Logs:Pancakes~
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| RL Date: 1 July, 2008 |
| Who: Lujayn, Milani, Niena |
| Type: Log |
| What: Girl chatter over pancake snacks. |
| Where: Kitchens, High Reaches |
| When: Day 11, Month 12, Turn 16 (Interval 10) |
| Afternoon, seems to be break time and Milani's scored a treat from the cooks: pancakes. A big stack of them that she's just sitting down to with a couple of pots of jam in one of the nooks. "Thanks Mellina!" she hollers, sticking her head out of the nook and directing this towards a plump woman in a pink apron. That seems to be the magic word, at least for Lujayn. Flight jacket tied about her waist, hungry from duty or some other kind of aerial shenanigans, her eyes light up at Milani's announcement. "Did I hear that right?" Turning away from a prospective snack of leftover meatrolls, she grins hopefully at the assistant headwoman. "Of course you'll be sharing..." Niena is over with two older people, talking and accepting some gifts of her own -- the first of tonight's muffin bake. The two have to get back to work but Niena sees her clutchmate and the assistant headwoman and heads over their way. Up come blue-green eyes and Milani mock-guards her plate as Lujayn steers a course in her direction, then she laughs brightly. "Absolutely, pull up a plate and fork. We've got ummm ... blueberry, strawberry and quince jams and apple sauce to go with them." Says she, turning the jars to see the labels and then popping the blueberry open. "Mmm, smells good. Can't wait. Grab a pitcher of water?" "Ooh, sure." Lujayn pivots on the spot, moving quickly to get the pancake-ticket pitcher. So doing, she catches a glimpse of Niena and raises it in greeting. "You snagged something too, huh?" Winking at the muffins. "Everyone's getting lucky today. I'm lucky to have lucky friends." Setting the pitcher down, Lu leans over to get a look at all the jams. "This is above and beyond standard pancakes. Delicious." Is her happy verdict. Niena nods. "Trade for a pancake... and some water. I'm lucky to have parents who are also weyr cooks." "Thanks!" Milani says gaily to Lujayn and starts loading up her plate. "Everyone's lucky today, here, pool the loot, Niena and sit," the assistant headwoman invites, smile warm as she spoons jam onto the pancake on her plate. "How've you two been?" Lujayn starts decorating her food straightaway, a dollop of each kind of jam circling the cake. "Trade's fair, but they're really Milani's." As an afterthought, she plucks up a second pancake before taking a seat. "Busy, but in different ways than before." Her will is no match for the delicious food before her; the next words share space with jam and puff pastry. "Less drills, more.. work." Grimace. There's no other word for it. Niena winces in empathy. "It's my day off, so it's been nice and quiet. And seeing my parents is always nice." She puts her assorted muffins on the table, keeping a fingerroot one for herself. "Nice work," Milani points out for Lu's pancakes, grinning widely at the other girl. "And I hear you about work, definitely hear you. It was a fun summer full of Gathers and now it's all hunkering down and getting ready for winter!" She cuts into her pancake and starts munching, tips a look over at the muffins. "Ooo apple-cranberry, dibs! And good for you, day off. Got any other plans for the day?" Lujayn shares the grin, regarding her pancakes happily. By now the neat arrangement of jams has degraded into an every-fruit plate of chaos, but all those flavors were headed to the same place anyhow... "It'll be a fun winter, too. Rielsath wants to stock her ledge full of snowballs." If that's anyone's idea of 'fun' besides her dragon's. "Though I'll miss the Gathers. There should be one even if it's cold out. We can handle the weather." Niena says "Aside from meeting my parents, nothing really. Masoth and I might go flying later." She takes a pancake and some preserves from the nearest jar, spooning them liberally over the cake. "Mmmmmmm. These are worth the trade, muffin-wise." "Snowballs, skating, yeah, it should be a good winter!" Milani says with determined enthusiasm. "It's just the work getting Stores ready is always busy." She takes another bite from her plate and grins across at Lujayn. "Turnover for sure. There's always a bonfire here and we could sneak out of the cold for a bit too. I like flying fast. Vrianth flies really fast. Malsaeth too. Does Masoth do any tricks now Niena, or is he still really ... smooth?" "Tell me about fast," Lujayn's grin hasn't faded much over the last few minutes. "Rielsath tries to be as speedy as those little greens.." Shrug, stuffing her face. "Turnover! Still a ways away, but I won't forget about it." "Rielsath likes to go fast?" Perk. Interest from Milani as she cleans off her plate, gets another pancake and daubs this one with apple sauce. "Not that far away, Only another two months. I'll be eighteen then!" The assistant headwoman makes big eyes at her companions. "Right before Turnover anyway." Niena says "He likes going fast, but not doing any tricks, unless he's playing keep up with Vrianth." She pauses for a moment, concentrating. "Ah, he says he would like to go flying now. Please excuse me." "Snowballs, skating, yeah, it should be a good winter!" Milani says with determined enthusiasm. "It's just the work getting Stores ready is always busy." She takes another bite from her plate and grins across at Lujayn. "Turnover for sure. There's always a bonfire here and we could sneak out of the cold for a bit too." Bobbing head for Masoth's flying. "Nice and oh! Have fun!" A wave and Millie's back to eating. "It's not easy, but even something Rielsath's size can get moving if she starts high enough. Have fun," Lujayn parrots Milani's farewell, reaching for a muffin after Niena departs. "Eighteen, really? Anything special planned?" If she did remember, Lu's a good pretender. "Would you be up for taking me along sometime? Is she a daredevil?" Milani's looking rather intense about that, for that matter. Thrill-seeker? Maybe. Then a bright beam and a nod. "Yep. Eighteen. Nothing so far ... got some thoughts maybe. I want to go see Amerie at Weaver at any rate, for part of it." Millie seems unfazed about whether or not Lu remembered. Lujayn tidies up the pool of various jams on her plate, drawing spiky lines with the fork's tines. "In a nutshell, basically. I thought you didn't like flying so much," A curious glance upward, "But I know she'd be glad to show off." Milani blinks across at Lujayn. "Me? Oh no. I like fast flying. Very fast flying." She nods very seriously. "And if she wants to show off that sounds like a /lot/ of fun." Beam. Bite of pancake oozing applesauce down through the fork's tines that requires licking up. Pause. "She thinks that might be a kind of challenge," Lujayn laughs, setting her utensils atop an empty plate. "It sounds like fun: scare Milani with daredevil flying." A wink as she stands. "Thanks for the snack. I'll try to find you the next time we go out for fun, yeah?" "Now see, that's the ticket," Milani replies gaily, joining the laughter. "And you're welcome. Definitely. Enjoy the rest of your day, Lu. See you around!" "No problem." Lujayn snags one last muffin, kind enough to drop off her dirty dishes before heading off. Can't leave Millie with all the cleanup, after all. "See you later!" |
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