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Post by Orion Alim-Verdi on Nov 25, 2017 15:41:55 GMT -8
Orion’s eyebrows quirked up a bit as Marceline mentioned Kalos. He’d had a couple of imported wines, but the thought of produce traveling that far seemed like more of a hassle than not. With so few ties to Era in terms of cuisine necessities, it seemed like a bit of a waste. Still, he couldn’t help but smirk at her realization of sorts. “Indeed,” he answered simply before refocusing on the list he’d brought and what ingredients they still needed.
As Marceline started adding things to the cart, he hummed along willing to let her do what she liked without saying anything. Oh- actually, he could totally use some of this for later, and maybe that too, and oh he was running out of baking soda at home, actually. Glancing up as Marcie mentioned the edible decorations, he paused looking thoughtful again. “Well~ we could actually put them on the cupcakes maybe? Not the Tiramisu itself but ~ cupcakes do allow for a little flare now and again… Might add a nice touch.” He flashed an enabling grin and motion for her to cart ‘em anyway.
Pausing as they wandered passed the candy, he’d fish up a couple Gummy Teddiursa bags and turn them over. “Gummy Teddies...” They were hardly worth the expense of getting them, but they could be added to any number of things or even superheated and made into a paste— eh. Why not. He’d toss those in as well. “Do you watch any cooking shows by chance?” he asked flicking his attention back to Marceline. “There’s actually one called Chopped that is exciting even for those outside of the culinary arts.”
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Post by Marceline Labele on Nov 25, 2017 16:15:57 GMT -8
Seeing Orion grab the gummy teddies Marcie didn't feel as guilty about those edible decorations...she'd quickly skip back an aisle or two to find them and come back with a dramatic chattering of her teeth as she held the small plastic box of star and moon shapes, plopping them into the shopping cart and rubbing her arms as she explained. "Had to run past the cold aisles. Those things seem to despise female shoppers." Or at least her. She didn't have as good a resillience to cold weather as most. Growing up on the warm side of Kalos probably didn't help build any resistance afterall.
At the question of the cooking shows Marcie genuinely had to think...she could definitely recall seeing one or two on TV but- "I don't...watch so much as I obserrrrve..." Did that make sense..."I mean, I've certainly put a few on when I've had the free time but I think I just tend to zone out and enjoy the soft voice of whoever's baking something tasty." She gave Orion a soft smile, but added a sly wink as she slipped in. "I'll take up your recommendation though...~"
As they passed through the candy aisles she spotted the pre-made baked goods, eyes skipping past them to the alcohol aisle at the far end, lightly nudging Orion without a word and just dipping her head towards the drinks they could spot while slipping into the next aisle. "Fancy getting a treat for ourselves when we head over there? I mean...I've got a few fancier bottles at home but I'd prefer to save that for a special occasion.~" She snickered and leaned in with a playful smirk. "Though learning you cook...that is a little special.~"
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Post by Orion Alim-Verdi on Nov 25, 2017 16:40:30 GMT -8
He probably shouldn’t have been as amused as he was that Marceline went back and got the kiddie stars, but here Orion was chuckling none the less. He would settle in to listen to her explanation, however. The assurance that she’d catch a few episodes, however, had him smiling a bit softer. Good, good. “I’ll hold you to that,” he replied with grin. Whether he’d even remember this specific conversation was debatable, but he totally would hold her to it! Sure.
And then, there was the wines and drinks section. Orion eagerly followed after Marceline as she moved. Yellow eyes danced over the bottles of the various brands and makes— though if anyone asked, he was totally just looking for baking vodka— Oh, brandy. Brandy would also be— oh Cognac would be good for this too and— Oh look red wine. That was.. totally not useful in cooking but look at the aesthetics of that bottle. Fancy getting a treat? Orion’s eyes flashed sideways to Marceline, and he had to hide some of his enthusiasm least it spill over too much. He chuckled softly leaning in. “That sounds lovely~ Have any special suggestions~? Something from Kalos maybe?” He grinned ear to ear and would honestly be satisfied with just about anything right then but yeah— better swipe some brandy for baking at least for the Tiramisu yep.
