Spree Campfire [Wednesday Morning]

[longislandiceme]

There was no real reason for Bobby to be eating his breakfast out by the campfire today, considering breakfast consisted of a bowl of chocolate Lucky Charms and a glass of Coke.

The fire definitely wasn't going, not this early in the morning anyway. But in case anyone else felt like partaking of his entirely healthful breakfast choices, he'd left the box of cereal out. There were also some more cans of the soda and, all right, fine, a carton of orange juice for those who wanted to pretend they could have a balanced breakfast that also included chocolate and marshmallows.

[ooc: I NEVER do morning posts, but I don't work until crazy late today. SO OPEN.]

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[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

Sookie, who had taken her own coffee outside, wandered over from Laffy Taffy.

"I'm impressed with your attention to nutrition," Sookie noted, tilting her head at him.

[longislandiceme]

"I have orange juice!" Not that he was drinking it.

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

"You aren't drinking it," Sookie said logically, going over to press a quick kiss to his cheek before taking a seat.

[longislandiceme]

"Yes, but I have it," Bobby insisted. "So I'm paying attention to nutrition. Just not mine." Bobby's logic was... special, sometimes.

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

"But yours is what concerns me," she tsked. She sipped her coffee for a moment before adding, "So, I need to ask you to do me a favor."

[glacial_queen]

"I'm a Healer and I approve of this breakfast," Karla said, grinning at Sookie over her own glass of juice.

You had to drink the orange juice first. Otherwise, it made the cereal taste weird.

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

"That's just because I bet they don't have the food pyramid in Kaeleer," Sookie noted with a smirk.

[glacial_queen]

"We don't have any pyramids in Kaeleer," Karla said, having caught a History Channel feature on ancient Egypt on the teevee once. "Especially not one made of food." She frowned. "That seems like a giant waste to me."

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

"It's a metaphor, honey," she said, giggling. "It's a chart that shows people healthy foods. Like, the peak is sugars and fats, and the base is grains, I think? And then the middle is meat and fruits and veggies. One of those things we learn in like, every year starting in second grade, along with the water cycle and to just say no to drugs."

[momslilassassin]

"Chocolate is the most important food group," Ben said solemnly.

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

"Depending on the chocolate, I think the argument could be made for it being both a dairy and a vegetable," Sookie mused.

[momslilassassin]

"And a vegetable?" Ben repeated, looking intrigued. "I was thinking a fruit."

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

"Chocolate comes from beans, though," she pointed out.

[momslilassassin]

Ben didn't have classes on Wednesday, but he was up early anyway for his usual workout.

"Hey, Bobby," he said, smiling as he wandered past. "What are you eating?"

[longislandiceme]

"Chocolate Lucky Charms," Bobby said, with the grin of the sugar-energized. "Because I guess the cereal with marshmallows in it wasn't sugary enough, so they added chocolate." Not that Bobby was complaining, oh no.

[momslilassassin]

"This is clearly the greatest thing this planet has ever devised," Ben said, immediately reaching for a bowl. "How haven't I heard of it until now?"

[longislandiceme]

"I never thought they'd top the cereal that was basically just little cookies," Bobby mused. "Never been so glad to be wrong."

[momslilassassin]

"There's a cereal that's cookies?" Ben's eyes went wide. "How have I been stuck eating the healthy stuff this long?"

[glacial_queen]

"How go your extra workouts with your grandfather?" Karla asked, dimpling at Ben. She figured he'd probably realized she'd been teasing by now.

[momslilassassin]

"You are a pain and get no ice cream," Ben declared.

[glacial_queen]

"You love me anyhow," Karla said, laughing. "Who else would have gone hunting with you and Ender. Did you mention it to him?"

[glacial_queen]

By all rights, Karla should have been avoiding fires today, claiming PTSD or something. But the lure of chocolate and marshmallows was far too strong to deny. And it wasn't like this one was lit! She had plenty of time to run away in terror if someone talked about actually starting the campfire--though why anyone would want to in this heat was beyond her.

Besides, Bobby was offering food that was no more complex than pouring milk over cereal. That was just about Karla's speed right now. She'd learned something of a lesson over the weekend.

"Kiss kiss," she said, waving at the campfire. Oh! Some of her favorite people!

[longislandiceme]

"Morning, Karla," Bobby waved. "Come, sit down, have breakfast."

[glacial_queen]

"Well, if you insist..." Karla said, happily taking him up on his invitation of food and seating. "Does this count as real food?"

Even if it didn't, she'd be happy to eat it anyway. She just thought she should check. "Mmm, chocolate."

[longislandiceme]

"Milk is good for you," Bobby reasoned. "And I think the cereal bits are whole grain?" And infused with chocolate. But details.