Snacking (Or Teenagers Are ALWAYS Hungry)

[yaoiwafflez]

((Open!
Yep. So I can intro Shinji somewhere. Yay dining room. I'm assuming there's the water and tea-stuffs. Let me know if I've gone a little too far with what I mentioned about Wrath, ne?))

Shinji raised a pierced eyebrow, examining some of the teabags and instant drinks set out next to the pot of war water that always seemed to be present somewhere in the large dining room area. He wondered for a moment about that, the shrugged, deciding if he were out in the cold of these blasted mountains all day, he'd not turn down something warm waiting when he got back.

Of course, currently, he was just bored. His features shifted to a pained grimace as he cast his thoughts back to his sleeping bronze; Wrath was deep asleep in his weyr, still napping off a long and strenuous training session intended specifically to wear him out too much for the bronze to be able to give in too much to his paranoia. Shinji also had the sneaking suspicion that the meat Wrath had been gorging his ever-growing self on may have been laced with something...

Sighing, he checked back on the bronze, relieved to find Wrath's thoughts coming thick and muddy through sleep, and Shinji allowed himself to relax a little bit. He saw a packet of instant green tea and snatched it up, smiling slightly at the familiarity. He stirred the teabag into some of the lukewarm water and draped himself over one of the benches.

He lay his head on his arms, tempted to let himself fall asleep, but the sudden- and loud- appearance of his firelizard crossed that one out. Smiling at the little green, he scratched her headknobs and murmured softly to her.
"Sakura-chan, pretty one. Have you been exploring this place?"

The green chirped and sent him reeling blurry images of flowers and a tree and a lake and a SHEEP and a sheep and a sheeeeeeeep and sheepsheepsheep!

Shinji could only laugh at the little lizards puzzlement over the wooly creature.
"Silly girl."

[phyrstyr]

((may i join you? -.^))

Shasta woke from a nap hungry. SO hungry. All this work and play and work and dragons was exhausting and hunger-making. She grogily checked on Quith who was sunning in the Weyrbowl. After letting her bonded know that she planned on going to the Main Hall, she got up and changed back into her warm-and-presentable clothes.

She wandered for a few minutes, trying to remember where the Hall was with her sleepy brain and starved stomach, then found herself at the entrance. Oh, well that's convenient... she thought as she walked in. She went straight to the kitchen and looked to see if there was fresh baked bread to be had. She located some and began looking for a knife and butter. Just the thought of the glorious flavors awaiting made her salivate in anticipation. She also looked for fruit and cow(by cow i mean steak or hamburgers) but was distracted from her quest by an older boy with crazy hair an a myriad of tattoos. Intrigued, she slowly walked to where he was sitting, bringing her loaf of bread.

While walking, she both talked to Quith and warred over what she was doing.
Quith there is a person, and i want to talk to him. But can i? Should i? Will i? Could i?
Dear One, you should meet this person. You are always telling me to meet others and make friends. Quith paused, considering what to say next.
You like when people take time for you, why should you think others are any different?
With that, Shasta gained courage.
You are too wise to be both a youngling and a green, Shasta told her bonded affectionately.
Quith merely rumbled and brought her focus back to the warm rays on her back.

Shasta walked with more confidence now. Each step conveying excitement at meeting a new person and happiness at having the courage to do so.
She stopped two seats from where he was sitting, a green Fire lizard now standing on the table in front of him. He laughed at some apparent antic from his little flitt while she waited for him to notice her.

[yaoiwafflez]

((Please do! Though my response may be...bizarre. Don't let Shinji scare Shasta off!))

Shinji froze, and he and Sakura sniffed the air in an eerily synchronized action. Looking at each other, then at the girl with the bread, the both got gleeful looks on their faces.
"Bread! I knew I smelled something." He grinned and stood up, Sakura leaping onto his arm.

"Hello!" He said. Or he would have, if a bench hadn't seemed to have gotten in the way. So rather, he tripped, flailed his arms, and fell backwards with a loud thump. But apparently nothing keeps a good man down. Or a thickheaded tough-guy. (Though his flit had betweened before he hit the ground, sitting smugly on the bench now.)
So he popped up a moment later, looking slightly startled and embarrassed.
"Sorry. I forgot that was there." He said, clearing his throat nonchalantly.

