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B

"Then we'll get you all moved in this afternoon," you say. "We'll have lunch here, too, and take you three-"

"And Bobby," Melvin and Raven add.

"And Bobby," you say, "over to my house. I'm sure my sisters will be happy to help you put your things away."

"Oh, but we're supposed to spend the evening with your family," Raven says, remembering.

"Oh, that's true... Hmm..."

A) Have the Toddler Titans spend time with your family
B) Have your family spend time with the Titans

B

"And they'll even be special pancakes. Because it's almost Christmas, we can make them chocolate, peppermint pancakes."

Finally, Timmy and Teether have the same wide-eyed look as Melvin as they hear what you just said.

"And Raven can help me," you say. "She's a great assisant."

You and Raven bring out the flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, milk, eggs, butter, chocolate syrup, chocolate chips, cocoa powder, canola oil, mini marshmallows, and peppermint candy.

In a small mixing bowl, Raven mixes flour, cocoa powder, sugar, baking soda, and salt. In a medium mixing bowl, you mix milk, egg, and canola oil. After both bowls are mixed well, the dry ingredients are added to the wet ingredients and you mix them until you have a nice, lumpy and chocolate brown batter.

You take a large skillet and have it on medium heat. Once hot enough, you put a teaspoon of butter on the pan to coat it. Then you use just a quarter cup of batter per pancake, and comfortably fit three on the pan. Those only take a minute or so to cook before you flip them. Once those three are done, you plate those and put on another teaspoon of butter to keep the pan coated. Then you start another three for a stack of two each.

"And now," you say as you mash the peppermint candies into pieces, "breakfast is served."

The pancakes are topped with chocolate syrup, chocolate chips, mini marshmallows and crushed peppermint.

"And of course," you say as you get them glasses, "lots of milk to wash that all down with."

You pour them all a drink while they dig in. They all take a bite at about the same time, and they all have big smiles on their faces. Melvin's pigtails even perk up a bit.

"And sorry for the wait," you say to Bushido. "What would you like for breakfast? Perhaps some chocolate peppermint pancakes?"

"No, no," he chuckles. "Bacon and eggs is fine."

"Right away," you say.

You scramble up some eggs and cook some bacon, then plate that with a glass of orange juice on the side.

"Meshiagare," you say.

"Arigatogozaimasu," Bushido says with a small bow at the counter.

He sits down and digs in like the rest, and is also satisfied with his meal.

"Alright," Raven says to the Toddler Titans. "So, while everyone else has their things put away in rooms here, I thought it'd be nice for you three and Bobby to join Rorek and I at our house."

"That sounds like fun," Melvin says. "Do we all get our own rooms?"

"Uh, well, no," Raven says. "Rorek's sisters are in the guest room, but we'll all be in the living room. Like a sleepover."

"We all get our own rooms in the monastary," Timmy says.

"Well, that wasn't going to happen here, either," Raven says. "All the boys will be stuck on one side in shared rooms, and the girls will do the same on the other side. At Rorek's, it'll be less crowded, not as noisy, and it'll be a little like when the five of us traveled together way back when."

"I guess that's okay," Timmy says.

A) Get them situated after breakfast
B) Get them situated this afternoon
C) Wait until the end of the day

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B

You create a Summoning circle and bring out a fluffy white bunny.

"A bunny?" the boys say.

"That's not big or strong," Timmy frowns.

"But it is really cute," Melvin says as she kneels down to pet it. "Though, not as cute as Bobby."

You look up at big Bobby as he stands behind Raven. She smiles and pats him on the big belly.

"Yes, Bobby is cute," you say. "But I wanted to go easy. If a bunny isn't enough, then..."

You have the bunny disappear and you bring out a white wolf.

"Oooh~!" the boys say.

"Well, I guess that's better," Timmy says.

"Make a tiger!" Teether says.

"That's a bit more complex than I can manage," you say, a little embarrassed.

"Well, making animals is just one thing he can do," Raven says. "He can create illusions and can perform Alchemy."

"What's Al Combing?" Timmy says.

"No, no, Al-keh-me," Raven says. "It's about turning one thing into another thing."

"Teether chews wood and makes it into poo," Timmy says. "What's so special about Alchemy?"

The other Titans stifle laughter, and Raven seems to have some embarrassment now.

"Well," you say. "How about we get you all breakfast?"

You go back behind the kitchen counter.

"Does... Bobby eat?" you ask.

"Pancakes! Pancakes!" the boys say.

"Bobby eats pancakes?" you ask.

"No, I think they want pancakes," Melvin says. "Bobby's fine with just some juice."

"Okay," you say.

You pour a glass of orange juice for Bobby and you hand that to Raven for her to take to Bobby.

"Pancakes! Pancakes!" the boys keep saying.

"We don't have pancakes right now," Raven says. "How about bacon and eggs?"

"Pancakes! Pancakes! Pancakes! Pancakes!" the boys keep saying.

"It's alright," you tell Raven as she frowns. "It's the holidays, we'll treat them to pancakes."

A) Stick with normal pancakes
B) Add a little something to them

A

"Well, we can try," you say. "You might have to stay at our place, though."

"Oh, of course," she says.

"I don't think my sisters will give up the guest room," you say, "but we can do something with the living room. Make it like a slumber party."

"What do you know about slumber parties?" Raven says with a smirk.

"Television and movies," you say. "They can be on the couch or in sleeping bags on the floor."

"That should be fine," Raven says. "Will I have to be out in the living room with them?"

"It depends on the kids," you say. "But I'm sure they can sleep on their own without you, so you can stay in our room."

"Isn't that something?" Raven says with a smirk. "We're not even married and we're getting a practice run on having kids."

"Uh..." you say with a nervous chuckle.

