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Dec. 26th, 2008 02:25 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
The trailer looks much the same as ever: small, clean, ruthlessly tidy.
Well, except for the tinsel on the cabinets. (Cathy's doing. It's shedding a bit on the counter.) And the holly and colorful squiggles drawn on the whiteboard on the back of the kitchen door. (Also Cathy's doing.) And the tiny tree taking up half the kitchen table, wedged into a corner and slightly precariously laden with ornaments. (Trowa helped with that one. But because Cathy handed him the box of ornaments and told him to.) There are small presents shoved under the drooping branches.
Trowa is making coffee, at the moment.
Well, except for the tinsel on the cabinets. (Cathy's doing. It's shedding a bit on the counter.) And the holly and colorful squiggles drawn on the whiteboard on the back of the kitchen door. (Also Cathy's doing.) And the tiny tree taking up half the kitchen table, wedged into a corner and slightly precariously laden with ornaments. (Trowa helped with that one. But because Cathy handed him the box of ornaments and told him to.) There are small presents shoved under the drooping branches.
Trowa is making coffee, at the moment.
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Date: 2008-12-26 08:14 am (UTC)Or something.
It may be a good thing that this is not a huge coffeemaker, and only makes a few cups' worth at a time.
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Date: 2008-12-26 08:16 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-12-26 08:20 am (UTC)"Is there no coffee in your world?"
TRAGEDY.
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Date: 2008-12-26 08:25 am (UTC)She settles for an entirely unhelpful shrug.
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Date: 2008-12-26 08:56 am (UTC)Trowa's primary hypothesis here is that it exists, but Cass (for any of several possible reasons) doesn't get it very often. Cathy's here, though, and he's perfectly willing to let her take over the part of the conversation that involves actual speaking.
So: leaning back and listening impassively.
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Date: 2008-12-26 05:48 pm (UTC)She would totally make banners for it. Viva la Coffee! No Taxation Without Caffeination!
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Date: 2008-12-26 06:27 pm (UTC)Oracle knows about revolutions. She could probably start one with nothing but a cell phone. And she likes coffee. Cass will ask her about it.
Or something.
Then Cass remembers that there is something in her hands. It is a sticky bun! It is filled with sweet, sugary goodness!
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Date: 2008-12-26 10:04 pm (UTC)(It's hard to tell. But Cass is Cass, and Cathy tends to assume he sees the humor in things whether she can read his expression or not.)
Gurgle, drip, says the coffee machine, halfway through brewing.
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Date: 2008-12-26 11:33 pm (UTC)She doesn't let herself eat (non-smoothie) junk food that often, so: hurrah!
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Date: 2008-12-26 11:40 pm (UTC)That's enough to free her up to wander around the small room, examining everything curiously. It was very... small. Not that that was necessarily a bad thing.
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Date: 2008-12-27 03:38 am (UTC)There are no windows in this room, though there are in others. There's limited counterspace, a small fridge tucked under one counter, and a smaller stove and sink.
The decorations betray Cathy's touch. The tidiness is both their doing; neither one of them is used to living with lots of possessions or unlimited space.
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Date: 2008-12-27 04:26 am (UTC)Her hands run gently across the various surfaces in the room. Tactile interaction helps to fix things kinesthetically.
After a while she nods to Cathy and to Trowa. She approves! It is much homier than Oracle's place.
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Date: 2008-12-27 05:15 am (UTC)"Nuestra casa es su casa, etc., etc.!" she informs Cass cheerfully.
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Date: 2008-12-27 05:21 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-12-27 06:23 am (UTC)When one travels -- as a performer, as a soldier -- one gets used to picking up languages. It's a fact of life.
Cass's reaction, or lack thereof, is worth noticing anyway.
He lowers his eyelids for a moment in acknowledgement of the approval.
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Date: 2008-12-27 07:00 am (UTC)They have, respectively: an angelfish in a tophat, a dragon on a pile of cabbages, and a lion that says RAWR.
She turns her head to Cass. "We've got creamer, peppermint flavoring, and there's some sugar in the can," she points along the counter.
"Do you want to go exploring the town and come back for presents, or the other way around? We've got to be back at two to throw the casserole into the oven for the dinner."
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Date: 2008-12-27 07:05 am (UTC)All of which means that she misses Cathy's query entirely.
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Date: 2008-12-27 07:15 am (UTC)Alternately, to wait for Cass to realize that they're waiting for an answer. Sometimes she seems not to notice questions; this, too, is interesting.
Meanwhile, he's pouring himself coffee. In the lion mug.
(RAWR! says the cartoon lion now.)
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Date: 2008-12-27 07:18 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-12-27 07:23 am (UTC)She nods in approval of this plan. Exploring is okay with her!
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Date: 2008-12-27 07:26 am (UTC)It's really a very good thing for Cathy's sanity that she's a-okay with one-sided conversations.