forum The Tale of a Woman Trapped in a Cave and the Poor Soul that Finds Her (Closed OxO with Kai)

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She nods, “Go right ahead. Kitchens on the left…” She walks over to a chair and sits down, setting Zi in her lap.

Nishida grins. "Thanks."

She rests her sword against the wall of the cabin, which creaks and cracks alarmingly.

She takes no notice of this as she hums and goes into the kitchen, bustling around and getting ingredients set out. There were enough ingredients out that one might think she was trying to make a feast.

Aphrodisiac glances to the kitchen. “That hungry?”

"Hey, I haven't had food since well before you, your parents and your grandparents were even thought of, kid! Plus I usually eat more than this." Nishida calls back with a laugh.

Aphrodite laughs softly, “alright alright…”

Nishida's laughter can still be heard as she bustles around the kitchen, grabbing pans and pots and things.

Soon, the sizzling of meat can be heard, as well as the sounds of vegetables being chopped very, very quickly.

Aphrodite listens, smiling softly. She always loved the sound of cooking. It made her forget about what she had to endure at such a young age. She hums softly and closes her eyes, relaxing.

It takes hours, but Nishida has a feast, just for herself, plus some food for Aphrodite.

"I'm not sure how much you usually eat so I just made you 4 plates." she smiles, handing the girl one of them.

"The rest of the food is mine." she chuckles.

Aphrodite blinks, staring at her for a moment before taking the plate. “Thank you-“ 4 plates?! That’s more than even she would allow herself to eat! She stares at the plate, then slowly starts eating, giving some to Zi every now and then.

Nishida tilts her head, confused at the look Aphrodite gave her.

"Did I do something wrong?" she asks. "Do you eat more than 4 plates?"

She shakes her head and mumbles under her breath. “Less…”

Nishida looks astounded.

"Less?" she repeats.

She nods, silent. She had this almost…guilty look in her eyes as she ate.

Nishida notes the guilty look and her face softens. "Don't worry about it, kid. It doesn't hurt my feelings. It's just more food for later, right?"

She digs into her own food, finishing it in about 5 minutes before grabbing some more food.

Aphrodite was still on the same plate she was given, hardly even touching her food. It wasn’t that she felt guilty about hurting anyone’s feelings, it was that she felt guilty about eating. She loved food, but she was always punished when she ate when she was younger. Even to this day people would ask why she was eating at such random times of the day, only reminding her of her past.

Nishida tilts her head at Aphrodite.

"Hey, why don't you eat?" she asks softly. She looks closer at Aphrodite than she had earlier, noting how pale she looked and how thin she was. "Nobody's here to judge you. Not even Zi."

Aphrodite sighs, “I’m not worried about that.” She sets her plate aside. “Thank you.”

Nishida sighs softly. "Eat now, or I'll force feed you."

Aphrodite laughs, “Oh dear, if you do I’ll cut you.” She smiles dangerously. She didn’t mean to be…well…mean…but she also didn’t want to come off as helpless. Especially to this powerful seeming woman. “I don’t eat much because I don’t need as much food as everyone else. And if you decide to touch me then we’ll have some problems.”

Nishida raises an eyebrow. "I've had worse happen. cut me, stab me, beat me, nothing you can do will trouble me."

"And as for not needing as much food as other people, that's a load of bullshit. I can tell you're underweight. You're pale and your shaking just slightly. All signs of hunger. So either start eating the meal that I just cooked for you, or I'll knock you out, turn it into a smoothie and force it into your stomach with a tube." she snorts.

Aphrodite stands, holding Zi in her arms. “Get out of my house if you’re going to threaten me.” She says softly, glaring at Nishida.

Nishida stands as well.

"Just eat the damn food." she says quietly, almost pleading.

Aphrodite huffs and walks off, leaving her plate on the small table by her chair. She didn’t care if she was being rude…she just wanted to get out of this situation. Why did this woman even care? Was she going to kill her and do something? Not like she’d care much…it would end her constant worrying.

Nishoda sighs.

"Damn her. . ." she mutters, sitting back down. She herself was still hungry, so she finished off the rest of the food that wasn't Aphrodite's, leaving her food where it was.

She looks over at her sword, and shakes her head. You bring back bad memories, yet I can't stand to get rid of you. . .

She gets up and walks over to it, lifting it up.

She goes outside, to the base of the rocky slope, and utters a quick Japanese prayer before slamming the sword, blade first, into the largest boulder she could find. It slips in like a hot knife through butter, and into the slope itself.

She goes back to the house and starts cleaning it, as well as the kitchen.

Aphrodite decides to lock herself in her room for the rest of the night and into the morning the next day. It was impossible for her to sleep with the hunger pains she was having to deal with, but she’d gotten better at ignoring them so she was somewhat able to rest. She lays in her bed till the afternoon, still not coming out of her room.