kareeeeei

[anthy-rosebride.livejournal.com]

Today is a day like any other. The sun is shining, the birds are crapping on the heads of those unwary who venture outside beneath the trees, and there's a heaping portion of potent magical food set out for unsuspecting bar patrons.

The curry has bided its time.

And it has waited long enough.

It slops placidly within its enormous bowl. Beside it is jasmine rice; behind it is a dusty trickle of curry powder. The very suspicious might think that it looks like the curry is trying to send some of its powder into a nearby jug of water, but they're clearly delusional and paranoid.

The fact that the entire display might not be there when certain patrons look -- patrons who have had some experience with curry -- is just . . . a trick of the light.

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[poisonwine]

If not for her great love of spicy food, Belle would not have been drawn at all.

Okay, that's a lie. She's naturally curious.

But. . .not usually this curious.

Must be the stress that makes her shrug and dish up a plate of curry, heavy on the powder. "Merci, Bar."

[deathtowheaties.livejournal.com]

Cereal never thinks twice about why there's a giant bowl of curry.

He just grabs a cup of the sauce, sprinkles in some rice, and wanders off to do some light photoshopping.

[misterbunny.livejournal.com]

Innocent little Bunny, hopping along a counter, sniffing at things, and stealing peoples change.

Oho! look at this! Free food!

Never one to turn down a meal, the Bunny imbibes.

[captain-falafel.livejournal.com]

Sitting at various points along the bar are four guys cheerfully eating the curry.

Sayid isn't really a curry type of guy, but he's feeling adventurous, and it's better than that godawful flavorless Dharma mac and cheese that seems to be on the Craphole Island lunch menu this week.

Adam and Milo, on their lunch breaks from CTU, are pretty much just happy not to have to pay for sandwiches. And Milo had been considering going out for Indian anyway, so hey, bonus.

Hodges, though he hasn't been here as long as the others, is suspicious of the curry, but he's never been one to pass up free food (as he's told Mal, he's a famously cheap bastard), so he serves himself up a bit and sits down to eat it.

[bloodandnicotine]

"Oooh, curry!"

Been ages since he had the good stuff

[regrowingpains.livejournal.com]

"I thought I asked for a hamburger?"

Claire eyes the stuff, and takes a tenative taste.

"Ack,spicy! Water, water!"

[impulsivekid.livejournal.com]

There is a blur as bart grabs his bowl, and keeps on going.

[hearthethoughts.livejournal.com]

See. Matt. See Matt try his door. See Matt try his door and fail abysmally. Grumbling and Muttering, he headed upstairs..

Bounding downstairs, he doesn't get the door. He gets Chili.

The last time bar handed out food, he was turned into yuppie scum. The same guy he'd pulled over on a traffic stop before they suspended him. (What was his name? Greg? Grunberg? Some kinda TV star?)

"...No tricks bar?"

...Bar is unresponsive.
"...S'okay if it is? I just...want to know ahead of time. Just to say no yanno?"

Bar is still unresponsive.

Shrugging, Matt goes for the bowl.

"....Hot-Hot-Hot-"

He grabs for the jug of water and continues to eat.

[watcher-g-man.livejournal.com]

Giles had been having a craving for good curry. He was just about to order some takeaway when he ended in the bar instead.

And how thoughtful of the bar, there was some available. So of course he had himself a bowl.

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Elsewhere, Draco had been in the House, but now he stepped through the painting back into the bar. He was considering ordering some Egyptian or Persian food, but the curry appearing looked enticing. Hmmm... actually that seemed good. Dished up some into a bowl, and headed to a table to enjoy.

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Hmmm... the politician wasn't expecting the curry instead of one of his usual orders. But one of his campaign staffers got him into trying some Indian cuisine once during an all night brainstorm session at the headquarters.

So he also took a bowl to a table as well.

[cursedrider.livejournal.com]

Johnny Blaze has borrowed an ipod from the bar loaded down with Bon Jovi and classic Aerosmith. He's on the way to work on Grace. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Matinence.

Thusly he spots the Curry.

For some reason, Zarathos goes batshit. And for the first time since his initial posession, Johnny says NO and he means it. It's curry.

So Johnny fumbles into a chair with a heaping bowl and waves away the offered glass of water.

He's Johnny Blaze They have yet to invent the chicken wing, rib, or curry spicy enough to take him down.

