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I Moderate (i_moderate) wrote in we_babble,
@ 2011-10-01 17:47:00

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Question kitty has some questions! Some character development questions!
• What is in your refrigerator right now? On your bedroom floor? On your nightstand? In your garbage can?

• Look at your feet. Describe what you see there. Do you wear dress shoes, gym shoes, or none at all? Are you in socks that are ratty and full of holes? Or are you wearing a pair of blue and gold slippers knitted by your grandmother?

• When you think of your childhood kitchen, what smell do you associate with it? Sauerkraut? Oatmeal cookies? Paint? Why is that smell so resonant for you?

• You are doing intense spring cleaning. What is easy for you to throw out? What is difficult for you to part with? Why?

• What is one strong memory that has stuck with you from childhood? Why is it so powerful and lasting?

• You are getting ready for a night out. Where are you going? What do you wear? Who will uou be with?

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i_kaeps
2011-10-02 02:39 pm UTC (link)

1) In my fridge? I don't even know! Hang on. OJ, still fresh. Milk, not as fresh. Some cans of Diet Coke. Left overs which were solving calculus equations so thanks for making me go look, ew. Salad fixings. Feta cheese. Homemade vinaigrette made from herbs in the greenhouse. And a pack of smokes John must have left here the last time he was around...like seven months ago.

On my bedroom floor: Five shoes. Hell if I know where the sixth one is. Laundry that missed the basket, and that's about as specific as I'm going to get on that Mr. Nosy Pants.

On my nightstand: Um...Hearts Blood by Carolyn McCray. What?! So I like cheesy romance books! Shut up!

In my garbage: Those left overs and John's smokes.

2) On my feet: Two different fuzzy socks. Apparently I got dressed in the dark this morning before coffee could be had.

3) Childhood kitchen: Oh! My dad used to make the BEST blueberry pancakes! Holidays. My birthday. Or whenever I had a bad day the day before. It was I love you on a plate!

4) Spring cleaning: That's kind of hard to do in Shadowcrest sometimes because the house tends to have a mind of its own about what should stay and what shouldn't. However. It's easiest to toss out clothing that shrank in the wash since it makes me feel fat. *nodnod* I keep comfy clothes, things special people bought for me. I still have my first costume from when I was eleven because my dad gave it to me. I still have these daisies John gave me once when he came to apologize for poofing on me without a word.

5) One strong memory: Making bubbles that made a sad little boy smile. That little boy's name was Bruce. Dad was performing for his birthday party, but he'd gone off to be by himself. I made bubbles for him and ended up making a friend ~~that I would betray later~~.

6) Night out: I'm wearing a slimming black little number that shows off all the rught curves. My hair and makeup are perfect. My hose didn't get a run in them the first time I put them on. I'm going to have a private dinner in a park then dancing in the same park. The weather is perfect, not too hot, not too cold. The stars are out with a crescent moon. Fireflies playing in the trees and bushes. And I'm doing it all with Gerard Butler! Score!

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i_thebeast
2011-10-03 05:30 am UTC (link)

• What is in your refrigerator right now? On your bedroom floor? On your nightstand? In your garbage can?

I believe I left vegetables in my refrigerator, not sure what else. They're probably bad by now, though. My bedroom floor is relatively clean but for my shirts... I've no idea why I can't keep those in the laundry bin. My alarm clock and a couple publications about genetics are on my nightstand, my garbage can is just full of paper and a couple napkins and coffee cups. Oh. And twinkie wrappers.

• Look at your feet. Describe what you see there. Do you wear dress shoes, gym shoes, or none at all? Are you in socks that are ratty and full of holes? Or are you wearing a pair of blue and gold slippers knitted by your grandmother?

I.... see apelike appendages. They're not covered by anything too often, anymore, except a bandage on one from some broken glass in a storm.

• When you think of your childhood kitchen, what smell do you associate with it? Sauerkraut? Oatmeal cookies? Paint? Why is that smell so resonant for you?

I always associate the smell of lemon with the kitchen. My mother used it to eliminate any smell of chemical cleaner. I remember it whenever I sit down to study, as it was constant when I was young and being home schooled.

• You are doing intense spring cleaning. What is easy for you to throw out? What is difficult for you to part with? Why?

I'm not too attached to many material possessions, but I cannot for the life of me let go of books. A side effect of being trained to regard them as sacred, I'm sure, my old apartment was bursting with them.

• What is one strong memory that has stuck with you from childhood? Why is it so powerful and lasting?