He regained his composure with some ease, leaning against the table and smiling at the girl. She was kind of small, with bright coppery hair, but he had a nagging feeling she might have been standing there for a little bit. He gave her a half-bow in greeting, and led that action into a slightly overdramatic wave of his hand that ended up with him in a pose very similar to a knight bowing before a princess. (Why? No one but Shinji probably knew. And even that was a gamble.)

"I do not believe we have met. I am McCoy Shinjiro." He smiled up at her, straightening and going back to his relaxed slouch against the table. "Er. Shinji is fine. I am just too used to introducing myself that way. Pay it no mind- I certainly do not."
This was nice; Wrath was still asleep, and for just a while, Shinji had some time to relax; his rather eccentric personality was showing.
"Nice to meet, you...uh." he lowered his voice to a stage whisper, laughing softly. "I am going to need your name at this point. Do you mind?"

[phyrstyr]

((I like this Shinji already...
and she's not small, she's average!!! X/ (XD) ))

The excitement radiating from him and his actions brought up her spirits immensely. If only everyone could be so... exuberant!

Despite her respectful disposition, Shasta couldn't help smiling at Shinji's fall and immediate recovery. But when he said,
"Sorry. I forgot that was there."
She had to cover a grin with her hand.

His bow was unexpected. Hadn't she been told that such formalities were unnecessary in the Weyr? But the familiarity caused her to curtsy in reply without thinking.

While he was introducing himself, Shasta gave him her full attention. Even going so far as to subconsciously lean forward a little to take in every bit.
"Nice to meet, you...uh." he lowered his voice to a stage whisper, laughing softly. "I am going to need your name at this point. Do you mind?"
She was immediately affronted by her thoughtlessness and swiftly responded with "Oh! how rude of me! My name is Shasta, it's a pleasure to meet you Shinji." She then, caught up in her 'hospitality', nearly shoved the bread into his face as an offering. "Would you like to share this lov-ely loaf of bread with me?" However after doing so, felt that she may have gone a little overboard, and looked at the floor concerned that he would decline.

[yaoiwafflez]

(( Oops. My bad!))

Shinji's eyes widened in sheer delight. For a moment, he stopped seeing anything but the glowing bread, surrounded by a golden aura.
"Oooooohhhhh." he practically purred as she thrust the bread forward. "Fresh bread..." He put his hands out tentatively, looking at Shasta almost adoringly. The smell of the loaf had been tempting him since he'd even come near the kitchens, but he'd been too driven to find some caffeine to go looking for anything else.

"It would be my great honor to share a meal with you, Miss Shasta." he said, seeming to recover on the fly. "Um. Sakura!"

The flitter on the table squeaked in response and scampered towards him.
"Would you go get some...um. What DO people normally put on bread? Eh. Whatever. Get some...butter. That works."

Sakura tilted her head to one side and sent the boy a quizzical image of a sheep.
"...Nooooo, butter."
Another squeak, and an image of a sheep from a different angle.

"...you're useless." Shinji sighed. He turned back to Shasta, and shrugged. "I think she's a little distracted. No fire lizard-maid for us." He held out his arm, bent and at a slight angle, like a gentleman offering his arm to a noblewoman.
"Well, Miss Shasta, shall we prepare our most delicious lunch of...bread?"

[phyrstyr]

((haha, nahh, it fine. Thats just what i tell people when they say i'm short ))

It was a great thing to find another person who loved bread as much as her. Well, it may have been sheer hunger, but still. bread....mmmm...

Snapping back to reality, Shinji had just finished his discourse with his greenling.
Apologizing for the distractedness of his flitt, he offered his arm, saying,
"Well, Miss Shasta, shall we prepare our most delicious lunch of...bread?"

"I suppose we...shall, Mister Shinji." she responded with a smile. As she took his proffered arm, Jas popped into the air just above her. He angled down, landing swiftly on her unoccupied arm, totally unaware of the rather obvious Shinji. Jas crawled across her shoulder, sniffing her hair and body with eyes whirring orange. After passing through her copper locks he sniffed at her face then moved his head back a little to look at her, eyes turning even faster. Seeing that she was ok he turned to take in the room, making sure there was no possible danger after his long absence. While panning, he finally noticed Shinji.

