"Their food is a little on the spicy side here."
"!!!"
And as if on queue to Charlotte's words, Van's eyes slowly started to widen as his breath momentarily stopped from the creeping pain that slowly made its way to his tongue. He has eaten spicy food before back in the market near their house, but this one was different.
It wasn't that it was spicier, no. The strength of the taste was just too much for Van's palette who had only tasted Pit food for quite some time.
He quickly grabbed the glass of water offered to him by Charlotte and chugged it without pause. He then looked at her, his red eyes a little squinted as he looked at Charlotte with a sort of hostility.
"Why didn't you--"
However, before he could even finish uttering his complaints, the scenery inside the huge screen suddenly shifted and a loud noise thundered the whole festivity area.