I remember the day I found I was ineligible for reparative surgery for my feet. It had been something my parents had flown me to a specialist to be examined for, when I was four, and they'd been quite eager to find out what could be done to repair my body. The looks they gave each other when the doctor had expressed his regret, and then my shoed feet, is something I'll never forget. Of course, by the time we reached the parking lot they'd forced new faces and were talking about home schooling and then college, but it was never right after that.

• You are getting ready for a night out. Where are you going? What do you wear? Who will you be with?

Ideally I'd love to go to a classic opera, all dressed up in a tuxedo. I suppose I'd be going by myself, I'm not sure any of my friends would be interested unless Dr. Hannibal likes opera.

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	i_blankityblank 2011-10-06 12:19 am UTC (link)
	Mmm. Books. Probably all scientific ones. Dear Henry, you should aspire to so much more. And damn those parents of yours, they did you a great disservice. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

i_thebeast
2011-10-06 05:53 am UTC (link)

Ah. Yes. All Scientific.

Except the romance novel, though that was highly recommended by a nurse, so I couldn't say no.

Aspire to more? In what sense?

My parents took care of me. My world was not safe for somebody like myself, so they took great pains to protect me until I was old enough to keep myself safe. I'd much rather be stranded on a new world with apprehension regarding my own form, than be still trapped in my own world as a science project subject or something of the like.

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i_blankityblank
2011-10-06 06:46 am UTC (link)

Henry, your parents instilled in you a self-loathing. Do not excuse them by saying they protected you. They created a child who dislikes himself in such a way that he is always looking for a change. You'll never find perfection because you do not have them to tell you you have achieved it. Even if you did, it would never be enough. This sort of parenting angers me.

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	i_thebeast 2011-10-06 07:26 am UTC (link)
	Red, perhaps you mean well, perhaps you don't, but you should know I don't take kindly to people saying such things about my parents. They were not perfect, perhaps they could have done better, but they loved me and gave me every opportunity they could. Kindly back off. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	i_blankityblank 2011-10-06 07:27 am UTC (link)
	Of course. Children rarely like it when their parents are questioned. (Reply to this) (Parent)

i_figure
2011-10-04 03:25 am UTC (link)

• Right now, cause of the storm and the fact that I haven't figured quite how to get it all out, there's water everywhere - haven't figured out why it's still there. And the food in my fridge probably isn't so much food anymore. That's kinda depressing. Hopefully it'll be okay. I've lived in sort of worse, but I'd prefer not to.

• Just a pair of tennis shoes, nothing too fancy. They do what they need to. Don't think they need to be too fancy.

• There isn't one smell. It's not that Mama didn't cook. Daddy and Mama cooked. It's just my parents could fix anything. Even when it wasn't very good. They just kept trying. That might be why I don't give up all the time. They were ready to try new things, and I am too. They taught me that. Thankfully. If I didn't try new things, I'd never know all the delicious food that's out there just waiting to be eaten.

• Hmm. This one's kind of hard. My bunny, even though he's been missing for a little while, I'd have a hard time throwing him out; he made it all the way to LA with me. I kinda miss him sometimes. Everything else? It's easy to go, as nothing's really that permanent. It is sad when it goes, but really as long as you have people who love you around you what does all the stuff matter. Unless you're trying to solve what '42' really answers; then you might want to keep that paperwork.

• Wow, that's hard to answer. I have so many memories, and they crowd together to fill my brain. Just one? Well, one day kids were picking on me because my mom drove a bus. She probably still does. They thought it wasn't something a normal mom did. I told my daddy and mom, and they told me that those kids just didn't understand. And, they didn't. See, my mom is this little woman who drives a huge thing that can flatten demon bugs - I know, I've seen it - and she doesn't worry. She's strong enough to be soft and soft enough to be strong - it works better in my head. She's not afraid to have power, even when it isn't something normal to have. It's okay to be a little different. Then again, how cool is it to have a mom that can squash big ole bugs with a moving vehicle?

• I'm probably wearing a dress, something nice. And a sweater. Or I might wear a pair of jeans and a sweater. And a shirt! Depends on where I'm going, who I'm with. May be Jack, or Lorne, or Dinah, or Dean, or Sam, or Mouse, or Harry - not that they've asked, but it could happen. We might go hunting, or go to the park, or drinking, or on a date, or singing. Just depends.

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i_putontheboots
2011-10-04 03:23 pm UTC (link)

• It's Harry's icebox, but there's beer, and frozen pizza. There's nothing on the bedroom floor, and the garbage cans are empty with clean bags in them. I don't want to know what's in his nightstand. Condoms, I hope. Not that he ever uses them.