The flitt froze at the stranger's close proximity to His. He starred at the young man, eyes changing to an even deeper shade of orange in his suspicion. He flicked his tongue in and out, trying to sense if he was a threat. Not wanting to chance it, he spread his wings in challenge. Shasta quickly sent her littleling feelings of calm and assurance and conveyed her approval of him to her little guard-flitt. Adequately mellowed, he turned back to His and rubbed his face against her. Then he burbled and launched from her shoulder into the air. He turned back to be sure he wasn't needed, and feeling he wasn't, sent Shasta a picture of Quith and winked out.

Shasta laughed. "That was my Jas. He is ever the trusted guardian."

[FaizahPandora]

Hobbs was going to get it now... Kain thought to himself as he tracked his blue flit into the kitchen. He passed by Shasta and Shinji completely oblivious to them while he continued to send Hobbs images of Kain strangling him quite comically. When he entered the storage closet Kain found Hobbs with his head in the peanut butter jar, eating it up like the nutty spread was going to go out of style. Stomping up to his ever annoying flit, Kain took the peanut butter jar off, and found his blue flitter's head was covered in it. Hobbs squawked in alarm as the jar was taken, then gave a flitter laugh and sped off with rapidly whirling blue green eyes. Upon his departure of the storage closet Hobbs nearly flew into Shinji and Shasta, but managed to dodge by going between. Kain looked around, then hopelessly down at the peanut butter before grabbing himself a Little Debbie snack from the shelf. Only then did he seem to see Shinji and Shasta. "Sorry about that..." Kain apologized in embarassment.

[yaoiwafflez]

Shinji only laughed.
"He is very good at his job then." He replied, amused by her little blue. That's when he was distracted by the second one- this one covered in peanut butter. Raising an eyebrow, he watched the sticky flit fly at them then vanish between in the nick of time.

"It's a blue club!" he exclaimed, snickering. "Blues for everyone?"
Sakura squealed piteously, and nipped at him. Her aim was true- she caught one of his earrings, and pulled at it with an angry growl. Shinji couldn't help the fact he was still laughing as he batted her away.
"I apologize, little girl! I mean to say greens for everyone. Because you, of course, are special."
The green muttered something nasty at him in whatever language it was that fire lizards spoke, but she released his ear. Then she flew over to Kain, hovering around him and eyeing his snack cake with some interest.

"Sorry? Why? The little monsters are obnoxious. Do not worry." He said to the man with the long black hair. Kain, if his memory served.
He turned back to Shasta, and frowned. "Though it looks like peanut butter is out for our feasting."

[phyrstyr]

Shasta noticed the Blue also. He seemed mildly familiar. Oh yes! He was...Hobbs! Weyrleader Kain's Fire lizard. She was impressed by his acrobatic skill and maneuverability. But she also remembered that this very same talent was normally used to annoy the others in the weyr. Dragons, Flitts, and humans alike.

At his silly remark, Shasta had to hide a grin. "Blues for everyone?" So funny... And his jealous Flitt's reprimand did nothing to help her obscenely jovial mood either. She then had to fight hard against a fit of the giggles at the Green's malevolent chattering.

At Shinji's response to the Wyerleader, Shasta nodded her head in agreement. "Flitts will be flitts," She added sagely.

"Though it looks like peanut butter is out for our feasting." Sjinji stated frowning.

"Alas, it appears so." She managed to look forlorn for a moment before smiling, amused at her funniness. Ever conscious of the inclusion of others, Shasta then turned to the Weyrleader. "Weyrleader Kain, how are you this fine afternoon?" she asked politely. "Also, are you fond of any outlandish toppings for bread? I was thinking that- Oh!" she exclaimed, as if just realizing something important. "Is there any Fluff to be had?!?! I absolutely adore peanut butter and flu- wait..." she paused, considering how wise it would be to eat flitt-tested food stuffs. She amended her statement, saying, " I absolutely adore fluff sandwiches!"