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Post by Marceline Labele on Nov 25, 2017 18:06:06 GMT -8
Easily able to spot the darting of Orion's eyes, the greenette couldn't help but smirk, tracing her fingers over a bottle she spotted him eyeing and casually lifting it off the shelf and placing it on the cart. She probably wouldn't touch the stuff herself normally but she'd make sure to let Orion have a sip or two while they baked. "Oh please Kalos wine is what you get for a finer dinner party or something. its delicious, elegant...but it's hardly fun." Her eyes traced around, not too used to buying drinks for such a silly occasion, but managing to pick up something smooth yet thick with alcohol (I don't drink so i have no clue here x3), they didn't want a sting in the throat if they were having fun now hm?~ "This should do...anything else on the list we're missing?"
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Post by Orion Alim-Verdi on Nov 25, 2017 20:17:01 GMT -8
A small snort escaped from Orion as Marceline described Kalosian wine. “Is that so?” he grinned. “I’ll keep that in mind then~” After she’d selected some wine, he glanced back down to the grocery list and then up at the cart. Well now, they’d certainly grabbed more than what he had been expecting to~ but that was hardly a bad thing considering they were out. “I think that’s it actually~” he mused flashing Marcie a grin before making a head gesture onwards.
“I think the self-check-out is open…” And sure enough it was. Scanning the items and rather fluidly bagging them, Orion kept an eye on the prices as they went up. Flipping out his phone, he went through a couple of sales pages before scanning the bar codes onto the machine as well. It wouldn’t make a huge difference, but cents here, dollars here, and the price slowly but surely went down.
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Post by Marceline Labele on Nov 26, 2017 5:39:38 GMT -8
Glad to hear they were all done and the shopping trip had been painless, she turned a bit too quickly, about to turn into one of the other checkouts when Orion just seemed to continue to the self checkout. They had a fair bit of shopping so she thought...oh well. He was already too far for her to bother calling him back really, skipping along behind him till she caught up and sliding into the self checkout with him, handing him the items to scan while he put them through and in the back. She was just fiddling with her bag to find her wallet when she noticed Orion toying with his phone.
"What are- Oh my god are you actually searching online Coupons!?" She let out a playful scoff of disbelief but the surprises did just keep rolling today, she narrowed her eyes and added the cliche. "Who are you and where's my mr Stabby?" She rolled her eyes to show it was enough of a tease, but as she started putting the bags together to one side she couldn't help but be so oddly amused and endeared at the same time. "Honestly you...you actually are using online coupons when you don't even have to pay." She smirked and added playfully as she slipped her card across the machine. "Nik's a lucky boy to have such a handsome housewife~"
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Post by Orion Alim-Verdi on Nov 26, 2017 6:03:51 GMT -8
Orion grinned sideways as Marcie spoke. “Why yes yes I am,” he chimed scanning yet another coupon as if to emphasize this fact. At the top of the screen, the number of discounts was actually growing rather substantial. The jest, or what Orion took as a jest, had him chuckling softly. “He’s here too, I can assure you,” he mused leaning in and winking briefly. “Just … coated in sugar at the moment and ready to bake.”
The words that came after, however, unexpectedly flushed his features. Ehheeheheheheheh…. He chuckled softly, weakly. “I….” Ah, no, he wouldn’t admit that today. Maybe some other time when he was not in public or perhaps drunk enough to express himself in public— (Vaguely he wondered if she’d seen any of those vines that had gone viral in the last couple of weeks). “I am a special breed of househusband…” he sing-sang back, folding bags under his arms for the eventual trip back. “My Auntie taught me well.”
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Post by Marceline Labele on Nov 26, 2017 6:35:26 GMT -8
Marcie wasn't too sure if anything could surprise her at this point, but at the very least, Orion was showing a sense of pride in his mannerisms so she couldn't really fault him on any of it, picking up as many bags as she could handle, and maybe subtly giving herself a boost with telekenisis ever so subtly so she could manage the weight, not able to manage much given strength wasn't her strong suit. She had Orion for that afterall.~ "Well you're certainly a fine breed Orion. I should know afterall.~" She hoped she wouldn't have to explain that given what business she was 'officially' in.
Once they were sorted out, paid, walked over and back in her penthouse, she used her telekinesis to put her key in the door and open it for her, groaning as she placed the shopping backs on the counter and lightly rubbing her arms, pouting a little since this was genuinely more physical effort than she'd had to do in a long while. "Bleeegh. I think I'll just get an express online order next time...hey at least we got booze?~" She smirked softly and closed her eyes, a few of the drawers in the room opening up. The process was slow but it was like the bags were practically unloading themselves, items they'd need right now put out on the counter, Marcie idly putting on an apron as everything else flew slowly through the air and stored themselves in cupboards. "You still 'on the clock' there or am I paying overtime now?~"
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Post by Orion Alim-Verdi on Nov 26, 2017 7:30:15 GMT -8
EEEEEEE. He knew, he knew what she meant, and some part of him registered that it was also a pun considering her facilities—BUT STILL. There was a spring in his step all the way back to Marcie’s penthouse, and he just really couldn’t hide it, apparently. As they got in and started to get settled, Orion started pushing things around on the counterpace.
