Cafeteria // Monday Lunchtime

[it-bit-me.livejournal.com]

It was just another ordinary day in the Fandom High cafeteria. The lunch special was the macaroni, the juice tasted a little funny (which was really no different from the norm), the snickerdoodles were to be avoided, and...

Well, somewhere over the course of the night, they appeared to have gotten in a shipment of peaches. Crates filled with them. More peaches than they could possibly give away, without cooking them up into something. And so, one of the school cooks had come up with the brilliant idea to make a cobbler out of them all.

That was naturally a far better dessert choice than the snickerdoodles, wasn't it? And there was plenty to go around! Eat hardy, kids!

[OOC: OCD FREEEEEEEEEE!!! This is, of course, the place to go if you want to get your fill of peach cobbler before the Masquerade this evening. There should be other posts going up during the course of the day in town with peachy goodness as well, if eating lunch in the school caf isn't your thing. Open for all of your lunchy needs!]

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[didntchewgrass.livejournal.com]

Elphaba normally was a bit picky about her eating habits in the cafeteria. However, the almost siren call-like smell of the cobbler made her have some. She didn't even ask if there were any milk or eggs in the recipe, it smelled that good.

So she sat down to eat, and savored each bite. Of course, she wouldn't mind company with her lunch.

[trigons_child]

Raven hadn't slept since last night when she'd realized Karla was gone. She'd listened to the radio and learned others were missing as well, though Bobby and Karla were at the top of her list of priorities. She'd searched the island with both her Soul-Self and her gifts but couldn't find them. The labyrinth had to have something to do with their disappearances, but she still couldn't fly over it.

She forced herself to stop in the cafeteria to grab some food at least. And she had to admit, that peach cobbler smelled delicious.

[life_inshadow]

Tara rarely went to the cafeteria, but today the cobbler smelled flat-out amazing. She barely picked at the macaroni, but she went back for a second order of peachy goodness.

She was pretty sure something weird -- in the bad way -- was going on outside. But, for now, all she could do was eat baked goods and hope she was wrong.

[shyest-eyes.livejournal.com]

Between radio saying quite dismaying things and Warren being a parakeet again, could it really be a surprise that Hinata was choosing to skip out of staying entirely in the dorms on a free day? Cat in tow, she wandered in to the cafeteria.

Besides, she was hungry. And the cobbler was delicious.

[life_inshadow]

"Hey Raven," Tara said, wandering over. "You, uh. Look kinda worried."

Which matched Tara well, since Tara looked kinda worried. She just had less specific reasons than Raven.

[brat-intraining.livejournal.com]

All right, seriously, was it at all a surprise that at some point you'd find Kennedy where the food was? Normally she was pickier about the food, but she didn't feel like going back out into town after everything on her run this morning had looked off, and when she'd caught a whiff of the dessert it had sealed the deal.

She did eat a good portion of the macaroni, albeit in a desultory sort of way, but the peach cobbler? That was getting demolished in fine, ravenous style. A lot of it.

[therewaslife]

Since Bod was in the area today, he stopped by the lunchroom. At first, he bypassed the peach cobbler but it just smelled so good he couldn't help himself and ended up eating several helpings.

[trigons_child]

"People are missing," Raven said, staring down at her plate. She'd had a few bites of the peach cobbler and it was delicious, and she was trying to force herself to have more to keep her strength up. "Bobby...Karla."

[life_inshadow]

"Oh no," Tara said softly, as she mashed a bit of peach into mush. "It's not ... one of those things where somebody's in trouble and they all run off, is it?"

The crazy part was that that seemed preferable.

[trigons_child]

"I think there is something on the island this time," Raven said, glancing out the windows in the direction of town. "I saw some sort of structure last night that had not been there before, but it prevented me from flying over it. And then I could not sense Karla anywhere, nor Bobby. But you and Kennedy and Jono and Sookie are all still here." At least the last time she'd checked.

[life_inshadow]

"Can you check for Kennedy?" Tara asked immediately, then bit her lip in concern. "Or is that a rude thing to ask?"

[OOC: Did you know it helps when I hit post?]

[trigons_child]

Raven closed her eyes, reaching out with her empathy to sense for Kennedy. Her friends were usually easy to find amongst the chaos of emotions in Fandom because she was so familiar with their particular "flavor," and it helped soothe her nerves a little and stave off panic to find them still safe.

She opened her eyes and smiled at Tara. "Kennedy is close by," she said. Then she got a flash of something else and blushed. "And she is thinking of you."


[Yeah, blame Shanie for that. ;) ]

[rilla-myrilla.livejournal.com]

It was still novel for Rilla to eat fruits out of season, and the peach cobbler smelled positively divine.

She ate three servings, feeling quite sure that Susan would understand.

[life_inshadow]

Tara blushed a bit. "Well," she said. "That's ... something. But I hope Karla and Bobby are okay. The whole thing about the new building doesn't sound good."

[trigons_child]

"It cannot be a coincidence that this structure has appeared and our friends have vanished," Raven said, poking at her peach cobbler. For some reason she found it soothing to keep eating it. "Perhaps they have been taken inside. There must be some sort of entrance, though I could not see it while I attempted to fly over it."

[life_inshadow]

Tara frowned and ate even more of the cobbler. She, too, found it unusually compelling.

"I wonder if we have anybody with x-ray vision," she mused. "Or we could send people in. Maybe we should get all of the reserves groups together and make a plan."

