Cafeteria: Monday Lunchtime

[kissytheface.livejournal.com]

Dandelion was a girl on a mission. What little information she had retained from the weekend was now devoted to her protecting the cafeteria from the Viking horde which would inevitably attempt to redcorate it.

Heartless Vikings.

Which is why anyone showing up for lunch today would find her guarding the entrace to the cafeteria wielding a large metal soup ladle and a colander on her head.

And no one.. NO ONE was going to make her stray from her sworn duty.

[QUESTION: How long has it been since there was a cafeteria post? ANSWER: Too long! Open post is open.]

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[mania-endless.livejournal.com]

Del wasn't sure what the heck was Dandelion was doing at the door, but whatever it was, it looked like fun.

"Eh...hi?" It was better to be polite, right?

[kissytheface.livejournal.com]

"Del!" Dandelion said in greeting. "Are you here to defend the cafeteria from the Viking horde or today's special?"

[mania-endless.livejournal.com]

"HECK YEAH!"

Dandelion didn't even need to ask, really. Of course, Del wasn't entirely sure what she had just agreed to do.

"Um...what?"

[kissytheface.livejournal.com]

"Viking horde," Dandelion said glad to have one on her team or... getting lunch. "Or Meatloaf. Either way it's a battle to the death. Or at least a minor bruise with a stomache."

[mania-endless.livejournal.com]

Del was all for the fight, but she wanted to eat as well!

"Maybe, um, meatloaf? Until a viking comes? Haven't seen those around so maybemaybemaybe they are having lunch as well?" It was a plausible idea.

[kissytheface.livejournal.com]

Plausible idea!

Dandelion turned to look into the cafeteria. Thus far there were no horned helmets, bearded folk or someone wielding a giant hammer and making it thunder and rain while riding in a cart pulled by goats.

However if there was one thing Dandelion knew is that Vikings were CUNNING.

"Good," she said keeping one eye on the tables and another on the hallway. "You keep an eye out for Viking hordes inside and I'll look for them out here. You can tell a viking by their atrocious table manners and dumb helmets."

[squire-hand.livejournal.com]

There was an armored lass standing in the way between James of Krondor and Food.

"Hello?" Friendly. Polite. A grin to win over anyone.

[kissytheface.livejournal.com]

Dandelion on the other hand? Rather suspicious.

"Are you a viking?" she demanded to know.

[squire-hand.livejournal.com]

"I don't know," he asked, staying well out of range of the ladle. "What is a viking?"

[kissytheface.livejournal.com]

"Only the most savage and evil group of people only known to man!" she declared as she marched back and forth. "Except for squirrels. Those f#$%ers have no souls."

[squire-hand.livejournal.com]

"I'm no viking," he stated, following her as she marched.

She seemed as if she'd already loaded up on sugar.

[kissytheface.livejournal.com]

"Are you a squirrel?" She asked suspiciously.

[boywonder03.livejournal.com]

All Tim wanted to do was get some food. "Uh. Hi," he said. "Is there something wrong in there?"

[kissytheface.livejournal.com]

"Vikings," Dandelion said enigmatically. "Cunning vikings."

Yeah, that was pretty much her explanation.

[boywonder03.livejournal.com]

"They're serving soup?" Tim asked.

[kissytheface.livejournal.com]

"No," she said gravely. "They want to redecorate."

Clearly this was the end of the world as far as Dandelion was concerned.

[boywonder03.livejournal.com]

"Clearly a horror we must prevent," Tim said.

[abitlegless.livejournal.com]

Look, it was purely coincidence Hiccup was here. He'd had no idea the crazy girl was going to be ...guarding the cafeteria. He grinned a huge grin, then schooled his face to something approximating seriousness.

It was only a shame he hadn't brought a shield or two.

"Curses!" he exclaimed. "You've foiled my savage Viking cunning with your figuring out that lunch time might find me in a place where they have food!" This was complete with dramatic hand gestures. "Whatever will I do now to ruthlessly inflict my Norse heritage on this unsuspecting school?"

[kissytheface.livejournal.com]

Dandelion waved her soup ladle in their triumphantly!

"Yes! I win! I am the champion and other lyrics from cool Queen songs that are relevant to this discussion!" she declared.

[abitlegless.livejournal.com]

Hiccup? Had no idea what she was talking about, but since that pretty much summed up their relationship to this point, he didn't worry about it.

He bowed his head, feigning defeat. "It's true, I've been bested and must hang my mighty Viking head in shame." Which also helped hide the fact that his grin very much wanted to make an appearance. "At least tell me your name, so you may be sung about in Viking sagas as the defender of the cafeteria?"

[kissytheface.livejournal.com]

"I am Dandelion Naizen," she announced. "And I care not for your Viking sagas!"

...

"Unless I'm revered and honored. I might be agreeable to that."

[abitlegless.livejournal.com]

"Oh, revered and honoured, definitely. Lots of honour, veritable boatloads of honour," he promised. "I, Hiccup, mighty Viking, promise to tell everyone in my village about you."

And that was a promise he'd be keeping.

"...so, any chance you'll let me in the cafeteria now?"

[Now I must away to work!]

[ostianbelle.livejournal.com]

Asuna entered the cafeteria in search of food, she wasn't very particular either, any food would do.

[kissytheface.livejournal.com]

"Whoa! Hold on there!" Dandelion said as the girl passed by. "Don't you know there's an imminent Viking invasion?"

[ostianbelle.livejournal.com]

"Invasion? What invasion?" Asuna asked, turning around.