Second Floor Common Room [Tuesday Evening]

[death-and-pies.livejournal.com]

Ned hadn't been in the common room in awhile what with the cabins and the lack of oven out there. Rectifying the lack of baking was easy enough as sliding on his apron (still not pink) and heading down the hall to the nearest common room.

Now, he was in the midst of baking a pie or two.

It was almost relaxing, being able to do this again. And it didn't involve stick figures so he wouldn't end up making one side bigger than the other.

The tv was on for some background noise but Ned was baking, not watching.

[Open, of course! He'll share, of course!]

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[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

Hurley followed his nose down to the second floor common room.

"...I'm not, like, breaking any unspoken rule by coming to a different floor, am I?" he asked.

[death-and-pies.livejournal.com]

"No, it's allowed," Ned said, looking up towards the new arrival. "I just prefer to cook on my floor. No rules, not at all."

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"Oh, cool," he said. "So you do the cooking thing a lot?"

[death-and-pies.livejournal.com]

"Well, I didn't for a few weeks because we were down in the cabins," Ned explained, "but before that, when I could. It's kind of a hobby, kind of a relaxation technique."

[grasshopper-mol.livejournal.com]

Molly had done some heavy duty thinking after Ethics class and decided to celebrate by vegging out in front of the tv.

"Hey," she greeted, waving as she flopped herself onto one of the couches. "What kind of pie?"

[death-and-pies.livejournal.com]

"Uh, there white chocolate macadamia nut pie and an old fashioned sweet potato pie," he said, looking up after he'd finished mixing some things together in a bowl.

[grasshopper-mol.livejournal.com]

"Are you a baker? Like, professionally?"

[harrydresden.livejournal.com]

"Did I smell pie?" Harry asked, having wandered down a few floors. He really was working hard on his not-hermiting merit badge. "Or do we all smell like food this week instead of tasting like it?"

[pyroliz.livejournal.com]

This was not Liz's floor but she wanted to spend some time out of her room and so she found herself at the second floor common room, "hey," she said.

[techno-tosh.livejournal.com]

Now that Tosh knew that this school was rather...peculiar, she figured it was time to explore it. She made it as far as the common room. "Whatever you are baking smells quite good."

[death-and-pies.livejournal.com]

"Thank you," he said, looking up and smiling. "Two pies for the price of one. Or for he price of none. I'm not charging."

[death-and-pies.livejournal.com]

"You smell pie," Ned said but did sniff his shoulder to make sure. "Yeah, it's the pie."

[death-and-pies.livejournal.com]

"Hey there," Ned greeted, nodding in lieu of waving. "How's it going?"

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"You relax with pie," Hurley said. "That's... pretty cool."

[death-and-pies.livejournal.com]

"Uh, maybe someday," he said and shook his head. "But no, not right now. I just like to bake."

[pyroliz.livejournal.com]

Liz nodded, "pretty good thanks," she said, "how about you?"

[grasshopper-mol.livejournal.com]

"You're the second guy I've met here who does that," Molly grinned. "Is it a requirement?"

[death-and-pies.livejournal.com]

"Not bad," he said, nodding and twirling a rolling pin in his hand. "Nothing's attacking so I'm running about decent tonight."

[harrydresden.livejournal.com]

"Glad to hear it," Harry said. "Would've been a little awkward otherwise, you know?"

[death-and-pies.livejournal.com]

"Well, baking more than pie but yeah," he said, nodding. "I cook other things. These are just my favorite."

[techno-tosh.livejournal.com]

Tosh smiled back. "Do you do this often? Bake, I mean?"

[death-and-pies.livejournal.com]

"The tasting was awkward enough," he agreed. "You're welcome to a piece when they're done. I'll have plenty and that's way too much sugar for me alone."

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"I totally approve, dude," Hurley said. "Oh. I'm Hurley, by the way."

[bad-nose-job.livejournal.com]

"Am I allowed to be in here? This isn't my floor." Something just smelled so wonderful and Penelope didn't want another Ho-Ho.

[death-and-pies.livejournal.com]

"Really?" Ned hadn't met another baker yet. "I don't think so. I can't do things like fire weapons or run really fast. So, I'll just provide food."