006 | Accidental Video

[marchens]

[Estelle had been used to Rita's absence, however she grew so used to sharing the bed with her friend. With her gone, she found herself tossing and turning at night. This morning, she feels particularly peaceful. As she wakes up, she senses a presence in her bed. Is it Rita? Is Rita back? Quickly sitting up, the feed reveals a pink haired girl in her pajamas. A conservative pink, two-piece set - A long sleeve button up fleece shirt and bottoms to match.

Estelle, soon after sitting up, discovers that who is with her in bed is not Rita at all. On top of that, she is handcuffed to him as well. Right now, she is simply doing her best to remain calm above all else. It wouldn't do anyone any good if she panicked.

Pulling a bit at the handcuffs, she doesn't know quite what to do, except to wake him.]

Um, excuse me...

[Asch has this niggling feeling that something just isn't right. It might be another curse, and it wouldn't be far-fetched. The City and its deities have little mercy on the residents; it doesn't matter whether people were affected by curses every single day. So he's just trying to stay warm and asleep, trying to fight off that bothersome--

--That's a female voice.]

Huh. What. [He considers checking but is bothered by the fact that he's in bed with some girl who may or may not be dressed decently. He sits up, still facing away, but there's a chain linking them together.] I'm not--I don't know how I got here. It's probably a curse.

[Aaaaaaaand after a brief pause, Asch notices the communicator pointed at them. Somehow, he's not surprised that it seems to be on.] ...Looks like this is going on the network, too.

[Then, he leans forward and shuts it off.]

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[stupidgenes.livejournal.com]

[...something tells Asch this is going to be a long day.]

It's fine. That should be it.

[He begins laying their ingredients out on the counter in an organized fashion. It's got to be easy for both of them to access and work with; he wants this to good as smoothly as possible for two people who're handcuffed together. The other hand gives a tentative tug--he doesn't want to just drag Estelle all over the place...]

[firstaid]

[Seeing the ingredients on the counter, she can’t help but smile and nod at that. Then at the tug, she realizes it’s probably best to start.]

Shall I beat the eggs while you get the sausage and vegetables ready?

[Teamwork and communication would be the best key, right? Well, if they each work on their own thing, then that would simply quicken things up and they’d be able to get their breakfast that much more quickly, right?

And to back up her plan, she grabs the eggs and starts to crack them open. After that, she grabs a whisk and starts to beat them, remembering what she read in books to make sure mixed well enough so they were fluffy.]

/writes you an action novel O__O

[stupidgenes.livejournal.com]

Yeah. [Once things are laid out, he also gets started. The handcuffs make it so that he and Estelle have to take turns using both hands. Washing vegetables, preparing sausages, chopping...]

Hold on. I need both hands. [Yeah, chopping is one of those kinds of activities that requires holding things down so they don't shift or roll around all over the place.] It'll be quick.

[Asch gets along with others surprisingly well when he wants to get things done, even though he could be an overbearing, hot tempered bastard at times. But this isn't quite one of those times since there's no real reason to be difficult. He imagines the replica would be surprised or even jealous.

Well, there's no reason for him to know.]

/loves them action novels! B)

[firstaid]

[Of course Estelle doesn’t need both hands to simply whisk the eggs. With a smile, she holds her arm in his direction so he has a little more freedom to do what he needs. No need to fight or anything, this was all about teamwork and getting along. In a funny way, it seemed like a test from the City to see how well two people who hardly knew each other could work well like this. Yes, think of it as a test.

And he’s hardly being difficult, so Estelle is greatly appreciative of that. In fact, she rather likes seeing this softer side of him since the first time they met there seemed to be a lot of things that were lost in translation with their conversation.]

Take as much time as you need. Also, if there is anything you need from me, don’t hesitate to ask!

[Since he seems to be taking charge, she will gladly follow his lead!]

yay! XD

[stupidgenes.livejournal.com]

[He nods in response, still keen on the task at hand.

What else needs to be chopped up? He'd like if he could get that all over with all at once. Vegetables are taken care of, he turned the board over to cut the sausages,... and it looks like that might be it? He could always wash the knife and cut off part of the butter to get it melted for the pancake mix.]

We can work on both at once if you have more than one spatula. [The cuffed hand gets ready to follow her movements, though he doesn't say anything about it.] Get another bowl ready--you can start on the pancake batter.

/o/ whoot!

[firstaid]

Yes, I will do just that.

[Noticing Asch’s hand moving in her direction, she took that cue to get a bowl and a spatula out and return to where it would be comfortable for both of them to be working at the same time. Reading the recipe book once more, she gathered the ingredients and measuring cups she already had out so she could easily get that done without bothering Asch while he was doing his part. So that’s what she did, started to measure using one hand, making sure everything was correct and precise. After all, she didn’t want to mess up the recipe at all.

After that, she poured it all into the bowl and used the whisk that she used to beat the eggs to start mixing that, as she pushed the bowl of the whisked eggs in Asch’s direction.]

Is that good enough for you?