Third Floor Common Room, Early Monday Afternoon

[vanillajello]

"But why do you want to make M.O.T.s?"
”Because there’s a triumph."
"But what kind of triumph?" Kate's brother's voice crackled on speakerphone from her cellphone that was on the kitchen counter.
”It was a school thing,” Kate answered, trying not to sound as evasive as she was being. ”We... won something.”
It made her brother snort. ”Since when do

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[wantstocheer]

Claire showed up in the common room and laughed. "I see we had the same idea," she said. "I was thinking that people needed sweet treats too. Need any help?"

[vanillajello]

Kate laughed. "People really do need this stuff now. You could set up the muffin trays if you'd like," she replied, mixing the batter. There was a lot of it.

"Who's that?" her brother piped up on the phone.

"It's Claire, which probably means I won't need you a lot anymore," she answered before turning towards Claire. "That's my brother Marshall."

[wantstocheer]

"Hi, Marshall!" Claire called. "Oooh, muffins. I was gonna do cookies, but muffins are even better," she said, pulling trays out of the cabinets.

[vanillajello]

"Hi Claire!" Marshall called back.

"Okay Moosh, I'm gonna hang up now. I'll call you again later, okay? Thanks for the help, bye," Kate told him and ended the call after he informed her she was going to have to tell him how people liked her - or more to the point, his muffins.

"Muffins are a kind of a thing in my family. Marshall makes Muffins of Triumph when something good happens," Kate told Claire with a little smile. "Seemed appropriate."

[thatsamilkshake]

Francine smelled baking. That wasn't her baking. This required investigation. Not because she was territorial about bready things. Because she was hungry and so tired of living off coffee and her mother's cookies, and honestly could use the company, feeling as needy of that this week as she'd been avoidant before.

"I smell something good!" she said when she poked her head in the common room door, followed by the rest of her.

[vanillajello]

"That's because there are Muffins of Triumph in the oven!" Kate said with a grin. "Hi, Francine."

[thatsamilkshake]

"Ooh, like the ones you brought with you? That was yummy."

[vanillajello]

"It's the same recipe, yes. Only those were made by my brother, and these are by me, so we'll have to see about the yummyness," she smirked.

[defeats_buses]

Prince Edward wandered in with an Effy!kitty curled languidly across his arm. She was fluffy gray with blue eyes that he swore just knew everything. It was unnerving. She was cute and purring, however, thus he was smiling.

"Greetings!"

[vanillajello]

Kate turned to look at the new arrival, mainly because she wanted to see what kind of a person actually said 'greetings'.

"Hi," she replied with a smile.

[defeats_buses]

"Oooh, I have not met you yet! How lovely!" He beamed, flashing his brilliant white teeth at her. Stepping forward, he bowed as gracefully as he could while holding a kitten. "I am Prince Edward of Andalasia! Might I have the pleasure of your name?"

[vanillajello]

Kate tried her very best to not look too amused by him. She was fairly successful.

"Kate Gregson," she replied with a friendly smile. "Nice to meet you."

[longislandiceme]

Well, sure he'd just come from the diner where there was food and all, but the walk back to the dorms had... used a lot of energy. Or something. Bobby poked his head into the common room. "Baking?" he asked hopefully.

[vanillajello]

"Yeah, muffins," Kate told him. "There'll be some ready in a couple of minutes."

[longislandiceme]

"Oh man," Bobby said, flopping on to a couch. "You are so my favourite person today."

[vanillajello]

"Yay!" Kate chirped and laughed. "If I'd have known how popular giving out food would make, I would have started doing it weeks ago."

[oops_mbad]

Diana had Samuel in her arms and was beginning to develop a nose for free food. Especially freshly baked free food. "That looks good." She commented, walking in.

[vanillajello]

"You're free to have some," Kate smiled, gesturing at the freshly baked muffins. "There's a lot more on the way."

[oops_mbad]

"Oooh." Diana crumbled a bit of muffin for Samuel. "This is good." She said after eating her bit of muffin.

[vanillajello]

"That's always good to hear. I thought people would like something like this after recent events."