Pillars of Eternity Fic Prompts

ohvexahlia:

HOMESICK
SUMMARY. Neria’s used to spending her birthdays at home and with family. This year, she’s spending it surrounded by undead.
NOTES. written for @pillarspromptsweekly prompt 0006
birthday prompt! this turned out longer than i’d figured but hey, i finished on time, which is more than i can say for last week’s prompt. i’m still slowly working on the old flame prompt. slowly.
anyway fun fact – i opened up my copy of the pillars cookbook for the first time bc of this fic
LINKS. [ ao3 ] [ Neria’s tag ]
She brings it up on their first trip into Defiance Bay, as they’re passing by the market in Copperlane.
“D’you think they have ymyran pudding?” Neria asks no one in particular, falling a bit behind as the group walks through the city.
“Do they have what?” Eder slows, letting Kana and Sagani pass him up as he waits for Neria to fall back into step beside him. “Sounds like some sort of fancy Aedyran thing.”
From just behind them, Aloth scoffs. “It is.” Eder can’t see the elf rolling his eyes, but he can assume. “It’s a very sweet, very heavy cinnamon dessert. I’m not surprised you had it in Rauatai.”
Neria shrugs, the movement quick and unsettled. “I didn’t, really. Myra used to make it for my birthday every year, even after she went back to Ixamitl. I just thought, since it’s– well, nevermind.” She takes a deep breath, face tilting upwards to give a wide grin to both Eder and Aloth. “Just let me know if you see some? Dyrwoodans can’t bake for shit and it makes me kinda homesick.”
Kana turns to face them, his booming laughter reaching them easily. “That makes two of us, then. Maybe when you’ve gotten Caed Nua back to a reasonable state, we could try our hand at making some sweets. Rauatai pies, perhaps?”
“By the Effigy,” Neria groans, “I would kill for a Rauatai sweet pie right now.”

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