[FaizahPandora]

Kain arched his eyebrows, then pointed to another shelf. "There's still plenty of peanut butter, and fluff is behind it. Faizah adores the stuff. And I wouldn't mind the annoying flit so much if it weren't for his bothersome antics..." Kain sent Hobbs an image of him once again strangling the blue comically. Then Kain remembered Shasta's question. "And I am fine on this rather dull day. Be careful with your dragons... I suspect another storm soon." Kain looked at the green that was eyeing his snack, then held it up to Shinji. "Do you mind if she has one? I know Reyna eats them all the time, but I personally don't let Hobbs have any additional sugar."

[yaoiwafflez]

Shinji gave the weyrleader and Shasta a rather puzzled look.
"...fluff? What is that?" He said, voice trailing off in confusion. He had no clue what they were talking about.
"Is that like...no, you know, I really don't know." He shook his head and regarded Shasta for a second.
"You'll have to show me. Peanut butter and...fluff. I'm sure there's lizard-free jars of peanut butter somewhere..."

He glanced back at Kain and waved a hand.
"Go ahead, give her whatever. She is fond of sweets- and oddly, sushi." he shrugged. "But what can I say? Hiro likes wasabi on spicy tuna."

He peered past the Weyrleader into the storage room, and made a noise. "Interesting. Is that mayonaise? Ooooh. You know what makes a good sandwich? Peanut butter and mayo. Seriously."

((And...sadly? I have a friend who eats these sandwiches.))

[phyrstyr]

((Really? wow.))

Shasta was happy she was not alone in some of her many infatuations. It is hard to find people that love bread or fluffernutters, let alone both. Now all she needed was someone who could eat steak all day long and she could have a posse.

"And I am fine on this rather dull day. Be careful with your dragons... I suspect another storm soon."

Oooohhh... storms. Shasta had always enjoyed walking through the rain and feeling thunder reverberate in her chest. But she could see how a storm, a mountain storm at that, could be problematic for the dragons here. Let alone the little dragonettes.

"...fluff? What is that?" "Is that like...no, you know, I really don't know."

If he had had taken his top off and danced around the Hall singing 'the itsy bitsy spider' she could not have been more horrified and/or emotionally disturbed. "Fluff," she started, "Is basically melted marshmallows in a container. It can be spread, albeit difficultly, across a slice of bread. Coupled with peanut butter, it is an unstoppable force that must be consumed or else you will explode." Now she may have been exaggerating a little bit, but she needed to get the point across properly. Or else the pure amazingness of that sugar-filled wonder would go improperly heeded in poor Shinji.

"Interesting. Is that mayonaise? Ooooh. You know what makes a good sandwich? Peanut butter and mayo. Seriously."

Shasta was now worried for Shinji's sanity. Mayonnaise were only good with tuna, that was a known fact. But everyone had their own taste buds. She was just glad hers were not the same as his. She looked at him like he had two heads and slowly edged away. But then she smiled and went back to where she had been, signifying that she did not hold such strange preferences against him.

[FaizahPandora]

((Shasta can have a posse! Kain loves steak! Albeit, very rare steaks but no matter!))

Kain gave Shinji an appraving look before nodding his head. "I'll have to try that. My personal favorite snack food is hot pockets and orange soda." That got a small grin from the Weyrleader, which only lasted a second. Then he turned back to the green that was eyeing his snack. He unwrapped it and tossed it into the air for the flit before grabbing himself another one.

[yaoiwafflez]

Sakura squeaked in sheer glee and pounced at the snack, catching it in mid-toss and churring a pleased and grateful thank-you at Kain before alighting once more on Shinji's shoulder and slamming her face into the cake. Shinji gave her a strange look, and she just sent him happy, sticky thoughts. A moment later, she pulled her head from the center of the cake, her face quite smeared with chocolate and whatever that white sort of frosting in the middle was. Shinji just sighed and let her be.

He was startled for a moment by Shasta's sudden outburst, then he burst out laughing. She was certainly amusing when she got into something.
"Explode? I shall have to rectify this situation soon, then. Liquid marshmallows, huh..."

He was again almost offended when she gave him such a horrified look at the mention of peanut butter and mayonaise that he began laughing even harder. By this point, he was having trouble breathing, so when Kain spoke, he could only wave a hand as she doubled over.
"I'm sorry...but...Shasta. Your...FACE." He giggled like an idiot, and could only grin as she stepped away from him, then moved back again.