"Wow, Raven talking about kids?" Beast Boy says.

"I don't think any of us expected to hear that from you," Jinx smirks.

Raven gives a sarcastic smirk to them and goes back to putting bacon on the skillet.

You shred more potatoes for more hash browns, then quickly bring out more plates and utensils, knowing more guests are on the way.

Next to arrive are Titans East, with Bumblebee, Aqua Lad, Speedy, and Mas y Menos.

"Feliz navidad!" the twin speedsters say.

"Feliz navidad," you say back. "Bienvenidos a nuestro comedor, Titans Diner. At least, I hope I got that right."

"Pronunciation could use some work," Mas says.

"But the phrasing was correct," Menos says.

"Let's see," Cyborg says. "I suppose we could have you all sit here at the couch."

Cyborg leads Titans East over, they sit down, and you help make a plate for all of them. Raven floats some over while Starfire carries the rest.

"RAVEEEN~!" three young voices all shout as they enter the room.

"Wow, you're here already?" Raven says as she floats around the counter. "And you're all so big now!"

Raven hugs a girl with blonde hair and pigtails in all pink, a boy with wild red hair in red and yellow, and a younger boy with wavy blonde hair in all sky blue. Back at the door, a young Japanese man is helping a big brown, stitched-together teddy bear get through the door.

"Ohaygozaimasu," he says to everyone else in the room with a bow.

"Ohaygozaimasu," you say back, even returning the bow. "Bushid desu ka?"

"Hai, Bushid desu," he says with a smile and handshake.

"Okay," Raven says as she releases the hug. "Melvin, Timmy, Teether..."

She turns them around to look at you.

"This is Rorek," Raven says. "My fiance."

Melvin's eyes widen with a big smile while the boys both look rather confused.

"This guy?" Timmy says.

"He doesn't look vewy big or vewy stwong," Teether says.

You're rather speechless at a couple kindergarteners sassing you.

"He's big and strong," Raven defends. "And he's also got magic. Show them, Rorek."

"Oh, uh, okay," you say.

To make a good first impression, you use...

A) Arcane magic
B) Summoning magic

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bump, got busy today

C

"... the sausage from Robin. Robin can be on eggs to substitute for Cyborg."

"Is this because the sausages weren't evenly cooked?" Robin asks.

"No, not at all," you say. "I'm not passive aggressive like that. Beast Boy's not going to be on any of the animal products, and you have good hands for the whisking."

"Hmmm... Fair enough."

You all set to work, cooking up fresh rounds of hashbrowns, sausages, bacon, eggs, and toast. You make sure the sausages rotate at equal intervals, treating them as four-sided rather than two-sided.

While you wait on the others to arrive, you finish eating your breakfast. You put your plate in the sink and quickly wash it before putting hashbrowns on the skillet.

"Morning, everyone," Argent says.

You turn around to see Argent leading the way for Titans North, accompanied by Cyborg and Starfire.

"Morning, Rorek," Argent says as she spots you.

You hold up a finger to have her wait as you wash down the last of your eggs with orange juice.

"Good morning," you reply once you can breathe again. "Good to see you all again."

"You five can have the table here," Cyborg says.

"Thank you," Red Star says.

"Alright, let's plate these," you say as you gather up the different items.

Five plates are loaded up with equal parts hashbrowns, sausages, bacon, eggs, and two slices of buttered toast. Raven takes care of floating the plates over to the table, Cyborg returns to scrambling eggs and Robin returns to rotating sausages.

"How's Silkie doing?" Beast Boy asks.

"He is resting, but also the grounded," Starfire says. "I properly gave him the scolding for eating all the jam, and that his stomach troubles is leniency."

"Yeah, that's fair," Beast Boy says.

"So I'm curious," you say to the group. "Just how are you going to have room for 15 extra guests?"

"Actually," Raven says, a little nervous. "It turns out we're going to have 20. Titans Asia is stopping by since it's the holidays."

"Titans Asia?"

"You remember me telling you about Melvin, Bobby, Timmy and Teether, right?"

"Yes, the three young children and the imaginary friend who was in fact real."

"Right," Raven says. "The Toddler Titans, being that they're not all toddlers anymore, have, on occasion, joined forces with Bushido, a modern day samurai and honorary Titan of Japan. They're all visiting, but... Well, even with converting your guest room here into a group room for the male Titans, there's not enough room for the kids. And I know you already have your sisters staying at your place, but is there any way we could make room for Melvin and the others?"

A) We can sure try
B) Highly unlikely

A

You make some more hashbrowns while you grab yourself a plate. You get eggs, bacon, sausage, butter your own toast, and then have some hashbrowns.

"Good job on the eggs," you say. "Sausage could be cooked more evenly."

Raven and the main Titans look over at you with a slight frown.

"Sorry," you say. "It's my habit as a head chef. This is all really good."

You hold in the critique of the bacon. A couple of the strips are on the crunchy side.

Raven and the others take this time to get their own plates.

"Oh, where's Starfire?" you say, just realizing her absence.

"Silkie got into the jam earlier," Robin says. "She's cleaning him up, and making sure he doesn't have a stomach ache."

"Oh, I should've noticed the jam was missing."

A doorbell rings, which is a surprise to you as you had no idea Titans Tower had a doorbell. Then the big screen turns on and you see Jinx and Argent smiling and waving.

"Titans North just arrived," Cyborg says. "Hopefully Star's done cleaning up Silkie, she can help me with the luggage."

"We'll keep working here in the kitchen," you say in reference to yourself, Raven, Robin and Beast Boy. "I'll keep making hashbrowns, and take over..."

A) Eggs from Cyborg
B) Bacon from Raven
C) Sausage from Robin

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C

"Hashbrowns? That should be good for everyone since it's potatoes."

