WHO: Nathan Petrelli WHERE: the Hyperion WHEN: a few days after this prank, so we'll say the 15th WHAT: One, two, three, four, the Petrellis declare a prank war. RATING: G STATUS: narrative; complete as is, but the victims are welcome to respond to this! :D
As far as pranks went, this was one of the simpler ones – at least for anyone who could boil water – Nathan had orchestrated. It was also one he couldn't stop randomly laughing at throughout the execution, because it would be fun. At least for him. It wasn't intended to be a one-up on having his pants stolen and then getting held in a closet – those types of pranks would come later in the game. These were just the opening events. This 'Petrelli Prank War' was something that had been repeated again and again over the years in their family, no sides really taken as 'loyalties' changed at any moment, and with the addition of family members they didn't have before – the boys were bigger now and could both participate and be victims in some pranks, there were both Claires, Sarah – Nathan was expecting this to be the best one yet.
One trip out had gained him the items he needed to complete his plan. As Nathan couldn't boil water, he'd enlisted Simon's help with that, complete with the promise of a share in the leftovers. Refrigeration had proved trickier, as people would have noticed the incongruity of those items in the refrigerator in the kitchen, but he'd found a way around that as well.
The beauty of it was that he had managed to not only set up his prank, but make a food item in the process without things going up in flames or exploding. The mind boggled.
Timing his set-up well – again with the, this time unwitting, help of the boys – he'd managed to have Heidi out of her room and distracted during a time Peter wasn't in the hotel so he could also invade the office and leave it for Peter to find later. Going to the office first, then Heidi's room, he took their own equipment with him, leaving them with his pièce de résistance.