An apologetic expression would be thrown Marcie’s way before a small shrug was given. “How about you open that bottle, and we’ll get to work on baking and sipping~?” he chuckled softly. There was no way he could get drunk on a glass of wine, but a buzz for the baking did sound nice~
And then as he looked back, he found that her powers were already doing the bulk of the settling and organizing. Well wasn’t that useful~ He might have felt a little jealous even, heh. Changing gears, he fished up the apron that he’d taken off and quickly tied it back around again. A small chuckle escaped from Orion as Marceline spoke. “I think we can call this a ‘for pleasure’ experience,” he chuckled before winking. “Now then let’s get started. The Tiramisu will take the longest since it requires cooling…”
Thereafter, Orion went through the steps, fishing out pans and saucers as they were necessary (or in this case asking Marcie where they were and either getting them himself or having her do so if they were in some obscure location). Making the custard was the hardest part of the whole experience, and he made sure to just have Marcie watch since there were a couple risks with simmering water in a saucer. After that was done, however, he showed her what to do with the savoiardi and had her fix that up with espresso and brandy. Overall, it was a pretty easy process. “I’m sure whatever organizations you’ll have attending are going to love this~” Orion commented as he stacked custard on top of the savoiardi.
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Post by Marceline Labele on Nov 26, 2017 10:56:01 GMT -8
Marcie made sure everything was tucked away, catching an ingredient she realized they'd need out of the air mid-psychic storing and placing it to one side, making sure they had everything. She opened her mouth as if to ask something but...Honestly it'd be somehow weirder if i ask. She instead closed up, stepped out of the kitchen for a minute, and returned without her leggings, still wearing her skirt to be modest but enjoying the cool breeze of her apartment as she slid in beside Orion while they got to work. "Lead the way chef.~"
She'd have a fun time as they worked on the baked goods together, following his lead for the most part but trying to put in an old twist she recalled from when she'd do similar things with her family, nothing too complex or risky just a stirring trick she preferred or something of the sort. When they got out the brandy she made sure to fix them both up a small glass of the drink she'd pushed into the cart earlier, handing Orion a glass and clinking hers with his before taking a soft sip.
"Well I can assure you i won't be feeding your delicious treats to any shady individuals...shady CEOs maybe, but no crooks or the-well." She leaned on her hand, smirking wide enough for it to be clear she was just teasing, but all the same it was a blurred line these days. Especially for her. "Honestly they'll be in good hands, and mouths for that matter."
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Post by Orion Alim-Verdi on Nov 26, 2017 11:11:26 GMT -8
As the drink was handed to him, Orion paused and took a slow sip. Ahhhh, that really did hit a certain spot now didn’t it? He chuckled a bit at Marceline’s tease and shrugged his shoulders a bit nonchalantly. He would be the last to say that those on the bottom feeder rack deserved something quite as tasty as this, but then again he was one of those individuals after all~
Still, he’d give a small nod at her words thereafter. “So long as the business keeps sailing I can’t say I can complain~” Orion mused reaching back to curl a finger through his own hair, ebbing a few strands back behind it. “Heh, would you believe me if I said at one point I wanted to only be a househusband?” he snickered hoping to cover some of the honesty in his own voice. It was… kind of embarrassing now that he had been a respectable thug for so many years, but when he looked back and considered what lives he could have lived, that one did seem to be the happiest.
“I… think I’ve mentioned before— or Jazz has mentioned before— that you sort of resemble a family member of Jazz and mine,” he chuckled a bit thinking on that now. Jazz had spoken in their family tongue when s/he’d said it, but it had been in the back of his mind for quite some time since. He knew for a fact this was part of the reason that he felt such a devotion to the work and the group she was building, but then how much it was was still up in the air. Yellow eyes flickered to the ceiling, and Orion smiled a bit softer. “My favorite aunt was actually over a couple of weeks back.. I should have introduced the two of you,” he mused a bit.
