cafeteria | mid afternoon | wednesday | 25 november

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Apparently, there was a holiday tomorrow. From what Jonas had gathered from the books he'd read, it revolved around a lot of food, togetherness and was descended from a shared meal by two very different groups long ago.

Needless to say, Jonas had never celebrated Thanksgiving in the Community. Besides ceremonies for Days of Birth, nothing had really been celebrated so Jonas found these specially singled out days as half a curiosity and half enjoyment.

And, while today wasn't the holiday, Jonas found himself in the cafeteria, idly picking at his food (mashed potatoes had a very strange texture) and paging through a book on various holidays. Christmas would, undoubtedly, be the next thing he looked up that. That holiday just seemed...complicated.

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[vanillajello]

"I'm not a big fan of quiet, at least if you ask my brother," Kate said, smiling fondly when she mentioned Moosh, "but I'd kinda have to agree."

She'd been standing on the roof, smoking, some restless nights when she couldn't sleep. It was calming.

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"Why don't you like the quiet?" Jonas wondered. "If there's even a reason. I know some people just prefer noises and sound. I always liked quiet. It allowed me time to think."

[vanillajello]

"I don't know, I just like music a lot, and sound in general."

She paused for a moment, then added, "And maybe I just don't like thinking." It was said jokingly, but something about the tone seemed to suggest there was some truth to it.

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Jonas picked up on that tone and nodded, deciding not to question it further. "I suppose, if it's too quiet, your mind has the opportunity to think some rather strange things. I found myself wondering about things that can be made into sandwiches the other day."

[vanillajello]

Kate chuckled softly. "That's not strange, that's just useful! Did you come up with anything interesting?"

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"...ice cream?" Yeah, he had a one track mind sometimes. "I don't think it'd work very well though."

[vanillajello]

"No, I don't think it would," she agreed. "There are ice cream sandwiches, though. But they're not at all like sandwiches, really."

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"They're are?" For someone who had a brother obsessed with ice cream, he'd yet to hear about these. "They use actual bread?"

[vanillajello]

"No, they're more like two cookies with ice cream between them," she explained. "Which is really just pure genious. No way you can go wrong with cookies and ice cream."

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"That sounds like a lot of sugar," he said and grinned. "I didn't know those were an actual sandwich. I might have to try one. Do they use different types of ice cream?"

[vanillajello]

"Different flavors. Mostly vanilla, though." She grinned. "A lot of sugar is a good thing."

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"My brother would be a fan of yours," he said and laughed. "Nonetheless, I still want to go and find a package of those now. They sound good and make me feel less foolish for thinking of ice cream on a sandwich."

[vanillajello]

"Your brother must be a smart kid," Kate grinned. "And nothing foolish about ice cream on a sandwich. That's how new stuff gets thought up."