((What? What is this sillyness?))

[phyrstyr]

((Yay posse!))

After her outburst of emotion and stunning use of the english language, Shinji began laughing as if he had just been purloined by a pack of playful poodle puppies with pincers for paws... The analogy in and of itself was enough to make her chuckle.

Shasta at first almost took offense at his laughing at her perfectly serious statement. But then had to smile, she did sound funny in retrospect...

Responding to her explanation, Shinji retorted, "Explode? I shall have to rectify this situation soon, then. Liquid marshmallows, huh..."

Shasta nodded her head vigorously. "YesYesYesYesYes! Rectification Nation! that is us!" She couldn't wait to dig into that squishy, sugary, messy, yummy-in-my-tummy goodness.

Kain responded to Shinji's strange taste in food, saying, "I'll have to try that. My personal favorite snack food is hot pockets and orange soda." Shasta had to agree, hot pockets were delicious. However tea, especially apple spice tea with honey, was her preferred choice of beverage.

Shasta giggled like a little school girl ((i have a friend that uses this phrase. It's especially funny because he is a guy.)) Shinji's little green was obviously enjoying herself. With frosting all over her face she looked rather, ok extremely, comical.

As shinji giggled like an idiot at her display, Shasta was busy thinking of another witty thing to say or do in order to keep this air of laugh and banter. So she struck a pose, flashed a smile, vaulted over the nearest table, and dashed into the pantry, saying "and so ends another perfect day in paradise. ahora es el tiempo para comer!"

While rummaging through the pantry for the fixin's necessary for creating (and thus consuming) fluffernutters and other various edible food stuffs, she began to realize how expressive she was being. And how much she was talking! If anyone at home saw how she was acting their jaw would drop. Just thinking of that gave her a fit of the giggles. She decided that this place, with all of its new and exciting people and experiences, was exactly where she should be. When she came to this conclusion, she subconsciously gave a little smile.

((pardon my poor spanish skills))

[FaizahPandora]

((Yours spanish is fine. My mom's boyfriend could understand it perfectly.))

Kain arched a brow at Shasta's exuberance before shaking his head. He unwrapped his snack and bit into it as he watched her gather the ingredients for fluffernutters. He gave Shinji a look that said "Good luck with that one" before he walked calmly out of the main hall.

[yaoiwafflez]

Shinji grinned as Shasta's exuberance. He was still leery about the prospect of liquid marshmallow, but with this sort of enthusiasm, who in their right mind would say no?

"A..o..ra? Nani?" he said, confusshed for a moment. Then his not wholly useless high school knowledge kicked in, and he went red in the face. "That's spanish, isn't it? Um. Yeah. Let's pretend I didn't do that, and I knew that was Spanish right away?"

He was almost embarrassed, but shrugged it off. Not like many people in Kyoto spoke Spanish. There had been that one guy, but Shinji had almost been certain that had been Dutch, anyway...
He shook his head, forcing his mind back on track. Sakura squeaked at the sudden movement and grumbled at him, chucking a piece of cake at his forehead.
It stuck. She then seemed to regret this, and delicately picked it off and stuffed it in her mouth.

Shinji just shook his head and watched as Kain left, shooting the weyrleader an amused smile.
"See you later..." he murmured, not really caring f he was heard or not, as it was mostly formality. He then took a post by the pantry door, peering over Shast's shoulder as she rifled around for ingredients.

[phyrstyr]

"Adiu Monsiur!"((<-- my poor attempt at french)) Shasta shouted over her shoulder as Kain departed.

She turned back to Shinji with all the needed supplies and a package of snackage in her mouth. "Mfurpdrmumfg"She said, with a questioning look in her eyes.

((sorry this one's so short, but i really want to see how you respond to that =3))

[yaoiwafflez]

((Lol. Okay...also...lol at 'package of snackage'))

Shinji raised an eyebrow. What had she said? Oh well. Time to make something up. Preferably involving Russian literature...
"Sure. Why not?" He said, stepping back. "Though I personally disagree. Nanakov was wrong on that point. But I can see where your argument is coming from." He snickered and held out his arms.
"Let me help you with some of that?"

