"You have no idea," Cyrus said with a chuckle. He caught the bag of salad, and the Wendigo hissed in disgust at it. He ignored it, opening the bag taking out a handful before stuffing it into his mouth hungrily. But it didn't seem to help his hunger at all.
“Rabbit,” Erikos teased before reaching into one of the cupboards. He grabbed a large bag of Cheetos out of it before sitting down next to Cyrus. He opened the bag before shoveling handfuls into his mouth
"Hey, I can't help it, I have a sensitive stomach. Do you know how hard being a vegan wendigo is? It's terrible," Cyrus laughed, taking in another mouthful of salad.
“I dunno, Nami seems to have it pretty good. But then again, a shaman doesn’t seem to be the type to be bothered too much about eating people,” Erikos said with a shrug. He downed another handful of chips before offering the bag to Cyrus
Cyrus shook his head in response to the offer. "Because she can handle eating meat. It's just me, I get sick easily. And when I'm forced to shift and it does it's thing? It's pointless, I end up coughing up whatever it ate after I shift back."
“Maybe try meat substitutes? Tofurkey or whatever,” Erikos said with a shrug. He took another handful of chips, shoving them into his mouth hungrily
"That would be a good idea, but the wendigo still likes its meat- even if it means I get sick afterwards," Cyrus huffed, eating another handful of salad and allowing it to soothe his churning stomach.
“Here, gimme a sec,” Erikos said, setting the bag of chips down before going back into the kitchen. He rummaged through the frige, pulling out a large canister of tofurkey and handing it to Cyrus. “Try that. Might trick your brain into thinking it’s meat.”
Cyrus looked at it skeptically before taking it an opening the package. He sniffed at it, nose scrunching up slightly at the smell, and the wendigo gave a snarl. He picked up a piece and put it into his mouth, forcing himself to swallow after a soft gag. "I don't know how well this is going to work."
“Well you don’t have to eat the whole thing. It’s pretty gross in my opinion,” Erikos said with a laugh. “I don’t do vegan stuff, I just had it around from when my buddy Argo tried to go on a diet.”
"This stuff is absolutely terrible," Cyrus said, putting the lid back onto the container and taking out another handful of salad, which he shoved into his mouth.
“I know, it’s gross,” Erikos said. He grabbed the tofurkey from him and tossed it in his mouth, eating it container and all almost comically before returning to his chips
Cyrus arched brow at that, but laughed and shook his head. "Weird," he chuckled, leaned back onto couch so he could stretch his legs out a bit more. They felt sore- but his bones moved and cracked when he shifted back and forth, so he always tended to be sore.
“Hey, I paid for it so I’m gonna eat it,” Erikos said with a laugh. He glanced over at Cyrus, eyes lingering on him a moment before he tilted his head curiously. “Sore? That’s a Wendigo problem right?”
"Sore?" Cyrus repeated. "Yeah, it is. Shifting back and forth can hurt sometimes and my wendigo is very active. Lots of sprinting around and jumping from high places that it shouldn't. Hurts like hell for me afterwards."
“That’s gotta suck. I know I sometimes ache after going fishing or whatever,” Erikos said with a shrug. “If it helps I’ve got Tylenol if you need it.”
Cyrus gave a hum, shaking his head as he waved the offer off. "No, it's fine, thanks," he said. After stuffing a bit more salad into his mouth and eating it hungrily, he closed the bag and set it aside. "Is fishing fun?"
"In my opinion, yeah. I mean I don't fish like a normal human, but that doesn't really matter," Erikos said with a shrug. He glanced over at Cyrus, eyes trailing across his frame for a moment. "You know, you're really attractive for a wendigo," he said, his faint high keeping him from realizing what he had just said
"What?" Cyrus questioned, wondering if he had heard Erikos correctly. "I think I'm about average. I mean, I look much better now than when I'm shifted, at least."
"But you're still really attractive," Erikos pointed out. "Like, totally would kiss you on the first date kind of attractive." He frowned down at his hands for a moment before laughing. "Sorry, I am the absolute worst with words."
"No, that's okay- it was nice. I'm the worst with flirting, all I can come up with are terrible pickup lines most of the time," Cyrus laughed, a bright smile on his lips now.
"But that's adorable!" Erikos exclaimed, waving his arms as he spoke. "Just like you. You're…adorable. Adorable tall ass wendigo," he said before rubbing at his eyes. "I am really stoned right now," he laughed
"Yeah, I can tell," Cyrus said, more laughter escaping his lips before he spoke again. "And you are really nice too. Very edgy, I like that."
"Edgy?" Erikos laughed. "Does this look edgy to you?" As he did so he let his antlers show. They were short and protruded from the tops of his forehead, and startlingly enough, they were neon pink. "Don't think neon pink is an edgy color."
"Holy shit," Cyrus exclaimed out of pure surprise, shocked to see the pink antlers. "I was just talking about the smoking thing and your attitude." He leaned closer though, red and gold eyes trained on the antlers. Thankfully, he could see them in a shade of pink, even though it wasn't neon.