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Offline Tally

Re: Late night noodles
« Reply #160 on: October 09, 2012, 10:34:40 pm »
Temple heard Cyrus shuffling about and opened an eye to watch him come into the room.  Even though he'd been awake for awhile, that didn't necessarily mean he was ready to get up.  This couch was way more comfortable than the bed in his cell.

"Mm."  He pulled the blanket over his head and curled up.  "Why don't you go out without me?  I'll just hide here."
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Re: Late night noodles
« Reply #161 on: October 10, 2012, 03:41:02 pm »
Cyrus rolled his eyes and grabbed the edge of the blanket. He yanked it back down and gave Temple a stern glare. "If ya want breakfast, you'll get your ass up and movin'."
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Re: Late night noodles
« Reply #162 on: October 10, 2012, 04:05:26 pm »
"Breakfast?"

That was the magic word.  Temple rose and stretched.  He couldn't say it was the best sleep he'd ever gotten, but he was far happier to wake up here than in the facility they kept him in.  First thing he did was make use of Cyrus's bathroom, then he shuffled back into the kitchen.

"What are you gonna make me?"
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Re: Late night noodles
« Reply #163 on: October 12, 2012, 02:10:18 pm »
...Well, shit, was that seriously all it took? Here he'd been prepared to bodily toss him off the couch and drag him into the great outdoors when all he had to say was 'break' and the guy was up before he'd even finished saying 'fast'. It was amazing to think of all the hassle he might have avoided if he'd have known that sooner.

Perplexed, he watched Temple head off to the bathroom, scratched the back of his head, then went into the kitchen to start preparing their meal. Kid really was like some starved, feral thing.

He used up the last bits of that animal for their breakfast, cutting it into small chunks and starting up some green noodles that were made from one of the edible plants down there. He made up another sauce to go with it. Wasn't that he really enjoyed cooking, it was just that if you wanted your stuff not to taste like shit, you had to learn. And just like with his job, Cyrus had decided that if he was going to do it at all, he was going to learn to do it well.

Temple appeared in the kitchen, and Cyrus motioned with his spatula. "This." Which was about as specific as he could really get, because this concoction didn't have a name.
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Offline Tally

Re: Late night noodles
« Reply #164 on: October 13, 2012, 01:46:16 am »
Temple wandered over to linger at Cyrus's elbow so he could watch him cook.  He wanted to try this some time, be more self-sufficient, but he didn't want to learn too much.  This was a nice arrangement, with Cyrus cooking for him.  Like someone actually cared about him instead of leaving a tray of mass-produced food inside his door at set times every day.

"Looks good."  He leaned on Cyrus's arm so he could get in close and catch a whiff of it.  The smell of it cooking made his stomach growl.

"We going to the facility right after?"  Their conversation from last night was still totally fresh on his mind.  Even thinking about it had him beaming up at Cyrus expectantly.
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Re: Late night noodles
« Reply #165 on: October 14, 2012, 01:24:47 pm »
Temple leaned on his arm, and Cyrus gave him a quick glance before turning his attention back to the cooking food. "Yeah, that's the plan. Can't leave 'em waitin' too long."

Covering the meat and sauce to let it simmer, Cyrus checked on a small pot of water he'd set aside to boil, then pulled it off the stove and grabbed a couple cups, and a couple small bags filled with some sort of loose leaf. "Tea?"
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Re: Late night noodles
« Reply #166 on: October 14, 2012, 02:54:53 pm »
Temple pulled a face at the thought of going back there.  It would be hard to leave this place.  It was a house, a real home, when he'd been living in a cell in a government building for the past six months.  This place made him feel less like a piece of machinery in a system and more like a person.

"Yeah!  Does tea even grow down here?"  If not, then that was some expensive shit Cyrus was about to share with him.
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Re: Late night noodles
« Reply #167 on: October 14, 2012, 03:07:58 pm »
"Maybe not the sort you're used to," Cyrus said, plopping the bags into the cups and filling them with hot water. "But it works well enough. Ya make do down here with the plants that do grow."

He pushed the cup toward Temple and then went about finishing their breakfast, hiding a grin. It made a bitter, earthy drink and, come to think of it, the guy probably wouldn't be used to it if he was used to the fancy shit upstairs. It was an acquired taste and they didn't have much down here to sweeten it. Maybe he should warn him, but that wasn't as fun.

