towerofanimus | Ooh, let them eat cake

Characters: Chidori Yoshino; Open
Setting: The Kitchen/Cafeteria
Format: Action
Summary: There are things to cook with, though they aren't exactly real. Chidori capitalizes anyway.
Warnings: Probably just language

[Kitchen]

[Early morning of the eighth, finds an unusual sight in the tower's kitchen. Chidori, having woken earlier than usual to finish her tower-appointed work before getting her own breakfast, has overtaken the kitchen.]

--some gone off to their fall, lord have mercy on them...

[She's singing distractedly, almost as if she doesn't realize she's doing so at all, her voice barely audible over the clattering of pans and sounds of someone preparing to do more than their share of cooking.]

Are we really living or just wal-king dead now? Or dreaming of a hope riding the wings of angels...

[She's setting out baking trays and pans to one side, mixing bowls and utensils to the other, ingredients right in front of her. Sleeves pinned up, apron in place, she even ties her hair back with a ribbon before nodding in satisfaction and reaching for the flour.]

The way we live, the way we die- what a tragedy, I'm so te-rri-fied...

[Interrupt? Help? Up to you.

[Cafeteria]

[There are a lot of baked goods on the tables around lunchtime.

A lot.

If there's one thing Chidori appreciates about the enormous walk-in ovens, it's that she can bake a lot at one time-- and if she needs to pop in while they're on, she generally leaves feeling a little refreshed because of her persona's fire-eating abilities. That said, she may or may not have made more than she can reasonably finish off on her own throughout the day, so she's set up a hastily-made sign:

FREE FOR TOWER RESIDENTS
--Yoshino

And beneath it is a (for a while at least) seemingly still-expanding array of sweets- sugar cookies, raspberry cheesecake, lemon meringue pie, chocolate cake with chocolate mousse in between the layers, angel food cake and a peach cobbler.

When she's finally finished, she barely eats any of her lunch before reaching for a slice of cheesecake to go with the mug of tea she's got at the ready.

Better get to whatever you want before someone else does.]

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Not at all.

[Chidori is only mildly curious about his squinting, and taps at the sign she's made for emphasis.]

I'm afraid my eyes were a bit too big for my stomach, so...

[A shrug as she takes a bite of her cheesecake.]

Have at it.

... Oh. I didn't see the - sorry. My eyesight isn't that good.

[He hangs his head a little in embarrassment, and goes to cut himself a piece of pie.]

Did you make these?

...I would think they'd fix that for you if they didn't bring your glasses along.

[She doesn't smile, but her expression eases up some, and she nods as he serves himself.]

Yes. It's been... some time since we had anything decent to eat. I thought I should take advantage while I could, but...

[Chidori never does things by halves, and if she had it in her to look sheepish, she would.]

So really, take as much as you like.

I don't have glasses.

[He blinks a little bit, furiously. Come on, brain. Get used to human vision again.]

Well. Uh. Thanks. There's enough people here that I'm sure they won't go bad. I haven't met most of them though.

[He sits down relatively nearby, but far enough that she has her space. He knows too well how much crowding at a table can be annoying.]

How strange, then.

[She tilts her head slightly, but doesn't question it.]

Well, I hope not. But if worse comes to worse, they'll keep in the fridge.

[She blinks at him, and then motions to a pitcher nearby.]

...milk?

[... This is going to kick him in the stomach once he morphs back.]

Sure.

[Okay. Okay, he can do this one. He grabs his glass and the pitcher, and slowly pours himself some milk. He actually manages it fine, barring the death grip he's got on the cup. His eyes are starting to adjust, though he's still blinking a lot.]

I'm Tobias, by the way.

[Poor baby.]

Chidori.

[She watches him intently, in her own way, curious about his movements and how- hyper-controlled they are. Tense in a way they shouldn't be.]

Are you new? You don't feel familiar.

... Feel?

[... Never mind.]

Yeah. Well. Sort of. I'm pretty new... I've been mostly keeping to myself.

I can... sense people.

[That's the short version of it, at least.]

I see... well, as much as I would normally leave people to their own devices... things in the tower have been a bit- unstable. Trouble popping up where it shouldn't because people can't control themselves.

[She inclines her head at him.]

Finding someone or two to watch your back would be wise.

... Okay.

[He has no room to judge on people having weird mutant powers.]

I've met a few people who seem decent. I'm -

[How does he put this?]

I'm not used to operating without the rest of my [friends] team.

[She doesn't even have the worst or the strongest of the abilities either.]

There are plenty of people here who 'seem' to be a lot of things.

[She takes note of the hesitation before that last word, but doesn't mention it, and instead nods.]

...I can understand that.

... It's kind of a pain. And this is a... different kind of war than what I'm used to.

[For one, everyone seems pretty open about what they can do...]

I would wager it is far removed from what most are used to, yes.

[She smiles slightly, takes a quick bite of her cheesecake.]

A little subterfuge never hurt anyone though.

That's more of what we were used to. We had to keep things quiet.

The problem here is that no on knows how to do 'subterfuge' without causing an explosion.

[Her expression is completely deadpan.]

Stealth is lost on a vast number of the residents, I am afraid.

Well I had a friend that preferred explosions, but she could work without them. Sometimes. But stealth is... easier than most people would think.

[It's helped when you can turn into a fly or whatever but still.]

It is- but the difficult part is convincing anyone here that being stealthy is worth the time it will take.

Experience is usually a good teacher... but I don't know what's happened here in the past.

Explosions, mainly. Explosions and using them as a distraction, if I'm not mistaken.

... Well that's not a terrible plan...

No, but as far as not getting caught, I can't say I think it's all too intelligent.

Well... it's entirely possible. You just have to know how not to get caught.

I don't think many people here are good at that part.

[Sad, isn't it?]

... I'd have thought more people around here had sneaking powers. That's lame.

[The various worlds around don't even have something like a thief class? What kind of lame fantasy worlds are those?]

It isn't that they don't have the ability- it's more that most of them are so frustrated, they don't bother.

[It'd be funny if it wasn't simultaneously depressing.]

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