5th Floor Common Room: Monday Night [8-5-11]

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Mercy was in a bit of a grumpy mood after having unsuccessfully attempted to avoid her mother's phone calls over the weekend. She really hadn't been in the mood to deal with Margi's interrogation about school or the guilt trip over not agreeing to go on their yearly summer vacation this summer.

She'd been polite and well-behaved and taken everything without complaint, since she'd already caused the family enough trouble. Still now, all she wanted was mindless television and spicy Chinese food - lots of it.

There was more Chinese food than you could shake a stick at and a choice of two police procedurals that she kept switching between. She couldn't decide if she liked the older silver haired man or the gorgeous bald black man better.



[OOC: Oh so very open!]

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Rapunzel was drawn up to the fifth floor by the smell of food. Not because she was all that hungry, but because food, she had discovered, meant people. And people were all so interesting!

And they were often willing to explain some of the weird things she encountered around the island, which was very nice of them!

She walked into the common room, hair trailing across the floor behind her, making faces and giggling at the little chameleon perched on her shoulder.

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Mercy looked over, then did a double take. That was a lot of hair. And was she talking to a lizard thing? Still, she smiled. "Hey, come on in, help me eat some of this Chinese food."

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"Chinese food?" Rapunzel asked curiously, her head swiveling toward the source of the smell. The chameleon's swiveled at precisely the same time, providing an odd moment of synchronicity.

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"Mmmhmm," Mercy said gesturing towards the plethora of containers. "Help yourself."

She was going to try not to boggle over the pair.

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"It does smell pretty good," Rapunzel admitted. But she still seemed a bit hesitant. Until the chameleon thumped her playfully on the chin. "Alright," she giggled in surrender. "Well have some Chinese food! If it'll make you happy."

She walked over to examine the containers, then stole a sidelong glance at Mercy, trying to see what she was eating.

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Mercy was currently eating some spicy szechuan chicken. And some crab rangoon. And a few dumplings. With a little wonton soup on the side.

"Um... I'm Mercy," she said. "Have you had Chinese food before? Do you want a hand figuring it out?"

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"Oh! Would you really?" Mercy earned an impossibly large smile just for offering.

"Oh! And I'm Rapunzel. And this is Pascal!" The chameleon bobbed his head in agreement.

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"Hi Rapunzel, Pascal."

Mercy set her food down and stood up to come over to the counter. "These three here are pretty spicy - two beef and a chicken. This one is milder, mostly noodles and stuff."

She went through the rest of the containers, trying her best to explain what they were.

"I'd try a little bit of whatever looks good and then come back for more of what you like."

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So many different options! How did anyone choose!?

Oh. Just... pick one. And try it.

Rapunzel could do that. She reached out and gingerly picked up a piece of ginger pork with her fingers. "It's kind of slippery," she said with a little titter.

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"Um..." Mercy offered her a fork. "This might help."

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"Oh, sorry!" Rapunzel said quickly, eyes widening in embarrassment. She quickly set the piece of meat down and looked for somewhere to wipe her fingers clean.

"I'm kind of new to this." Then it occurred to her that that was pretty obvious.

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"It's okay," Mercy said, giving her a napkin. "I'm totally fine with the finger food thing, but the fork is easier."

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As she wiped her fingers clean on the napkin, Rapunzel nodded energetically. "I imagine it is." She took the fork and stabbed the piece of pork she'd picked up before.

She beamed over at Mercy. "Much easier!"

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Mercy smiled at her. "See what you think of the taste."

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With an eager nod Rapunzel pushed the entire thing into her mouth and chewed energetically.

"Oh! It's good!" Which she probably would have said even if it hadn't been. It was best to be polite, after all. It helped that it really was good, though!

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Mercy laughed and spooned some onto a plate. "Well, there's one thing. What else do you want to try?"

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"Everything!" Rapunzel declared in excitement, stabbing at another container pretty much at random.

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That kept the laughter going. "Go for it!" Mercy said.

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Rapunzel tried a few different things, chewing thoughtfully over each of them, but there were so many left! She couldn't work at such a leisurely pace. So soon she was stuffing two or three things into her mouth at one time.

"These are all really good!" she said. Or, at least, tried to say. It was hard to make the words clear with all the various bits of food stuffed into her mouth.

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"Take your time," Mercy urged with a smile. "There's plenty and it's not going anywhere."

Chinese food was one of the world's best things.

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Even with that reassurance, or perhaps because of it, Rapunzel chewed rapidly and swallowed so that she could speak clearly again. "But now you're not eating any!" That wasn't fair! Rapunzel didn't want to eat all of Mercy's dinner!

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Mercy resettled herself on the couch and picked up her plate. "I'm all set here."

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"You're sure?" Rapunzel asked perhaps a bit too eagerly.

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"Absolutely," Mercy said, really enjoying the other girl's enthusiasm. "You enjoy yourself."

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Rapunzel let out a little squeal of delight, then flushed and covered her mouth in embarrassment for a moment. But she was getting used to being embarrassed, so she recovered and grinned, sliding some more food onto an empty plate.

"So," she said with a grin, speaking between bites, "hi, Mercy! I haven't met you yet!"