Second Floor Common Room, Monday night

[cheminthehead.livejournal.com]

Gladys was making sandwiches. She'd read somewhere that food was a good way to welcome new people. The island had new people, and so they should be welcomed.

Golem logic. Golem sandwiches, on the other hand...

She had two loaves of bread and a ham, which she assembled -- bread, ham, bread. Then with one huge and heavy shovel-like hand, she pressed down, flattening it. Her sandwich was several feet square, and about an inch thick, and she began slicing it into squares.

Perhaps it might not be quite as welcoming as she intended.

[ooc: And the sandwiches are actually canon]

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[withoutverona]

"Thank you, but one piece should do me for now," Romeo said. He took the jar of mustard and liberally dolloped it on the sandwich; his second bite was greatly improved by not being so dry.

He noticed Gladys wasn't eating. "Weren't you going to have any?"

[cheminthehead.livejournal.com]

"Golems Do Not Eat," she explained. "Food Is A Good Way To Welcome New People. There Are New People And So I Made Food."

[withoutverona]

"Then thank you for giving it to me even though I am not at all new," he said. "I still enjoy feeling welcomed."

[cheminthehead.livejournal.com]

"It Is For Everyone," she decided. "For The People Who Are Being Welcomed And The Ones Who Are Welcoming. And Everyone Is Welcome In A Common Room, New Or Old."

[withoutverona]

"And it will make me more welcoming if I've been welcomed with a bit of food first," Romeo agreed with a smile. "So the food is, really, for the good of all."

He ate a bit more sandwich, then: "What did you make of our class with Miss Atriedes?"

[cheminthehead.livejournal.com]

"I Do Not Know. It Was Very New." Her eyes flickered. "What Did You Think Of It?"

[withoutverona]

"I think it is going to be a challenge, that's for certain," Romeo decided. "But not the bad kind. More like ethics, and I ended by enjoying that class."

[cheminthehead.livejournal.com]

"Golems Do Not Usually Think About Destiny Or Free Will. We Just Obey The Words In Our Heads." She paused. "I Agree It Will Be A Challenge, But Challenges Are Good." There was enough of an inflection in that last to make it a question.

[withoutverona]

"They are," Romeo said firmly. "Besides, my other classes are just modeling and auto mechanics, so it's only fair the third be something that gets me away from, as you call it, obeying the words in my head."