Fourth floor common room [Friday night]

[momslilassassin]

Ben had hidden spent yesterday in his room, which was why he had his head in the fridge now on the search for something to eat.

He'd come up with a cranberry sauce and pickle sandwich.

Someone save him from himself.

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[elephantgadget.livejournal.com]

Helen wandered downstairs, looking for something to distract her from the constant noise of Mojo's barking. "Hello."

[momslilassassin]

"Hi," Ben said, poking his head up out of the fridge. "Do you think this is food?"

He was holding a jar of mustard.

[elephantgadget.livejournal.com]

"It goes on food," Helen said. "What are you looking for?"

[momslilassassin]

"Food," Ben said, sounding a little frustrated.

[elephantgadget.livejournal.com]

Helen rolled her eyes and went over to the cabinets to look through them. "There's pasta and such here. Easy enough to throw something together."

[momslilassassin]

"Like I cook," Ben said, smiling sheepishly. "We have a thing at home that does it for us."

[elephantgadget.livejournal.com]

She turned and looked at him. "What's it worth to you?"

[momslilassassin]

Ben blinked. "Pardon?"

[elephantgadget.livejournal.com]

"If I cook something for you," she said. "What would it be worth to you?"

[notqueenyet.livejournal.com]

"Do you have food?" Aravis wondered, wandering in. "Because all I've got is the remainder of my chocolate stash and it's a bit depleted."

[momslilassassin]

"I ordered pizza," Ben said with a small smile. "Do you like cheese?"

[notqueenyet.livejournal.com]

"I do like pizza!" she said, pleased with that. "I can't cook much, myself, so I always have to see what others have."

[momslilassassin]

"I can make sandwiches," Ben said, "and order things, and make the food machine make me things. Other than that, I rely on other people too."

[notqueenyet.livejournal.com]

"I can make tea!" she told him excitedly. "...and after that I can certainly try."

[momslilassassin]

"I made hot chocolate!" he said, sounding just as excited. "And nothing caught fire. Oh, and I got a droid to make milkshakes. That's kind of like cooking, right?"

Except not really.

[notqueenyet.livejournal.com]

"A droid is a like a robot? Like Artoo? I'm not sure that counts, if so," she said, shaking her head.

[momslilassassin]

"Artoo can cook," Ben said. "He has a frying pan and everything." He grinned. "Artoo's a little weird."

[sonofmogh.livejournal.com]

Worf was probably a bad person to disuade Ben from eating that sandwich. Especially as he was entered the kitchen and was about to pour himself a glass of prune juice.

He nodded at the boy. "Good day."

[momslilassassin]

Ben grinned. "Hi, Worf!"

Seeing the Klingon reassured him. Too many humans together creeped him out still.

"Did you understand the holiday yesterday? Because I don't really get it."

[sonofmogh.livejournal.com]

"It was a tradition celebrating the invasion of Europe into the Americas but stuffing ones face with food," Worf replied. "It later led to the imprisonment of Native Americans, also known as Indians in places called reserves and the excuse to eat roasted poultry."

Worf took a swig of his prune juice. "Personally I prefe ham."

[momslilassassin]

Ben blinked rapidly. "This planet is odd."

[sonofmogh.livejournal.com]

"Do you have any holidays on your world that you celebrate?" Worf asked.

[momslilassassin]

"Some," Ben said, "but it depends on which world we're on at the time."

[sonofmogh.livejournal.com]

"Klingon holidays tend to dwell more on the matters of honor than stuffing one's face," Worf said nodding in agreement. "Or cracking a bird's neckbone for luck."

[momslilassassin]

More blinking. "Yeah, we don't do that," he said slowly. "Not even for Wookiee Life Day."