Her Stanley's reaction to her was worth a raised eyebrow from the disguised Lilim "is something the matter?"
Amelia chose to answer the question "nope. By the way that is a noice apron."
Ezraphel smiled at the compliment "why thank you Amelia"
"Did Stan pick that out for you?"
"No actually" she spoke walking closer to the group "I got it for myself. I quite like it."
"You don't say" Amelia was metaphorically rubbing her chin at this point "I'd love to know where you got it."
"Okay" Stan interrupted "thanks for stopping by Ez sorry to disturb your work we'll let you get back to it."
He turned his back to her only to feel the oh so familiar pair of weights settled on top of his head while two slender arms snaked down to massage his shoulders.
"Actually now that I'm here I would like to know if anyone has any particular aversions in their food."
"What are you planning to make?" Liam asked.
"Secret~"
When she spoke or rather purred it was with an inflection that practically oozed sexuality and got more than a few red tinged cheeks as a result. She didn't mean to do it honest she didn't but it was more for her Stanley's reaction than anyone else. She was absolutely delighted when she felt a spike in his lust. Then he clamped it down but she wasn't disappointed because they both knew what would eventually happen after a hearty meal.
Tonight they will christen their temporary abode.
"Let's gooo" Jamie interrupted her thoughts and Ezraphel spared him a look "I was looking forward to the food before but I'm practically chomping at the bit now."
If it weren't for her empathic abilities Ezraphel wouldn't have been able to parse James' actual emotional state. As he said he was eager to try her cooking but his expression was so bland that she would have thought he was being patronizing. He reminded her of certain Mamono with naturally or supernaturally muted emotional expressions.
Hesitantly she took her hand off of her Stanley's now loose shoulders and straightened up "thank you I will endeavor not to disappoint."
"Do you need any help in the kitchen?"
"Amelia what the eff?" Kendrick corrected himself something Stan found amusing.
"You don't need to censor yourself dude" Stan commented.
Ignoring the byplay Amelia continued "I think Stan should help her."
"The fuck I do."
Ignoring that Ezraphel spoke "Stanley is not allowed to enter the kitchen while I am preparing food."
Amelia's eyes lit up "ooh that sounds like there's an interesting story behind that that."
"I will tell you about it some other time."
While her Stanley took to grumbling under his breath James spoke out "I can help out."
Ezraphel was about to politely decline the offered help only to be taken aback by everyone else practically shouting "NO!"
"God no" added Kendall.
"Jamie" Liam sighed "did we not agree that you are not allowed anywhere near the kitchen when food is being made?"
"Which I still say is an overreaction."
"Jamie I love you like a brother but you fucked up a BLT and I will never forgive you for that" her Stanley spoke with all the seriousness of a man swearing vengeance and this caught the Lilim's attention.
"Okay that is an overreaction" spoke Liam as he pointed to her Stanley then James himself "but the point still stands."
Ezraphel was confused and she let her confusion be known "um excuse me but I am confused. Why is James not allowed in the kitchen?"
Kendall chose to answer "the last time we let Jamie help out with making lunch he messed up so badly that we all got food poisoning."
Ezraphel gasped then gave a pointed look to Jamie causing him to bluster a bit for the first time "it wasn't that bad!"
"The only other time I've been on the toilet for that long was after I ate my aunt's special spicy chili at my cousin's barbeque" Kendrick deadpanned.
"Or after literally anything from Taco Bell" Stan added.
There was a round of "ugh" from the table.
"Don't remind me" Kendall groaned.
"Hmph" Jamie folded his arms with a contemptuous look "you guys just don't recognize the utility of my culinary genius."
"He's right" Stan stated with seriousness "I'm sure that the government will see Jamie's cooking as the cheaper alternative for biological warfare."
"As much as I appreciate the gesture I prefer to work alone in the kitchen" Ezraphel interjected politely.
"If you say so but just remember you're missing out on a huge opportunity."
"I am sure I will make do" and with that Ezraphel decided to take her leave.
As she left Ezraphel picked up hushed conversation.
"You're girlfriend's weird Stan."
"My girlfriend is perfect Jamie and I don't hold it against you for being jealous."
Ezraphel arrived back in the kitchen with an extra pep in her step and after putting up a minor spell to deter the others from entering the kitchen got down to business. There was a vast array of different pallets that she needed to satisfy tonight and while she was sure none of the others relied on 'takeout food' as heavily as her Stanley did in the past none of them ever had a meal prepared by the best damn chef in the entire fucking world.
Was that arrogance?
Nope, that was literally what her Stanley told her almost every other time he ate her meals and as demi-goddess who defies the laws of reality on a daily basis she has deemed his insight to be truth. In other words since her Stanley says she's the best damn chef in the entire fucking world then she is the best damn chef in the entire fucking world and she will prove it to his friends as well.
Unfortunately that would have to be tomorrow for today Ezraphel found herself in a bit of a bind. Figuring out what she would prepare was a challenge in of itself with such a diverse range of food taste something she used her empathic abilities to discern when she asked them about their preferences earlier. There was a lot for her to work with and she wanted to give them a unique experience they would not soon forget. That included her Stanley as well but unfortunately it could not be today for a number of reasons.
As a general rule Ezraphel did not use her magic in the food preparation process. She took great pride in her culinary skills which she earned without the use of magic in the first place. So with this point of pride she would prepare her meals the old fashioned way. Because of this there were two things that were going against her in this situation.
The first was time constraints as she only had a few short hours to prepare a meal-nay a feast which cut down the quality since her best meals dealt with ingredients pre-prepared for at least a few hours to a day in advance. Speaking of quality the second thing going against her was the fact that she had to use store bought ingredients.
Ugh.