[neverswimalone.livejournal.com]

There are penguins.

They've always been here. They're on a mission. Or at least one is. the one with the scar. And the memories.

"Extreme!"

Rico spots the curry.

He is loaded down with other foods you see. Cheese and fish and more fish and taco sauce. What he plans to do with them are a mystery.

But dayum curry. The Curry.

Rico bounds upon a bowl and carries it away chortling. The skipper and Kowalski will be most pleased.

[command_dot_com]

The order of fried paradoxes came with a sauce that she assumed was purely technological and sprite-safe, so Dot dipped several into the cup of curry sauce absent-mindedly.

Dot sputters coughing and several bits go flying over the bar-top and she flickeres for a bit. Water in the system ICK!"Bar!! ...label the User-food." She immediately started gulping down an energy shake to get rid of the taste and the particles.

[jonathanparagon.livejournal.com]

Jonathan should know better, really, after all his time in the Bar, than to eat mysteriously-present food that he didn't ask for.

Unfortunately, he has his nose in a book and is distracted. So he doesn't notice until after the first bite just what is in the bowl by his hand.

"...ack!"

Cue spluttering.

[street-sparrow.livejournal.com]

The last experience Gavroche had with curry involved him and Meg switching bodies. Deliberately. For fun.

So he doesn't even hesitate to get himself a bowlful and dig in.

[petriedino.livejournal.com]

Petrie eats a little bit - only a spoonful or two, but it's enough - before he's beak-deep in a bowl of water.

[qsilver-md.livejournal.com]

Kevin likes curry, actually, so when he emerges from the infirmary, he's happy to find such a generous supply of it.

It's a big bowl in front of him a few minutes later.

[stopped-signal.livejournal.com]

Mr. Universe tends to forget to eat occasionally, when he's caught up in a project. The smell of food is good for reminding him, whatever the food happens to be, and he looks up just long enough to get some before going back to his work.

[fighting_mad]

Sitting at the bar, Plourr digs around in her salad with her fork, staring at it with the sort of stare she once reserved for enemy snubfighters. There are several bowls of food on the bar, she notices, and she glances over her shoulder (unsure of whether or not they belong to someone) before she snags a pinch of the powder and mixes it in on her plate.

Hmm. Not bad.

[heads-you-live.livejournal.com]

Domino had been craving curry, and hey, look, curry. She eyed it suspiciously for a moment, then shrugged, dishing herself up a bowl of it, grinning as she padded over to one of the smaller tables near the observation window to eat.

~%~%~%~

Remy was never one to turn down free food, and especially free spicy food because clearly that was the best kind of food ever.

Spicy and/or free.

~%~%~%~

There was also a blonde rock-god who'd wandered in for lunch, and when he spotted the enormous bowl of curry he shrugged, food was food and he wasn't as picky about other meals as he was about breakfast.

[rt-5478.livejournal.com]

Artie is a strict vegan. Or, at least, he tries to be. It's not so easy now that he's human half the time. A human body has different nutritional needs than that of a gerbil, and the shapeshifting itself burns a lot of calories.

In short, despite his best efforts, sometimes Artie gets... cravings. And that curry smells so good...

After a quick look around to make sure nobody's watching, Artie quickly serves himself a bowl of curry and dashes off to the darkest corner booth he can find.

If no one sees him eating it, it doesn't count, right?

[madetomend.livejournal.com]

Sally sees the curry.

It calls to her softly, begging her to take a bite, try some, I'm delicious!

So she does.

[sanguimmuno.livejournal.com]

Salazar Slytherin, ALL MIGHTY SALAZAR SLYTHERIN,

...does not appreciate being told no he may not go to India.

So it comes as a sweet surprise when curry is offered.

He decides to take it as a peace offering- considering he's apparently found himself without a DAMN DOOR OUT.

[misterparker.livejournal.com]

Parker shrugs and tries some. He likes Indian food as much as the next guy.

Taking a to go plate, he decides to enjoy it outside for now.

[bright-burning.livejournal.com]

Ooooh, curry. Yum.

Fire doesn't even bother thinking that it might be someone else's, just serves herself a bowl and continues on her way, munching thoughtfully.

[eiattu_pride]

Rial's pretty deeply engrossed in a datapad when he wanders on by, but the curry does smell pretty nice and there's no one here to see him take it...

