Post by macxcheese on Apr 4, 2015 0:33:39 GMT -6
CandyLeptic
Rashad happily made his way through Malina's backpack, grabbing this and that and laying his findings out on the floor next to the fire. Malina started to whine about him going through her stuff, but she really didn't care. It's not like she had anything to hide anyway! Instead, she gave up and just went over to Jane. "Tell me something I don't know," she smiled! Jane was so cool- it wasn't often someone shared her annoyance with Rashad! "He's really not as smart as you'd-"
"Chicken..."
Malina turned (how rude, he totally cut her off!) to see Rashad hunched over a bottle of chicken broth. "Chicke-"
"YES CHICKEN. AS IN, THE CHICKENS." Malina blinked at him, horrified. THE CHICKENS. THE ONES SHE BROUGHT FROM VOLKAV. THE SAME ONES THAT HAD BEEN IN THE CAR. Rashad immediately bolted out the door (after moving the furniture he had previously secured) while Malina stayed with Jane. Not wearing shoes or a coat (the fire was considerably warm), he flung himself to the car and opened the trunk- silence.
"Oh no oh no oh no," he muttered under his breath, and the vapor he released in doing so made his own vision foggy. He didn't realize it, but when he took Jane into the mall, he had absent minded thrown the blankets over the chicken cages that were in the trunk. Hoping to God that was enough to keep them warm, he slowly lifted the blanket- there was no movement.
Rashad let out a whimper before one of them started to move about, and he exhaled deeply. "Thank GOD." OF COURSE. Naturally, birds will fall asleep if covered, and sleeping preserves body temperature and oh God he was lucky. He took the four cages carefully and made it back inside, now shaking and "brrr"ing. He had no idea where they were going to put them, so he just se t them in the middle of the main room. They smelled something FOUL, but he didn't really concern himself with that. He went to push more furniture in front of the door while Malina stayed focused on the birds.
"You really are an idiot, Rashad."
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Jane tapped her chin and thought. “Something you don’t know… Ah!” Quite pleased with herself she offered, “My old group is only a few miles away!” She wasn’t sure if Malina heard her though, because suddenly Rashad was in a tizzy! She watched wide eyed as he ran from the room and it was confirmed in her mind that wow he was weird.
A terrible smell followed him back into the room and even in her clouded mental state she could tell it was coming from the cages he was carrying. She wrinkled her nose and placed her hand over it. Maybe it was the smell or maybe the gas, but all of a sudden she felt very sick. She grabbed onto Malina’s sleeve and managed, “Trash can. Please.”
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"Right!"
In a second, Malina had brought Jane a trash can per her request! It was full of some papers and the like though, but just a few, and Malina took them out before handing it to Jane. She was sifting through them kinda carefully and took a step away while Rashad switched places with her.
"Jane, are you all right?" he said, as doctorly as possible. Malina, in the meantime, figured the animals were causing Jane's sickness, so she moved them to the kitchen space instead. They pecked at her fingers though (it hurt a shit ton!), so she decided she'd find them something to eat. She had some crackers left (she could have sworn there had been more though...), so she broke them up and laid it in their cages.
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Jane inched towards the trash can and lurched over it. Nothing came out though and she continued to dry heave for a few seconds more. She heard Rashad’s voice and looked up. She groaned in response and flopped to the floor, her gas mask askew. A grimace spread across her face and even when the smell receded, the grimace stayed.
CandyLeptic
"Jane!" He cried, and went to pick her up! He thought perhaps the sudden movement might add to her nausea however, so he just lightly sat her up. "I um...Lets get you something to eat, okay?" With that, he moved back to the fire and started to prepare them a meal- a great meal, he decided!! Honestly, he was amazed they even lived this long, and as stupid as he knew it was, he really wanted to use all the food they had left to make a feast...just in case they didn't have the chance to again. It was Christmas though, and he really did want to give the girls something special! He'd save enough food, he decided, for a few more days; they had chicken broth, and he could distill snow into water from outside, and maybe if he fried the canned vegetables it would mix fairly well? And crackers- they had- didn't they have crackers? Nonetheless! After doing a bit of searching in the kitchen, he managed to find a few more ingredients and utensils- they had some but a meager supply.