• Black, slip-resistant, professional shoes.

• Mom's fresh bread.

• If it was my house, I just can't seem to part with grandma's doilies. But if it was this house, the first thing to go would be this hideous Elvis rug...

• The day my dad died. Because that's the day that I decided I was going to be a cop. Knowing what I know now, I don't think it was straight up suicide. I think it was a Skavis that drove him to it.

• Go out? Do I have to? Okay, red blouse, black slacks, low heeled pumps. Barring that, black leather motorcycle gear and boots. Any takers?

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	i_crylikeabird 2011-10-05 04:06 am UTC (link)
	Condoms, I hope. Not that he ever uses them. Wow. Just... wow. I'm not even sure what to say to this one. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	i_putontheboots 2011-10-05 04:28 pm UTC (link)
	What? We both know he sends far too much time in that laboratory than is healthy. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	i_soldieron 2011-10-05 11:38 pm UTC (link)
	What is it with you blonds and your motorcycles? (Reply to this) (Parent)

i_needsaving
2011-10-04 03:31 pm UTC (link)

• Beer. Leftover Chinese takeout, leftover burritos, a chicken ceasar salad, and something that's about to grow legs.

• Work boots. Pretty well broken in.

• The smell I remember, more than the kitchen, is the leather of the Impala, and whatever takeout we've grabbed for the day, mingled with gunpowder, and hunter's funk.

• We don't really carry a lot with us. If it gets ripped up, it gets thrown right away. We each have a jacket that we've worn for years, and Dean used to have an amulet I bought him. I don't know if he even has it anymore.

• Christmases or birthdays when Dad was out hunting, and it was just Dean and me.

• Jeans and a shirt. Probably just sitting in a bar, doing research, while Dean gets his flirt on.

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	i_soldieron 2011-10-04 09:54 pm UTC (link)
	Seriously? While I get my flirt on? Man. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	i_needsaving 2011-10-04 10:04 pm UTC (link)
	edit: while Dean ~~hits on~~ questions the witness. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	i_soldieron 2011-10-04 10:08 pm UTC (link)
	Dude, the things I've seen. You're not always the nice quiet one. You get your 'flirt on' too. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	i_needsaving 2011-10-04 10:10 pm UTC (link)
	Being bodyswapped with a teenage witch does not count. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	i_soldieron 2011-10-04 10:23 pm UTC (link)
	Man, not talking about that. You slept with some hippy when I was abducted. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	i_needsaving 2011-10-04 10:25 pm UTC (link)
	That wasn't me. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	i_soldieron 2011-10-04 10:27 pm UTC (link)
	Brother, that was you. That was all you. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	i_needsaving 2011-10-04 10:34 pm UTC (link)
	Couldn't be me. I've been here for the past two years. We've been over this. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	i_soldieron 2011-10-04 11:14 pm UTC (link)
	Okay, let's put it this way. This guy was in your shape and whatever. It was as Fred might say, you but not you. Fuck me, this bullshit is ridiculous. I need a drink. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	i_needsaving 2011-10-04 11:45 pm UTC (link)
	Jeez. It's like you've got something against me for not being that soulless bastard. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	i_soldieron 2011-10-04 11:53 pm UTC (link)
	I miss him not being a chick. Glad you didn't have to go to Hell. Not digging the whole time difference. It's not like you're in Eastern and I'm in Pacific, and we gotta get it all together, ya know? It's not like you've just been away a year either. So, yeah. It's just weird. Cas didn't even live through some of this shit. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	i_needsaving 2011-10-04 11:55 pm UTC (link)
	I'm not being a chick. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	i_soldieron 2011-10-05 12:00 am UTC (link)
	You want to talk about our feelings. Yeah, you're not a chick. Com'on, Sammy. We haven't even ganked a demon since I got here. We're not synching up, not clicking like we used to. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	i_needsaving 2011-10-05 04:31 pm UTC (link)
	And who's fault is that, Dean? You're the one who never calls, and when you do, you relegate me to the backseat in favor of some eager beaver or some femme fatale. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	i_soldieron 2011-10-05 11:33 pm UTC (link)
	Really? You're still upset that you had to sit in the back seat when we got Jennifer? Talk about holding grudges. You're never around, man. Who the hell knows what you're doing half the time. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	i_needsaving 2011-10-05 11:49 pm UTC (link)
	I'm always around, Dean. I followed you around like a literal puppy dog for thirty days, and you just can't get over the fact that I was here instead of hell. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	i_soldieron 2011-10-05 11:58 pm UTC (link)
	Dude, you were a slobbering mutt. Well, actually a slobbering pedigreed horse, but that's not the same. I'm glad you never went in the pit. Gods, I'm damn glad you never had to spend a second in Hell. But, you did. Spock and Kirk never had to deal with this spacetime continuum shit; it's hurting my brain. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	i_needsaving 2011-10-06 01:36 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, actually, they did. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	i_soldieron 2011-10-06 03:46 am UTC (link)
	Not like this. I'm not counting Mirror worlds because you're not a Mirror Sam. You're not even Riker when he got stuck...okay, you may be Riker when he got split by the teleporter. Or stuck, whatever the hell you want to call it. (Reply to this) (Parent)

