[2nd Floor Common Room, Thursday Morning]

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Alec had apparently decided to take Hades' announcement to heart today, as he sat in the common room kitchen with a giant pot on the stove and many weetiny penguins running around. The stove was on, the water coming to a boil, and Alec was hungry.

[OOC: ...someone come tell him the penguins are not for eating?]

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Alec moved in front of the stove with a frown to protect his pot. "To see if they're edible," he said. "Which I don't see why they wouldn't be."

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"That's not a good enough reason." Neil said firmly trying to edge around Alec to the pot.

"If you were starving on an ice sheet or an orca we could talk. But it's not nice to boil and eat a defenseless creature just because you're curious."

Stepping back, Neil put his hands on his hips and arched his eyebrows at Alec.

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Alec frowned, thinking about that a moment. "What if I kill them first? I could do it quickly," he said, almost hopefully.

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"No!" Neil said quickly. "What, did you wake up on the blood thirsty side of the bed this morning?"

Shaking his head, Neil pushed his hand in his pocket and fished around till he pulled out some folded bills and change.

"Here, here's...$14 dollars and .43 cents. It's all I've got, take it and go down to Luke's and get yourself a burger if you're feeling the need to gnaw on something that was once living, but no penguin poaching...roasting, toasting, sauteing, flambe'-ing, boiling or grilling."

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"So I should... not eat penguins, but it's okay to go down and eat a cow?" Alec frowned, but took the money anyway.

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"Yeah." Neil decided to just go with that simple answer since the philosophical debate tied up in that question was right up there with a discussion of the ages.

Money handed over, he was inching towards the pot once more.

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Frowning, Alec moved further in front of it and spread his arms. "Dude, my pot."

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Exhaling Neil stepped back away from the pot, lifting his hands up in a gesture of surrender.

"Your pot," he said with a nod.

Then he shook his head and turned away, heading back for the stairs.

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Alec watched him go, wondering why it was such a big thing, really.