Cupcake War Crimes, Take 2, Thursday [8/11]

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Things looked normal in the Home Ec classroom this week. Hopefully even your TA was fully recovered from her bout of greyness. None of this week’s cupcakes were grey either, though you wouldn’t be able to tell that yet since they were all still covered.

"I hope everyone is well," Stark said, looking over the students after they arrived. "Recovered from last week. Everything that happened. And if there’s anything we can help with," yes, he was volunteering Anders for support services too, "please, let us." If nothing else, you know these two will offer baked goods.

Anders gave Stark a surprised look for just a second, but he was all right with being volunteered, he supposed. "And I’m just gonna throw this out there so you know before trying it yourselves in a situation. If you’re gonna use old stale cupcakes as a weapon, aim carefully, and be ready to run if they decide your ammo’s tasty." He cleared his throat and uncovered a large tray of chocolate-based cupcakes. "These are -- tasty in theory, but maybe the idea that chocolate makes everything better ain’t all it’s cracked up to be. What do you guys think?"

To be fair, the dark chocolate cupcake with the caramel cumin buttercream frosting looked pretty good, and the maple syrup cupcake with brown sugar smoked bacon . . . well, bacon did make everything better, right? On the other hand, there was that chocolate cupcake coated in potato chips, and the one with the jalapeno on top. It was really a mixed bag -- or plate, more accurately.

"Chocolate or bacon," Anders went on, snagging one of the maple syrup and bacon cupcakes for himself. "That’s your discussion for the day, and there’s plenty of both in with the ingredients when you get to baking."

Comments

Re: Talk to the Teachers [CWC, 8/11]

[stykera]

"Eating is a good thing," Stark said. Especially eating cupcakes. "And the memories get easier to deal with. It just takes time."

Re: Talk to the Teachers [CWC, 8/11]

[heromaniac]

"Really?" She scratched her cheek, her face revealing a bit of worry-slash-hope. "I hope so? It totally took me forever" and a full night of drinking "to eat and not think of... what I did."


[gah! I thought I posted this hours ago!]

Re: Talk to the Teachers [CWC, 8/11]

[stykera]

"It just takes time," Stark assured her. "You just have to remember that it was never really you doing what you did. And remind yourself. Sometimes there needs to be a lot of reminding. But it's good you're eating now. Not eating wouldn't help. And it's hard to be surrounded by cupcakes and not be able to eat any."

Re: Talk to the Teachers [CWC, 8/11]

[heromaniac]

Momoko gave him a wry grin. "Totally not hard when you're afraid that they'll all taste like fresh blood. But now it's all there, just not right there."

She hesitated, but really wanted to know the answer to one thing: "Does it go away?"

Re: Talk to the Teachers [CWC, 8/11]

[stykera]

Blood-flavored cupcakes were a horrible thought. "That would make them less appealing," Stark agreed. Because, really, eww.

He hesitated before answering the question. "It gets better. And easier to not think about and easier to deal with when you do think of it. But it never really goes away. Not completely." He had things in his head that were quite firmly squashed down, but they were still there. "The same as any bad memories. Any pain. It lessens. It improves. But it doesn't disappear. I'm sorry. I wish it did."

Re: Talk to the Teachers [CWC, 8/11]

[heromaniac]

That was totally not what she wanted to hear, professor.

"Ah ah. It's totally not fair, having to keep memories that aren't even mine." She sighed, but put her smile back on. "But at least I'm back to being the real me."

"And eating cupcakes again!"