Third Floor Common Room - Sunday afternoon - 12/21

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

As Lurlinemas was looming, Liir was in the kitchen in his common room, working on a gift for his father. It was a candy Three had made once, not for Lurlinemas but for a summer holiday he couldn't remember; he hadn't gotten any, but he knew what it looked like and the smell had kept him watching even when he'd been called to play.

The brightly colored candy was just right for pulling and so that was what he was doing, wondering if he'd be able to get it looking as he'd seen that candy look. He didn't know if his father would like it, but hopefully the effort would at least count for something.

And, of course, it was an interesting exercise in cooking.

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[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"Oh," Hurley said. "That... oh man."

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

Liir shrugged with nonchalance he was still working on getting.

"I never met him; he died before I was born. It was... rather a happy miracle that I got to see him here, though he's a private man and out only a little less than I am."

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"And you're kinda hermit-y to begin with," Hurley joked.

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"To begin, to end, and in the middle as well," he joked right back.

"Would you like some?" he offered, pointing at the cooled sections he'd cut up of a previous failure. They were small squares of green candy that were almost pearly in the kitchen light.

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"Whoa, sure," Hurley said. "What are they, exactly?"

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"Those are amaretto," he said with a point, "and those are pearlfruit."

He smiled.

"They're just sugar candies."

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"Oh, cool," Hurley said. He snagged one. "You are way better at this cooking thing than anyone I know, dude."

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"If you say so," he said with a shake of his head as he pulled it again. Now he had to try and put the different colors together without fouling up....

"I just get curious about trying things and do. I don't know that there's any skill involved."

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"You totally sell yourself short, dude," Hurley said.

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

He winced a little.

"I've been told I tend to, yes," he admitted. Then he started making the ribbon.

"What've you been up to, hmm? Anything of interest? Enjoying the heat at least?"

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"Makes it more like home," Hurley said. "Otherwise, same old, same old."

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"So a thoroughly interesting time, considering where that same old happens to be. There's been even more oddness than usual of late. Or is that me?"

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"Oh, yeah, there has been," Hurley said. "I mean, the tinsel and the other stuff... it's been fun."

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

He made a noise that was hard to define but easy to understand: disapproval.

"I could live my life without seeing any more tinsel and die a happy man."

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"Did something happen?" Hurley asked.

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

He shook his head with a little chuckle.

"It was just highly inconvenient, especially for a body attempting to cook at work. It got into everything."

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"Oh man," Hurley said. "That... yeah, not so fun."

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"Though it was pretty. I liked it for that," he admitted with a brief laugh.

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"Just prefer it not in your food and stuff," Hurley said. "So would anybody, really."

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"Sort of stringy, really," he said with a grin.

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

Hurley laughed. "Nice one, dude."

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

He bowed his head.

"One tries."

Beat.

"Are you heading home for the holiday?"

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

Hurley shook his head. "Wish I could. Plane tickets are kind of expensive. Even Oceanic was too costly."

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"Oh. I'm sorry."

He looked around.

"Do you know if the school or something is having a holiday meal? If not, perhaps we could get people together for one. For those who can't go home."

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"I haven't heard anything, dude," Hurley said. "It would totally be worth it to put something like that together, though."