Raven brings you a sack of several potatoes.

"Thank you, Raven," you say. "Do we also have onions?"

Raven fetches a couple onions.

"Thank you," you say again. "Oh, and flour and some eggs."

Raven fetches those, too.

"Thank you," you say yet again. "These will be diner style as opposed to fast food style."

You shred a few potatoes, rinse them in a bowl, then drain the water and squeeze them dry. You put them in a dry bowl, then mix in onion, flour and egg.

You put just a bit of oil in a heavy skillet, then set on medium-high heat. When the oil sizzles, you scoop the potato mix and place it in the skillet to make a half-inch thick layer. You make separate hashbrown patties, one for each of the Titans South.

The hashbrowns cook to golden brown on both sides, and are set onto paper towels to drain excess grease. You then season with salt and pepper and plate them for each of the Titans South.

"Gracias," Pantha says.

Along with the hashbrowns, Pantha loads up on a bit of everything. She has a hardy helping of scrambled eggs, four sausages and six strips of bacon, as well as a slice of buttered toast. Wildebeest's appetite is about the same, piling on the bacon as opposed to the other items.

"So, I do apologize," you say, "but I still need to learn a lot of names on the Titans roster."

"I'm Hot Spot," the young Black man in red turtleneck says.

"I'm The Herald," the young Black man in the blue hood says.

"I'm Jaime- I mean, The Blue Beetle," the young Hispanic man says.

"And blondie here is Jericho," Hot Spot says. "He's mute, so don't feel bad if he doesn't say anything to you."

"Alright," you say.

"You should eat up, too," Raven tells you.

"Right," you say.

A) Have a full plate
B) Have a lighter breakfast

B

"No, you're going to bed now," you say. "I'll have an early morning, so I'll also be turning and, and I can't have you two making noise."

"We wouldn't make any noise," Roselind says.

"Not like you two were earlier," Rebecca says.

"W-What?" you and Raven both blurt.

"Some nap you two were taking," Roselind teases.

"W-We were napping," Raven says, blushing.

"Don't even joke yourself," Rebecca says. "You two were all touchling each other, rolling around and cuddling."

"So you heard us?" you say.

"It was muffled, but the bed squeaking was obvious," Roselind says.

"Just get ready for bed," you say sternly.

"Fine," the two of them say.

They go down the hall, one to their room to change and the other to the bathroom to wash up.

"Well, I should probably go back to Titans Tower," Raven says. "I'll let the others know you'll be over in the morning so they can help us with the breakfast buffet."

"'Us,' hmm?" you say with a smirk.

"Yes," she says with a smirk of her own. "I was helping you today, I'll help you tomorrow."

"Well, you do make a rather sexy sous-chef."

Raven giggles, you walk her back to the door, and give her a kiss goodnight. Raven then flies off into the night while you take your turn in the bathroom.

"Alright," you say as your sisters are both in their bed. "Good night and see you in the morning."

"Good night, Rory," they both say.

They settle in, you turn off the light for them, then go to your room to do the same.

The next morning, your parents and grandparents arrive just as you and your sisters get up.

"Don't worry about making us breakfast, Rory," your mother says. "We can take care of ourselves. You hurry and meet with Raven and the other Titans."

"Well, if that's alright with everyone," you say. "See you all later on."

You go to the garage, hop on Shadowfax, and ride to the water. Traffic is rather heavy because of the holiday, but you still make it there in under an hour. You then ride across the water and into the garage. You don't bother rushing to the elevator, the elevator isn't going to go faster just because you're in a hurry.

"Hello, everyone," you say as you walk into the living room. "I hope I'm not late."

"No problema, Rorek," Pantha says. "We only just arrived."

"Oh, uh, hola, Pantha," you say.

The muscular luchadora sits at the kitchen counter with a young Black man in a blue hood, a young Black man in a red turtleneck, a young blonde man with bright green eyes and rather olden style clothing, a young Hispanic male with a blue bomber jacket, and something that is half-man, half Wildebeest.

"And the rest of Titans South," you say. "I'm going to go out on a limb and say Wildebeest is here on the end."

Wildebeest smiles and nods.

"Alright," you say. "Sorry that nothing is ready, but I hope Raven and the others didn't oversell my breakfast buffet."

"Don't worry," Raven says. "As your sous-chef, I made sure the basics got started."

"Ah, I see," you say as you see Cyborg whisking eggs to scramble them up and Robin turning sausages.

"Don't go too heavy on the butter, Beast Boy," Raven says. "Between toast, French toast, waffles and pancakes, we need to make sure there's plenty for everyone."

"Let me step in here," you say. "How about having some..."

A) Bacon
B) Pancakes
C) Hashbrowns

A

"We'll give them a big breakfast buffet. Bacon, eggs, sausage, pancakes, waffles, toast, French toast, hashbrowns, all of it. Everyone can eat what they want, though maybe not as much as they want. Hopefully we can make enough for everyone."

"I'm not sure who will arrive first," Raven says. "I think Titans South is closer to us, but Titans North could still arrive first."

"Titans North being Argent and Jinx?" you say.

"And also Red Star, Kole and Gnarrk," Raven says. "But it doesn't surprise me you immediately think of them."

"Sorry," you say. "I'll learn everyone's names at some point."

"Okay," she says.

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer finishes, and your parents and grandparents head out.

"See you girls tomorrow morning," your mother says. "And see you and Raven tomorrow evening."

"See you tomorrow," you say as you and Raven hug everyone good-night.

"Alright," you say to your sisters. "Time for bed."

"Aww," they say.

"It's not that late," Roselind says.

"And we were hoping to get a headstart on making the snowflakes and stars," Rebecca says.

"Well, we should probably settle on if it's snowflakes or stars," Roselind says. "It'd be rather haphazard if we had both."

