[GP] Food for the soul

[st_illavirgin]

Carlos hated being back at the hotel. He had begun by trying to access the Nevernever but that had totally failed, then caught up with Buffy to go and visit both London and Edinburgh, for varying reasons, and the rest of the time he had headed to Spain - he may have been well travelled, but rarely got time to be a tourist - but his time relaxing and finding out about Spain had been unceremoniously cut short when he woke up and found himself back at the hotel. For a few moments he lay there, utterly fed up, and just feeling incredibly homesick.

That only lasted a few minutes; after that he was a man on a mission.

He hunted out Caroline, and had a long chat with her. Plans were set. Time to cook up a storm. They'd missed 4th July, this could serve as a belated celebration, as well as a 'things ain't all bad here' event. Posters went up throughout the hotel, giving notice of a cook out. Everyone was encouraged to attend. What could be bad about this?

Grills were set up outside to cook up as much meat as they could hold; non-meat options were there as well for variety; salads prepared... a vast array of food to try and cheer up anyone who needed it. Carlos took his place at the grills, brandishing tools, turning the meat over just at the right point.

All that was needed now was people to attend.

[ooc: Use as a general gathering post - if you want Carlos specifically, tag him in the subject line]

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Re: Quill and Dean

[st_arlord]

"Wow. Nice rap sheet." He said approvingly. "I got arrested for theft too. Well, among other things. Thankful not to have to deal with that again, too. I'm pretty sure Earth prisons at least have the benefit of most, if not all, of the people there being human. There are some races out there - you do not want to be stuck in a shit-hole prison with. Trust me."

Re: Quill and Dean

[st_illfighting]

"You don't really want to be stuck in a shit hole prison, period." Dean agreed. "What were the other races like?" His only experience with other species was the space station and while some were dicks, they were't that bad.

Re: Quill and Dean

[st_arlord]

"Well, let's see. You have the Chitarui - not fun people at all. Dark Elves aren't fun either. Skrulls, not fun. Titans are bitches." Quill listed, then paused. "You know, it sounds like there aren't any nice races out there. There are. Zehoberei's are nice - my girlfriend's one, actually. And one of my best friends is Flora Colossus - aka giant tree people."

Man, I miss Groot

"Most of the time they have the same sort of hang ups as us, you know?" He said. "But sometimes they whole race is basically born to be assholes."

Re: Quill and Dean

[st_illfighting]

"I hear you. Demons are the same way."

Which to be fair, if you were tortured in hell for decades, you'd turn into a dick, too.

"So you have a space alien babe for a girlfriend, huh?" That might have been a fantasy for Dean once.

Re: Quill and Dean

[st_arlord]

"Sure do." He said proudly. "She's beautiful and can kick-ass. And she's green.. one thing those Star Trek shows seemed to get right."

He missed Gamora a lot.

"What about you?" He asked. "You have anyone here on your radar?"

Re: Quill and Dean

[st_illfighting]

"There's a lot of hot women here." Dean said as a way of a non-answer and then relented, "but yeah." He smirked, "have you seen the smoking hot brunette with tattoos everywhere?"

And they were everywhere.

Re: Quill and Dean

[st_arlord]

"I've seen some with tattoos, but I'm going to guess you mean the one with them all over." He said, thinking of Jane. "That's a lot of dedication to the Ink. It's impressive, really."

Re: Quill and Dean

[st_illfighting]

"Yeah it is." Dean said, it wasn't his story to tell about how the tattoos came about.

"She's got a strong will." He smiled slightly, "which can sometimes be a pain in the ass." When her strong will collides with his.

Re: Quill and Dean

[st_arlord]

"Oh man, I hear that," he said with a nod. "Gamora? Stubborn as hell. And it took her forever to admit that she likes me, even though I knew. And she could definitely kick my butt."

He smiled fondly. Quill was enamored.

Re: Quill and Dean

[st_illfighting]

"Yeah, Jane can kick my ass, too." It was said with pride. He held up his beer bottle in a salute, "God bless, stubborn, beautiful women."

Re: Quill and Dean

[st_arlord]

Quill lifted a deviled egg. He had no room to hold a beer which was unfortunate.

God, I miss Gamora

"You know, you're a lot more pleasant than your counter-part." He said, meaning Alec.

Re: Quill and Dean

[st_illfighting]

"I can be a dick, too." Dean admitted. "Alec just doesn't have my charm yet." He was teasing of course, Alec had exactly his charm but Quill wouldn't know that.

Re: Quill and Dean

[st_arlord]

"So you're saying you guys are like wine, huh?" He said. "Gets better with age? I'll try to keep that in mind if he takes another swing at me."

Re: Quill and Dean

[st_illfighting]

"Damn straight." Dean smirked, knowing it would probably irritate Alec. See? They were a lot alike.

"Why'd he take a swing at you?"

Re: Quill and Dean

[st_arlord]

"Who knows?" Quill replied with palms up and an incredulous shake of his head. "I literally just got to this place and I had a fist in my face. I mean, it isn't the first time, granted, but I like my face. Thankfully the people here with magic healed me."

Re: Quill and Dean

[st_illfighting]

Dean didn't for one minute believe that 'Starlord' didn't know why Alec hit him, but he let it pass.

"Seriously? You let magic people heal you?" Dean looked at him just as incredibly.

Re: Quill and Dean

[st_arlord]

"Yeah, sure, why not?" He said, shrugging. "My nose was broken and then it wasn't. It was sweet."

Re: Quill and Dean

[st_illfighting]

"Uh huh. And how has your time been here since then? Anything feeling like you've been cursed? A run of bad luck? Just sayin'." Dean didn't trust magical healers - he barely trusted the witches that he liked at the Inn.

Re: Quill and Dean

[st_arlord]

Quill looked confused.

"Cursed?" He repeated thoughtfully. "Except for this one time after, no. Things have been okay. Why? You think I could be cursed?"

Re: Quill and Dean

[st_illfighting]

"You could be." Dean nodded, "witches are sneaky bastards like that. Anything weird happen to you lately? Uh, besides being in a butt ugly inn."

Re: Quill and Dean

[st_arlord]

Quill squinted thoughtfully.

"I woke up with a zit two days ago," He said. "I never get zits."

Re: Quill and Dean

[st_illfighting]

"Oh man. It could be the start of some growth." Dean made a face. "I wouldn't take a chance. I'd have that looked at by a real doctor."

Re: Quill and Dean

[st_arlord]

He nodded seriously and with a vague hint of panic. Need to talk to Rocket ASAP

Quill cleared his throat.

"Right," He said. "So.. if you'll excuse me, then. I have a thing I need to do.. over there."

In the direction of the clinic

Re: Quill and Dean

[st_illfighting]

Dean waved him off, "go. Do what you need to. By the way, you might want to look for a hex bag in your room."