Stolen Memories [Ku-chan]

[Dark]

Minh had been holed up in her lab for the better part of a week, working with Monty on how best to recreate the mutations that had spawned her in the current test subject. After the initial misunderstanding and bander-uprising, she found Monty rather pleasant to be around when the bander wasn't heartlessly eviscerating the small rodents that had once ran free in the attic-turned-lab. The complete honest brutality by which the bander lived hir life was rather refreshing. One always knew where they stood with Monty.

The aroma of something that smelled remarkably like pot stickers reached her delicate nose, luring her from her work and towards the stairs with lumbering steps. The gurgling in her stomach urged on her steps, and she thundered down the stairs.

"Fooooood," a strange, hungry cry that distorted as it echoed down the staircase. Minh followed on its heels, stumbling into the kitchen and immediately putting a point on the grocery bags.

((Guest appearance by me, whee~!))

[Bee]

Minh had been lured out of her reclusive experiments by the siren call of food, which was to be expected. The fastest way to Minh's heart was through her stomach. Show her a bit of food and she loses interest in anything else going on around her.

Mnem jerked the food away from her with no small amount of glee.

"We have a guest," Mnem said pointedly and primly, and carried the food--and some plates; silverware she would get in a moment--to the table. She nodded in Aderlass's direction. Minh probably had not noticed him in her mad rush for food. "We're going to sit at the table--when we fully clear the damn thing--and eat like civilized people. You can do that, or you can go back to your lab and frolic with Monty, and go hungry. And say hello to Aderlass. No need to be rude."

[Dark]

It was hard to hear Mnem over the incensed gurgling of her stomach, and Minh let out a rather pathetic whimper as the food was taken away. And, guest? They never had guests. They only have victims; Mnem should know that. And could they get back to the eating now?

Guests? Eating at the table? Being civilized? Mnem had obviously gone out and gotten herself infected with some sort of exotic fever and was currently suffering from delirium. It was the only real explanation for such an bizarre shift in behavior. They didn't have time to waste their time pretending to be nice, upstanding citizens.

She zeroed in on Aderlass--oh. Awkward.

Minh couldn't bring herself to be overly upset, though, not where food was involved and she went about tackling the problem of a cluttered table. Mnem had insisted the last time she'd cleaned that they put a table cloth down, and Minh now took full advantage of it. Grabbing it firmly by one edge she pulled, sending the litter of miscellaneous knick-knacks flying into an out-of-the-way corner.

She replaced the table cloth, "Can we eat now?"

[Kasatsu]

He was back over at the coffee pot checking on the coffee, which was almost finished, when Minh proceeded to pull the table cloth off of the table, scattering the items that had been crowding it into different parts of the room. He suppressed the feeling to both laugh and moan at her actions. Oh well, it was true that she had succeeded in doing what Mnem had wanted of her. At her whine, though, he arched a brow at her.

As Mnem set the table, with the food, plates, utensil, etcetera, he glanced over his shoulder at Minh. “Want any of the coffee?” he inquired. Waiting for her answer he turned his attention back to his own cup, pouring in a bit of sugar with the black liquid to make it sweeter. Deciding that she could make her own if she desired the substance so much, he got her a cup and then left the counter to take his own seat.

The food really did smell delicious and he was ready to eat.

[Bee]

Mnem brought the food to the table, watching with some degree of exasperation and curiosity as Minh bounced about like a small child that had been denied something it wanted very badly. She would have scolded her for sending things flying off the table and into the floor, but really there was no point. A little bit more of a mess wasn't going to make much difference, in the grand scheme of things; it was like putting two more drops of water into a boat that was capsizing.

Well, she could wait a little bit longer. Aderlass was offering her coffee; she could make do with that for two minutes.

"I'll take some," Mnem said, "when you get a moment."

She finished laying the food out on the table, and sat down in her own seat. She smiled at her feline friend.

"There," she said. "Now we may eat."

[Dark]

Minh gave a rather loud murmur of delight and sunk into her chair, reaching immediately for the pot stickers. It wasn't so much the pot sticks that she loved, but more the sauce--a sweet, spicy tang that burst across the tongue. It was absolutely, positively amazing, and it kind of made her toes curl with its awesomeness.

She didn't pay overly much attention to either Mnem or Aderlass, choosing instead to focus on shoving as much food into her mouth as possible. If she focused on Mnem, she would notice Aderlass, and then she'd start thinking about their agreement, and then she would start blushing, and Mnem would ask her what it was all about, and she'd stutter, and flee the room after making a complete idiot out of herself.

So, she ate her dinner in silence. When the pot stickers were gone, she licked the sauce bowl clean and reached for another dish.

[Kiki]

Bee, Kasatsu, Dark, Spiderfly, and Jenn receive 6 tokens each, to be redeemed in Ashwin's Shoppe. This will automatically be added to your recorded totals in the shoppe. Congratulations, and keep up the good RP!

[Kasatsu]

Deciding differently he placed his cup on the table before going back to the counter, filling the mug with coffee for Mnem. Placing it before her he then took his seat, filling the plate that was laid out before him.

The silence was a little unnerving. He glanced at Mnem a few times. “Is she always like this?” he asked the canine. He was aware that the feline was probably a little worried about their deal, something he would probably have to call an end too eventually. Though it was such a nice feeling leaving that worry above her head, especially after all he had caused her in the needles.

Watching as she finished off her first plate and moved onto her second he raised an eyebrow. It had not skipped his notice that she had not made any eye contact with him since she had first entered the room.

“I am really thankful that you have let me stay here tonight, Mnem. Even if the risk do not completely outweigh the benefits.” He decided to bring up the topic to see how Minh would react to the conversation.

[Bee]

"Oh, yes," said Mnem, glancing at her friend. She was curiously quiet, but Mnem put that up to her voracious appetite. Minh had a very mannish tendency to become extremely single-minded about things. Including food. Especially food. Mnem usually took this as a sign of the sheer excellence of her cooking, and set aside the fact that Minh would probably eat toxic sludge if you offered it to her, as long as you served it with coffee.

She didn't find it very odd that she was concentrating on eating rather than on making some kind of conversation. Not exactly a sign of good breeding, but Minh had never been one for social graces.

"She does this sort of thing all the time. She enjoys her food. Minh!" she said, deciding to interrupt. "Pay a little attention to our guest, if you will. The food won't run away."

[Dark]

Their voices had become a comforting sort of drown in the background that she let wash over her, but didn't really bother to understand. Being spoken directly to was a little startlingly, and she blinked owlishly as she directed her gaze to her companions.

"It won't run away, no, but it might be gobbled up while I'm not looking." She munched on a bit of barbecue pork, vaguely convinced that it would prove her point. But she really couldn't risk it. Not when food was involved.

Her brain caught up with her mouth, "Whaaaa? He's staying here? Tonight?"

She looked at Mnem in shock and dismay--they never had guests, it wasn't something they did; why did she have to go and change the rules when Aderlass was involved?

Still, it wouldn't do to draw undue attention to herself: "Well, I hope he has bander-proof armor. I really don't think Monty took to him very well on his last visit."