"Good point," Rebecca says.

A) Let them stay up
B) Have them go to bed

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B

"Evenings together as a family, after Raven and I are with the Titans for the morning."

"That's fine," your father says. "We'll have dinners together like we did today and open presents with dessert."

"Well," your mother says, "I was hoping for Christmas Day together, during the daytime."

"Depending on how the day goes," you say, "we can always move it up from evenings to afternoons. I was just setting up an expected schedule."

"Alright," your mother says. "The six of us can spend the day together. Christmas Eve, we can arrange our gifts around Rorek's tree, maybe watch some Christmas movies."

"That sounds fun," Rebecca says.

"We should also add some things to Rory's tree," Roselind says. "He only put up lights and the ornament we got him."

"It's all I have right now," you say.

"We should try and use Rory's paint pendulum to make some Christmas art," Rebecca says. "They can be snowflakes, or maybe stars in the sky."

"Where are you going to get paint for that?" you ask. "Raven and I used a bit of it up."

"You didn't use all of it up," Roselind says. "There's still plenty of blue for snowflakes and yellow for stars."

"And we can use colored paper, too," Rebecca says.

"Alright," you say. "Just don't make a mess."

You all finish up with your cider and move to the living room to relax while watching Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.

"Oh, y'know," Raven says to you. "We don't really have anything to give the visiting Titans."

"Oh, that's easy enough," you say. "We can cook them a meal."

A) Make a big breakfast buffet
B) Make meals made-to-order

A

You go with the basic one-quarter cup. The cynarine will create the illusion of much more than that. With that, you stir it all up and fetch fresh glasses.

"Alright," you say as you pour the first glass. "Cider's ready."

You serve Raven and your family the cider and then yourself. You all say, "Cheers!" and sip.

"Ooooh~!" Raven says. "This is because of the cynarine, right?"

"Oh, yes," you say. "The cynarine's effects will last for some time."

"Then I'm going to enjoy it while I can," Grandfather Sixth says. "Let's have more grapes."

"Right away," you say.

You bring out another bunch and rinse that off. Grandfather Sixth digs in as soon as you set it on the platter.

"Now," you say as you sit back down. "Tomorrow, Christmas Eve, the Titans are inviting other Titans to Jump City for a big holiday weekend. Raven and I are going to be visiting to welcome the guests, but also to give our gifts to Robin and the others. So I was just thinking that for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, the schedule could be..."

A) Mornings with family, evenings with the Titans
B) Evenings with family, mornings with the Titans

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B

"Perhaps just some croissants," you say.

"Oh, okay," Raven says. "So do we have enough eggs and flour for the dough?"

"No," you say as you go to your refrigerator. "But I have this."

You bring out a tube of ready-made Pillsbury crescent rolls.

"Seriously?" Raven says. "You're a great chef with a restaurant, and you're using brand name products?"

"Yes," you say. "Just not at the restaurant."

You pop the tube open, tear up the dough into eight pieces, so that's one for everyone. The croissants bake and your parents and grandparents arrive just before they're done.

"Welcome back," you say as you hug everyone. "The roast beef is ready, and we're preparing some apple cider."

"Oooh~, lovely," your grandmother says.

"Let's all sit down and start the meal," you say. "We'll finish the cider when it's time."

Your sisters join everyone else at the table, and your serve up the plates of Lavish Roast Beef. While waiting on the cider's ingredients, you serve water for now.

As you eat, you find the roast beef to be just the right tenderness. And you enjoy the artichoke yogurt cream and what it adds to the beef.

"Oh, did you add something to the croissants?" your mother asks. "These are rather sweet."

"Ah, that would be the effects of the artichoke sauce," you say. "The chemical known as cynarine enhances our perception of sweetness. The croissant is as it should be, but our tongues are tasting them as if they're sweetened. We were also planning on dessert just being some grapes. The cynarine will make them almost like candy."

"Aha, like cheating on my diet without actually cheating," Grandpa Sixth says.

"I suppose so," you say with a chuckle. "Oh, excuse me, I'm going to finish the cider."

You return to the kitchen, and you see the apples are very, very soft. You use a big wooden spoon to mash the apples within the pot.

"Alright," you say. "That will still be another half an hour. How about we have those grapes now?"

You go back to the kitchen and bring out a bunch of green grapes. You wash those with just water, then set them on a platter. You place the platter in the middle of the table and everyone picks off grapes as they please.

"Oooh~!" your mother says. "That cynarine is quite the trick. These taste so sweet, they're more like lemons. It's like food magic."

"I know we don't have the cider yet," Raven says, "but how about a toast?"

Raven raises her glass of water, as do you, and so do the rest of the family.

"To... Well, I was going to say 'Food Wizard,' but that makes you sound like a grocery store. So, to Rorek VII, the most magical chef in the world."

"To Rory!" your families say.

"Well, thank you, Raven," you say. "That was lovely."

You all finish with the grapes, and you go back to the kitchen. The simmering is done, so you strain out the mashed apples, soft oranges and all the spices from the pot and into a bigger strainer. You press out excess liquid and pick out solid chunks of spice. You then mix all the ingredients with maple syrup, but realize your taste testing will be thrown off by the cynarine.

"Welp," you mutter to yourself.

A) Leave it at the default one-quarter cup
B) Go for about one-third
C) Go for about one-half

bump

A

"I'll start making some apple cider," you say to Raven and your sisters. "Rebecca, Roselind, go brush your teeth in the meantime."

"Okay," they both say.

Your sisters go to the bathroom while you return to the kitchen.

"Hmm, apple cider, huh?" Raven asks. "That's perfect for Christmas, huh?"

"Indeed," you say.

