Open: And they're gonna bend their branches down to lay their fruit upon the ground

[vineleaves]

Dionysus is in a kitchen, apron tied over a purple dress with vine details, singing to himself as he uses a melon baller to scoop out a watermelon. The large bowl next to him is already full of honeydew melon and cantaloupe, and he's got a few other ingredients nearby ready to add in once he's done with the watermelon. Mint leaves, some honey, some lemon juice, and some lime juice.

It has been quite an eventful time lately, but overall his life is pretty great right now.

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[lanselos_du_lac]

Lancelot smiles, a little delighted, and hops up onto the counter to sit. "Very well."

He starts with the watermelon, popping the piece into his mouth. He squints a little as he thinks it over.

[vineleaves]

"Soooooo, what do you thiiiiiink?" he asks in a sing-song voice.

[lanselos_du_lac]

"It is good," consideringly. "Watery."

[vineleaves]

"Yeah, it's got a very fitting name. It's, I'm sure you can imagine, a really popular thing to eat during the summer, especially. Imagine you've been out at the beach all day, or wherever, you're hot and hungry, but you've got a container of cut up watermelon that's been sitting in a cooler full of ice. There's few things better!"

[lanselos_du_lac]

Lancelot chuckles, "Well, I have been out all afternoon, and I suppose I was hungry. So I can see the appeal."

[vineleaves]

"So it's a good thing I was here when I was!"

[lanselos_du_lac]

"In my experience, that's always true." He goes for the honeydew next.

[vineleaves]

"Aww, you're so sweet."

[lanselos_du_lac]

He wrinkles his nose a little as he tastes the honeydew. "As is this."

[vineleaves]

Dionysus laughs. "It does have the word 'honey' in the name, dear."

[lanselos_du_lac]

Lancelot nods, "Granted. It's not bad, but not to my liking."

[vineleaves]

"You might not like the cantaloupe either then, just a warning."

[lanselos_du_lac]

"I don't dislike this, though I think I prefer the watermelon."

[vineleaves]

"Oh well then in that case you might like the cantaloupe. Probably not as much as the watermelon though, I think it's probably closer to the honeydew than it is the watermelon."

[lanselos_du_lac]

Lancelot nods and then thoughtfully tastes the cantaloupe. "I like this better," he says, after a moment.

[vineleaves]

“Better than honeydew or better than watermelon?”

[lanselos_du_lac]

"Better than honeydew. I think the watermelon best."

[vineleaves]

"I think watermelon definitely has the best texture out of the three."

[lanselos_du_lac]

"I imagine they will all taste good with mint and honey."

[vineleaves]

"It's one of my favorite ways to eat these! I'm almost done too, don't worry."

[lanselos_du_lac]

Lancelot smiles, "I am in no hurry."

[vineleaves]

Sure enough, it's just a couple more minutes until Dionysus has everything together, and some portions scooped out into bowls for each of them. "Here you are, darling!"

[lanselos_du_lac]

"Dost know," taking his bowl with a little nod of thanks, "thou'rt not very much like a god at all, I think."

[vineleaves]

Dionysus frowns. "Wh - why do you say that?"

[lanselos_du_lac]

"It is a compliment," he says, reassuringly. "Thou dost enjoy working with thine own hands, and caring for thy friends. And it is easy to relate to thee -- 'tis often difficult for me to relate to others."