“It is here, the cake,” Marcia added with a flourish, at the end of which she nudged a fork into Vesper’s hand." Marcia's too cute in this.

Please, Hong Yi, the cheesecake is already threatening enough. You don't need to brandish your knife.

"Staring at it as it flopped over to reveal the glistening globs in its flank, Vesper found herself closer than ever to flouting her personal rule of never judging something before she had tried it." Vesper is being tested. It's admirable how highly she holds herself to her personal standards. Too bad that's gonna lead to her downfall here.

"and then we were like, what if we let everyone try it?" Hong Yi, you're a monster. Don't think I didn't notice how he left out how it tasted.

I can't believe it was so bad it threw her into an interpersonal crisis. Bravo indeed, Marcia and Hong Yi, you nearly poisoned your date. You gave her an experience comparable to being in the war, you've truly outdone yourselves.

Three?? Who were the other two? 

I like to think that Hong Yi is jotting down names in a chart with one column titled "People with Bad Taste" and one that's "People with Good Taste"

This was hilarious! Thank you for bestowing this upon us.

thank you for reading this! After thinking about the concept for like 5 seconds, I Knew Hong Yi had to be involved somehow. He actually likes the stuff, can you believe.

The other two poor victims were Felix and Adelaide. Artur would probably not mind the taste either, were he to try it. These two have tastebuds forged in fire.

Poor Vesper really didn't know what she had coming. I loved writing the sequence of thoughts that went through her mind as this disaster unfolded.

Thanks again for reading, and for the comment!