[OTA] S'more S'mores, Please (joint EP: Emma and Jag)

[st_ackeddeck]

Usually when Emma couldn't sleep, she cooked. Last night had been the opposite. She'd started trying out new marshmallow variations, completely lost track of time, and spent most of the night in the kitchen instead of doing reasonable things, like sleep. She'd grabbed a nap in the wee hours, though and another after lunch, and now was wide awake.

She also had batches and batches of homemade marshmallows.

Around sunset, Jag helped her set up a table near the pool and outdoor bar, that she loaded up with the marshmallows, graham crackers and other cookies, chocolate and berries and spreads and bacon. Anything somebody might think of that would make a good s'more, from the traditional basic graham, milk chocolate bar, plain marshmallow, to bourbon marshmallow s'mores with smoky bacon. If the inn was anything like the castle, word of mouth would spread quick enough, and the food wouldn't go to waste.

Jag had started a fire right beside the table, but after having had his own fill of s'mores, he had left Emma to meeting the demand of other hotel residents. He was sticking around to make sure the fire was behaving just right, though. So he was lying on his back a little way from Emma's table, and the fire he was still controling, weaving and sculpting additional fire between his hands, keeping a distracted ear on what was going on nearby.

[tag Emma or tag Jag. food and fire, what could be better?]

Comments

Re: Clarice and Emma

[st_rongernow]

"Makes sense." Clarice thought about it. "I mean if the Clarice you know had a different life than mine, the choices would be different."

Re: Clarice and Emma

[st_ackeddeck]

"But at least we aren't alone. And nobody here seems to have a problem with mutants, which is good. We can just be ourselves."

She looked around, at the spread of s'mores goodies, at Jag with his fire, at Clarice who wasn't the Clarice she knew but maybe could be another in time.

"My mutation isn't always the most useful, especially here, but if you need my help, or if you just want to talk sometime, come find me."

Re: Clarice and Emma

[st_rongernow]

"Thanks." Clarice meant that sincerely and glanced over toward the Inn. "I'll definitely hook you up with some mutant time. But right now, I should probably let you get back to tending the s'mores bar."

And she should probably load up some food from the kitchen to take with her.