[trigons_child]

"I think it would be wise to combine our efforts," Raven said, taking another bite. "I have been sorely tempted to go in myself, but I have forced myself to wait." Just barely; part of her was still screaming to storm the walls and it was all she could do to keep herself calm. "We have no idea what lies behind the walls and a variety of skills may be useful."

[life_inshadow]

"Definitely smarter to have back-up," Tara said, but apprehensively.Raven's anxiety was apparent. "Will you be okay until then? No running off and doing something crazy?"

[trigons_child]

"When those I care for are in danger, it brings out the best in me...and the worst," Raven said. She could hear her father whispering that she was a fool to wait for guidance on what to do instead of going after Karla and Bobby herself, but she ignored him.

"I will not go in alone," she said. "Professor Skywalker would be cross with me." His approval or lack therof was always good motivation.

[life_inshadow]

"There is a lot of best in you," Tara said firmly, as if she was making it more true by saying it. "And I? Would totally pout at you, too, if Professor Skywalker was busy. So would Karla. So there."

[ancientbschamp.livejournal.com]

Gabrielle felt she'd earned a good meal today after her library shift; still humming to herself, she was digging into a dish of peach cobbler with relish.

. . . not that kind of relish. Just the figurative kind, but a lot of it. A whole figurative jar's worth, even.

[trigons_child]

"Thank you," Raven murmured, trying to take strength from Tara's faith. She tried to smile. "I would not wish you to do that, or to have Karla upset with me when we get her back."

She covered her mouth as she felt a yawn coming on. "I did not sleep last night," she said. "I think it is starting to catch up with me."

[life_inshadow]

"You should go take a nap if you're tired," Tara said. "Or meditate. Take your mind off this until we know more."

[trigons_child]

"I am too anxious to sleep," Raven said, finishing what was left of her cobbler. It was too good to toss away. "But perhaps meditation will calm my mind. Will you come find me if you hear anything?"

[talks-backwards.livejournal.com]

Food, if anything, should calm her down, right? Peach cobbler, alright, she was repeating out of exasperation.

"This stuff is actually good." Way to go, cafeteria.

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

Sookie was exhausted, her eyes faintly red-rimmed as she wandered into the cafeteria. She wasn't hungry, but she knew that if she didn't eat, she'd be useless. And honestly, there was something about that cobbler that made her feel just the littlest bit better. It reminded her of home.

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

"You look how I feel," Sookie offered softly, wandering over to Raven.

[trigons_child]

Raven stood up to offer Sookie a hug, one she needed just as much to accept as to give. After she'd realized Karla was gone, she'd checked for her other friends and found Bobby missing from her empathic radar, and the radio had only confirmed it. "We will find them," she promised.

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

Sookie clung pretty tightly for a moment. "I can't hear them," she sighed softly. "I guess you can't either?"

Raven would know what she meant by that.

[trigons_child]

Raven hugged Sookie tightly and shook her head. "I cannot," she said. "Not any of them." She'd even checked for Emma.

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

"Which means they're real far," she sighed, wanting to just beat her head into things at this point. "...I mean, I hope. That's the best option."

She wasn't going to consider alternatives.

[trigons_child]

"There is a structure that appeared on the island yesterday," Raven said. "It had very high walls -- I could not see inside of it, for when I tried to fly over it it somehow misdirected me. I cannot help but think that this cannot be a coincidence. It must have something to do with those who have vanished."

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

Sookie's eyes went wide. "You think they're in there?"

[trigons_child]

"It protected itself with magic when I tried to inspect it," Raven said, nodding. "If it could do such a thing, it could possibly block us from sending Bobby and Sookie, and them from contacting us."

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

Sookie considered for a moment, then drew herself up a little. "I'm going in, then."

Um, clearly not, considering she hadn't slept and looked like a strong breeze would do her in.

[life_inshadow]

"Only if you promise to do the same for me," Tara said. "See you tomorrow if not before."

[trigons_child]

"Sookie, no," Raven said, grabbing for her hands, even though part of her was screaming to do the same, tear the walls apart and find Karla and Bobby and make whatever had taken them pay. "We need time to plan, to find out what we need to do."

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

"We should go in together," Sookie suggested, eyes wild. "Between you and me, we can take anything that comes along."

[trigons_child]

"I will," Raven said. "If I learn anything the first people I will tell will be you and Dolf and...." She caught herself before she said Karla. "And Professor Skywalker, of course," she finished instead.

"Tomorrow," she said, nodding to Tara and sending her a wave of reassurance that she somehow managed to pull from within herself.

[trigons_child]

"We could," Raven heard herself saying even though she was trying to shake her head. "I could teleport us inside. We could get them out...."

You could and you must, Daughter, her father whispered. How dare this intruder take what is yours? Find them, make them pay the price of defiance.

[angelo_wings]

Rinoa was a little unnerved by the news of the radio last night. Maybe it was one of those odd little temporary strangenesses that Fandom seemed to specialize in?

Skipping lunch wouldn't do anything to help those nagging worries, so she made sure to stop by the cafeteria and fill up her tray. Including a slice of the yummy peach cobbler. Way better than she expected from the cafeteria, she had to say.

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

Sookie nodded eagerly. "We could do it! I bet we'd be able to find 'em, too, once we were in!"

[trigons_child]

She'd told Tara she wouldn't run off foolishly, but if Kennedy was missing, she'd want to go in, too, wouldn't she? "Very well," she said. "We will go, and we will find them."

Do not let these mortals stand in your way, Daughter. Take what you want.