Little Moments Of Peace

[doubled_speed]

WHO: Tommy Shepherd, Wanda Maximoff, Noctis
WHERE: Twin Roses, Diner
WHAT: Connections With People
WHEN: Mid September
WARNINGS: None

Family In Our Own Way | Twin Roses, Closed to Wanda
The Twin Roses. In a way, it had grown to be home since he'd been transferred to the ship. Or home enough, what with the plants and with Wanda there. And speaking of Avengers who might be on the ship at the moment, here was Tommy, coming on with a small basket of preserved foods he intended to store in the galley for the next time they ended up in space, which he intended to refill with harvest from the hydroponics units. Of course he wasn't the only Avenger aboard today.

"Wanda," he calls out when he sees a flicker of red, and he starts to limp toward her. It's a lot less pronounced than it has been, but his leg is definitely recovering. "Hey, did Pietro ever find you?"


Nothing Fishy About This | Diner, Closed to Noctis
There was no denying that the diner was doing a lot better than it had been once, long ago. Back when this was all starting. Tommy couldn't help the flash of pride that came along with that, even if he was having other people manage it more than he was these days. But Clarice was off helping in Sh'Ka, and TOmmy couldn't go running long distances for right now, so he just took over her shifts here.

And this afternoon he was working hard at not only preparing for upcoming meals, but working on his latest project of trying to make jars of jelly. He'd gotten jars from the replicator and had to hope that this was going to work.

"Okay," he said, setting aside his berry puree. "What's the next step."


[OOC: If you'd like a closed interaction with Tommy this month, please let me know. Otherwise I've got a handwave comment at the top and you can think about Handwaved CR for the month.]

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[fatedsacrifice]

Noctis came in with a bunch of fish. But unlike the last time he was here, the fish were all cleaned and pretty much ready to sauté' and eat. It was something that he liked back home, freshwater fish and hot sandwiches.

Today he had promised Tommy that he would show up and bring in as many fish as he had caught and of course he had wrapped them as carefully as he could and had taken a shower first before arriving.

But as he stepped in, he saw Tommy looking at a pie and he stopped. "Next step in what?"

[doubled_speed]

Well hey there. Tommy smiled to see Noctis walk in, especially with the promised fish. He wiped his hands on a cloth and waved.

"I'm trying to make jelly. I'm not sure if I'm going well."

[fatedsacrifice]

Setting the fish down in a good spot, Noctis looked at the jelly and then looked back at Tommy. And here he couldn't help but give a small smile. "So you're waiting for it to tell you what to do?"

He couldn't resist picking on the kid a little bit, but only just a little.

[doubled_speed]

"No, I'm trying to remember," Tommy answered, shaking his head. But it's not coming yet. He'll have to message some of the more experienced people later. For now he sets it aside.

"Fish, I've got plans for those."

[fatedsacrifice]

It was interesting to see someone so focused on cooking. He hadn't seen that in..well a very long time. So he had to just shake his head with a smile and began focusing on handing the fish over. He was silently proud of himself now that he knew how to clean his catches but just gave them over to Tommy.

"Are they going to be enough?"

[doubled_speed]

Dude, he's no Ignis. It's going to be disappointing to put him up on that level.

But he cleared aside the last things and took out a cutting board.

"Gonna cut it up and bake it I think. And I'll just let people know we have a limited amount today. Still more than we had a while ago."

[fatedsacrifice]

"Do you need some help?" Noct asked. Being back here and realizing everything that everyone back home had done for him was a sobering thought. And he realized how much he took people for granted even if he hadn't ever meant to.

[doubled_speed]

"Well, you ever work with fish before?" Tommy asked, moving to take out a knife that he's been told by Clarice is good for cutting fish up. "If so, then yes. Totally."

[fatedsacrifice]

"Ya, I have." It was refreshing to admit something of his past, even if it was only a little detail like that. He had worked as a part time sushi chef so he knew a little bit here and there. Cutting up the fish was something that he knew.

[doubled_speed]

"Other than catching them and cleaning them?" Tommy asked, starting to make a filet of the first fish.

[fatedsacrifice]

"I was a sushi chef, and we had to cut the fish per instructions. Is that qualified enough?"

Noct wasn't sure if Tommy was going to let him help, but hey he was trying.

[doubled_speed]

"I mean, don't you guys make smaller pieces?"

But if he knew how to filet a fish, then Tommy was absolutely making use of him. It would be the best thing for them both.

"Because I could let you do it quite happily."