Raven joins you as you bring out the fruits. You also bring out maple syrup, ginger, cinnamon sticks, whole cloves and allspice. Raven washes the apples while you bring out a pot. It can hold 12 quarts, so that should be more than enough space. You also get a mesh strainer, and a funnel.

"Alright," you say as you have half a dozen apples and oranges each. "We're not just going to rinse these, we're going to soak them. The fruit are going to simmer and reduce with their skin on, so we can't just leave it at a simple rinse."

"Okay," Raven nods. "But, soaking in water is about the same, isn't it?"

"That's why we add a dash of baking soda," you say.

You fill a bowl with water, stir in the baking soda, and stick as many of each fruit in as possible. They soak for ten minutes, then you rinse them off and get the rest.

Next, you core the apples and cut them into quarters while Raven cuts the oranges into quarters. All the slices are put into the 12 quart pot, along with sliced ginger, whole cinnamon sticks and the other spices. You add water just enough to cover the ingredients, then place the pot on the stove. You turn up the heat to get the water boiling, then cover the pot and lower the heat for the simmer.

"Now, this process will take a couple hours," you say, "but we'll be eating dinner by then, so it should work out right."

"Alright," Raven says. "Are we going to have anything other than the roast beef and grapes for dessert?"

"Hmm..."

A) Soup
B) Croissants

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RANDOMIZE!

B

"Grapes. They'd be sweet like candy, but only because of our heightened senses."

"Ooh, I like that," Raven says.

Your phone jingles and you check your text messages.

Mum: We'll be over around 5, is that okay?

You: Yes, and dinner will be ready when you arrive

"Alright," you say as you send the message. "We have some time left before our parents and grandparents arrive, let's set the table."

"Right," Raven says.

"And that means you two," you tell your sisters.

"What?" they both say.

"Do you see the Wilmarths around?" you say. "Or any butlers and maids? It won't take long, there's four of us."

"Can't you just use magic?" Roselind asks.

"Don't be lazy or you'll end up like the chubby humans in Wall-E," you say.

Your sisters grumble and get off the couch. They help you bring plates to the table, everyone setting out two. Then you do the same for glasses and sets of silverware.

For drinks, you decide to serve...

A) Apple Cider
B) Sparking Cider
C) Sparking Cranberry Juice

RANDOMIZE!

A

You set it for just 3 PM, so that you have plenty of time to rest but also plenty of time to prepare the Lavish Roast Beef for dinner.

You settle in on the bed and so does Raven.

"Have a nice nap," you say to her before giving her a kiss on the forehead.

"Have a nice nap," she says in return.

You close your eyes, listening to the sound of your breathing, as well as Raven's, to help you drift off to sleep.

Your alarm's beeping wakes you, and you are just a touch groggy as you sit up. Raven also stirs awake, stretches, and you both give a little smile before getting off the bed. Shoes are put back on and the two of you return to the living room.

"Seriously?" you say to your sisters. "You had more to eat?"

Your sisters have a paper plate on the coffee table covered in crumbs.

"The fudge mint cookies are really good," they both say.

You sigh, and go to the kitchen.

"Okay, here we go," you say as you bring out clean pots and pans.

You bring out salt, black pepper, olive oil, cream, artichoke, yogurt, soy sauce, wasabi paste, eggs, watercress, and beef rump roast. You then measure out a teaspoon of salt and pepper and fill a pot with water.

"First," you say to Raven. "We take 500 grams of the beef and rub it with the salt and pepper. We'll obviously boil the water while I heat olive oil in this frying pan."

"Okay," Raven nods.

Raven sets to working on the meat, which of course sounds naughty. Once she's properly seasoned the beef, she hands that off to you to pan sear on all sides.

After the roast beef is thoroughly cooked, you remove it from heat to wrap around twice in aluminum foil and stuck inside a plastic bag. You push the air out of the bag, place it inside another plastic bag, and make sure that one is airtight, too. You then put the double bundled roast in the boiling water.

"This will sit in there for three minutes," you say. "In that time, we're going to make the cream sauce and poach some eggs."

"Oh, nice," Raven says.

You have Raven help mince the artichoke, and all that is put into the same frying pan that seared the beef.

"Doesn't this kind of cancel out how it's the healthy vegetable of the meal?" Raven says.

"Don't tell Grandmother that," you say.

You pour in about 100CC of the cream onto the artichoke and mix that around, bringing it to a simmer. Raven poaches the eggs for you as you put together three tablespoons of yogurt, one teaspoon of soy sauce and one teaspoon of wasabi paste.

You take the yogurt sauce mix, throw that onto the artichoke and cream and mix that around to simmer until it's nice and thick. After that, you turn off the heat and season with more salt and pepper.

The timer dings on the boiling roast beef and Raven turns off the heat. The pot is coverered, and it will sit for another 20 minutes.

"Eggs are ready," Raven says.

"Wonderful timing," you say. "We can finally take out the beef, and let it cool off. After that, we thinly slice the roast, put a few slices on a plate, put a poached egg on top of it, and top it with the creamy artichoke sauce. Then we take some watercress to decorate the plate, and done."

"That sounds delicious," she says. "And what's for dessert?"

"Oh, well that's the fun part," you say. "There's a trick to this Lavish Roast Beef. The cynarine in the artichoke hearts we minced is a chemical that makes the very next thing you eat taste even sweeter."

"So we could have anything, and it'd be sugary sweet?"

"Exactly," you say. "So we could just have..."

A) Oranges
B) Grapes
C) Ice Cream

bump, will get this tomorrow hopefully

B

Raven pulls away from the kiss to sit up again. She grinds, bracing herself with hands on either side of your body. She pants, head hanging low and bosoms swinging back and forth.

"Bridge... Bridge up for me," she says.

You nod and push your hips up.

"Yes, there," Raven says. "The angle."

