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zaria (bravely) wrote in mirage_rpg,
@ 2008-06-13 09:03:00

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complete, day 3, group activity, jack harkness, lestat de lioncourt, okita souji, xena

Day 3- Country Cooking Class
Who: Xena, Lestat, Souji, Jack
What: Country Cooking Lesson
When: Mid-Afternoon
Where: The Kitchens
Rating: R- thanks to Lestat's foul mouth.
Status: Complete!

Xena started awake. She sat up and looked around her. The room was the same one she had woken up in for the past few days, but the soft sounds of breathing beside her told her that she was not alone. She looked down and smiled. Gabrielle was slumbering peacefully. Rather than wake her, Xena scooted gently out of bed and went into the shower. She showered and dressed in a clean set of leather armor and brushed her hair.

She peeked out into the room to find Gabrielle still slumbering. Yesterday had been a difficult day for her, and she understood her weariness. She watched her for a minute before she decided to go get some breakfast for the both of them. She opened her door, and heard the rustle of paper against it. She saw the envelopes taped to the door. One was for her, and the other was for Gabrielle.

She took them both off the door and shut it again. She pulled her envelope open and looked at the paper within. Her eyes widened and then she scowled. "Country cooking!" She hissed. Of all the stupid things. Gabrielle was the cook, not her. She wanted to open Gabrielle's envelope and she what she was going to be doing that day, but she knew it was Gabrielle's right to open her own message. She set the envelope on the bed next to her and turned back to the door.

Angrily shoving the envelope into the waistband of her leather, she stalked down the hall to find something for breakfast. She grabbed a few pieces of fruit, some bread, some cheese and a few bottles of water. She headed back to her room and left the breakfast on the table for Gabrielle before she left again.

She really didn't want to do this. She busied herself that morning with riding Argo, brushing her down afterward, and doing some more exploring. She knew Gabrielle was tired, and didn't want to haul her around with her all morning when she should be getting her rest. But, just before she went to the kitchen for the damnable cooking class, she peeked in on her. She wasn't there, so she must have gone off on her own adventure. Xena was satisfied to know that Gabrielle couldn't leave her again. Not if what this Planet said was true.

She headed into the kitchen and saw a Golem putting a round shiny disc with a hole in the middle into some metal box with a tray. It was attached with a bunch of vines to a bigger more square box with a glass front. Xena had still not learned about the wonders of TV and DVD players. She watched with interest, though she appeared aloof, as the Golem turned on the TV and fiddled with the DVD player.

Soon, a rather plump woman with grey hair appeared in the glass. Xena narrowed her eyes. This was quite strange, but there were a lot of things that were strange in this place. And then the plump woman began to speak. "Hi ya'll, I'm Paula Deen." Raising a brow, she watched the Golem hit a button on the DVD player to pause it until the others arrived.

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bravely
2008-06-30 11:38 am UTC (link)

She saw the look of surprise flicker over the young samurai's face and she quirked a small smile to reflect his own. "I was familiar with some samurai when I was in Higuchi." Again, neglecting to mention just how she was familiar with them. Still, she felt a need to explain. He also look distinctly unnerved by the idea that she could handle such an array of weapons, and with skill. He posed her question and she smirked slightly.

"No, Souji, most women in my land were not so well trained in weaponry. As I mentioned before, my home village was ransacked by a warlord. My younger brother was killed and I sought revenge. I took it, too. But, in order for me to do that, I had to train. I am mostly self-taught, although there were several people who lent me their skills, too. Most women are content to marry, bare children and attend to a home. But, I'm not like most women." She finished frying her okra and realized that the woman trapped in the box was telling them that their chicken and corn should be finished.

She answered Lestat's question before she went back out to the grill, however. "I did travel there, but not until after I met M'Lila. She was a stowaway on my ship. She was running from slave traders. I spared her life, and in return she taught me pressure points." She breathed deeply. "I was betrayed later by another man who had been on my ship. He hung me on a cross and broke my legs. M'Lila helped me off the cross and took me to her father, a healer. He mended my legs as best as he could, but the men who had hung me on the cross found us and she died with an arrow in her back. An arrow meant for me." Xena wasn't sure why so many people had loved her. She had been a monster, a tyrant. And she had been loved far more than she deserved.

She cleared her throat and went out to take her chicken and corn off the grill. She put it on a large platter and brought it all back to her workstation. She arranged it and cleaned up what she could before she answered Jack's question. "Sure. Whenever you want, just come find me." She was still feeling a little emotional after relating the story of the Gallian woman. She looked up to find that the screen had gone black and the golem was taking the disc from the player and taking care of the television.

"Guess class is dismissed." She wasn't hungry, she was actually feeling a little ill. "Good day, boys." She nodded and left the kitchen, leaving her cooked food on the counter of her workstation. She supposed it would be served as a meal in the restaurant, or put in the refrigerators for anyone to have. She couldn't imagine it going to waste. She couldn't wait to tell Gabrielle she'd cooked an entire meal, and hadn't burned a thing.

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