So he acted like that had just slipped his mind as he went about dishing up their plates.
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Re: Late night noodles
« Reply #168 on: October 14, 2012, 10:03:14 pm »
Temple blew on the steaming liquid before taking a sip.  It was too hot to taste much of anything the first couple times he tried it, but after a minute or so it started to cool down and Temple took slower sips from it because he couldn't figure out just what he was drinking.  Certainly not tea.  It wasn't horrible, but it was weird.  If he could condense the entire subterrain into a flavor, this would be it.

"What is this?"  It started off almost mineral-like but there was a biting bitterness to it that hit the back of his throat every time and made him grimace.
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Re: Late night noodles
« Reply #169 on: October 15, 2012, 02:59:29 pm »
Cyrus looked up from fixing up their plate and gave Temple an odd look. "Tea."
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Re: Late night noodles
« Reply #170 on: October 15, 2012, 10:35:17 pm »
"If you say so."  The more it steeped, the more bitter it got, but Temple wasn't letting a little cup of tea defeat him.  If he couldn't handle Teinari tea, how was he going to be able to show his face anywhere?

"Who exactly do you need to talk to to get this to happen?"  Temple wanted to find out who was at the facility already and who wasn't.  See if he couldn't help things along by timing their arrival right.
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Re: Late night noodles
« Reply #171 on: October 15, 2012, 10:58:44 pm »
Cyrus grinned and slapped Temple on the back. "What kinda tea ya Aedolian pansies drink? This stuff'll put hair on your chest, Violet, and maybe a couple whiskers on your chin. And ya need all the help ya can get."

Sliding Temple his plate, Cyrus picked up his own and started to scarf it down standing, eager to get going. Between bites, he explained, "Several people. The facility's warden, for one. The head of my Outfit. And at least three council members gotta approve it."

He looked up. "Shouldn't be as tough as it sounds."
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Re: Late night noodles
« Reply #172 on: October 16, 2012, 03:02:07 am »
Tea sloshed out of his cup and onto the floor.  Sometimes he wasn't sure if Cyrus just forgot he was way smaller than him, or if Cyrus just enjoyed flaunting his own strength.  Sometimes he figured he didn't want to know the answer.

Temple followed suit, leaning back against the counter to eat standing up.  He wanted to get out of there as soon as they were done and get this thing moving.

"I know the warden.  He's practical, he'll be easy."  He saw the man almost daily, and found him to be far less superstitious about psychics than the general populace.  The warden was a man who lived on facts and evidence.  Couldn't be sure about the others yet, not without getting into their heads.  "And good, because it sounds plenty tough."
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Re: Late night noodles
« Reply #173 on: October 21, 2012, 10:26:00 pm »
Cyrus grunted in acknowledgment. "Guess it helps ya know him. Let's hope ya made a better impression on 'im than ya did me." Never mind that his current goal was to get Temple out of the facility and into his place until he could get his feet, and never mind that the kid had saved his life and left an impression. Even as he worked to help the kid, he couldn't help but slip into old habits.

Finishing up his meal and downing his tea, he set his dishes in the sink and waited for Temple to finish. "I'm sure I can get my guy to agree. He trusts my judgment. It's the council that may be kinda hairy." He shrugged. "We'll just have to see. Like I said, don't be crushed if it don't go through."

Pushing off of the counter, he started to clean up the leftovers. If Temple wanted more, he'd just have to wait until later--he'd either be getting the rest of this here, or delivered to him in his cell.
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Re: Late night noodles
« Reply #174 on: October 21, 2012, 10:49:19 pm »
"Mm."  Temple set his plate aside, only partly done.  His mind was far away.  It was with the council members in their various places throughout the city.  In their heads and in their thoughts, looking for the most vulnerable among them.

He was largely silent while Cyrus put the leftovers away, and started to wander over to the door on his own.  It kept Cyrus from seeing the smile that crept onto his face.  How sweet of the man to worry about his feelings, as though there were a danger this wouldn't work.  As though Temple wasn't going to haul out every underhanded, dirty trick he knew of to make it happen.  He was going to do all the things the Teinari were so afraid of psychics doing, and they'd never know a thing.

If Cyrus had any idea what was going on in Temple's own head just then, he might have rethought the offer.
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