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Quirinus Quirrell (double_q) wrote in seasidecafe,
@ 2009-04-19 16:53:00

Quirinus Quirrell: Chocolate
“You know it’s funny,” Q says thoughtfully. “There aren’t any songs about chocolate. There are songs about candy,” he goes on, after thinking for a moment. “Actually there are a lot of songs about candy, but none specifically about chocolate. And that’s a shame. I can’t think of another food that so richly deserves to be lauded in song. I like just plain dark chocolate, maybe with almonds. Caramel is good too. But don’t muck it up with lots of add-ins. It loses some of its uniqueness. It should be as simple as possible so as to be best appreciated.” He frowns at Ianto. “I don’t know about eating it off someone though. It would make an awful mess and you’d get all sticky. What fun is that?”

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	double_q 2009-04-21 04:34 pm UTC (link)
	"Really? Let's go!" Q says eagerly. "You mean make baked beans on toast into, well, chocolate?" Q shakes his head ruefully. "It doesn't work. Oh it looks like whatever it's supposed to be, but it doesn't taste like it." He grins sadly. "Believe me, I've tried." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notjusta_teaboy 2009-04-21 07:27 pm UTC (link)
	"That seems a bit weird. Do you know why that is?" He nods and pushes back his chair. "Yeah, we can go now." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	double_q 2009-04-22 07:06 am UTC (link)
	"Not really," he says, standing up. "Something to do with the fundamental nature of a substance I guess." Q shrugs. "It's one of those things that's always like that, so you don't question it." He snaps his fingers. "Oh yes. About cleaning up. Doesn't the chocolate stain? How do you get it out without magic?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notjusta_teaboy 2009-04-22 01:31 pm UTC (link)
	"But you can change things into other things, I know that. So why not change food into another kind of food, which doesn't seem like that much of a change at all? He thinks about that. "I guess it could get on the sheets or something if you're not careful, but you just need a bit of spot remover and throw it in the wash." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

double_q
2009-04-22 04:44 pm UTC (link)

"That's right. That's how I made my piano," Q reminds him. "It just doesn't work. We'll get some fish and chips and I'll change it into a lamb korma. You can taste it and then you'll see. Well, not really see because it'll look like lamb korma. But you can taste." He blinks. "Just how much chocolate are we talking about here?" He nods. "Like Mrs Skowers Magical Mess remover. Though if you think about it, you wonder if it's for magical messes or if it gets rid of them magically."

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notjusta_teaboy
2009-04-22 05:36 pm UTC (link)

"I'll take your word that it doesn't work, I just want to know why it doesn't. It doesn't make any sense." He considers that. "Well, it depends really. You can make a bit of a mess with a box of truffles. And it tends to get rather runny. Or very runny, if you melt it before hand." He nods. "Yeah, something like that. Have you ever tried it on a non-magical mess, t see?"

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	double_q 2009-04-22 06:38 pm UTC (link)
	"I really have no idea," Q says. "You can't create food out of nothing. Maybe it has something to do with that." Q nods. "Or use chocolate sauce." He shakes his head. "Nope. I've never used it actually. I just scourgify something if it needs cleaning." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

notjusta_teaboy
2009-04-22 07:14 pm UTC (link)

"Well, you can't really create anything out of nothing, can you? That would raise your power to a level I'd really rather not contemplate." He shakes his head. "Chocolate sauce doesn't really have the same flavour as real chocolate, though. It's missing something. Real chocolate is better for something like that." He tips his head at that. "So why would you have a product for that at all, if you can just magic things clean?"

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double_q
2009-04-24 06:57 am UTC (link)

"Not exactly, no," Q tells him. "Though it looks like that sometimes." He thinks about this. "Body? Depth? Something you can sink your teeth into?" he hazards. Q grins. "There are always spots you can't scourgify out. Usually on your best robes right before an important function. So you need something stronger. And, some people aren't as good at cleaning charms as others."

