Intermezzi Seconda: Cinco de Mayo

[ooeeooahah]

Ilsa is doing her errands, but today, that means a trip to the grocery and cooking most of the day.

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[heartstar_blues]

[He is walking around with a cart that is mostly empty except for a bottle of wine and a bag of potato chips.

He's frowning at a list that he obviously did not write. Looking around and wandering the store.]

[ooeeooahah]

Captain?

[ Taking in his confusion at the list, she asks ]

Need help?

[heartstar_blues]

No, I'm fine.

[No he's not.]

[ooeeooahah]

All that and a bag of chips?

You're sure?

[heartstar_blues]

... no.

[ooeeooahah]

May I help?

[heartstar_blues]

Sure...

[Oh so reluctant.]

[ooeeooahah]

[ She smiles, and cranes her head to look at the list. ]

[heartstar_blues]

[[It's more a paragraph than a list. Instead of itemizing it they just sorta wrote what they wanted and why down.

This sort of thing for this sort of meal type of deal.

He'll hand it to her.]]

[ooeeooahah]

Let's see what we can make of this...

[ Scans the paragraph for the components ]

Not so much a list as an ode.

[heartstar_blues]

A what now?

[ooeeooahah]

Someone wrote a letter instead of a list...

[ Ilsa frowns at the paper, reading and muttering. ]

Let's see what they actually want.

[heartstar_blues]

[[It really is mostly a recipe, the ingredients are in the paragraph.]]

Yeah, it's annoying.

[ooeeooahah]

Not a problem, once we comb out the important parts.

[ Ilsa will reach for the nearest thing on the list and put a check-mark beside the item in the second sentence. ]

That one was easy, let's see about the rest of them.

[ She's going to drag The Captain through the rest of the store, to collect the rest of the list. ]

[ When there is a choice of brands, she asks: ]

All right, do either of these look familiar? Like something that was in the house before?

[heartstar_blues]

Uhh... yeah I wouldn't know. Go with whatever you think is best.

[He'll follow her lead easily enough.]

[ooeeooahah]

[ She nods, and chooses the last of the items. ]

There! You're all set!