Third Floor Common Room; Thursday, Noonish.

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Chad was making soup for his lunch, and Prince Oscar Pedro was helping. Helping, apparently, meant curling up on the counter amongst all of the light scattering of tools and supplies and ingredients that Chad was using, chewing on a sprig of parsley with his naked rat tail flopping happily, barely avoiding knocking over a stirring spoon, purring up a storm, while Chad talked to him in Japanese, waxing on ideas for what to maybe do for Teddy for Valentine's Day. Chad wasn't exactly finding Prince Oscar Pedro helpful on the matter, as he wasn't doing anything more the sitting there, purring, chewing, unless Chad asked a question about the soup instead of about love, at which case the kitten would let out a meow for or against adding onions or more carrots.



[[ open as common rooms be; there will more than enough soup to share, and, hey, you don't even have to worry about any cat fur getting into it! ]]

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[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

The smell of soup had him wander into the common room... and the sight of Chad had him walking right out again. Unfortunately, the panic sort of made him walk into a wall, so whatever attempt at inconspicuousness he was attempting was rather thwarted.

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And the thing was, Chad was so entirely engaged in his very one-sided conversation with his cat that he wouldn't have even have notice Liir, and his escape would have been quite successful. Someone running into the wall, though, was hard to go beyond even Chad's notice, and he turned his head toward the door to see the results. He blinked.

"...You okay, Liir?"

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There was, of course, the impulse to ignore the direct address, pretend the knock to his head had made him miss the question, and continue fleeing... but that was just a little bit too cowardly even for him.

Instead, he shook his head and attempted a smile. It wasn't much of an attempt.

"Just fine. Don't know what got into me."

Other than the mind numbing terror.

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Chad gave a nod. "Those walls," he said, with an eerie seriousness. "They jump out at you sometimes."

He turned his attention to his big pot of soup again, continuing to stir it slowly. "S'almost ready, if you want some in a bit. Lots more than me and Prince Oscar Pedro can eat."

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

At the mention of the kitten, he started looking around for Prince Oscar Pedro.

"I didn't have any other lunch plans. And that smells very good."

Er.

"Er. If that's all right with you."

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Prince Oscar Pedro was still in his own little world of purring, parsley-chewing happiness on the counter, and relatively oblivious to anything else at the moment.

"Course it's all right," Chad nodded. "Wouldn't have offered if wasn't."

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"All right," he said carefully. After all, Manek had acted kindly a few times, not that he thought Chad might be like the Arjiki boy. Just because Liir was a nervous thing.

He looked at the kitten once he found him, figured he was quite happy as he was, and decided to leave him be. He would, however, be in for a world of scritchings and pettings if he decided to visit.

Liir had sort of been missing animal companionship of late.

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If only Prince Oscar Pedro knew. The parsley sprig was nice, but it was nothing compared to a world of scritches and pettings.

Chad added a little bit of seasoning to the soup, hunching over it a little to give it a light sniff to see how it was coming along base on aroma. He stirred it again, quiet, and thought about continuing the one-sided conversation with his cat, but figured that would be kind of rude now that they were no long along. So, instead, he asked, "How've you been, Liir?"

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"Well," he said. It was true.

"Mostly deliriously happy," he admitted after that, before realizing how insensitive it might sound, considering. "A little worried."

Then he paused.

"Alive."

It seemed appropriate.

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Chad nodded; that was definitely an answer that covered a lot of ground, he felt, especially since most people (Chad included) would probably have just stopped at well. "Why worried?" he ventured. "If you don't mind me asking."

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

That led to a nonplussed expression.

"I should think you'd know."

After all, he was worried after Teddy. And Teddy and Chad were-- Chad should know.

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That almost made Chad drop the stirring spoon into the pot, his attention shifting sharply over toward Liir. His eyes were worried, but that was hidden by his hair. "Did...did I do something?"

It wasn't helping that his faulty memory had him scrambling to try to fill in the empty gaps where he might have done something to upset Liir, or anyone....

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He blinked.

"No. Of course not. What could you have--"

Well, it looked as if outright honesty was called for. It wasn't his strong suit, of course, but he could do it if pressed. And he wouldn't want Chad thinking he'd done something.

"No. I'm worried after Teddy. He was rather upset with me the other day. I... I thought he might have mentioned it to you. That's all."

And remembering Chad's odd quirk with memory, he added a moment later

"If you'd rather I left, I can. Considering."

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After his visit with Bridge, Sky was on his way back to his room when he smelled soup cooking on the third floor and decided to stop by.

"Hey, Chad," he said, recognizing the one doing the cooking, and smiling at the unfamiliar kitten doing his purring and chewing on the counter.

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"Hey, Sky," Chad greeted him back. "Soup?" he continued, offering. "It'll be ready soon."

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"Yes, please and thank you," said Sky. "It smells delicious. And who's this?" he asked, indicating the kitten and holding a tentative hand out for it to sniff if it wished.

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"That's Prince Oscar Pedro Neko-kun," Chad answered.

He paused. "The Third. He's my cat."

Prince Oscar Pedro, meanwhile, was discovering a slight addiction to parsley sprigs, and, in the midst of chewing one, was actually rather oblivious to any hands that needed potential sniffing.

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"Prince, huh?" Sky asked, still smiling. "How did he get that title?" He decided to leave Prince Oscar Pedro be, as he seemed quite content with his parsley-chewing.

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Chad shrugged. "Gave it to him," he answered. "Plus, one of his dads is an emperor...or will be...so it seemed to fit."

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"That's as good a reason as any, then." Sky moved up beside Chad, peering into the soup pot. "So what kind of soup are you making?"

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There was another shrug. "Chicken," he said, "with vegetables. Nothing bit or anything, but it should be good..."

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"Sometimes simple is the best," said Sky, stepping back and waiting patiently, not wanting to get in his way.

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And Chad checked the soup quietly for a moment, adding a few things here and there before asking, "So. How've you been, Sky?"

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"Up and down," Sky answered vaguely, not sure he felt comfortable mentioning Dru's death or his issues with his powers. "I went on a date last night, though," he added excitedly.

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"Yeah?" Chad asked and, noting the excitement, added, "Went well, I take it?"