And not even the high quality kind.
Uuugh.
This was one of the rare instances where Ezraphel wished she didn't take that oath not to use magic while she was cooking. In truth she has worked with worse from the time before she started accompanying her Stanley to buy the groceries. Back then she didn't realize how much variety in quality there were in earth products and her Stanley did not care much for quality so long as it was palatable to his senses and chose ingredients based mostly on the cost.
She didn't truly catch onto this until their third joint trip for groceries and that was quite the argument they had. After that her Stanley was forbidden from picking out ingredients and every 'non-luxury' food item had to go through Ezraphel for quality assurance checks.
Ezraphel interrupted her thoughts by clapping her cheeks "alright that's enough reminiscing. Stanley and his friends are expecting a five star meal."
Pulling her lustrous hair into a high ponytail and rolling up her metaphorical sleeves her eyes began to glow an ominous red as she gave a dark smile.
"Now let's do this, shall we."
Meanwhile…
Due to the nature of the game everyone had to seclude themselves away from each other with their laptops facing away. The group played several hours of games with a variety of mods and while not every game was interesting or sensational quite a few of them stood out and the highlights were as such:
[Slow Speed Mod]
Jamie: I know who did it.
Amelia: Who?
Jamie: It was Stan.
Stan: Wait what!?
Amelia: Yes, I am always down for blaming Stan.
Stan: Why do you think I did it?
Jamie: Because I heard the kill animation through your headphones.
Amelia: PFFTTHAHAHAHAHA
Stan: Fuck!
Kendrick: Suck it Stan!
Liam: You need to keep your volume low Stan.
-Winner Crewmates-
[Fast Speed Mod]
Kendall: I found Stan's body in Storage.
Kendrick: If you found him there and I was with Jamie then it's gotta be Liam!
Kendall: Didn't Jamie come from the direction where I found Stan?
Jamie: No I was with Kendrick in electrical.
Liam: If this game would make someone an imposter three times in a row that would be insane.
Kendrick: Or brilliant.
Jamie: I wasn't sure at first but now that you say it out loud I'm thinking that's exactly what happened.
Kendall: Yeah I'm voting Liam just to be safe.
-Winner Crewmates-
Liam: Ah, you got me.
[Random Teleporting Mod]
Stan: Amelia what are you doing?
Amelia: Stan did it!
Jamie: What's going on?
Stan: Amelia was on that Lifetime movie shit and killed Liam in cold blood.
Kendrick: Kendall's dead too if anyone's wondering.
Stan: Bear with me for a minute I think I can piece together this True Crime murder porn.
Jamie: Lay it on me.
Stan: So the way I see it Amelia found out Liam was having an illicit affair with Kendall so she went full yandere and killed her. After that she confronted Liam about it and after getting a confession out of him she stabbed him in the back. The knife was still stuck in when I happened upon them after hearing his screams.
Kendrick: I say we vote out Stan.
Amelia: Agreed.
-Winner Imposter-
Stan: Fuck you guys.
[Extra Roles Mod]
Jamie: Well this is unfortunate.
Kendrick: Wrong place wrong time there.
Stan: What seems to be the problem here?
Jamie: Kendrick did a magic trick and made half a body disappear.
Kendrick: Half a body disappear huh? Jamie killed Amelia in Electrical.
Jamie: He's lying Stan you passed me in Cafeteria.
Stan: I did…then I went to the cameras.
Jamie: …come on dude.
Stan: Sorry man, I'm in it to win.
-Winner Crewmates-
[Blind Imposter Mod]
-Winner Crewmates-
Kendall: What in the hell!
Amelia: Did we win? That was fast.
Stan: What the fuck just happened?
Liam: So it looks like Kendall and I were the Imposters.
Jamie: I saw everything, literally walked into med bay just in time to see them do a murder suicide. Shit was whacky.
Stan: You guys killed each other?
Liam: At the same time apparently.
Kendrick: Bruh…
Stan: Holy Shit!
Amelia: HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
[Everyone Has The Same Name and Color Scheme Mod]
Jamie (Stan): So I saw Jamie killing Jamie
Jamie (Amelia): This mod is so stupid.
Jamie (Stan): Blame Kendall for getting it.
Jamie (Kendall): We agreed to try everything at least once.
Jamie (Amelia) *Sigh* let's just get this round over with. Who are we missing right now?
Jamie (Stan): Jamie
Jamie (Kendall): You are insufferable.
Jamie (Stan): No I mean one of you killed the actual Jamie.
Jamie (Kendall): So are we skipping?
Jamie (Stan): Doesn't make a difference. Either way this is the last meeting.
Jamie (Amelia): Screw it let's just vote.
Jamie (Stan): Alright, and for the record Kendall is totally the imposter.
Jamie (Kendall): Yeah it's true.
Jamie (Amelia): Crap.
Jamie (Stan): You voted me didn't you?
Jamie (Kendall): And so did I~
Jamie (Stan): Whatever.
-Winner Imposter-
[Zombie Mod]
-Winner: Crewmates-
Stan: HA! That's right motherfuckers you don't want this smoke!
Kendall: How? We literally had him outnumbered and surrounded.
Kendrick: This some bullshit.
Amelia: I told you he's like a cockroach.
Liam: Damn that was insane.
Jamie: Agreed, good game Stan.
Stan: Thank you, thank you. Now allow me to flex my gains because I am carrying this bitch!
"Dinner's ready~" Ezraphel suddenly called out.
"Perfect timing now I can enjoy my victory feast."
Amelia rolled her eyes and grumbled "you cheated, that's the only way you won that game."
"It's okay to feel intimidated Amelia. Sometimes I too wonder how I became such a badass."
Now it was everyone else's turn to roll their eyes.