Texture and how it moves is the most important to me, yeah. Although of course, it matters if there's clashing patterns and styles to the outside world, so I've made friends with the workers at the clothing shops to ensure I look presentable.
I don't know if I have the time in the day to eat better. Right now though this does smell good. Shall we take this to the dining room table, the sofa, or what?
I do have color items as well, but I just have a very good tagging and organizational system at home so I know where everything is and what it is. It's a bit of a pain to set up at first, but now I can just feel in my closet and know which suit and shoes I'm pulling.
[He gives a nod and follows her to the sofa.]
A sofa is usually what I want at the end of the day, so that works for me.
Yeah, there are Braille labelers that make life a lot easier. I do it with food containers, too.
[His sense of smell makes deciphering foods a lot easier, but the labels don't hurt for the sake of appearance or when his powers are off due to sickness or injury.]
This is a really nice sofa.
[He lets one hand smooth over the fabric.]
Stores should let you nap on their sofas to test them out, since that's the highest mark in quality.
[There's a momentary pause, then he curls his fingers to twine with hers for a few moments.]
Exactly. Nobody needs a neck-crick couch. Although I have rolled off my couch when I've fallen asleep. That's less the couch's fault, but still not my finest moment.
I did, with a bonked head and a bruised butt. I guess it was a good thing I was living alone so nobody else saw it and it was just my ego to remember it. Well, my ego and now you hearing it.
[With his free hand he finished his wine, pouring himself some more.]
These days? Actually yeah, this is pretty much how it goes. Maybe I should diversify my hobbies. Then again, if I keep meeting people like you, who am I to complain?
[Two can play the flirting game.]
Nah, teaching takes a lot of brain power. Thinking needs calories. I remember always hearing to get a good night's sleep and eat a good breakfast on testing days for that reason.
Ha. No. I know someone who is a nurse, but you're the only one who's come out of retirement for the city. Although I suspect you never really stopped even if no you longer got paid for it.
I will accept that we both need more calories than we got and that it both matters. Even if I still think yours matters more than mine.
Salads and pastas are good choices though, so I can't knock that. Most nights my meals are thirty minute ones. I'm gonna brag and say they're still good, but nothing too fancy. I save those for when I have company or I'm stress cooking.
Meals that take more time to develop their flavors and also have more components to them to round out the dish. Curries, soups, roasted poultry and vegetables, braised meats, homemade pastas and slow-cooked sauces, things like that.
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Date: 2025-05-06 10:06 pm (UTC)Do people have different bed socks than regular socks? Have I been living my whole life wrong?
[He playfully puts a hand over his heart as she points out his age.]
Ouch. You're not wrong, but ouch.
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Date: 2025-05-07 08:22 am (UTC)[aw, she reaches to softly pat his shoulder in comfort]
There, there, post 20’s comes for us all.
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Date: 2025-05-07 01:25 pm (UTC)I don't yet groan when I get out of bed. I feel that means I'm not old yet.
[He sets the plates out and stirs the pan.]
I think we're about good to eat.
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Date: 2025-05-07 01:47 pm (UTC)[not as if he cares what colors they are]
You’re not old, but old enough to need to eat better.
It smells great.
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Date: 2025-05-08 11:28 am (UTC)I don't know if I have the time in the day to eat better. Right now though this does smell good. Shall we take this to the dining room table, the sofa, or what?
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Date: 2025-05-08 11:41 am (UTC)[she takes her wine and plate]
The sofa will be perfect. That’s usually where I have dinner.
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Date: 2025-05-08 11:47 am (UTC)[He gives a nod and follows her to the sofa.]
A sofa is usually what I want at the end of the day, so that works for me.
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Date: 2025-05-08 12:14 pm (UTC)[she makes a note that he describes his clothes as suits, it narrows his daytime life a tiny bit.
She sits on one end of the sofa]
This one is nice, I’ve fallen asleep reading on it many times.
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Date: 2025-05-08 01:02 pm (UTC)[His sense of smell makes deciphering foods a lot easier, but the labels don't hurt for the sake of appearance or when his powers are off due to sickness or injury.]
This is a really nice sofa.
[He lets one hand smooth over the fabric.]
Stores should let you nap on their sofas to test them out, since that's the highest mark in quality.
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Date: 2025-05-08 01:36 pm (UTC)[his hand is so close that she can’t resist letting her fingers stretch to just barely brush the side of his hand]
They really should, you need to know if it does some weird thing to your back or shoulder.
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Date: 2025-05-08 03:20 pm (UTC)Exactly. Nobody needs a neck-crick couch. Although I have rolled off my couch when I've fallen asleep. That's less the couch's fault, but still not my finest moment.
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Date: 2025-05-08 04:35 pm (UTC)Did you wake when you hit the floor?
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Date: 2025-05-08 04:40 pm (UTC)[With his free hand he finished his wine, pouring himself some more.]
Care for another glass?
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Date: 2025-05-08 04:46 pm (UTC)[she is a bit flirty by nature, and far more so with someone she is genuinely interested in]
Sure, thank you.
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Date: 2025-05-08 05:49 pm (UTC)[He smiles and raises his glass, taking a sip before diving back into the meal.]
Kudos to the saucier of the night. It tastes great.
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Date: 2025-05-08 06:06 pm (UTC)[laughs but also digs into their food. He’s quite easy to be around, especially when he’s not bleeding across her apartment]
I think you did an excellent job with the rest of it. I only had a banana for lunch, while I’m here lecturing you to eat more.
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Date: 2025-05-08 07:04 pm (UTC)See? You can't knock me for my eating if you're gonna live like that. Physician, heal thyself.
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Date: 2025-05-08 07:35 pm (UTC)I absolutely can, I am pretty sure I’ve burned fewer calories than you have today.
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Date: 2025-05-08 09:27 pm (UTC)[Two can play the flirting game.]
Nah, teaching takes a lot of brain power. Thinking needs calories. I remember always hearing to get a good night's sleep and eat a good breakfast on testing days for that reason.
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Date: 2025-05-09 10:44 am (UTC)[it works, she is blushing]
Sure but not as many as fighting criminals in the streets: you still win.
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Date: 2025-05-09 09:41 pm (UTC)I will accept that we both need more calories than we got and that it both matters. Even if I still think yours matters more than mine.
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Date: 2025-05-09 10:28 pm (UTC)Either way, at least we are both having a real meal tonight. Sometimes I fall into the habit of having way too many basic salads and pastas.
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