A Breadly Situation

by **Elena Rousseau** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 12:14 pm

Elena had commandeered a section of a small kitchenette in the dorm building. The microwave, which had occupied most of the counter, had been removed from its space on the counter and set out of the way and she had a cloth spread out in the place as she worked some dough. Every once in a while there was a brief "whoomph" noise as one of her hands glowed, one of her kinetic blasts at low power adding some extra force to the kneading. The smell of baking bread was coming from the small oven.

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by **Teri Napliotis** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 12:24 pm

"This smells great." Teri says, wandering into the kitchen, chewing on an energy bar.

by **Elena Rousseau** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 12:33 pm

"What's in the oven is almost ready," Elena said, glancing over her shoulder. "You're welcome to some if you want some."

by **Teri Napliotis** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 12:46 pm

"Thanks. Can we help with anything?"

by **Elena Rousseau** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 12:50 pm

"Hrm," Elena said, looking around for a moment, her hands continuing to work without her having to look at them. "That bowl," she said, briefly pointing at a large mixing bowl, "needs to be washed and dried."

by **Teri Napliotis** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 12:58 pm

"Sure thing." she says and turns on the faucet. "We'd feel bad just sitting there, eating your bread."

by **Elena Rousseau** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 1:06 pm

"We'd?" Elena asked, looking around for more of her that she hand't seen immediately.

by **Teri Napliotis** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 1:20 pm

"Yeah. There's lots of us." she says.

"I'd show you but there's not much room here and you probably wouldn't like us around your food..."

by **Elena Rousseau** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 1:28 pm

"Ah," Elena said, "My name is Elena. I think I've seen you a couple of times since the term started."

by **Teri Napliotis** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 1:31 pm

She nods and dries off the cleaned bowl. "We're still getting to know people."

by **Elena Rousseau** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 2:28 pm

Elena smiled, "I find that I know of people, but I do not know very many people."

by **Teri Napliotis** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 2:33 pm

"Yes! Well, we haven't been here very long. I'm sure we'll know everybody eventually." she smiles brightly.

by **Elena Rousseau** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 6:51 pm

"You're already off to a good start," Elena said with a laugh, taking the bowl and tossing the dough into it before covering it.

by **Teri Napliotis** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 6:57 pm

"And no one has freaked out or anything. That is nice."

by **Elena Rousseau** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 7:06 pm

"Many of us went through our freak out stage in high school," she said, slipping on oven mitts and pulling the loaf of bread out of the oven, sliding another pan with prepared dough in to cook.

by **Teri Napliotis** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 7:11 pm

"We never freaked out. Everyone else did though. We guess that made us worry for a while. Does that count as freaking out? Because we are still not entirely sure what His plan for us is."

by **Elena Rousseau** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 8:39 pm

"Some mutations are harder for others to get used to," Elena said, taking the hot bread out of the pan to let it sit for a moment.

by **Teri Napliotis** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 8:42 pm

"Especially when everyone thinks they must have angered God to be 'cursed' with our presence."

by **Elena Rousseau** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 10:38 pm

"What do they know though? This is just the way we are." She took out a bread knife and started slicing the fresh loaf.

by **Teri Napliotis** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 10:45 pm

"Oh, God has a plan for all of us." she nods.

by **Elena Rousseau** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 9:49 am

"If you believe in that sort of thing, sure," Elena said, passing a slice of hot bread to Teri.

by **Teri Napliotis** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 10:50 pm

"Oh. You don't?" she says, taking the bread and nibbling on it politely. Mainly because she feels it'd be rude to tear into it like she wants to.

by **Elena Rousseau** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 7:53 am

She cut a slice of bread for herself and chewed thoughtfully before answering. "In the specific God you're talking about? It isn't precisely that I don't believe... how to put it... If there is a God, it's unlikely that I would know it, and if there isn't one, it's unlikely that I would know that as well. There may be something out there and if there is, maybe it watches over us or maybe it just watches. Either way, daily concerns are more pressing."

by **Teri Napliotis** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 11:43 am

"It's up to everyone to decide if or how they want to believe. For some it takes longer than for others."

by **Elena Rousseau** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 11:53 am

"My parents were always very adamant about thinking things through. Whether I believed or not was less important than my having thought through what it was that I believed."

by **Teri Napliotis** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 12:52 pm

"Then we're sure you'll come to the right conclusion at some point." she smiles.

"The bread is very nice, by the way. Thank you."

by **Elena Rousseau** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 1:01 pm

"Another gift from my parents. I grew up in a bakery, so learning to bake was a given."

by **Teri Napliotis** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 1:07 pm

"Where we grew up most things were still made fresh and by hand. It just tastes better that way."

by **Elena Rousseau** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 1:11 pm

"Where did you grow up?" Elena asked, cutting another slice of bread, just in case Teri wanted another slice.

by **Teri Napliotis** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 1:13 pm

"A small town in Greece. More of a village maybe."

by **Elena Rousseau** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 11:49 am

"We went to Greece on vacation once. It was beautiful."

by **Teri Napliotis** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 12:00 pm

"It is. We lived in the mountains by ourselves for a while. It's pretty there."

by **Elena Rousseau** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 3:40 pm

"We mostly kept to the coast, but we did visit the mountains one day. Quite a view."

by **Teri Napliotis** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 5:11 pm

She nods. "It's so different here. Colder too."

by **Elena Rousseau** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 8:33 am

"England has many faults, the cold is just one of them. That's why we have hot bread," Elena said with a grin.

by **Teri Napliotis** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 11:15 am

"That only makes sense." she chuckles, taking another slice, this one disappearing much faster than the previous one.

by **Elena Rousseau** » Mon Sep 24, 2012 9:10 am

"I want to make one last trip back to Paris before the term becomes too hectic."

by **Teri Napliotis** » Mon Sep 24, 2012 10:09 am

"That sounds nice." she says politely, not being too fond of, well, cities.

by **Elena Rousseau** » Mon Oct 15, 2012 8:56 am

Elena cut another slice for Teri, "Have you been to Paris?"

by **Teri Napliotis** » Mon Oct 15, 2012 9:05 am

"No." she shakes her head. "Only London on the way here from the airport. We didn't like that."

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