Third Floor Common Room [Monday evening]

[weldedtomyspine]

After a week of vacation, Jaime felt like he needed to do something. And since he also wanted to be at least a little bit social, that meant the common room. And that meant cooking.

So there he was, slaving over a hot stove. Well, standing nearby and watching a big pot of chili cook. That was sort of like slaving. Except for the part where he kept stealing bites and frowning. "This is so not spicy enough," he complained to no one in particular.

He started rummaging around in the cupboards looking for something to remedy that. But so far all he'd found were corn chips. Which... well, those were good too.

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[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"Dude, that smells awesome," Hurley said, wandering in. "You need any help?"

[weldedtomyspine]

"You don't happen to know if there's any chili powder in here anywhere, do you?"

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"In this one?" Hurley said. "Third floor isn't my specialty. I'm more of a fifth floor guy. So... no clue, sorry."

[weldedtomyspine]

"Oh well," Jaime shrugged. "I'm sure I'll dig up something."

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"Yeah," Hurley said. "If anything, we can go dig something up upstairs."

[weldedtomyspine]

"But that would require climbing all those stairs," Jaime mock-whined. "Besides, I think I found it."

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, heaven forbid we have to put in some effort," Hurley said, before chuckling. "But awesome, dude. Old family recipe?"

[weldedtomyspine]

"Yeah. It's super secret." No it wasn't. "So if you tell anyone you saw any of the ingredients, I'll have to kill you." No he wouldn't.

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"Dude, harsh," Hurley said. "You just have to honor my empanadas with the same respect."

[weldedtomyspine]

"I think I can make that deal," Jaime nodded seriously as he added more chili powder to the mix.

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"Sounds like a good idea, then, dude," Hurley said. "So, like, were you on the big trip thing?"

[weldedtomyspine]

"Yeah. It was pretty sweet."

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"Cool," Hurley said. "Go on any of the big trip things? I didn't, I guess. I mean, I just missed out on them and stuff."

[weldedtomyspine]

"I went rafting, actually. It was pretty sweet. You totally missed out."

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"Heh. I'm not much of a rafter, dude," Hurley said. "It's a little too wet for me."

[weldedtomyspine]

"Yeah? Well, it was fun. Even if Dinah did sort of fall out of the raft." Which had actually been pretty hilarious.

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"Dude, what?" Hurley said, laughing softly. "Oops. I bet she didn't find it so funny, though."

[weldedtomyspine]

"Eh, she was okay. A bit embarrassed, maybe, but you know Dinah." She was pretty laid-back.

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"Yeah," Hurley said. "I mean, not like I think she'd throw a hissyfit or anything. That'd be... really weird."

[weldedtomyspine]

"Oh, yeah, that'd be, like, creepy or something."

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"It'd be... Stepford Dinah. Or... something," Hurley said. "I'm not sure. One of those things."

[weldedtomyspine]

"Pod-person. Stepford pod-person. There'd have to be some epic quest to find the real Dinah."

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"Yeeeeah, let's avoid anything that involves 'epic' and 'quest'," Hurley said. "That sounds like a big hassle."

[heromaniac]

Mmmmm foooooooood.

"Hiiii! I smell something good!" Momoko happily popped her head into the common room. "People! Enough to share? Food, I mean, not people, but hi people! I missed you!"

[weldedtomyspine]

"True. Maybe we could get someone else to undertake the epic quest and we can sit around on the couch."