[Network Video]

[doubled_speed]

Hey all!

[Are you shocked to see Tommy? Probably not. Someone said something about cooking, of course he's going to weigh in. At least the video is a rather stationary thing, his comm clearly propped up on a counter in the diner's kitchen.]

I don't know about you, but I'm in for the idea of us getting some good food in us. Maybe we can talk too when we're there? If we're going.

Anyway, gonna say that the diner is pretty stocked up and I'm happy to be prep assistant on any cooking in the Diner. Just remember Diner Rules. Don't be a dick and all of that.

And anyone cooking has to promise to help carry their own shit to the thing.

[Says the guy currently, on screen, cutting a tuber with enough speed that his hands are a literal blur.]

So, uh, food time? We could use it?

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[doubled_speed]

"Oh hell yeah. Sometimes on purpose," he says with a smirk. Billy doubting himself can sometimes be averted by reminding him he's going to be happily married.

[crystalmaster]

"Oh, of course," Radley smirks. Some of the Bunch liked teasing each other. Radley can be playful in his speech, but is careful about what kind of teasing he's okay with.

[doubled_speed]

"Isn't that what family is about?"

Tommy tended to think so.

[crystalmaster]

"My family wasn't, but they were also very cruel and strict," Radley said. "When I set out to find my own family, some of them liked teasing. It was the first time I'd ever actually seen it used in a non-malicious way."

[doubled_speed]

"Sounds like my parents," Tommy answered with a frown.

But yeah, he'd gotten use to that with the Young Avengers too.

[crystalmaster]

Radley winced. "It's the pits."

[doubled_speed]

That earned a bitter laugh from Tommy. That wasn't even a strong enough way to describe it.

"A bit more than that."

[crystalmaster]

"Yeah, it is," Radley said with a dark and bitter smirk. Sobering, he added, "My family eventually kicked me out. I was never good enough for them."

[doubled_speed]

Yeah, Tommy got that much too. Thing was, he wasn't going to say this out loud. He'd just hate to open up so soon.

"Well, now you've got a new place, with new people to get attached to. Hope it's fun."

[crystalmaster]

Radley smiled. "Yeah, meeting new people is the best part of being here."

[doubled_speed]

Was it? Tommy didn't think so, but he wasn't going to make the guy feel like his opinion was wrong.

"Okay, so since this worked out, what's the plan? A bigger one?"

[crystalmaster]

"Well, right now I was testing things to make for the party. We did the lasagna, so there's still the potatoes," Radley muses.

[doubled_speed]

"Right, these."

Tommy goes to get the tigertubers, and cuts one open. Yep, it's stripped.

"I put them in stews or cut them up and bake them."

[crystalmaster]

Radley nods. "Let's try baking them. Is there something like butter to use when they're done?"

[doubled_speed]

Butter huh? Tommy considers.

"I don't think I have any bantha butter right now. I could go try and replicate some."

[crystalmaster]

"Sounds good." Radley opened the oven. "How long do these bake?"

[doubled_speed]

That Tommy can actually answer with a smile. "Thirty minutes normal. Less if I do it."

[crystalmaster]

"So less than normal potatoes," Radley mused. "Cool. You wanna take over?"

[doubled_speed]

"I mean, I imagine sweet potatoes take a different amount of time from potatoes."

He grabs the tubers out and grabs some tin foil to wrap around them.

"Stand back. I usually don't explode them, but better to be careful.

[crystalmaster]

"Yeah, they take longer," Radley says.

He raises an eyebrow. "Uh ... okay." He steps way back.

[doubled_speed]

Tommy smiles and raises his hands over the tubers and they start to blur. That's really all there needs to be from him. It's clear that soon after there's steam starting to come up from them just a tiny bit.

"I can affect molecules in stuff. Make them go fast."

[crystalmaster]

Radley watches in fascination. "That's really cool!"

And really dangerous if used wrong. He's glad Tommy is a good guy.

[doubled_speed]

"I've had a lot of reasons to learn a whole other way to use this skill here. Back home I never really did."

Except for popcorn. Because popcorn mattered. For now through he focused on the tubers.

"Can't do a lot like this at once, but I do it to test things sometimes."

[crystalmaster]

"Yeah, I guess overdoing it could be dangerous?" Radley mused.

He watched the tubers. "Are they done now or do they need more?"

[doubled_speed]

"Another two minutes," Tommy said. "Fetch a plate would you?"