittyfox, whose Aerith seems to have had a really nasty experience as a kid. Children can be so cruel.
Anyway, time for a new question!
As always, I will go first with my character Fang: "'Another calm Aurin night' always struck me as funny - Aurin is far from calm, especially at night. I believe that's considered to be an oxymoron? I don't know. I was just a guard, not a wordsmith - I think that is what they are called."
I'm gonna answer with another character this time 
Jin: "To wish people luck, we forest spirits tend to say 'May you stay standing in strong winds'. I don't know where it originated, but it's kind of like saying 'When faced with a skilled and strong opponent, don't give up'."
A different character this time
Maceo -
There really aren't many I think of but whenever some staff talk about something they like to use "like the second princess" as a synonymous phrase for "sticking out like a sore thumb" and I absolutely hate it, how dare they talk about my captain that way . But then Wen told me not to waste my time on people like them.
If I catch them saying such stuff about my captain again...
