Room 417, Sunday morning

[fates_jaye]

Jaye has actually been productive, kind of, for once. She's managed to finish up her college apps, which are probably getting there late but who cares, and she even sealed them all pretty and everything. Of course, she also finished on a Sunday, so we'll see when she actually mails it.

She drops the envelopes on her desk, which is when one of the little paper cranes made the weekend of the sugar OD says, "Give thanks."

"Shut it, I am working on it," she says. "I even have a baking slave! And you don't even have a face."

The crane doesn't have a comeback for that.


[Open, if you're good for some SP, since I'll be in and out today.]

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[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel had been wandering in search of people when her inner Christmas OCD heard the word 'baking'. She knocked on Jaye's door.

[equally slow as I am disappearing at 1 EST and will not return till sometime after 7]

[fates_jaye]

"Enter!" Jaye calls, and actually tells the crane, "Shh. Company."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Did I hear something about baking? Cause it is almost that time. I was planning on spending a Saturday working on Christmas cookies. Want to join me?" she asked in a rush. Yes, the girl is starting to get a bit worked up about the holidays.

[fates_jaye]

"Um," she says, kind of staring at Isabel and thinking that yeah, after Fourth of July, she should be expecting this. "I suck at baking. Molly's my baking slave. And how about we get past Thanksgiving first before we start in on Christmas ookies?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"You can still do sprinkles," Isabel said, nodding enthusiastically. "I'm sure Aeryn would appreciate the help. But you're right, Thanksgiving first. Are you staying here?" She wrinkled her nose, "I had talked to Parker about going home with her, but we haven't confirmed anything yet."

[fates_jaye]

"I'm staying, and I am apparently organizing dinner," Jaye says. She might be pouting a little.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I need to talk to Parker, but if I stay, do you want help?" she offered.

[fates_jaye]

"Yes," she says seriously and earnestly. "Yes yes yes."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel grinned. "Okay, I can do that. Are you interested in a traditional Thanksgiving dinner? Or something more offbeat. I have to say though, offbeat would make me twitch."

[fates_jaye]

"I have to tell you, as long as there's food, I really don't care. People could like, stick fifty cents in a gumball machine thingie and bring those and that's less for me to worry about," she says. "I was told I can't order pizza."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"No pizza," she said firmly. "Turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing! I'll start looking for recipes."

[fates_jaye]

"Dean said he'd teach me how to make a side dish," she says helpfully.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Well if you want to cheat, there's always Green Giant frozen vegetables," Isabel suggested half seriously. "All you have to do is boil water and drop in the bag."

[fates_jaye]

Jaye nods, taking this in. "Without the actual bag, right?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Actually you do use the bag. The food's already cooked. You're just heating it up. When it's hot enough, you take it out, open the bag and dump it in a bowl," Isabel explained patiently.

[fates_jaye]

"That is the best thing ever," she says, eyes wide. "Should I be taking notes? Nah. I'll remember it."

She's really just lazy on note-taking.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

She laughed. "Have you given any thought to where to have this feast?"

[fates_jaye]

"Eh, there's gotta be somewhere," she says. "Worse comes to worse, shove people into the cafeteria, I think."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"It's probably best," Isabel agreed. "Lots of room for all the holiday refugees."

[fates_jaye]

"...Are you sure we can't just order pizza?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"No pizza," she laughed. "You'll enjoy turkey more. Trust me. But for now, I'd better go try and search out Parke to see if I'll even be around to help cook."

[fates_jaye]

Jaye crosses her fingers. "If she says no, let me know. She'll be locked up in a closet to prevent anyone from leaving. I know people," she says.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Still laughing, Isabel headed out the door and the mun headed off to bed. "I'll do that," she promised. "You'll have my answer tomorrow."