third floor common room - monday night - 01/05

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

As Liir had spent quite enough time in his room, he decided tonight not just to cook (anything but brownies) but to stay out in the common room to do his work.

As such, there was a pot of thick, hearty soup and a sliced loaf of dense beer bread left out for anyone to take while Liir, with his dog on the couch beside him, worked on something using one of the massive magic tomes he'd pulled from the shelf in his room.

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[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"Nor do I, and I can certainly under--oh. You're at the Cafe Fina as well?"

He grinned.

"I work there Wednesdays. When, er, when I'm able to."

[lordofthecats.livejournal.com]

"Oh, neat! We're coworkers," said Lion-o, grinning.

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"I suppose we are," he said with a nod of his head.

"Do you like to cook then? Or do you let the kitchen do the work?"

He wouldn't mind either way; he was just curious.

[lordofthecats.livejournal.com]

"I don't know a whole lot about cooking, but the cheese grater has been very helpful and has taught me a lot about food," said Lion-o. "Plus I have Snarf with me at work, and he likes to cook."

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"Snarf?"

It sounded like a verb.

[lordofthecats.livejournal.com]

"He's my companion!" explained Lion-o. "He's taken care of me since I was a small cub."

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"Oh. That must be... nice. To have someone to take care of you. And he's here?"

[lordofthecats.livejournal.com]

"Uh huh. He sleeps at the foot of my bed."

Lion-o may have neglected to mention that Snarf was a small, chubby, furry creature.

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

...

He'd heard of servants sleeping at their master's door, but never at the foot of their bed.

"And your roommate?"

[lordofthecats.livejournal.com]

That's because Snarf was a cross between a servant and a pet.

"You've probably heard of Toby. He's the guy who always walks around without a shirt, and he used to do the radio on Wednesday nights," said Lion-o.

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"He's kissed me a few times," he said with a nod. It was matter-of-fact.

[lordofthecats.livejournal.com]

"Yup, that definitely sounds like Toby," said Lion-o.

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"I've only been in his room the once, though. Makejoy ran in to say hello."

[lordofthecats.livejournal.com]

"How long have you had Makejoy?" asked Lion-o.

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

The puppy's ears perked up at her name and she sniffted at Lion-o.

"Since Lurlinemas," he said with a grin.

"She was a gift from my father."

[lordofthecats.livejournal.com]

Lion-o giggled and reached to pet Makejoy.

"Lurlinemas? Is that like Christmas?" he asked.

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"It's a winter holiday with giving gifts," he said as the puppy licked at the hand and put her head under his hand.

"But otherwise, they're rather different."

[lordofthecats.livejournal.com]

"We don't have anything like it on Thundera. Perhaps it's because we don't really have a winter," said Lion-o. "But someone named Santa Claus left me some presents on Christmas day. It was really nice of him."

It was really Snarf who obtained and wrapped the presents, but Lion-o would have been just as happy about them.

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"I've heard of the man," he admitted, having read about it.

"Thundera?"

[lordofthecats.livejournal.com]

"That's the planet where I come from," said Lion-o. "It's really, really far away from here."

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"Planet?"

He was still a little shaky on those, and how they worked.

[lordofthecats.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, I'm not from Earth," explained Lion-o.

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"Nor am I," he said, "though Oz is a queer sort of place. I don't know if it's a planet, though."

[lordofthecats.livejournal.com]

"Hmmm. Did you get here in a space ship, like I did?" asked Lion-o.

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

He shook his head.

"I sort of stumbled here through a doorway in the Emerald City. I'm assuming, then, some manner of magic.

"The last time someone came to Oz from a place like this one, however, it was by tornado."