He steals a fingerful, first, and then, looking shifty all the while, helps himself to a bowl and hightails it back to his booth.

[thirdbetrayer.livejournal.com]

Gin's just in from Soul Society when he spots the curry, and heads over. He's a little peckish, it looks good, and besides. It might belong to someone else. Which makes it a rather amusing thing to steal some, right?

A plate is quickly filled and he gets a glass of water, as well, before wandering a little further into the bar.

[skidrowseymour.livejournal.com]

Seymour enters with a bouquet in hand (Band-Aids on three fingers only!), coming from his job. His gaze falls on the curry and rests there. It could belong to someone. He sits on a stool and waits, ordering a Coke. Mmm. It smells good. Mmm. He didn't have much for lunch, things were so busy at the store....

When he feels he's been here long enough that it doesn't actually appear to be anyone's food, he takes a small bowlful.

Cue yelping once he actually eats it, followed by gulping of his Coke. Cola and curry. Ewwww.

[will_scarlett]

Free food calls Will over after he comes in from outside and quickly takes care of a bowl while only turning briefly red at the heat before he begins he ritual of seeing what interesting people are in the Bar today.

[cheevy.livejournal.com]

Miniver at some point spots Draco, and grabs some curry to join him.

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Harry is making a rare appearance... curry is FASCINATING.

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Faramir is down also, grabbing a bowl while on Security duty. The fox is tailing him, and manages a few bites in edgewise.

[queenofmay]

Marian notices the crowd, which brings her to the table in curiosity, then the free food. She'd loved getting to experience new worlds and what not since arriving, so why not more foods?

Piling up a small bowl, she thanked Bar.

.....only too soon.

Her eyes watered at the first bite and she was tempted to spit it out. It went down in one spicy lump as she stumbled to bar for something to cool her throat.

Marian continues to eat (drinking her water often), though-- she'd hate to appear rude to whoever had so kindly put it out.

[watchmakers_son]

Indian food.

Chandra would insist on it, every so often -- despite his many complaints about the poor quality of American curry -- and Sylar found he quite liked it.

He pauses by the bowl, fingers resting lightly on top of Bar as he studies the curry. It's the sort of examination usually only warranted by complex math problems.

But a moment later, he dishes up a plate and takes it to a nearby booth.

[wheelsy_sheriff]

Bill wanders in and up to the bar and the bowl of Curry. As fate and the universe would have it he just recently had an argument with his mother about the subject of trying new food.

Her side being he should and his being no. She of course used the 'it is not going to kill you if you try.' and he countered with, 'It could. I could try something, find out I'm allergic and have my tongue swell up and choke and die.' She ended the discussion by whapping him upside the head.

So, now he's staring at this strange new food and hearing his mother's voice and feeling the swat of her hand. With a grumble he scoops himself a serving and goes off to try something new so he can go home and tell her how much he DIDN'T like it.

[morelikeasponge.livejournal.com]

Peter's heads are shaking as he pours himself a glass of water, and he doesn't notice that his thumb has trailed in the curry powder, or that a tiny sprinkle of it dusts off to lands lightly in the water.

Not enough to taste.

But enough.

[bprd_agent_red]

Oh look, free food. Spicy free food.

Hellboy is all over that. He dishes out a large serving and will eventually return for a couple more.

[didntseeit.livejournal.com]

Spicy food? Not a problem, for she is Mexican and...okay, the curry is Indian, but oh it is nice.

It really is.

[inadell.livejournal.com]

Having been into his fifth bottle of beer, Harry never really questioned the food that he requested poping up and it not being what he ordered. Looking down at the curry he pokes it with a fork once, twice- no, three times before finally shruging his shoulders.

Anything is better than K- or D-rations.

[rigthegames.livejournal.com]

Friday night, and Sands is down at the bar paying off his tab (God, it feels good to have money again) when the curry catches his eye.

He frowns, shrugs, and helps himself to a bowl. Just because he can afford to pay now is no reason to turn down the free stuff.

[hcliffhuxtable.livejournal.com]

Cliff asks the Bar for something spicy, and something he hasn't tried before now.
So, when the bowl appears, he doesn't think twice about taking it, spoon and all. Mmm!
Someone had warned him, sure, but this wasn't 'offered' him by anyone else, nor was it free. So, that should be fine...never mind the date.
Right?