Intermezzi Undicesimi: Molti Felici Ritorni

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Action: Morning, Around Town
[ Ilsa is wandering around Mayfield, having take the day off from work. Still not impressed with the offerings a Bodine's, she's moved on to the general store, and seems to be shopping for one of her huge dinners. Care to bother her? ]

Action: Late Afternoon, 1490 Kramdan Road
[ The windows are open to the breezes, and

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Action, Kramdan Road

[catslooklikeme]

[Nall pops his furry head into the window.]

Hey, pretty lady!

Re: Action, Kramdan Road

[ooeeooahah]

Hey, Nall! How's the flying today?

[catslooklikeme]

The flying is fair. Can't complain. What are you cooking today?

[ooeeooahah]

[ Ilsa smiles and beckons him in, getting a bowl from the cabinet. ]

Just a few of my favorites tonight - chicken tetrazzini, farmer's market salad and diablo cake. What would you like to drink?

[catslooklikeme]

Some iced tea if you have it!

What's a diablo cake?

[ooeeooahah]

[ She pours him some tea, and sets it on the counter beside him. ] A variation on devil's food chocolate pound cake with a chili-chocolate ganache. And some rum.

[catslooklikeme]

Sounds yummy!

Hey, do you know how to make scones?

[ooeeooahah]

It's been a while, but I remember the basics.

[ She rotates the pans of vegetables roasting in the oven, and then pours herself some tea. ]

Southeastern biscuits are a related recipe.

[catslooklikeme]

Is it hard? You think I could learn it?

[ooeeooahah]

It just takes practice, and either hands or telekinesis.

[ Ilsa smiles, remembering that he occasionally does have hands. She skritches him behind the ears. ]

I've done sweet and savory both, but mostly I've been making just plain biscuits. Which confuses the people across the pond.

[catslooklikeme]

[Nall grins when she scratches him behind the ears.]

What pond would that be? You wouldn't think that the distance between ends of a pond would be that big a deal.

[ooeeooahah]

It's a slang term for the Atlantic Ocean. In the jet age, it only took hours to cross as opposed to days by ship.

[ She chuckles, ] There's a saying that England and America are allies divided by a common language, and there's some truth to that. Words take on separate meanings depending on the location.

[catslooklikeme]

Wow... only hours to cross an ocean? That's pretty incredible...

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Oh! Hey, wanna see something neat, Ilsa?

[ooeeooahah]

[ She chuckles, ] Sure!

[catslooklikeme]

[Nall grins hugely before transforming and pulling a collection of papers from his jacket. He extends them to Ilsa for inspection.]

They're called bromides back home. No one else in Mayfield seemed familiar with the term, but basically, people devoted pieces of art to people they respected, admired or loved. Sometimes people just passing on the street would be compelled to create a piece of art to a complete stranger, based on a certain something about them. Alex and I collected these back home, though some are more recent. I even drew one of these!

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[ Ilsa grins at his transformation, happy to finally see his human form without being half-droned or blind ]

Bromides? Unusual name, which one is yours?