Department of Trivia: The Haunting

The premises are haunted by Mac & Cheese. How these magically imbued dishes came to life is unclear. An unauthorized experiment with some herbs from Briony’s sunken garden might have something to do with it. But it is generally not talked about.

Sometimes several days go by, without any sign of either Mac or Cheese. But at least, when there is pasta on the menu — even when one of the chantry’s residents tries to quell their hunger with a quick cup of Asia noodles — Mac appears, splattering oily sauce everywhere and Cheese inadvertently follows.

After they tried to eat the Deacon’s familiar — that appears in the form of a typical Corgi — and were nearly eaten themselves in the process, an uneasy truce between the chantry’s familiars, pets and those two entities exists.

The — by the chantry’s underage population — beloved dish Mac & Cheese has fallen out of fashion. In fact, any pasta-based dish has. Even cheese has been replaced with vegan alternatives, by now. A circumstance, that pleases Briony, who always tries her best to have the apprentices eat a healthy diet.

Even the attempt to have a pasta feast at a Olympian Italian tavern proved futile. Before the gaggle of apprentices was able to get their orders in, Mac made a splash at the tavern’s window front.

Plans to try again in at least 50 miles distance are ongoing.