Third Floor Common Room, Early Monday Afternoon

[vanillajello]

"But why do you want to make M.O.T.s?"
”Because there’s a triumph."
"But what kind of triumph?" Kate's brother's voice crackled on speakerphone from her cellphone that was on the kitchen counter.
”It was a school thing,” Kate answered, trying not to sound as evasive as she was being. ”We... won something.”
It made her brother snort. ”Since when do you care about your school winning anything?”

Kate was baking. Muffins of Triumph, to be exact. She was still stuck in mothering and food-making mode, much like she had been all weekend. And she desperately needed to do something that reminded her of home. So she decided on M.O.T.s, which were food, and also very much a family thing.

The problem was that Kate wasn’t actually much of a baker, but for now this was a happy thing, because it gave her an excuse to be on the phone to her brother every five minutes through the baking process.

”Since I've been at this school,” she answered her brother’s question. ”Where winning means something.”

She was over the moon about having all of her hopefully-would-be-friends back in the land of the awake and in this universe, thank you very much.

It was definitely time for Muffins Of Triumph.


[OOC: Open!]

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[wantstocheer.livejournal.com]

Claire showed up in the common room and laughed. "I see we had the same idea," she said. "I was thinking that people needed sweet treats too. Need any help?"

[vanillajello]

Kate laughed. "People really do need this stuff now. You could set up the muffin trays if you'd like," she replied, mixing the batter. There was a lot of it.

"Who's that?" her brother piped up on the phone.

"It's Claire, which probably means I won't need you a lot anymore," she answered before turning towards Claire. "That's my brother Marshall."

[wantstocheer.livejournal.com]

"Hi, Marshall!" Claire called. "Oooh, muffins. I was gonna do cookies, but muffins are even better," she said, pulling trays out of the cabinets.

[thatsamilkshake]

Francine smelled baking. That wasn't her baking. This required investigation. Not because she was territorial about bready things. Because she was hungry and so tired of living off coffee and her mother's cookies, and honestly could use the company, feeling as needy of that this week as she'd been avoidant before.

"I smell something good!" she said when she poked her head in the common room door, followed by the rest of her.

[vanillajello]

"That's because there are Muffins of Triumph in the oven!" Kate said with a grin. "Hi, Francine."

[thatsamilkshake]

"Ooh, like the ones you brought with you? That was yummy."

[longislandiceme]

"Hey Francine," and there was a wave for his roommate's big-sister type person.

[thatsamilkshake]

"Hi, Bobby." Who she hadn't brought cookies for and suddenly felt guilty about that. ...Because she didn't have at least five un-earmarked tins of peoplecookies snickerdoodles alone. "I um. Have cookies for you!"

It was not a lie. It was not

[defeats-buses.livejournal.com]

Prince Edward wandered in with an Effy!kitty curled languidly across his arm. She was fluffy gray with blue eyes that he swore just knew everything. It was unnerving. She was cute and purring, however, thus he was smiling.

"Greetings!"

[vanillajello]

Kate turned to look at the new arrival, mainly because she wanted to see what kind of a person actually said 'greetings'.

"Hi," she replied with a smile.

[defeats-buses.livejournal.com]

"Oooh, I have not met you yet! How lovely!" He beamed, flashing his brilliant white teeth at her. Stepping forward, he bowed as gracefully as he could while holding a kitten. "I am Prince Edward of Andalasia! Might I have the pleasure of your name?"

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

And thaaat would be a Dinah, glomping Edward. No words. Just glomp. Glomp!

[defeats-buses.livejournal.com]

He glomped her back quite gleefully, surprised by the sudden glomp, but gleeful nonetheless. He lifted her off her feet and squeezed tight. "Dinah! You're well!"

[longislandiceme]

Well, sure he'd just come from the diner where there was food and all, but the walk back to the dorms had... used a lot of energy. Or something. Bobby poked his head into the common room. "Baking?" he asked hopefully.

[vanillajello]

"Yeah, muffins," Kate told him. "There'll be some ready in a couple of minutes."

[longislandiceme]

"Oh man," Bobby said, flopping on to a couch. "You are so my favourite person today."

[oops-mbad.livejournal.com]

Diana had Samuel in her arms and was beginning to develop a nose for free food. Especially freshly baked free food. "That looks good." She commented, walking in.

[vanillajello]

"You're free to have some," Kate smiled, gesturing at the freshly baked muffins. "There's a lot more on the way."

[oops-mbad.livejournal.com]

"Oooh." Diana crumbled a bit of muffin for Samuel. "This is good." She said after eating her bit of muffin.

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah was heading out on a run-- so not up for dealing with sword practice today, and she suspected that Arthur wouldn't be doing it either-- did it count as wounded, if all of the wounds were psychological? Anyway. She needed to run. But ooo, food.

"Muffins!"

[vanillajello]

"Muffins of Triumph," Kate noted with a grin. She was pleased that the muffins were such a hit.

[longislandiceme]

"Dinah!" Bobby waved. Only his mouth was full of muffin, so it was more of a "mmphinah!"

[future_sandworm]

"Hello Dinah!" Leto smiled warmly when he saw her, happy that she was now awake like the others.

[future_sandworm]

After his classes Leto most of all wanted to go and lie down for a bit. The lack of sleep caused by worrying during the weekend had had a price. But the scent from the common room kitchen made him stop for a moment.

Why not. He didn't have to stay long. He entered the common room, approaching the kitchen area.

[vanillajello]

When Kate saw someone new approaching, she turned to him with a smile. "Hah, another person lured in! Would you like a muffin?" she asked, gesturing at the fresh muffins.


[Omg, so cruel to have him show up here and freak her out, geez. I love you.]