markofthebrave | [ Action, Voice ] .029

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[ Action, Voice ] .029

[For no very specific reason at all, Katara is happy this late afternoon. The air is getting colder, and the very fact that it's nipping at her face is enough to make her smile. Add to that the glorious storm of yesterday, that it is still drizzling...

It's started drizzling as she runs her errands in town, and she puts a hand up to bend an 'umbrella' above her head as she walks along. She forgets herself, though, as she comes to some large puddles in the road, and dropping her hand, stares at them for half a beat.

Well, she's already wet.

So she jumps in. Not bending at all, simply splashing about in the puddles along her way.

Feel free to catch her in this rare display of immaturity and glee - or even join her! Hopefully she won't catch a cold.

Much later, as she prepares dinner for her house, she makes a voice post.]

Anyone else looking forward to the change in the weather?

[OOC: I know notifs are so so down. Please ping me on AIM if it's been a while and I haven't tagged!]

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[Oblivious to the depths of Michael's internal struggle, Katara's gaze had still turned concerned during that pause. But when he smiles, she smiles back.]

If you want, I wouldn't mind sharing your umbrella to the grocery store? I can hang out for a little bit after that, but everyone comes back to the house hungry.

[She was totally making her way through the puddles in an orderly and timely fashion, hush. >>]

[Of course she was. It was clearly a case of testing the puddles to make sure they were not deceptively deep, enough so to pose a risk to other passers-by.]

As you wish. [Oh thank god it's doubtful that either of them has ever seen The Princess Bride.] That was my next desination anyway~

[She beams up at him happily.] Thanks. Cold and wet are never a good combination.

[And stepping slightly closer to him, she moves to walk alongside him.]

Though they are usually a good excuse for a hot meal and a comfortable seat right next to som- ...next to a fire.

[And sharing an umbrella at least made it into the top five.]

So how are you settling in? Enjoying the new paint job?

The whole place is immaculate. And in no small part thanks to the paint job~

[As they arrive at the grocery store, He takes a step out from beneath the umbrella to leave Katara sheltered while he opens the door.]

All the more reason for you to come by and see it sometime, of course.

[She looks up at him when he steps out into the rain and gets the door - one of these days, she's going to have to ask someone what the big deal is about that. But she steps into store quickly so he doesn't get too wet.]

Did you change it all that much?

[He shakes his head as he ducks through the door, closing and propping the umbrella by the door.]

Set up the main area with a couple couches and a love seat. A bookshelf I'm slowly working on filling too. Got the bedroom set up nicely too~

-Not that you'd probably care about seeing that.

[Oh he did not just slip like that. Hey, look at that zucchini. That's totally an awesome zucchini.]

[At that last line, she gives him a bit of a weird look. What's the big deal about his bedroom? It's not like she wasn't in it to paint it before. ~~S-sob.~~]

Why wouldn't I? I'm glad you've got the place set up.

[And she goes for that zucchini. It will taste great chopped up with spicy noodles.]

[Oh god. He's not going to answer thaaaat~ Especially since our boy here is still at least barely clinging to his v-card.]

Haha, looks like I'll have to think up something other than stir-fry tonight... keep an eye open for spinach? Been a while since I had quiche.

((Damn I'm good.))

[The whole bedroom reference was weird to her anyway, so she's just as satisfied to let it drop. Searching for a good eggplant now.]

Sorry, did you want this? [A beat.] What's quiche?

((Yes! Well done.))

[He waves off the zucchini.]

It's alright- I've got better plans now.

And... it's kind of like a pie. Except instead of desert, it's like the rest of the meal wrapped into a single package.

Really? I've never heard of it... I'll have to ask Sanji. What do you make it out of?

It's based on a custard- eggs and milk. And from there most any savory ingredients work for filler. Cheese, spinach, peppers, mushrooms, bacon or ham... and in any combination too, really.

[He grabs a big bunch of spinach and gives it a cursory check for freshness.]

For the most part, I stick to spinach and cheese for simplicity's sake.

That sounds really good, actually. [And it really, really does. All the ingredients in this lovely grocery store... if she was able to remember them all, she'd have a hard time going back to the somewhat limited menu of the South Pole.]

Would you mind sharing your recipe sometime? [Pause.] You say you can make some with meat and some without meat? Just like... baking two separate pies but adding different ingredients?

I'd be more than happy to.

[And of course, since he doesn't have it written down or anything... a hands on lesson will be in order~]

Yeah, wouldn't be hard. Make enough of the custard base for two quiches. And I usually fill the crust with the other ingredients first, then pour the base over it.

[A quick, appreciative smile as she locates an acceptable eggplant.] Then I'd really appreciate it. Aang's a vegetarian, and Sokka's never happy unless there's meat. So if there was a quick meal I'd be able to make for afternoons when I was a little bit rushed... that would be really great.

[He grins.] Yeah- you could probably even trick Sokka into eating something without meat with this. That's what happened to me the first time I had quiche as a child.

If you can trust them to keep an eye on the oven, you could easily toss it in there and leave them to their devices.

And if not- the stuff actually gets better as leftovers.

[Finished with her vegetable shopping - she can only bring back what she can carry, after all - Katara turns to look at him a bit wryly.] Our leftovers don't make it through lunch.

But it sounds like it would be fun to try! [A quick smile of gratitude.] Thanks, Michael.

[Well-prepared soldier that he is, Michael has produced a small canvas bag which is currently stuffed with spinach, a block of cheddar, a small bottle of milk, and a premade pie crust. Shush, pie crust takes work.]

Hah, I'll keep that in mind if I ever need to bribe those two with food.

And just say the word when you want to try your luck at the recipe. It'll be a pleasure to walk you through it.

[Katara has finished her shopping as well - sausage and noodles and apparently an extra pepper, just in case. They need more milk - they always seem to need more milk - but she's out of room with what she can bring back, so she bypasses it.]

Maybe sometime later this week? If you're not too busy, or anything.

[Looks good. He might regret not trying to join Katara for dinner tonight later- but quiche calls.]

If I am busy, whatever might be occupying me should be able to wait.

[Her eyebrows shoot up at that bit of gallantry. ~~Can you tell she is used to automatically friend-zoning people?~~]

Or you could tell me to come over a little later. [She smiles.] You're the one doing me a favor, after all.

I'm all yours, whenever you like.

Unless I'm out in the woods or near the mountains- then I'd just have a bit of a hike ahead of me first~

[He relishes the friend zone. It translates to Michael-ese as "Your best isn't bad- now prove you're better."]

[Blink, blink. OK, what was this strange skidding across her senses about him saying that and why did it even bother to show up now? An almost nervous laugh -- ignore the words themselves and go for the sentiment expressed which, Katara is pretty sure is that any time she wants to come by is fine.]

It will probably be sometime in the afternoon. I'm usually free after school.

Edited 2010-09-26 07:26 (UTC)

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[Action] Delicious tl;dr

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[Action] 50 points for movie reference \o/

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[Action] TV doesn't exist here, does it?

[Action] It can be asked for if you know it exists! No TV shows, but DVDs and the like, sure.

[Action] He'll probably have a home theater before too long then~

[Action] Cool! Just make sure Michael asks 'Catherine' for 'em (checked with a mod to make sure >>)

Re: [Action] Of course. And holy hivemind batman. Was going to have him go for eggplant parmesan.

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