[fatedsacrifice]

Noctis nodded. "Yup, but the preparation sometimes had us make filets out of the whole fish in order to cut them down smaller. Plus I had time on a road trip while travelling with friends. If he needed an extra set of hands for meals he asked me." It wasn't work he liked doing so when it came to being on the road and Ignis usually handled it all.

But there were times he did ask for help with breakfast or dinner though it was usually breakfast because that was Ignis trying to get him into the habit of getting up early. And even though the advisor cleaned the catch, he still helped with fish since as Ignis put it 'he had experience.'

He them smiled. "I'm more than happy to help."

[doubled_speed]

Wow, that was a thing. Tommy smiled and handed over the knife so he could focus on the fruit instead. Because if the guy could do this and had more experience, Tommy was totally letting him do that. He smiled and looked back to his berries.

"Good, get to cutting, Noctipus, because dinner isn't going to grill itself. Maybe I can steam some veg for this."

[fatedsacrifice]

Noctis had to laugh. "What is it with you and your nicknames?" Fortunately the guys weren't here to pick up on them because he was more than sure that they would repeat these back to him.

He didn't mind them though because only one person was using them and if they were Tommy's way of picking on him, he could live with that much. So he washed his hands and then after drying them he picked the knife up and grabbed a piece of fish to start working.

[doubled_speed]

The dude was really asking. Only one other person here had bothered to before, and so Tommy was a bit shocked. Wasn't even something he wanted to explain right now, so he smiled instead. Dude was not ready for that level of honesty. Neither of them were.

"What, you got a problem with it? I think Noctipus is a good one. You caught fish, you're Noctis, and you sorta use your sword throwing blinking whatever to grab distance you can't otherwise get. Right?"

And Nocty Fishy wasn't as good as Noctipus. It really just wasn't.

Tommy moved a step away to let Noct work.

"So, sushi, means you don't know how to season fish, right?"

[fatedsacrifice]

"No no problem, but you win." Noctis replied putting his hands up in a sort of mock surrender. He couldn't help but laugh along the way though, the 'Noctipus' was just hilarious and his guys would definitely get a kick out of it too if they were here.

He was still chuckling good naturedly as he picked up a knife and looked over at Tommy. "Not sure if you want to count sides as spices. But on the side we had wasabi and soy sauce, but those things weren't on the fish itself." Rolls he didn't count because they were wrapped rice and seaweed.

Things went on top but that was another thing.

[doubled_speed]

"So yeah, I need to think of a way to season. Maybe bread and fry them?" Tommy said because he didn't know what to do beyond fish sticks. He wished someone who knew better was here. Someone like Clarice.

But hey, she was off doing things in the other town that he couldn't right now.

[fatedsacrifice]

"Fry or sauté." Noctis replied, thinking of how he liked them. "I've also known people who make fish sandwiches." That came with a shrug. He would suggest a stir fry, but veggies were not on his list of things that he liked. And the veggies here were still pretty questionable.

[doubled_speed]

Well those were definitely options. Better than baking too, because he knew how to fry things. More or less.

"Alright then, frying it is. I'll get the oil. And breading crumbs."

[fatedsacrifice]

Noctis looked up from his knife work briefly and smiled. If Tommy could cook the fish well, he'd sit here all damn night and work so he could eat. Things were different now and he wondered where his guys were and if they were doing alright back home. And in a way it was if he was working in Iggy's seafood restaurant.

"What are you making with it?"

[seeingscarlet]

Wanda's quick to run to Tommy's side, either to help support him or take the basket from him, whatever his pride will allow her to do. "Yes. Once you're feeling better you two will be running circles around me." And honestly? It's almost all she's ever wanted and she's looking forward to having her hands full. The only person missing is Vision...but she has most of her boys and she has her brother back. It's enough.

"Where is this going?"

[doubled_speed]

At the moment, his pride is a bit less fragile than it normally was, though he knew the basket was heavy enough to be a bit much unless she rolled out freaky mind powers. Better just to throw an arm over her shoulder when she approached and offered the support.

"I'm pretty sure I could still run circles around you, Wanda. I can practically run them around Pietro and I'm injured. Poor guy, he's going to have to live with not being the fastest. And, uh, galley."

[doubled_speed]

Wow, way to assume that the fish is going to get cooked well by Tommy. NOPE. He's just going to his best and it will hopefully be okay.

"I've got some veggies I'll steam, and some stuff that is sorta like rice and sorta not?"

[fatedsacrifice]

"Right." Noctis replied, recalling some of the agriculture stuff. Food sure was weird around here and he'd made sure to take that topic because of being afraid of eating the wrong thing and being sick.