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[ledbythewind]

[Richard is up early this morning, out and about before most of the rest of the household is even awake. He's not about to let his odd sensitivity to any sort of wind stop him from getting things done-- instead, he simply bundles himself up until he looks more like a walking pile of coats and scarves than anything else before making his way in to the center of town for a shopping trip. Of course, the downside of said bundle of outer layers is that it's a bit hard for him to see, meaning that he might occasionally stumble into people or objects before he even realizes it...

His first stop is the grocery store, where he can be found consulting a list and selecting ingredients. Okay, maybe making a black forest cake is a bit ambitious on his end, but he wants to give it a shot anyway. It SOUNDS delicious, if nothing else.

Then he heads to the item store to grab a few more things, even though he'd already picked out his main present some time ago. Perhaps a new toy for Tiger Festival as well...

Of course, then he realizes that his recipe calls for cherry liqueur, which requires a stop by Good Spirits to pick some of that up.

Finally, he heads back home to House 28, where housemates will find him in the kitchen baking something that smells very delicious and very chocolatey. The end result may be a little lopsided and the frosting job definitely leaves something to be desired (maybe he should've whipped that whipped cream a bit more, it seems a little runny), but at least it smells good?]

Comments

[godbent]

Of course it is! A normal life anywhere is boring precisely because it's normal! What's interesting about something thousands or millions of other people are doing at the exact same time?!

[ledbythewind]

... because it's something I've never had before.

[godbent]

[ ... Sigh. ]

Yeah, I figured.

[ledbythewind]

[He smiles a little.]

I apologize if that means you find me boring as a result.

[godbent]

Yeah, whatever. It's not like I control you and I'm benefitting from you looking after Isabelle.

[ledbythewind]

Is that what it is?

[But his tone is teasing.]

You don't even need to ask me to keep looking after her. She's grown quite fond of me, you know. I think she might have something to say if I were to suddenly stop visiting her.

[godbent]

And you don't need to tell me that. Outside of me, pretty much everyone else in the Brigade gets bitten at. [ Not her though because she can metaphorically punch a dragon in the snout and assert dominance ]

[ledbythewind]

Everyone else?

[Richard is honestly a bit surprised to hear that. The hawkzile is so friendly to him that he finds it almost hard to believe that there isn't anyone else she likes aside from him.]

[godbent]

More or less. Maybe not Grune.

[ledbythewind]

That I can understand-- Grune is something of a hard person to dislike.

[godbent]

Seriously. She's sweet and she's hot.

[ledbythewind]

Is she?

[He's intrigued and amused now, because he had no idea Haruhi swung that way. That gives her a few more points in Richard's book.]

[godbent]

Are you seriously asking that? [She crosses her arms and taps her foot, rolling her eyes] I don't care if you are gay, even a gay man has to be a little attracted to her.

[ledbythewind]

She is quite a beautiful woman, though I'm afraid my attraction to her would be on a purely aesthetic level. But something tells me that isn't the sort of answer you were looking for.

[He can definitely appreciate female beauty even if he isn't attracted to it.]

[godbent]

Whatever. That still counts.

[ With a little eyeroll ]

[ledbythewind]

And your own answer?

[Because he wants to know, man.]

[godbent]

About what? I already explained that Grune's attractive.

[ledbythewind]

There are varying degrees of attraction, as I just said.

[godbent]

If we're just talking about that, then who cares who it is, as long as they're interesting. Jeez, you just sound like you're complicating it.