Raven squeezes her legs around you as she grinds, her hands gripping the comforter. She has a big open mouth smile as she pants, and her violet eyes shimmer as they look deeply into yours. She then bites her lower lip as her head cranes back, only to let out a very excited gasp.

"Raven, please," you almost beg. "We have to keep it down. Also, I think the bed's starting to squeak."

"But I'm still not there yet~," she moans.

She rests on you again, wraps her arms around you again, and just puts her everything into it! She's putting the "Raven" into "ravenous!"

"Raven!" you say, still keeping your voice down. "Raven, hold on! Ow, ow!"

"What? What?" she says in confusion as she lets off. "What's wrong?"

"What's wrong is jeans are confining," you say as drag yourself up to sit higher on the bed.

"Oh," she says. "And you've still got some... expanding to do."

"Yes," you say. "So I think it's time we actually take that nap."

"Alright," Raven sighs.

You take a few deep breaths, and Raven finds her shirt. She puts the shirt back on, and it takes a few minutes for everything to settle down. You rest your head on your pillow and Raven rests on the other. You set an alarm so you don't nap too long.

A) Set it for 3 PM
B) Set it for 4 PM
C) Set it for 5 PM

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(I so want say C. They hear giggling at the door. Buuuut.)

while writing, I was tempted to have that happen, but I feel like that would've been a cheap way to end it.

A

You watch as Raven goes a little faster. Her head hangs low a little as she puts in more effort. Then her breathing gets heavy and she cranes her neck back. She starts panting just a bit, and she looks over her shoulder at you with that naughty smile. Then she lets her head hang down again as she puts even more into it.

"Raven," you say. "My pants are getting a little tight, if you know what I mean."

"No, you're keeping those on," Raven says. "And so am I. There's a... nice bit of friction..."

Raven goes harder and harder, and things get harder and harder for you. You do your best to sit still as Raven wants, even as she grips your legs. Then she slows down, but only long enough to reach back and unhook her bra! She throws that aside and grinds again. This time, she has one hand on your leg and the other hand up, grabbing her chest. She massages her own bosom, and she starts to arch her back.

Raven breathes heavy again, giggling on and off. She braces herself with both hands again, then moans and grunts rather cutely as she really gets the hips into it. She breathes faster, but she also sounds frustrated.

"Not good enough," she says.

She turns back around! She grips your shirt and grinds again. She throws her head back, biting her lower lip to contain the moaning. Raven then leans forward, rests against you, and wraps her arms around you so she can really, really go after it! Then Raven gets face to face with you for another kiss. Both of you moan as tongues collide, and now you breath heavy through your nose.

A) Now make a move
B) See where Raven goes with this next

A

"Hold on," you say. "Let me just..."

You sit up, and you sweep your hands underneath her shirt hem. Raven keeps that naughty smile as she raises her arms. You pull the shirt all the way up over her head and throw it aside, revealing the lovely and lacy black bra that craddles her bosom.

"Oh, very nice," you say.

"Thank you," she says. "Now lie back down, I was just getting going."

You recline back, she gently digs her nails into your shirt as she smooths her hands down your chest and stomach. She then grips the hems, holding onto those reins again as she starts grinding again. Her arms draw together at the elbows, pushing her bosom together. You start bridging up, in order to tilt her forward so you can get a better look.

"Rorek, stay down," Raven scolds.

"Not possible," you say. "Feels too good."

You start pumping, bouncing Raven ever so slightly, causing the grey peaks before you to move up and down. Somehow, they stay inside their black lace cages.

"Rorek~!" Raven says with a bit of a giggle as she braces herself with hands on either side of you. "You always push the pace. You're so impatient."

"Am I?"

She smirks at your sarcasm, then she un-straddles you. But to your surprise, that's so she can turn around. She sits on your lap facing away now, and she digs her nails into your knees. You rather like the sound of her nails scratching the denim, and she takes grip of your pants now as she grinds in that direction.

A) Let her do as she likes
B) Pull her back on top of you

bump, nevermind, sorry guys.

bump, will get this some time tomorrow

A

"Sure, I don't see why not," you say. "But let's not go too far, my sisters are down the hall."

"Again, T-"

"Before you say 'Timberline Lodge,'" you say, "I locked the doors that time."

"We could lock the doors here," Raven says.

"Well... That's a good point."

You magically lock the door and wrap your arms around Raven. You kiss her all over her neck and she giggles. She takes your face in her hands and brings you in to kiss her on the lips. The lip smacking is invigorating in and of itself. You recline back and keep Raven on top of you. You bring Raven up and smother yourself with her bosom inside that cotton tee. She smells wonderful, as does the shirt.

Raven giggles, strokes your hair, then sits up. She starts grinding, and there's the soft sound of denim against denim. She has a naughty little smile as she puts on the pressure, holding onto your shirt like reins on a horse. You start bridging to give some pressure back, and she has a big open mouth smile as she gets more into it.

A) Take off her shirt
B) Take off both your pants

bump, got a little busy again

bump

RANDOMIZER

C

"Maybe just a nap?" you say. "We were up late fighting 'The Clouder.'"

"I suppose so," Raven chuckles. "And I suppose I can join you on that."

"You're going to take a nap?" Roselind asks.

"You sound like Grandma 'n' Grandpa," Rebecca says.

"Or even just mum 'n' dad," Roselind says.

"Well, we'll make sure it isn't a long nap," you say. "I will need to prepare dinner before the afternoon gets away from us. You two just keep working on your little knitting kits."

"Fine," your sisters say.

You pack away the painting pendulum and check the mandalas you made. They're all dry so you carefully store them in a folder for later. You and Raven then go to your room and you close the door. You sit on the bed to take off your shoes, as does Raven. You then stretch your legs and arms before scooting up on the bed. Raven then straddles you without warning.