[phyrstyr]

Shasta spat her snack on top of the mountian of other goodies. she could nosh later. "Oh, well thanks kindly!" She promptly dropped half her pile into his proffered arms. "And I suppose you are correct. I was kinda iffy on that anyway." She shrugged lightly and then gave a little giggle. "Alrighty then! Lets get this party started!"

She walked over to the nearest large flat surface, an island counter top, and dropped everything in a heap. "Oof! ok, lets see...Here's the peanut butter. there's the bread. ooh! and here is the fluff ♥" As she listed off the food stuffs she counted off on her fingers. But as she reached the Fluff, she couldn't contain herself and, after taking off the sealant, took a spoonful of the raw marshmallowy goodness. "mmmmmm...tho goommm." But then she seemed to come back to reality and, reluctantly extracting the spoon from her face, looked sheepishly over at Shinji. "I was..uh... just making sure it was still good... and umm yeah, still good..." She paused, then seemed to regain some of her excitement. "And now, let the games begin!"

[yaoiwafflez]

((OMG, there's a HEART in your post. And...I'm uninspired right now.))

Shinji laughed so hard he nearly fell over.
"But of course. And I am to assume it is still indeed fresh?" Something occoured to him suddenly.
"Wait. Can liquid marshmallow expire? it that even possible? Or, much like marshmallow peeps, does it only ever solidify into a large solid mass and gain sentience?"

He set down everything he had besider Shasta's pile, and borwsed the assortment with some intrest.
"Games? OOH. Like the Olympic Games' Snackfood and Munchies Category?"

[phyrstyr]

"oh dear! sounds like a horror flick, 'Attack of the Peeps!!!' where even candy chickens can kill." Shasta said, the second half of her statement being in a low creepy voice. Naturally.

"Games? OOH. Like the Olympic Games' Snackfood and Munchies Category?"

"Of course! what else could it be?" She stated happily. "The first challenge will be the 'who can eat the most peanut butter in ten seconds without choking'. Followed by 'who can eat an entire container of Fluff the most neatly.' The games will conclude with 'Making a fluffernutter sandwich without mutilating the bread'." She said all of this on a whim, but the more she said, the better the idea sounded. By the end she was very excited to try it out. "hmmm... do you think I'm leaving anything out?" she asked. "OHH!!! do you think we should get our flitts in on this too?!?!?" She exclaimed, nearly beside herself with anticipation, but then she turned mildly reflective, saying, "I don't think they would be allergic to any of this stuff..."

[yaoiwafflez]

Shinji snickered and tried to force away the vaguely terrifying mental image of marshmallow birds raining down doom and destruction on the world.
"I'm afraid for my life."

He nodded sagely as Shasta listed off the highlight events of the snackfood Olympics.
"And once cannot forget soda chugging and cheeto-eating competitions. But...the flitterlings? I think they would be delighted. Sakura has already begun, actually." He said, pointing to the green who was currently snarfing down peanutbutter from the spoonful Shinji had taken to begin his sandwich with.

She cheeped at him sweetly, though the noise was muddled as she tried to get the peanut butter off the roof of her mouth.

[phyrstyr]

When Shinji listed off other possible highlights for this impending event of awesomeness Shasta took mock notes. This would be good. Very good. With any luck, they would surive the experience that was to come...

Shasta giggled uncontrollably at Shinji's flitter, which she had not noticed indulging in the finery of packaged products. As she chirped innocently, Shasta remembered that she had one of her own... She called Jas over to join in the fun.

Laughing heartily, Shasta said, "So, do you want to set everything up? I just so happen to have a timer on my watch. We could post the records for next year. Yes, next year. This is too epic to be a one time thing." The weyrling looked thoughtful for a moment as she said, "We will go down in history as 'the creators of the best Olympisc ever'. It will be grand!" At that moment, Jas popped out of the ether and eeped happily at His. He landed lightly on Shasta's shoulder and eyed Sakura and her snack warily. "Perfect! Lets see if you like this stuff." Shasta exclaimed at the flitter. With that she shoved a spoonful of peanut butter into his face. The little guy licked the mass tentatively and then, deciding that it was in fact delicious, licked the whole glob off the spoon and nearly chocked in his haste.