i_consume
2011-10-04 08:58 pm UTC (link)

- Fridge: Only the finest foods. Most of it doesn't stay there for long. I like to buy for the meals I'm about to cook. As everyone should. Frozen food is disheartening.

Bedroom floor: Only the flooring and the furniture standing upon it.

Nightstand: A capture of River. Intriguing thing, that. Still not quite used to it.

Garbage can: The liner. I take my garbage out daily.

- Dress shoes. Black.

- I don't think you want to hear what I associate with my childhood kitchen. But I'll give you a hint. It involves children and stew.

- Why should I have to do cleaning once a year if I keep it up on a daily basis? I don't need to keep anything physical, anyhow. It's all neatly kept away in a place nobody can get to. Almost nobody.

- Again. This is likely something that you don't desire to hear about. There was a big tank, lots of explosions, and then wolves.

- Armani. A fine, well-tailored suit. We're likely going to a very nice restaurant, and it will be with River, of course. Though, it might be with Lestat, despite his not eating food.

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	i_cancrow 2011-10-06 06:56 am UTC (link)
	You captured a river? Cool! And I want to hear about explosions and wolves, those are awesome! (Reply to this) (Parent)

i_soldieron
2011-10-04 10:08 pm UTC (link)

• Fridge: Beer, leftovers, sandwiches - seriously, the salads are Sam's. Guy eats rabbit food when he's over.

Floor: clothes, whatever I had to take off after the hunt or long day.

Nightstand: Phone, holy water, knife, gun. Have it under my bed, too.

Garbage can: depends on the day. Bandages, takeout cartons, beer cans.

• Boots, steel toed, worn, might have a few specks of blood - not sure whose it is.

• Mom, fixing breakfast when I was really little. Not really one smell. Always felt bad that Sam never got that.

• Seriously? Even when I had permanent residence, I still like to keep it light. You never know when you gotta pick up and go. If it doesn't work and it doesn't fit in the Impala somehow, then it isn't worth it. Though I do have some things a lady found back in our old house, just some old pictures.

• Carrying Sam out of the house. One of the few times I was able to carry Gigantor.

• If I'm going hunting, then the usual. Guess that's not a night out, but that's usually how it works. I've done the tux, done the nice suit. But if you can't make a gal happy in your workday clothes, then you're screwed.

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i_crylikeabird
2011-10-05 04:30 am UTC (link)

-I don't really have my own refrigerator, but I'm pretty sure that the refrigerator at the manor is fully stocked with just about anything anyone could want. The only thing on my bedroom floor is a tasteful throw rug. Whoever decorated Wayne Manor has my compliments. Gone With the Wind is on my nightstand. Nothing like the book equivalent of comfort food. And there's nothing in the garbage at the moment, as the Manor just got cleaned up.

-There are just fishnets on my feet. It feels good to get those boots off after a long night of fighting crime.

-Dad's lasagna. Mom wasn't around all that much, but Dad liked to cook, especially on weekends. When I was old enough, he let me help him. That's probably why lasagna is the only thing I'm even halfway decent at making.

-It would be easy to clean out my old costumes. I swear, if I find that blue sweatsuit costume in the Clocktower, it's getting burned. It would be tougher to get rid of some of my old pictures, or my shoes.

-I remember Dad reading to me. Even when he was out late on a case, I'd stay up waiting for him to get back and put me to bed. Even if he was exhausted, he'd still sit down and read with me before tucking me in.

-Well, if I'm going out with Zee, we're going dancing and I'm wearing leather pants and a tank top. If it's with Harry, then probably dinner and a little black dress.