Malina likewise decided she was over the chickens and their clucking, so she went back to Jane and sat down next to her. She thought for a moment before giving Jane a hearty smile- "Your hair looks crazy! I can fix that, you know! Wait here Rashad has scissors!"
Rashad, very adamant about his scissors, decided this was fair use. They had that same pair for two years and protected them with their life! They acted as a weapon, shaving tool, cooking and eating utensils, and much more! Malina also produced a hair brush too- she was actually using Rashad's because it kind of grossed her out to share her own, but he didn't notice.
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Rubbing her stomach, Jane nodded, and listened to him move around. She almost fell asleep, but Malina’s voice saved her from that. She blinked an eye open as she was offered a haircut. Jane immediately agreed to the idea and attempted to sit up before Malina got back. She finally did when the other girl returned and she fiddled with her nose thing while she waited for the grooming.
CandyLeptic
Malina nodded and got to work! Wernicke taught her to cut hair, and while she wasn't like, an expert or anything but she did a fair job!! She started from the shortest cut Jane had made (Jane did cut her hair, right? If Rashad did she would be so disappointed...) and went from there! She brushed it out carefully before every cut, because Jane's appearance was really important to her, even if Malina didn't really understand it!! She worked as Rashad cooked this and that, and soon the whole house was filled with an...okay..aroma!
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Jane tried as hard as she could to keep her head straight, yet she kept drifting in and out of sleep. It was soothing to have someone playing with her hair and the added aroma of whatever that was didn’t help keep her awake. What did was the loud growl coming from her stomach! She looked down as best as she could without moving her head and internally shushed it. She got it, she was hungry. Her stomach didn’t have to make her feel worse about it.
When she felt Malina make a final snip, Jane turned to her and smiled. “How’s it look?” she asked.
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"Like a lot of American money!"
That was the correct term...right? Something like that, who knows. "I think you'll like it though Jane! HEY RASHAD LOOK," she called out, "JANE HAS SHORTER HAIR THAN YOU!" She grinned, "TAKE A HINTTTT!"
Rashad glared at her from the pot he was cooking. It was almost done though, and they could argue about his (very masculine!) hair later! "Are you guys ready for- "
"YES hurry up!!"
Soon, Rashad happily served Jane, Malina and himself each a bowlfull of his new creation. It was pretty thick somehow (?) but that was good because it should be more filling! There were some weird vegetables in there (lima beans for some reason?) for fiber, mixed in with chicken chunks in the chicken broth. He also had a Ramen noodle beef flavor packet he added to, because humans are genetically predisposed to savor meat! Then he added some rice for substance! Really, he really couldn't have gone wrong!
"This fucking sucks." Malina broke the silence and slid the spoon from her mouth. "Rashad what is even wrong with you??"
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Jane beamed at her and passed her hand through her hair. It at least /felt/ even!
She followed Malina over to the soup bowl and gladly took a serving. She sat on the floor and rested the bowl between her legs, then carefully managed a scoop. Before she could take the bite though, she heard Malina’s comment. She peered at the soup and decided that maybe Malina was a picky eater. She wasn’t. It really did fucking suck.
CandyLeptic
Rashad squinted at the both of them, feeling preettyy betrayed. There was no way it was that bad. He took a sip though, stared blankly at the air for a moment, and then got up in silence, took all three bowls, and disappeared into the kitchen. Malina tried to stifle a laugh in the awkward silence while he was gone, but then she ended up just sitting with Jane, blankly staring. Finally, after a good long time, Rashad came back out with three spoons, and one large tub of chocolate pudding. It was in the highest cupboard of the the highest shelf, and he planned on saving it for dessert, but for now it was dinner. He got the lid off and placed the tub in between all three, handed each a spoon, and then started to laugh pretty loud before just eating it straight from the tub.
"Merry Christmas guys!"
