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Post by Nadia on Jul 5, 2020 19:38:57 GMT -6
There was a new person in Boo's house.
Usually, he was content to spend his time rooting around in wardrobes and cupboards, or riding around on the back of a houluh. He was a simple creature - he knew the ins and outs of his home, and lived there peacefully. When something changed, though, he felt it only right to find out what was going on. Thus, it was only natural for him to be squirming his way into Obsidion's room one morning in search of their new lodger.
The bed was a long way up, but he was tenacious. His multiple legs came in handy, getting footholds in the blanket so he could scurry up onto the mattress, and then towards the man himself. Ah! The same shape as the red woman. He wondered if this one would be as noisy as she was; she was always squealing when he popped his head out from the pantry!
Though he was just a wide-eyed ball of fuzz, crawling straight onto Obsidion's chest was not the safest of ideas.
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Post by Obsidion on Jul 5, 2020 19:57:52 GMT -6
Apparently Obs was pretty comfortable in his new accommodations, as he had started sleeping in a natural state of disrobe after his first night there. They had an agreement, and his part was to not walk around the house without at least pants, a shirt was preferred as well, but sometimes he forgot. He laid there sleeping when something tugged at him, and a bit of pressure rested on his chest. Cracking a dark eye open, they both popped open widely whenever he saw what was on his chest.
Obs narrowed his eyes and grabbed the creature by the scruff of it's neck and dragged himself out of bed. Stumbling around, he reached for the doorknob until he realized he wasn't dressed and grabbed at the comforter of the bed, wrapping it around him before he trudged out of his room, into the hallway, and then opened Nadia's door.
Standing there naked with just a comforter around him, dark hair disheveled and dark eyes ringed with sleep, he held the thing out in front of him and managed to grunt, "What the hell is this thing?"
[Obsidion: 1/5]
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Post by Nadia on Jul 5, 2020 20:05:47 GMT -6
Nadia had been finding sleep hard to come by for a few months. Her mind was restless - it was difficult to switch off and let herself relax completely, or let her guard down enough to fall unconscious. It was a curse. She’d taken to wearing herself out in the day to ensure exhaustion, and it had succeeded that night, getting her off to dreamland in record time.
Unfortunately, her awakening was not so blissful.
“Wha—“ She sat up in bed, dumbfounded in her sleepy state by the source of the racket. Had a companion gotten loose? No, those were distinct words being said. So—? “Oh, good grief!”
Obsidion was standing there. Bold as brass, in a familiar state of undress, with Boo dangling from one hand. One hand rushed to her face to protect her gaze, while the other scrambled to pull her own sheets around herself. She was in her nightgown, for heaven’s sakes!
“Out! Get out! Get out now!”
Boo blinked. There she went with the screaming.
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Post by Obsidion on Jul 5, 2020 20:13:56 GMT -6
Staring, he sleepily rubbed one eye with his fist that wasn't holding the beast out in front of him, and then winced when she started yelling. "Oh come on princess, I just asked a question..." he grumbled, glancing around. Come to think of it, he'd never seen her room before, but he was too tired to do much about it, even tease her or anything at this point. "It was sitting on my chest and woke me up, I take it this is happens often?" Obs muttered and reached out to drop the black and pink thing on her bed before he turned around.
Unfortunately when he had rubbed his eye, well, the comforter had dropped just a little, and the lines inside of his hips could be seen. Giving a shrug, he pulled it up again and waved to her, "Morning princess, want me to make breakfast? I can do... uh... pancakes? You taught me those ones, right?" Obs smiled a little as he walked out of her room, yanking the door shut behind him with a yawn.
[Obsidion: 2/5]
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Post by Nadia on Jul 5, 2020 20:29:37 GMT -6
Nadia remained in her coiled, defensive position until she heard the definitive click of the door closing. Phew. At least she could unfurl now - though she still burned with embarrassment, thinking of what he might have seen. It wasn’t proper, for him to see her in her bedclothes. The long white nightgown was hardly exposing anything vulgar, but it was the principle of the thing! No one walked in on a lady unannounced back home.
Boo was crawling into her lap seconds after being relinquished. He was unbothered by most of what was going on, and only cared about pettings and food. Where was food, anyway?
“You are the worst,” She told the Inkrum with absolute conviction. His sweet eyes made her falter within a moment. “I’m sorry. You wouldn’t understand such things.”
Well, she was awake, so... breakfast wasn’t a terrible idea. Obsidion could wait outside while she clothed herself more appropriately. Or wander off if it pleased him, to be naked elsewhere. The flash of hips she’d seen was practically burned into her eyeballs. She pulled her dressing gown on and belted it tightly, shaking her head to will the image away.
“Go downstairs. I will be with you in... in just a moment.”
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Post by Obsidion on Jul 5, 2020 20:40:08 GMT -6
Rubbing his head, Obsidion sleepily got dressed and wandered downstairs, greeted by Cookie who thumped her tail against the floor happily. She was thrilled she got to stay here with the red haired woman and Gelert the Houluh. Of course everything worked out for her, and Obs was pretty okay with the arrangement as well, and the man chuckled a little as he patted her on the head, "Who's a good girl, Cookie?" A bark escaped her as she sniffed the hand which had held the weird critter to see if she could pinpoint what it was. Not that, well, she could actually tell him, but her intentions were good.
