R43 - Y'all hating's useless
Nov. 24th, 2014 10:41 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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[The feed opens on a simple poster with the hand-blocked words WE NEED HELP IN THE KITCHEN.]
Testing out a new option to save time. Specifically right now we need a warden supe for lunch shift, until Ben comes home. If you're not used to working on a line or feeding a lot of people, we won't drop you into combat with no training. Marsh and I will help you out.
Oh. Not related to the kitchen-- I smelled a still running last month. Whoever it is, I want to pick your brain about fermentation.
[Filtered to Iris]
Iris. You got some time this afternoon to talk weasel shit and entropy? I'm willing to barter for your know-how. [He lifts a bottle of oil into the feed; last christmas, he gave her a massage, because sometimes it seems like she metabolizes stress the same way Arthas eats death. And the feeding's been good on that score lately.]
[The feed opens on a simple poster with the hand-blocked words WE NEED HELP IN THE KITCHEN.]
Testing out a new option to save time. Specifically right now we need a warden supe for lunch shift, until Ben comes home. If you're not used to working on a line or feeding a lot of people, we won't drop you into combat with no training. Marsh and I will help you out.
Oh. Not related to the kitchen-- I smelled a still running last month. Whoever it is, I want to pick your brain about fermentation.
[Filtered to Iris]
Iris. You got some time this afternoon to talk weasel shit and entropy? I'm willing to barter for your know-how. [He lifts a bottle of oil into the feed; last christmas, he gave her a massage, because sometimes it seems like she metabolizes stress the same way Arthas eats death. And the feeding's been good on that score lately.]
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Date: 2014-11-25 02:01 am (UTC)[ But he doesn't want to do it. He doesn't want to put himself in a role where he's taking care of them, the way he would take care of a friend. ]
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Date: 2014-11-25 02:06 am (UTC)[Mildly:]
How you been doing?
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Date: 2014-11-27 07:57 pm (UTC)[ And this is the truth, more or less: he feels a lot better than he did as a warden, and the mirror boat wasn't nearly as bad as it could have been. If he's unhappy, it's no more than he already was. ]
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Date: 2014-11-30 07:39 pm (UTC)Physically you're good, though?
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Date: 2014-12-01 12:42 am (UTC)[ It doesn't make sense. Just this feeling in the pit of his stomach, nausea-rebellion at the thought of people treating him like the safe option and the hero, and a similar full-body angry rejection when they treat him like he's dangerous. He doesn't know what he wants. ]
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Date: 2014-12-01 12:56 am (UTC)[Riddick lives in the space between reality and people's perceptions. He's used fear like a weapon, and trust. He frowns a little at Stephen. Does he care enough to try to help? To risk that help is the wrong thing and he'll have wasted his time?]
I could ban you from the kitchens, but I don't see that making you feel better.
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Date: 2014-12-01 01:03 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-12-01 01:05 am (UTC)But banning's not something I do much. You have to fuck with kitchen equipment first.
I'm out of feel-good strategies.
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Date: 2014-12-01 01:33 am (UTC)[ Probably not. ]