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	i_soldieron 2011-10-05 11:38 pm UTC (link)
	Not fishnets? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	i_crylikeabird 2011-10-06 01:07 am UTC (link)
	You mean for going out? Every once in a while a girl's got to take a break from the fishnets and hot pants. Besides, what's wrong with leather pants? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	i_soldieron 2011-10-06 03:48 am UTC (link)
	I don't know. You don't look that bad in them. Leather pants don't breathe as much as fishnets, not that you would look bad in them. You can probably wear a gunny sack and look hot. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	i_crylikeabird 2011-10-07 12:16 am UTC (link)
	Leather pants don't breathe as much as fishnets And that is exactly why I prefer to fight crime in fishnets instead of leather. Kevlar doesn't breathe or move all that well either. And thank you, though I think I'll leave the gunny sack at home next time I'm going out for the night :) (Reply to this) (Parent)

i_didntdoit
2011-10-05 11:30 am UTC (link)

-In my fridge? Leftover pizza and beer. What other food groups are there? On my bedroom floor-probably some clothes and maybe a pizza box. On my nightstand? That would be empty beer bottles. And in my garbage? Most likely pizza crusts. Why bother eating the crust when you've already eaten the best part?

-I'm wearing tennis shoes. Nothing too exciting. Why the foot fetish?

-Margaritas.

-Dude, guys don't do spring cleaning.

-I'm pretty sure I don't want to answer this question. Most of my 'powerful, lasting' childhood memories aren't all that warm and fuzzy.

-I would probably wear whatever is cleanest off the floor, and go to whatever bar is around the corner. Might be nice if Veronica is with me, but otherwise I don't mind drinking alone.

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	warrior_woman 2011-10-05 11:30 pm UTC (link)
	• Why? • What is the point of this? • Engine grease, recycled air, and captured cooking smells - everyone who grew up on a ship would know this. • Should always be shipshape. • Don't need a bio. • I don't know any uou; you'll have to ask them. I don't go out at night. I'm usually asleep in bed. (Reply to this)

i_blankityblank
2011-10-06 12:13 am UTC (link)

• I don't own any of those things. You'll have to ask my hosts. I tend to travel rather light.

• Cinderella would love this question, wouldn't she? Shoes were/are her thing after all. I wear whatever I might find, usually high end.

• Oh, you'd win your way into a certain old bitch's heart with that kitchen nonsense. Not mine.

• See above. Travel light.

• I suppose this is another instance in which "traveling light" works.

• Are you asking me out, as they say? Why, darling, I'd wear whatever the night would require. If it required wearing anything at all.

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i_cancrow
2011-10-06 06:23 am UTC (link)

• What is in your refrigerator right now? On your bedroom floor? On your nightstand? In your garbage can?

What's a refrigerator?

My bedspace has the blankets and pillows and some stuff for self defense, in case anybody tries to get in my fort when I'm sleeping.

My night watch gear is paint bombs, my sword, my slingshot, and flashlight.

I dunno what's in the cans I'm done with. That's why it's garbage, duh.

• Look at your feet. Describe what you see there. Do you wear dress shoes, gym shoes, or none at all? Are you in socks that are ratty and full of holes? Or are you wearing a pair of blue and gold slippers knitted by your grandmother?

I've got battle boots with red covers on them to keep them clean, because the stupid younger boys used to throw paint at my shoes, and it was really hard to get the paint out of the laces.

• When you think of your childhood kitchen, what smell do you associate with it? Sauerkraut? Oatmeal cookies? Paint? Why is that smell so resonant for you?

Thud Butt was always making cookies and chicken when he helped out with the cooking, that's the only smell that comes out of there, and I never go in. I've got better things to do.

• You are doing intense spring cleaning. What is easy for you to throw out? What is difficult for you to part with? Why?

I don't want to clean. If I had to throw out some of my stuff, though, I'd keep my weapons and trophies and I'd throw out some of my disguises. I don't really need them anyway.

• What is one strong memory that has stuck with you from childhood? Why is it so powerful and lasting?

I'm still a kid. But one of my earliest memories is hanging out with Peter. We used to go exploring Neverland together, and we'd go to all the scarier or harder to get to places that the little kids can't get to. The funnest was when we found a cave that had a bunch of glow worms and treasure in it. Some pirate's cache. It wasn't a lot, only a couple bags, but it was really cool. Then the place erupted in spiders, and it was even more awesome.

I remember most of the adventures with Peter pretty good, but that's what he's like. That's why he was the first Pan.

• You are getting ready for a night out. Where are you going? What do you wear? Who will you be with?

I'm probably gonna go kill pirates, but nobody here has been worth making new battle armor for, so I just wear my normal stuff. I guess I'll be with the pirates till their dead. Then whoever they were picking on, but not for long. They usually run away from me, too.

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