Fifth Floor Common Room, Tuesday Evening

[not_in_the_book]

Once again, there were appetising scents emanating from the fifth-floor common room. Ronan was in another cooking mood. This time, it was the rich and spicy scent of Mexican -- well, technically Tex-Mex -- food, grilling chicken, sweet chilies, and a dash of cumin, with sliced bell peppers and onions in another pan. Ronan was still chopping and preparing, but already on the counter was an array of tortillas, and various moddable toppings that people might wish to put on their fajitas.


(OOC: Hey, he's cooking again. Come feed your characters. Open to ALL. :D )

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[not_in_the_book]

Ronan smirked. "Sure it was, Turtle." But, hey, also compliment to the food. "Seriously, help yourself!" He started to fix a fajita for himself.

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

"I could smell this from all the way down on the second floor," Turtle grinned after she'd had hers set, almost was able to close it, and took a bite. "I definitely had to check it out." Already, she'd gotten food in the corner of her mouth, a little bit of guacamole, and she wiped it away with the back of her hand.

[not_in_the_book]

"Really?" Ronan asked. "There must be a trick to the ventilation or something." He grinned. "Not that I mind. I cook to share."

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

"Awesome. I don't cook much, myself, but I make a mean grilled cheese sandwich." Turtle nodded.

[not_in_the_book]

Ronan smiled. "Never underestimate the ability to make a grilled cheese," he said, slipping easily into the American idiom. "It may serve you in good stead some day."

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

"One day," Turtle said, finding Ronan's tone a little infectious and letting out a dutiful sigh, eyes cast upwards toward the impending responsibility, "the world might just be in need of saving by grilled cheese, and I just hope...hope that I am there to serve."

The act dropped quickly, though, with a goofy grin.

[not_in_the_book]

A goofy grin which Ronan returned. "I'm certain you will be. And the world will be saved."

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

"Hooray!" Turtle snorted a laugh. Way to be a dork in front of a cute guy, Turtle. Not that she minded, because, hey, she was a dork. With yummy Tex-Mex food, so she was content.

[not_in_the_book]

Not that Ronan was entirely undorkish himself. And, yes, yummy Tex-Mex food makes everyone happy. "Hooray, indeed. The world saved by the power of a cheese toastie." Oh, look, that would be Ronan slipping back into his native idiom.

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

"Toastie?" Turtle asked, grinning. "Never heard it called that before."

[not_in_the_book]

Ronan shrugged. "I'm from Ireland. 'Two nations separated by a common language' and all that."

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

"I like it," Turtle decided. "Do you have to be Irish to say it? There might be some Irish on my mother's side..."

[not_in_the_book]

Ronan shook his head. "They say it in England, too," he said. "Or so I'm lead to believe, having not spent any time there."

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

"There's definitely some England there, then." She paused. "I think. Oh, well, I'm using it anyway, unless it's copyright, but I don't think it is."

[not_in_the_book]

"No, I definitely doubt that 'cheese toastie' is copyrighted," Ronan said, grinning. "I don't think you have anything to worry about."

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

"Good. Although now? Totally thinking of copyrighting it now. You use it? Bam. I get money."

[not_in_the_book]

Ronan chuckled. "I'm not sure it works that way," he said. "You'd have a bit of difficulty proving that you came up with the phrase, I think."

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

"Mmmm," Turtle's mouth twisted in a thoughtful frown. "That's a good point. On the other hand, though, with enough money, you can 'prove' anything you want." Wink.

[not_in_the_book]

"You can prove that you came up with a phrase that's been in common usage for longer than you've been born? That must be a lot of money."

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

"Well..." Turtle shrugged a little. "You think the people who've actually copyrighted phrases were copyrighting things no one else before them has ever said?"

[not_in_the_book]

"I'm not certain phrases like that ever get copyrighted, exactly," Ronan said. "I think you're looking more for a trademark. Which is something completely different."

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

"Pooooossibly," Turtle said, slowly, uncertainly, not used to being potentially out-talked on matters such as these.

[not_in_the_book]

"Well," Ronan said, "copyright only covers intellectual works that are original works of ownership, and doesn't include short phrases. Trademarks are for words, logos, or phrases that identify a company or a specific product particular to that company. Of course, 'cheese toastie' isn't a specific product particular to any one company, so."

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

"But it could be," Turtle pointed out, the product gears turning in her head. She did need to start planning a potential new product for next year's Young Entrepreneurs, after all...

[not_in_the_book]

Ronan raised his eyebrow. "You're going to trademark a name that's been in common use in several countries for many years? Unfortunately, I don't think it works that way," he said.