The man shuffled around the things in the kitchen and found a pan. Step one, good! Umm... batter. He needed flour, right? Tilting his head, he dug around in the cabinets for bit before he got a few ingredients. Flour, eggs? Maybe, that sounded right. Frowning, he was more awake now as he started to mix everything together, poured some into a pan, and... promptly burned the hell out of the first one.
A groan later, the windows were open, the burned pancake was in the trash, and his tongue was sticking out of his mouth as he attempted to concentrate on his next one.
[Obsidion: 3/5]
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Post by Nadia on Jul 15, 2020 14:12:31 GMT -6
Nadia didn't have the energy to get dressed properly. The best she could manage in her flustered state was relying on her long dressing gown to cover any flesh; its hem grazed her ankles, so that would suffice for the moment. Boo was pushed into the crook of her arm as she swung her legs around and stood.
"I think I may end up having a heart attack, my friend," She lamented to the inkrum, who blinked at her in his characteristic fashion. "It is my folly for allowing this to come to pass, but... my goodness, what a performance."
Was that burning she could smell? Trying to swallow her vague alarm, Nadia went downstairs and straight to the kitchen, only to discover her housemate attempting to make breakfast. Well... it was kind of him, if nothing else. She didn't wish to hover or fret over him, but couldn't help peering over his shoulder, to see how he was doing.
"The pan... w-when you shake it a little, if the batter runs, it's not ready to flip yet... but if it's in one piece, flip it."
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Post by Obsidion on Jul 31, 2020 20:34:52 GMT -6
Obsidion hung out of the window for a moment before turning and smiling brightly at the homeowner who was also his sudden roommate. It was nice to live with a woman, he didn't know if that had ever happened, but hey, he wasn't going to look a gift horse in the mouth or anything. Tilting his head, he looked her over for a moment before turning back to the pancake cooking on low on the stove and wrinkled his nose, "I have no gift for this..."
Giving a shrug, he looked it over and gingerly lifted the edge of the pancake up to see what it did and noticed a bunch of batter sloshed off of the top, giving a yelp, he dropped the pancake back onto the pan and looked at Nadia forlornly, "Sorry... Apparently I'm not much of a cook." Sighing, he watched the batter like a hawk until it stopped wiggling and appeared to be solid, and then flipped it.
Only to find a blackened side of despair looking back at him. His hands flew up into the air and he swore under his breath, he'd never get this.
[Obsidion: 4/5]
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Post by Nadia on Aug 8, 2020 19:08:16 GMT -6
Nadia watched, tapping the fingertips of one hand against her lips to prevent herself stepping in and taking over. No, no -- he would get it, he just -- oh. She did her best to stifle a laugh, but it forced its way out nonetheless, leaving her looking very sheepish indeed. It was rude of her. He was trying, after all!
"Here, allow me..." If he would let her, she would scoot gently in front of the pan, getting rid of the sadly burnt attempt before spooning in some batter herself. "The first one is always a bad one. It is the unwritten rule of pancakes. Do not be discouraged!"
Pancakes were a somewhat rare treat for her at that time. She seldom had the energy to put in that amount of effort to feed herself; a granola bar or some cereal sufficed fine. Even so, she found herself excited for a treat. When she managed to flip the pancake in one piece, she turned to Obsidion with a satisfied grin.
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Post by Obsidion on Aug 19, 2020 19:26:31 GMT -6
Obsidion stepped back and watched over her shoulder as she worked with the pancakes. "Well, see it's easy when you do it at least!" he protested and leaned forward to take a whiff of the pancake. Frowning, he glanced over at her and stuck out his tongue partway, "Alright fine, my turn again." The man attempted to regain control of the pan and poured in some more batter, trying to make it to where it was about the same amount as Nadia had put in, and then he watched.
And watched.
And watched.
This was boring, no wonder he didn't do this very often, and he heaved a sigh and looked over at Nadia helplessly, "So I've burned about half the batter so far, how many do you want...?" At least he was trying, he had to give himself that much, and Nadia seemed to appreciate it a little, and it was honestly the least he could do to give back to her for letting him stay there... Though there was one more thing he really, really wanted to do for her.
[Obsidion: 5/5 +1]
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Post by Nadia on Sept 21, 2020 14:17:16 GMT -6
Nadia did her best to stifle the obvious signs of her amusement. She didn't realise how totally unaware of most domestic practices her housemate was; it was always funny to find out another weakness. She had no intention of mocking him, however! It was simply an endearing surprise.
"Please, exercise patience, my friend," She said, taking hold of the spatula. "Look! Allow me to flip this..."
The pancake flopped over by her hand in one piece, and was beautifully golden, to boot!
"See! This was your doing. Patience is a virtue, and will reward you!"
Boo skittered around their feet, looking upwards to check on what they were doing. It smelled good... he was excited that it was breakfast time. When would he be able to have a look? To cut out the middle man, he began a valiant effort to climb up Obsidion's leg, though his dumpy body was of no assistance in the matter.
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