Terra Branford (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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genessia2016-01-07 12:13 pm
greenmagick) wrote in genessia2016-01-07 12:13 pm
{Cooking?} - OPEN {Action/Video}
{Video}
[Terra smiles shyly at the screen, it’s set up on her counter and shows a small view of her modest kitchen.]
Hello, I’m trying to learn how to cook. I’m not too good at it but I have some good cookbooks I found at the book store. I have a few people who have already offered to help but if anyone else is willing I’d be grateful.
Thank you.
{Action}
[She knows a few people who will rush over after seeing her video. She’s invited them to learn to cook with her though she doesn’t know who will teach them. Terra has everything prepared with a cookbook open, the refrigerator stocked while pots and pans littered the counter tops. She doesn’t even know which would be best to use.
She’ll wait to hear a sound at the door, spending the extra time reading the intro to the cookbook while sitting at the kitchen table. It goes over food pre, names of equipment as well as common techniques to be used in the kitchen.]
[Terra smiles shyly at the screen, it’s set up on her counter and shows a small view of her modest kitchen.]
Hello, I’m trying to learn how to cook. I’m not too good at it but I have some good cookbooks I found at the book store. I have a few people who have already offered to help but if anyone else is willing I’d be grateful.
Thank you.
{Action}
[She knows a few people who will rush over after seeing her video. She’s invited them to learn to cook with her though she doesn’t know who will teach them. Terra has everything prepared with a cookbook open, the refrigerator stocked while pots and pans littered the counter tops. She doesn’t even know which would be best to use.
She’ll wait to hear a sound at the door, spending the extra time reading the intro to the cookbook while sitting at the kitchen table. It goes over food pre, names of equipment as well as common techniques to be used in the kitchen.]
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Of course.
[He's welcome to ask whatever he wants.]
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So, say there was this kid who's parents were street thugs. They lied, they cheated, they stole, his dad beat the shit out of people over bad drug deals, his mom sold drugs on street corners to little kids. Say they brought him up thinking robbing gas stations and stealing cars was what life had in store for him, that that's all he could ever be. He didn't know any better, but then he grew up, got sent away to prison for a while, and he started to think that maybe that wasn't the life he wanted, but he didn't know how to go anywhere else with it. Stealing, cheating, all that, it's all he knew.
[He takes a breath, then looks over to her.] You think that kid was to blame? He didn't even have the crown thing you talked about that controlled his thoughts.
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I don't think he's to blame. [Her expression falls slightly before shifting into a wistful smile.]
I'm sure I would have still done as I was told even without the crown. It's how I knew how to live. The soldiers that were in the army where there for their families, to earn money and to survive. I don't think the world is blank and white. [She shakes her head.] Even if we do something wrong we deserve a second chance to make it right.
That's what I'm trying to do here... by making things grow.
That kid isn't the blame and if he wanted to turn him life around... [Her smile widens.] I think that's amazing. Someone making that sort of choice when it went against what they knew. It isn't easy and not a lot of people can do it.
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Well, if that kid isn't a bad guy for trying to be someone else, then how are you? Just because of what they used you for, you didn't know any better, and you didn't even have a choice in the matter, and I think you're doing a damned good job.
[He pauses for a moment.]
So, did you guess that kid was me yet?
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I thought you might say that.
[At least part way through her response but then she kept speaking as if it was something he wanted to hear. She pauses for a moment and then feels her cheeks warm slightly.]
It's you? I didn't know...
[She feels silly for not realizing it.]
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See? I'm terrible at talking about myself. I should just stick to asking questions.
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No, Its nice to hear about you.
[She smiles.]
You're an amazing person Ronan.
[She is just dense and still learning how to talk to people.]
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I'm just one guy trying to make a difference in a world that's too damned dark, but...thanks for saying it.
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You say that like it's nothing.
[Her lips form a line before stretching into another smile.]
I think that something like that makes you the most amazing person I know.
[Not that she's met very many people.]
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I guess...maybe. There aren't enough cops who remember what the badge means anymore.
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Maybe that's why I feel safe when you're around.
[She finishes her salad and places down her fork.]
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You...feel safe around me?
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[Terra picks up his plate and quickly begins cleaning them off in the sink. Honestly she wouldn't have let Ronan stay with her if she didn't feel safe around him.]
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Well...thanks, I guess.
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Do we need to do anything else?
[She remembers their being milk in the fridge and she doesn't think they need anything more.]
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I don't think so, unless, you know, we want some dessert.
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Do we have dessert?
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[At least he was pretty sure he hadn't eaten it all.]
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Here.
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Thanks. [This ice cream was something his brother-in-law used to tease him about all the time. It was then he realized he hadn't thought about Rex since he'd showed up here. He wondered what he was up to, but then remembered time didn't pass while he was gone.] What do you think?
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I like it.
[Another pause as she takes another bite.]
I'll have to pick up more.
[There will most likely be mint chocolate chip in the freezer always.]
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It's mint chocolate chip. It's, uh....my favorite.
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I can see why. I'll make sure to buy a bigger size too.
[At least the half gallon instead of the pint. She isn't sure if ice cream goes bad or not but hearing that he likes it makes her want to have it around the house. That's also now three things she knows that he likes: smoking, catching bad guys and ice cream.]
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...you don't have to do that, Terra. I...can get my own ice cream.
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But I have to go to the store for eggs anyway.
[She goes to the store at least once a week to pick things up.]
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