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Post by Marceline Labele on Nov 26, 2017 11:36:32 GMT -8
Marcie took another sip of her drink, and while there was a brief urge to laugh as Orion mentioned being solely a househusband, she'd manage to suppress herself, lowering the glass and drumming her fingers along it, making her belief in it obvious enough hopefully as she also teased him. "Well just be sure to hand in your two weeks notice when Nik finds a good enough job?~ It'll be difficult finding you a replacement but..." She shrugged and smirked a little brighter even as her eyes softened. "At least keep in touch...I am starting to grow more fond of your company than I expected." She glanced him up an down, flipping a spoon they'd been using around to lightly prod his chest with the handle. "Nik really is a lucky boy.~"
Turning back to focus on stirring something, her eyes flicked back to Orion as he continued to speak, the Greenette taking a sneaky taste of what they were working on and licking her lips with a half purr, still listening but genuinely enjoying what they were working on too. "Well I feel like you've said it before...is that what Jazz was laughing about when we met? Never would have guessed..." Was that possibly part of why Orion was so devoted to her? She felt questioning that would weaken it's effect but assuming the fact wasn't the best either.
"Maybe you should have...then again maybe its best I don't see what I look like in...I'mma guess 20 years?" She tilted her head, not really too invested in the answer, but smirking a little as she teased a little further. "I know she's a relative but tell me, do I at least keep my figure? I don't even need to be attractive when I'm 40 I just wanna know i still have a metabolism!~"
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Post by Orion Alim-Verdi on Nov 26, 2017 11:56:29 GMT -8
Orion had gone to take another sip of his drink only to nearly spit it when Marceline spoke. It burned his nose, but he found himself laughing despite it. “I think you’re stuck with me for a while,” he admitted a bit cheekily before finding himself… admittedly endeared? Marceline was happy to have him around? Well of course considering his work habits and general sense of loyalty but— But hearing it stated like that? Hhhhhahahhaahah… Ah, man, that sounded so nice. Ah man. His smile brimmed a bit too much at her emphasis.
Marceline turned to stir the custard part, Orion went back to lining the layers. He was back to focusing and would miss her sneaky taste test that round. However, as she spoke, he smirked a bit. “It was,” he mused a bit softly. “Jazz thought it was funny.” Among other things considering the way their family tree branched.
At least Marcie took it well~ Orion couldn’t help the almost-giggle that escaped from him. “About twenty …” he mumbled softly. Maybe closer to thirty years considering. Or… ah, about thirty-five huh, yeah…. Heh, he’d keep his damn mouth shut on that one. At the other questions, however, he slowed for a moment taking in a slow breath. Looking back over his shoulder, he flashed a smile. “You keep the figure, the smile, the beauty—“ Orion paused realizing that he was speaking without really thinking. A small half-laugh escaped form him as he looked forward. “Though perhaps I’m also bias to hell and back,” he mused right after.
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Post by Marceline Labele on Nov 26, 2017 12:15:50 GMT -8
"I hope so. Abandoning me in the middle of a daring and risky little business venture. Ooo dear. I may not be able to recover from such betraaaayel.~" She giggled with her exagerated words, smirking across to Orion as she finished up what she was doing for the most part, setting the bowel to one side and hearing his pseudo compliments, taking them with a warm smile, one that made her teasing words sound a lot softer than she may have intended. "You're talking about your favorite aunt and-or the person who writes your paycheques, I'd imagine I'd be in quite the biased position too.~"
Sticking out her tongue, she'd pick up the bowel and move towards Orion, lifting the spoon with just a tiny slither of their creation so far on the edge, offering it out to Orion without giving him the spoon. "How're we looking chef? Nice and creamy yet? My stirring arms a little out of practice but I think we're on the right track.~"
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Post by Orion Alim-Verdi on Nov 26, 2017 12:34:20 GMT -8
Pffffffff. Marcie’s giggle had Orion chuckling. As much as he was aware that he probably wouldn’t betray her, he was just as aware that she probably had a plan set in place should he ever. At least, that was what it felt like, anyways, heh. He liked that about her, more than he wanted to admit to.
And… of course there were other things to. Orion flashed a brief grin at Marcie and her follow-up words. In a bias position, HEH, yes yes he was.
And damn if she didn’t make it easy. Trying out the mix, he looked thoughtful before chuckling. “It’s moving along wonderfully~” he assured with a smirk. “You’ll have the best cakes in the region for this~” he assured. “Think that batter’s ready to pour and bake actually~” he mused winking at her after. The cupcakes he’s had her string along while working with the main cake could probably be poured and put in the oven now. “Three sixty five, twenty minutes…” he mused.
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