Rashad happily made his way through Malina's backpack, grabbing this and that and laying his findings out on the floor next to the fire. Malina started to whine about him going through her stuff, but she really didn't care. It's not like she had anything to hide anyway! Instead, she gave up and just went over to Jane. "Tell me something I don't know," she smiled! Jane was so cool- it wasn't often someone shared her annoyance with Rashad! "He's really not as smart as you'd-"
"Chicken..."
Malina turned (how rude, he totally cut her off!) to see Rashad hunched over a bottle of chicken broth. "Chicke-"
"YES CHICKEN. AS IN, THE CHICKENS." Malina blinked at him, horrified. THE CHICKENS. THE ONES SHE BROUGHT FROM VOLKAV. THE SAME ONES THAT HAD BEEN IN THE CAR. Rashad immediately bolted out the door (after moving the furniture he had previously secured) while Malina stayed with Jane. Not wearing shoes or a coat (the fire was considerably warm), he flung himself to the car and opened the trunk- silence.
"Oh no oh no oh no," he muttered under his breath, and the vapor he released in doing so made his own vision foggy. He didn't realize it, but when he took Jane into the mall, he had absent minded thrown the blankets over the chicken cages that were in the trunk. Hoping to God that was enough to keep them warm, he slowly lifted the blanket- there was no movement.
Rashad let out a whimper before one of them started to move about, and he exhaled deeply. "Thank GOD." OF COURSE. Naturally, birds will fall asleep if covered, and sleeping preserves body temperature and oh God he was lucky. He took the four cages carefully and made it back inside, now shaking and "brrr"ing. He had no idea where they were going to put them, so he just se t them in the middle of the main room. They smelled something FOUL, but he didn't really concern himself with that. He went to push more furniture in front of the door while Malina stayed focused on the birds.
"You really are an idiot, Rashad."
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Jane tapped her chin and thought. “Something you don’t know… Ah!” Quite pleased with herself she offered, “My old group is only a few miles away!” She wasn’t sure if Malina heard her though, because suddenly Rashad was in a tizzy! She watched wide eyed as he ran from the room and it was confirmed in her mind that wow he was weird.
A terrible smell followed him back into the room and even in her clouded mental state she could tell it was coming from the cages he was carrying. She wrinkled her nose and placed her hand over it. Maybe it was the smell or maybe the gas, but all of a sudden she felt very sick. She grabbed onto Malina’s sleeve and managed, “Trash can. Please.”
CandyLeptic
"Right!"
In a second, Malina had brought Jane a trash can per her request! It was full of some papers and the like though, but just a few, and Malina took them out before handing it to Jane. She was sifting through them kinda carefully and took a step away while Rashad switched places with her.
"Jane, are you all right?" he said, as doctorly as possible. Malina, in the meantime, figured the animals were causing Jane's sickness, so she moved them to the kitchen space instead. They pecked at her fingers though (it hurt a shit ton!), so she decided she'd find them something to eat. She had some crackers left (she could have sworn there had been more though...), so she broke them up and laid it in their cages.
macxcheese
Jane inched towards the trash can and lurched over it. Nothing came out though and she continued to dry heave for a few seconds more. She heard Rashad’s voice and looked up. She groaned in response and flopped to the floor, her gas mask askew. A grimace spread across her face and even when the smell receded, the grimace stayed.
CandyLeptic
"Jane!" He cried, and went to pick her up! He thought perhaps the sudden movement might add to her nausea however, so he just lightly sat her up. "I um...Lets get you something to eat, okay?" With that, he moved back to the fire and started to prepare them a meal- a great meal, he decided!! Honestly, he was amazed they even lived this long, and as stupid as he knew it was, he really wanted to use all the food they had left to make a feast...just in case they didn't have the chance to again. It was Christmas though, and he really did want to give the girls something special! He'd save enough food, he decided, for a few more days; they had chicken broth, and he could distill snow into water from outside, and maybe if he fried the canned vegetables it would mix fairly well? And crackers- they had- didn't they have crackers? Nonetheless! After doing a bit of searching in the kitchen, he managed to find a few more ingredients and utensils- they had some but a meager supply.
