Gilbert Kinkaid Walker (veryperceptive) wrote in dc_nextgen,
@ 2011-04-13 22:57:00

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With eyes completely open, but nervous all the same (Eli)
A decent, mild beef curry is sizzling on the stove while something chocolate bakes in the oven in GK's tiny basement kitchenette. Turning everything off for a bit, he looks over his clothes to make sure it's all nice and clean, and goes up the stairs to outside, looking for Eli to arrive, or call for better directions.

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veryperceptive
2011-04-14 02:52 am UTC (link)

"Yes, it is." A quick cheek kiss, and then he'll escort him into the basement.

Aside from the tiny kitchenette, from which the whole place is filled with the smell of spice and of chocolate, and the tiny bathroom, there's only the one room, separated from the kitchen only by the little counter that GK has plates and silverware set out on.

Tiny windows line the top of the walls, and bright lights line the vanity set over the small chest-of-drawers. The only other furniture in the room are a comfortable bed with an excessively old and battered Piglet doll atop the soft gray comforter, and a huge antique Victorian dollhouse, multiple stories and four feet high, behind which was a hook with an old-fashioned walking-stick hung on it.

GK hurried into the tiny kitchen. "Juice? Water? Soda?"

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	half_angel_eli 2011-04-14 03:20 am UTC (link)
	Eli looks around, keeping his wings tight to his back. The place is small enough that if he stretches them they'll likely smack into something. "Water is fine, thank you." He's going to try and behave himself properly. "It smells good in here." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	veryperceptive 2011-04-14 03:24 am UTC (link)
	"Thanks. My uncle keeps trying to show my how to do curry right, and I've been getting the hang of it as best I can. Hope it turned out well. The cupcakes, I'm totally confident about." He gets them each a glass of water. "Sorry it's a little cramped in here. I'm only part time at the theater, and I don't want to ask my folks for too much." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	half_angel_eli 2011-04-14 03:34 am UTC (link)
	"Who are your folks?" Eli asks. "And it's nicer than what I had." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	veryperceptive 2011-04-14 03:37 am UTC (link)
	"Mom, Grandma, and Uncle Jed. They still live in Seattle. And yeah, it's nice enough. Terrible on Uncle Jed's claustrophobia, but that just keeps Mom from forcing him to come to Star City and check on me too much, which has drawbacks and benefits all its own." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	half_angel_eli 2011-04-14 03:45 am UTC (link)
	"You ever been to Los Angeles before? I lived in the Getty Center for a while. It's like a castle on top of a hill." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	veryperceptive 2011-04-14 03:48 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah, I've been to LA plenty of times; Mom wrote her first book there -- you lived there? That's amazing." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	half_angel_eli 2011-04-14 04:06 am UTC (link)
	"Not quite. This was after the aliens attacked." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	veryperceptive 2011-04-14 04:08 am UTC (link)
	"Oh.." His face falls. "I'm sorry." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	half_angel_eli 2011-04-15 01:45 am UTC (link)
	Eli shrugs disinterestedly. "Whatcha making?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	veryperceptive 2011-04-15 01:52 am UTC (link)
	GK smiles. He's beginning to notice a lot bears repeating with Eli if you want him to remember anything. "Beef curry over rice, and chocolate cupcakes." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	half_angel_eli 2011-04-15 01:58 am UTC (link)
	It's the drugs. They screwed up his brain and short term memory. "Oh. Right. You said that, didn't you?" He sits and nurses his water. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	veryperceptive 2011-04-15 02:01 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah, but no problem. And you're okay with curry, right? It's not the fancy mouth-napalmy kind or anything." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	half_angel_eli 2011-04-15 02:06 am UTC (link)
	"Yes, I'm fine with curry. Are you always this uncertain about everything?" He says this with a gentle tease so to let GK know he's not being critical or anything about it. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	veryperceptive 2011-04-15 02:11 am UTC (link)
	GK grins sheepishly. "Not in everything, but, well, the whole 'haven't gotten a second date since Vinnie McNamara in Junior High' thing kind of clouds stuff. My last date, we didn't even get to sit down at dinner before it was ruined." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	half_angel_eli 2011-04-15 02:17 am UTC (link)
	"Really? I really thought you would have had more dates. You're hot enough. You must have had people falling all over you." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	veryperceptive 2011-04-15 03:59 am UTC (link)
	GK blushes. "Thanks. But no, the ones who are into me always either aren't my type or.... turn out to have been confused about my gender." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	half_angel_eli 2011-04-15 11:18 pm UTC (link)
	Eli flicks a glance up and down GK again. "Oh, yeah, I guess I could see that." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	veryperceptive 2011-04-15 11:24 pm UTC (link)
	GK blushes. "Yeah." Then he starts serving the food. "Hungry?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	half_angel_eli 2011-04-16 02:03 am UTC (link)
	"Starved," he says with a flick of his wings. "Maybe you should cut your hair a little bit." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	veryperceptive 2011-04-16 03:38 am UTC (link)
	GK soon hands Eli a plate of curry and rice and sits down with another one for himself. "Eh, I tried that once, just ended up looking like -- you know Foxglove? The folk rock singer? 'Whole Wide World,' 'George's Tongue,' all that?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	half_angel_eli 2011-04-16 04:17 am UTC (link)
	"Nope! Never heard of them. Before my time." He says that rather cheerfully before taking a bite. There's a bit of chewing and he grins. "Is good." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	veryperceptive 2011-04-16 04:26 am UTC (link)
	"Well, it's great music, really good, but suffice it to say, not a helpful look for me." Then GK smiles. "Great!" And starts eating as well. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	half_angel_eli 2011-04-16 04:42 am UTC (link)
	"If you've tried, I guess you'd know." Eli shovels in a few more bites. "I feel so out of place half the time. I mean, technically, I'm eleven now. Or should be." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	veryperceptive 2011-04-16 04:44 am UTC (link)
	"That's gotta be weird. Is there a little you running around somewhere?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)