"Oh," you say. "Well, this is nice, but what's the occasion?"

"Isn't this what you were talking about with 'the nap'?"

"Actually, I was thinking of just taking a nap," you say.

"Oh," Raven says back. "But, we can still have a little fun, can't we?"

A) Sure, just a little
B) No, maybe later

sry for not getting to this. I woke up dizzy, took a nap and that went all the way until like 20 minutes ago, so I guess I'm just that tired.

bump

B

"We'll do little circles," you say. "We can go around this star shape randomly."

You start with a circle just a bit off north and swing the pendulum with a twirl of your wrist.

"That's a small circle?" Raven asks.

"What? It's smaller than the circle that would surround the star."

"That's fair. But make them smaller than that now."

"Alright, alright."

You move over to northest, and do your best to twirl the pendulum in a tighter circle.

"That's good," she says. "Make more of those."

You go to seven o'clock, back to one o'clock, over to ten o'clock which makes it overlap with the bigger circle. Then you go to nine o'clock, six o'clock, four o'clock, then around two o'clock, and then another around ten o'clock, overlapping with the previous one. You also hit the eight o'clock and five o'clock areas so that there aren't gaps.

"Okay," Raven says, "maybe one more of those kinda bigger circles."

"So like this one?" you say as you point to the first one.

"Yeah," she says.

You make another one of those circles at about three o'clock, and it overlaps with the other circles in that area.

"Let's make one more," you say, "so that we have a sort of triangle."

You make the third medium circle in the seven o'clock area, and it also overlaps with those circles.

"They look like grapes," Rebecca says.

"They're not..." you say, but then you lean back. "Well, maybe they do."

"If they were filled in, they'd be grapes," Raven says. "But these are more like bubbles. Purple bubbles around a green star. Or urchin."

"Well it's too late to go back now," you say. "Our urchin star with grape bubbles is going to be Beast Boy's."

You set that aside with the others to dry.

https://i.imgur.com/yotXdb5.png

"Okay," Raven says. "So... Now what?"

A) Watch TV
B) Play a game
C) Take a nap

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A

"Blue for Cyborg," you say as you change out syringes.

"Let's try some straight lines," Raven says.

"That's a good idea," you say. "We'll do the eight directions, like with Robin's eight spirals."

You let the pendulum swing straight across, then catch it. You go around to hit from north to south, east to west, northwest to southeast and northeast to southwest.

"Looks like blue pizza," Raven chuckles. "Okay, now... Can we start a pattern from inside the circle? Not at the center, but not the edge either."

"Yes, that might give us something," you say. "Though, maybe we should do another color?"

"Well, we already used purple for Starfire, red and yellow for Robin, and obviously green is for Beast Boy. And I don't know how Cyborg would feel if we used pink."

"But then that only leaves black and orange," you say.

"We could do black and blue," she says. "Though, it'd look kinda like my old costume. Can't we get grey paint? Or a lighter shade of blue?"

"They only gave us these eight colors and eight syringes," you say. "But I suppose if we're not using orange or pink, I can whip up something and use one of those syringes."

You dig around in your napsack for your paint collection.

"Here we are," you say. "A lighter shade of blue."

"Sweet," Raven says. "Now, let's have it draw lines in between these lines."

"Okay," you say.

You pour the light blue paint into the new syringe, and have it set up north-by-northwest, halfway between center and edge. You let it swing, reset it, and let it swing again.

"Now it's a bit like a snowflake," you say. "Or a twinkling star."

"I feel like it's still missing something," she says. "Maybe just a few curves?"

"Okay, but do we keep going with blue?"

"Let's try black paint now," she says. "It'll stand out now."

"Alright," you say. "We'll go from the tertiary directions again, but a little further out."

You put the new syringe on, set it up just behind where the light blue lines are, and give it a curve as it swings.

"Oh, that already looks pretty good," she says. "Keep going."

You finish the rotation and have eight curves that all meet near the center.

"Now it's like a flower and a snowflake," Raven says with a big smile. "And also like, a vortex. That's good."

https://i.imgur.com/IMIyPqC.png

"Alright," you say as you set that aside. "Last but not least, Beast Boy's."

You get a new paper, and the green paint.

"Oh, oh!" Raven says. "Let's start from the center."

"Huh? Really?"

"Yeah," she says. "We can push it around and see how it swings."

"That would be rather unique," you say. "Less momentum, less swing, those could make for some interesting curves."

Once again, you put in a new syringe, and you have it start in the center. You quickly push the pendulum to get it moving. It goes out a bit, comes back and swings the other way just a little less, and so on back and forth until it settles back at the center.

"Okay, not bad," Raven says. "Just duplicate that a few more times and we might have something."

"Let's do an odd number of them," you say. "Something a bit asymmetrical."

You measure out seven sections and repeat the swinging six more times. This gives you a star of 14 points focused mostly in the middle of the circle."

"Not bad," Raven says. "Do you have another shade of green?"

"No," you say. "But we can go back to purple to match his costume."

"Why not," Raven shrugs.

"Let's start from somewhere in the middle, like for Cyborg's," you say. "But we'll put even more curve into the swing."

"Oh, wait," Raven says. "What if you held the string and sort of swung the pendulum around?"

"Oh, that's a good idea," you say. "We can keep it swinging in a circle that way. But should it be one big circle or a lot of little circles?"

"Not sure," she says.

A) One big circle
B) Lots of little circles

RANDOMIZER

A

"Robin. Let's use red and yellow to go with his costume."

You take away the purple paint syringe and place a new paper under the pendulum

"Let's try a spiral for him," Raven says.

"Oh, yes, swing the pendulum around the circle," you say. "Good idea. Which direction?"