Malina likewise decided she was over the chickens and their clucking, so she went back to Jane and sat down next to her. She thought for a moment before giving Jane a hearty smile- "Your hair looks crazy! I can fix that, you know! Wait here Rashad has scissors!"
Rashad, very adamant about his scissors, decided this was fair use. They had that same pair for two years and protected them with their life! They acted as a weapon, shaving tool, cooking and eating utensils, and much more! Malina also produced a hair brush too- she was actually using Rashad's because it kind of grossed her out to share her own, but he didn't notice.
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Rubbing her stomach, Jane nodded, and listened to him move around. She almost fell asleep, but Malina’s voice saved her from that. She blinked an eye open as she was offered a haircut. Jane immediately agreed to the idea and attempted to sit up before Malina got back. She finally did when the other girl returned and she fiddled with her nose thing while she waited for the grooming.
CandyLeptic
Malina nodded and got to work! Wernicke taught her to cut hair, and while she wasn't like, an expert or anything but she did a fair job!! She started from the shortest cut Jane had made (Jane did cut her hair, right? If Rashad did she would be so disappointed...) and went from there! She brushed it out carefully before every cut, because Jane's appearance was really important to her, even if Malina didn't really understand it!! She worked as Rashad cooked this and that, and soon the whole house was filled with an...okay..aroma!
macxcheese
Jane tried as hard as she could to keep her head straight, yet she kept drifting in and out of sleep. It was soothing to have someone playing with her hair and the added aroma of whatever that was didn’t help keep her awake. What did was the loud growl coming from her stomach! She looked down as best as she could without moving her head and internally shushed it. She got it, she was hungry. Her stomach didn’t have to make her feel worse about it.
When she felt Malina make a final snip, Jane turned to her and smiled. “How’s it look?” she asked.
CandyLeptic
"Like a lot of American money!"
That was the correct term...right? Something like that, who knows. "I think you'll like it though Jane! HEY RASHAD LOOK," she called out, "JANE HAS SHORTER HAIR THAN YOU!" She grinned, "TAKE A HINTTTT!"
Rashad glared at her from the pot he was cooking. It was almost done though, and they could argue about his (very masculine!) hair later! "Are you guys ready for- "
"YES hurry up!!"
Soon, Rashad happily served Jane, Malina and himself each a bowlfull of his new creation. It was pretty thick somehow (?) but that was good because it should be more filling! There were some weird vegetables in there (lima beans for some reason?) for fiber, mixed in with chicken chunks in the chicken broth. He also had a Ramen noodle beef flavor packet he added to, because humans are genetically predisposed to savor meat! Then he added some rice for substance! Really, he really couldn't have gone wrong!
"This fucking sucks." Malina broke the silence and slid the spoon from her mouth. "Rashad what is even wrong with you??"
macxcheese
Jane beamed at her and passed her hand through her hair. It at least /felt/ even!
She followed Malina over to the soup bowl and gladly took a serving. She sat on the floor and rested the bowl between her legs, then carefully managed a scoop. Before she could take the bite though, she heard Malina’s comment. She peered at the soup and decided that maybe Malina was a picky eater. She wasn’t. It really did fucking suck.
CandyLeptic
Rashad squinted at the both of them, feeling preettyy betrayed. There was no way it was that bad. He took a sip though, stared blankly at the air for a moment, and then got up in silence, took all three bowls, and disappeared into the kitchen. Malina tried to stifle a laugh in the awkward silence while he was gone, but then she ended up just sitting with Jane, blankly staring. Finally, after a good long time, Rashad came back out with three spoons, and one large tub of chocolate pudding. It was in the highest cupboard of the the highest shelf, and he planned on saving it for dessert, but for now it was dinner. He got the lid off and placed the tub in between all three, handed each a spoon, and then started to laugh pretty loud before just eating it straight from the tub.
"Merry Christmas guys!"