[open] the elf and the smoking toaster

[arlathansgrace]

Date & Time: November 27th, Midday
Location: Outside the transport housing
Characters: Merrill and YOU
Summary: Merrill lights a toaster on fire and has generally terrible luck with technology.
Warnings: Depends on whatchu bring yo



[Having decided she will do her best to fit in, Merrill is taking action. She's not going to do something as crazy and wearing shoes, that's just ludicrous and hardly comfortable, but technology is something she's willing to tackle. If she can figure out how to live in a human city, surely human technology can't be so bad.

She is, of course, quite terribly wrong, and her being so wrong is the primary reason she stands outside transport housing staring at the still smoking toaster on the pavement in front of her.

It belches a lick of flame, clearly to torment her a little more. With a distressed sound, she paces in a circle around it.]

I'm sorry, but I don't know how to fix you.

[Genuine distress laces her voice.]

You're not like the Eluvian, oh, this is a disaster. I should have stuck with building fire pits, oh-- [She makes another nervous circuit of the toaster, and something inside it makes a grinding noise. Shrieking, she jumps back, summoning her magic at the same time. A stone fist punches upward from the ground beneath the toaster, shooting the offending bit of technology some feet into the air. It crashes to the ground and bounces twice.

Defiantly, it continues smoking.]

Comments

[punk_cute]

[Kanji barely blinks at the pouches appearing where they shouldn't fit. That's old hat.

The leaves and rats make him very unsure however, but after a moment he straightens up like he's preparing to face an unpleasant task.]

I ain't sure what elfroot is, but I can find mushrooms and parsley. What kind of mushrooms though?

An' we'll be learning how to use the stove an' oven in your kitchen so we won't need sticks, probably. I can find pans too, if we need 'em.

[He is not looking forward to figuring out what goes best with rats, but he said he'd help so he will. Because he's a man and a man has to keep his word. But why rats.]

So, uh, you can start dressin' the rats while I go get the parsley an' mushrooms. Elfroot or something like it, if you can tell me about what it is an' what it tastes like.

[arlathansgrace]

Elfroot is a plant. The leaves are about this long. [She holds up to fingers, about four inches apart.] Very green, with darker green stripey patterns on the leaves. If you bite into the leaf, it should be juicy, but a bit bitter. That's the kind I need.

Oh, a stove? [She perks up.] I didn't see a stove in the kitchen. I did find the faucet, though, that was amazing.

[Dropping to the ground, she begins happily skinning the rabbits, a content expression on her face.] Portabella mushrooms?

[punk_cute]

Not gonna make promises but I'll see about finding some. Portabella and parsley comin' up though! Be right back.

[He seems in a bit of a hurry not to watch animals being skinned. Product of the 21st century, this kid, and not used to his meat being cute and furry.

But he does come back after a little while with the promised parsley and portabella mushrooms in a pan. He also has several other plants that might almost fit the description Merrill gave in a pot, some a better fit than others. Comfrey, large leaf basil, allspice and other things that are probably timeline natives.]

Dunno if I found the plant you're lookin' for but I got the rest. Let's go in and get this cooked, huh?

[arlathansgrace]

[She's not perturbed by his quick departure, and while he's gone she makes quick work of the rats, happily readying them for their snack. When he returns, she's already finished skinning them and has them tucked away. There's a broad smile on her face.]

This way. It took me ages to figure out how to find my apartment, but now I have, and it's very nice, much nicer than where I lived in Lowtown in Kirkwall. There aren't any rats inside. I had to hunt these down.

[She pats her belt and leads him to her apartment on the ninth floor. It takes her a few times to get the key to work, but she eventually lets him in.

There are flowers.

Everywhere.]

How do we cook these in here, then?

[punk_cute]

There's... There's other kinds of meat you could get, you know? They're givin' us money--

[But that's the only protest he makes as he follows her in. The flowers make him brighten up considerably and he even stops to take a sniff or two.

Once inside though he takes the lead to the kitchen and starts explaining the stove while showing her how to work it.]

This is how we'll cook. You gotta be careful, but if you turn these knobs you'll get heat to cook with. You can bake or sautee or-- Well, just about anything, so long as you got the pans for it. Got it so far?