002 - Voice/Action

[lostinmyway]

[If you pass by a certain house today, you're certain to notice the smell of baking. It wafts through an open window, through which you can also hear the sound of cheerful humming, occasionally punctuated by long pauses and murmured words along that lines of, "Now what was I doing

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[markofthewise]

[Sokka is passing by and he happens to know this house. Surely this must be Shirley baking. And yes, that pun actually occurred to him in his head. He'll have to save it for when he sees her. He's just going to creep up to the window so he can surprise her, because that's totally reasonable.]

[lostinmyway]

[There's no way Grune is going to notice him until he talks to her, and maybe not even then. So she just keeps bustling around.]

Now, let me see….

[markofthewise]

[He'll just pop up in the window.]

Hey Shirl- [Wait...] Huh?

[lostinmyway]

[Grune is completely unfazed by the jack-in-the-boy suddenly appearing at her window.] Good morning!

[markofthewise]

[She actually looks vaguely familiar, because they talked once. In a different time, a different Grune. But he's not quite recalling that at the moment.]

... uh, hi. You live here?

[lostinmyway]

Yes, I do. It's a nice house.

[markofthewise]

Well... yeah, I guess. I thought Shirley and Fenimore lived here alone with Sophie. [He didn't realize there was a responsible adult around...]

[lostinmyway]

[There isn't.] Oh, no. I live here, too.

[markofthewise]

[... oh. Well then.] What are you making?

[lostinmyway]

Hmm.... Let me see....

[markofthewise]

... don't you already know?

[lostinmyway]

Oh, I know. [She's just forgotten...halfway through baking.]

[markofthewise]

[Waiting for the answer...] So... what is it?

[lostinmyway]

[She looks around the kitchen, searching for inspiration. Her gaze lands on a plate of biscuits.] Was I making these? I wonder.

[markofthewise]

... probably? [He gives her a puzzled look.] Did you hurt your head or something?

[lostinmyway]

No, my head feels just fine.