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	notjusta_teaboy 2009-04-24 11:52 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah, but can't just say, 'Let there be....thingy' and it will appear, right? You have to start from something?" He thinks. "I don't know. It just doesn't taste quite like chocolate from a chocolate bar or anything. Ah, I guess that makes sense. I guess." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	double_q 2009-04-24 06:46 pm UTC (link)
	Q can't resist. He pulls out his wand. "Lumos!" The tip immediately begins to glow. "Like that?" he grins. "Well, no. They have to put stuff in it so it's sauce. Liquid, I mean. "And," he goes on. "Sometime you just need a good soak in bleach." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notjusta_teaboy 2009-04-24 07:27 pm UTC (link)
	"Well, no, I meant material things. Light is different, energy conversion and all that. But you can't just create, a....a tea cup, can you? Without changing it from something else?" He nods. "That's true. It still doesn't taste right though. And I'm not soaking in bleach. It'll eat your skin." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	double_q 2009-04-24 08:57 pm UTC (link)
	"You try it then." Q extinguishes the light and hands his wand to Ianto. "It's chocolate though, just not intense enough. I didn't mean you personally Ianto! He laughs. "I meant sometimes you have to soak things in bleach." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notjusta_teaboy 2009-04-25 01:09 am UTC (link)
	"I'm not magic; it won't work." He nods. "I guess so. Still not my favourite." He ducks his head a bit. "Oh. Yeah. Makes more sense that way." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	double_q 2009-04-25 06:39 am UTC (link)
	"Go on. Try it," Q urges. "You never know what might happen." He tries to shove his wand into Ianto's hand. "It's good on ice cream though," he points out. "There are easier ways to make skin vanish," Q tells Ianto. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notjusta_teaboy 2009-04-25 12:20 pm UTC (link)
	"All right, all right." He takes the wand, feeling like a bit of an idiot. "Lumos. See?" He nods. "It is good on ice cream, I'll give you that." He geins. "Yep. Like cheese graters." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

double_q
2009-04-25 06:00 pm UTC (link)

"Well nothings going to happen if you do it like that!" Q says, slightly exasperated. "You're not shooing away a fly. Proper wrist, hand and wand movement is crucial." He sounds like a teacher, not surprisingly. "OOH! Now I don't know which I want more. Candy or ice cream. Terrible state to be in, doncherknow." Q gives Ianto a sidewise glance. "How do you know," he asks, not sure if he wants to know the answer.

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	notjusta_teaboy 2009-04-25 09:39 pm UTC (link)
	"Well, how am I supposed to do it, then?" He grins. "They make ice cream with candy in, you know." He looks over at Q. "You've never grated your knuckles accidentally, have you?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	double_q 2009-04-26 07:05 am UTC (link)
	Q thinks for a moment. "Ever conducted to the wireless?" he asks. "Do they really?!" he marvels. "What will they think of next? The best of both worlds." Q looks relieved and embarrassed. "Er, no, sorry. It sounds painful though. I thought you might have, you know, skinned one of your alien people." He gulps. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notjusta_teaboy 2009-04-26 05:04 pm UTC (link)
	"No, I don't think so." He nods and grins. "It's amazing, really, the things they come up with." His eyes widen at that. "Why would we do that?! We don't do that sort of thing!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	double_q 2009-04-27 06:42 am UTC (link)
	"Not even to Ride of the Valkyries?" Q is astonished. "I missed out on so much," Q mourns, mostly joking. "I meant like at an autopsy Ianto," he explains patiently. "I didn't think you tortured the things." Not really. Not for very long anyway. Not Ianto. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notjusta_teaboy 2009-04-27 01:04 pm UTC (link)
	"No. I don't think I've ever heard that on the wireless. Just in commercials and things." He gives Q a small smile. "Don't worry, we'll get you caught up." He ducks his head a bit at that. "Oh. Oh, no, I haven't. Owen's our doctor, he took care of that sort of thing. And no torturing." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

double_q
2009-04-27 05:55 pm UTC (link)

"And the movies?" Q asks. "Never mind. You've surely seen conductors on the telly. Waving that little stick around? Well, that's basically how you use a wand. There's quite a bit more involved naturally, but that's a good place to start. Go ahead," he gives Ianto an encouraging nod. "Give it a try." Q smiles back. "You know what I think I'm sorriest about? I missed the turn of the century. Completely passed it by! And that doesn't happen every day." This is the first Q's heard about Torchwood having a doctor. Fairly standard procedure though. "I'll bet he's got samples of alien skin. And no, no torturing. It would make us look bad."

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	notjusta_teaboy 2009-04-27 08:57 pm UTC (link)
	"Yeah, in the movies, too. All right." He feels a bit foolish waving it around like that. "You didn't really miss much. I mean, everyone made a big deal about it, but it was just like any other new year." Except for what happened at Torchwood Cardiff, but he wasn't there for that. "Oh he did. And no, no torturing at Cardiff." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

double_q
2009-04-28 06:45 am UTC (link)

Q grins at the look on Ianto's face. "Just pretend you're Leopold Stokowski," he tells him. "Now, stiffen your wrist a bit and sort of lay your index finger along the wand." He raises an eyebrow. "Maybe," he says dubiously. "I would have liked a chance to decide for myself. Right!" Q nods. "And I'll bet he's got some doctor way of taking skin off. You know, to preserve it properly? Not with a cheese grater." He shudders, glad he's never had to use one.