"Clockwise."

You set up red paint in the syringe and send it along its way.

"Yeah, I like that," Raven says as the spiral is made before your eyes. "Okay, do that again, but from like, the opposite side."

"Yes, we'll get symmetrical spirals," you say.

You reset the pendulum from the other end of the paper, and have it go again. Just as predicted, you end up with an identical spiral, the two at the very center.

"Okay, for the yellow," Raven says, "what if we did even more spirals? We could have more than just starting points at north and south, but east and west?"

"I'd... be careful with just four spokes," you say. "We don't want it looking too... swastika-esque."

"Well not if the spirals are smooth like these," Raven says. "And we keep them clockwise."

"Well, let's go up to eight just to be safe," you say. "We'll get the secondary directions, too, like northwest, northeast, et cetera."

"Okay," she says with a shrug.

You change out the red paint syringe for the yellow and have it set to work.

"Yeah, I like the interplay of those," Raven says. "Let's top it off there."

You sign this paper and move it aside to dry next to Starfire's.

https://i.imgur.com/BhvrKV0.png

"Two down, two to go," you say.

A) Cyborg next
B) Beast Boy next

bump cuz I was right, rly busy

bump, will try to get this but I'm going to be busy, especially with Christmas this weekend

C

"Starfire should have purple for her outfit," you say. "And... Well, green should be saved for Beast Boy, right? Though, Robin also has green because of his tights..."

"Starfire should definitely have purple," Raven agrees. "But let's throw in some pink, and... Well, we can throw in another color after getting a good design with the purple and pink."

"That's fair," you say. "We'll start with purple. Wait. What should the mandala look like? Is it a square or a circle?"

"Uh, either, since this thing is going to move in circles and curves."

"Good point."

You pull out a page from your art pad and leave it as a rectangle. You take the plastic syringe and you fill it with purple paint. The string attaches to the side of the syringe, and the plunger is weighted so that it will drop as the syringe swings around, causing the paint to be poured out onto the paper.

"And..." you say as you hold the pendulum up. "Go."

The pendulum swings and the paint pours, and you watch as it makes long, narrow oval shapes. It starts to resemble flower petals layered on top of each other.

"Whoa..." both you and Raven say.

"Is it doing like that, pulsating illusion?" Raven asks.

"I think so," you say as you stare at it.

You're both quiet a moment, then you both say, "Cool...!"

"Maybe you should leave it at that," she says. "Adding anything else might ruin the effect."

"I think you're right," you say. "I'll just sign it and leave it at that."

https://i.imgur.com/WxGyJ6b.png

"Next up..."

A) Robin
B) Cyborg
C) Beast Boy

bump, got busy again

B

"Then how about what I like to call 'Lavish' Roast Beef," you suggest. "It has a wonderful cream sauce made from horseradish, yogurt, anchovies and artichoke hearts. That way it's savory yet healthy. Plus, we put a poached egg on top."

"Oooh," he says. "I do like the sound of that."

"So do I!" your sisters say.

"Well everyone can have a plate," you say. "I have plenty of everything."

With dinner decided, you all eat the mochi and enjoy the sugary strawberry jam inside the sugary, mushy rice paste. Then Raven has a sudden giggle fit.

"What's so funny?" you ask.

She does her best to calm down so she can also finish chewing the mochi to then swallow.

"The strawberry is so red against the rice," Raven says. "It looks like I just bit into some poor little snowball creature or something."

"That's a bit morbid," your mother says.

You look at the mochi, thinking of it that way, and you can't help but smirk while also feeling bad for these imaginary snowball creatures.

"And yet," you say, "it does look like that."

Your mother looks at her own mochi and stifles a snorting snicker as best she can.

After everyone eats up their mochi and the plates are all put away, your parents and grandparents give your and your sisters and even Raven a hug good-bye before returning to the hotel.

"Now for our lazy arts 'n' crafts afternoon," you say.

"Yay~!" your sisters say.

They go to their room and bring out their knitting kits. You bring out your pendulum painting kit and get started on those mandalas.

The assembly required on the pendulum isn't so bad, it's mostly cardboard and string to make a rather small tripod. The paint colors are black, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple and pink. Which is perfect, because those are all colors that work for everyone in the group. You decide to start with...

A) Robin
B) Cyborg
C) Starfire
D) Beast Boy

A

... a pork belly o-nigiri. You like that one best. The rest of the family takes an o-nigiri at random. You pour glasses of lemonade and everyone digs in.

"These are rather nice," your mother says. "It's like a meal all compact into one thing."

"Which one did you get?" your father asks her.

"Chicken, I believe," she says.

"The cheese is very good," Grandfather Sixth says. "Very cheesy."

You take a bite of your pork belly o-nigiri and enjoy the tender, honey-glazed meat mixed with the rice.

"I really like the pork belly," Raven says. "It's really juicy."

"Agreed," you say. "It turned out very nicely."

"Is that because you made that one yourself?" Raven asks with a smirk.

The two of you chuckle, and you make sure to get another pork belly for your second o-nigiri.

"Can we do the mochi roulette now?" your sisters both ask.

"Alright, hold on," you say. "Not everyone scarfed down o-nigiri like you two."

You deal out the first eight mochi, and then set the second eight out on a little spinning plate. The little mochi goes around and around, and it lands on...

"Sixth!" you say as your grandfather wins.

"Haha!" he says as everyone else applauds. "So I decide dinner plans, yes?"

"That was the plan," you say.

"Then I want..." he says while thinking. "Something meaty! Steak, bacon, beef. Something to really sink my teeth into."

"And spoil your diet even further," grandmother says with a smirk despite the scolding.

A) Beef Cutlet Donburi
B) "Lavish" Roast Beef
C) Sirloin Steak

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