Topic: One Afternoon

Jenai Ravenlock

Date: 2006-09-11 17:17 EST
One Afternoon...
okay I know there are no hot pockets, but if frat boys werewolves can drive hummers to the beach instead of going to school, I can post a hotpocket story.

What's a Jenjen to do. It was between her snacks, Brian was off at the villa, and she was a lil hungry.

Head in the ice box, nothing... she was only cooling the room. She shut the door and re-opened it. What? Like the Fridge Fairy was going to come and make something just appear?!

She decided to give the freezer a try. A cool swirl of mist hit her face as she opened the door. Bloody hell that felt good... and.

"What's that? A lone Hot Pocket? Left all by it's self?"

She took it out of the freezer and pushes a few other things aside looking for the box. It must be a run-away. But there was no luck. She closed the door as she looked at it. She'd had em before. But the others made them.


"How to cook you my pretty?" she stripped it from it's wrapper and looked on both sides of the sleeve. Nothing, just Crisper written on it.

Not the complete air head, she had seen it come out of the microwave... so it went in, all nice and cozy in the crisper sleeve. With a tap of her finger to her chin she looked at the time. "Now how long is it. It's frozen... so"

She spun the dial to five minutes and skipped out of the room. It was worth a shot.

Brian Ravenlock

Date: 2006-10-02 01:46 EST
His work finished early, Brian came home fairly quickly. Making his way inside he paused a moment, and got wind of something... A scent.. Burning? He couldn't tell if it were meat, or electric.. gods the stench. His gear set down, as he rushed towards the kitchen only to be met with a wall of pitch black smoke, ands the burning smell was horrid!

Immediately, he went into action. Windows were opened, and doors followed, fans were gathered from other rooms and used in the process of blowing out the kitchen area. Finally things seemed to be under control just a tad more so, as the smoke cleared the stench seemed to become bearable more so.

Giving it a few minutes, Brian made his way inside the Kitchen for a look see. Things were looking okay for the most part until he caught sight of it... The Microwave... The door was busted open, and literally was hanging off one hinge.

"Sweet Mother of.. What in the HELL happened here!? Who?"

Inside was something that.. Well, Brian hadn't seen anything like that since those kids slapped a hamster in one, in that mansion... Whatever was left of the pocket was splattered, and caked inside, it was charred beyond recognition and was still smoking a bit. Using baking soda, Brian smothered the inside of the 'wave as best he could, and looked about again.

Save the 'wave disaster, and smoke it all looked okay enough, now it was time to find out what in the hell happened, and if anyone were still around.
Brian made his way around, determined to find out what force of nature could have been responsible for this... This seemingly act of God. Brian had an idea, but kept it to himself until he was sure.

"Anyone here!? Heeeeeeeey, I gotta busted ass something in the microwave, who the hell put it in there? Issy! Jen!? Hell, Anyone?!"

((Note: The Hamster in the Microwave reference is from the LucasArts videogame "Maniac Mansion" for the PC and the Nintendo Entertainment System. Original versions of the game, allowed a player to slap a hamster inside the Nuker and cook his furry ass. It was later edited and newer versions did not have 'El Hamstero De Nuked', cause parents got pissy and had too much time on their hands. Anyways, there ya are.))

Jenai Ravenlock

Date: 2006-10-03 06:23 EST
She had been out side playing with Tiki, near the house kitchen but paying it no mind until.... She heard Brian and saw the poofs of smoke coming for an opened window. She had heard nothing smelt nothing before that. Whatever had caused the smoke or any noise she would have heard was lost in "Cat String tag" in a set of late summer blooms.

She was on her feet and skidded around the patio corner, grabbing it as she swung into the kitchen door. Of course Tiki and her bell chimed right behind her.

"My Hot Pocket!" she grabbed a set of oven mitts and started batting at the air as she stood before the Dead as all Get Out Microwave. Blinking back the smoke that still hung in the air, she looked from the crispy to Brian and grinned, chuckled sheepishly and wide.

"Sorry?"

Brian Ravenlock

Date: 2006-10-07 02:11 EST
"Hot Pocket? Sorry!?"

Brian just stood there a moment, and looked from dead ass microwave to Jenai, and from Jenai to dead ass microwave, and another round of back and forth a moment... Then he laughed. It was a deep laughter, and brought even more tears to his eyes.

"Is that what the hell it was supposed to have been?"

Brian looked to the "Pepe' el dead Nuko" once more and shook his head a bit.

"Poor bastard never had a chance.. Well, mah get the shovel, we can bury him in the back.

A reassuring smile offered to his beloved once more, as he moved to her and kissed her cheek softly.

"A joke m'heart. Let's get this cleaned up. I will take you out for lunch and we can find another 'wave and I can also introduce you to 'steve' my toaster... Did you know he was given to me by a smuggler? Real nice guy too. What do ya say?"

Jenai Ravenlock

Date: 2006-10-08 12:43 EST
She had started to pout at the shovel joke, but the kiss made it better. She was such a sucker for him. And as she looked at the.. well, what once was the toaster... she realized something. Of all the creatures and all the shops in this city... there wasn't at least one gnome that fixed stuff? Poor microwave.

"Guess I should clean it up since I blew it up." she gave him one of her better sheepish smiles before heading off to the cleaning closet. "I'm just glad no one was in here to be witness, could you imagine Trix or Eddie in here laid out cold by a killer hot pocket?"

It was a good thing so many of them were mostly kitchen-retarded... no one would have know who did it then. As she came back with rubber gloves 3 sizes too big on her hands and a bucket of cleaning supplies, she wondered aloud,

"Do they make Scathachian Proof appliances?"

Brian Ravenlock

Date: 2006-10-09 19:35 EST
"Very good, sweet meat."

Brian smiled to her, and chucked a bit as the clean up began. As it stood it was rather easy and to the point, most of the van-damage was caused inside the 'wave, so it was a case of bagging that bad boy, and chucking it. Unfortunately, Brian did not think any gnome would wanna tangle with a hot pocket devouring possible demon of an appliance. So the wave was indeed sacked, as Brian took it out and came back to assist Jen with the kitchen wipe down.

After a bit of time, it was finally complete. One clean Scath Chef styled Kitchen, save the empty spot where the beloved 'wave used to reside. Still, Brian saw this as an excuse to get a new one! Sword-Chucks,yo.. After he thought a moment, Jen's words in regards to Trix and Eds came to mind and cause him to burst out laughing.

He could easily see Eddie walk in, and 'WaPOOKA!' get nailed square upside the head by the rampaging hot pocket, what a sight that would have been, and Trixie? Easily worth the price of admission ten times over.
Brian watched Jen a bit, and kissed her cheek softly and grinned to her.

"gods I love you, an don't feel bad. I know people who can't even boil water. Hell it took me years to know my way around a kitchen. Anyways, let's change and see about that lunch, and 'Scathachian Proof' appliance selection. Maybe something 'Clockwork Gnome' like or similar?"

Offering a pat to rear, Brian headed to his room to change and ready up.
One great thing about living in this place with his love, things were never boring, not by a long shot.

Jenai Ravenlock

Date: 2006-12-06 07:21 EST
Another much later

It seemed like years to her.

Jenai Stood in the kitchen, her fingers ran across the wood of the butchers block softly. The air always seemed so silent in the winter afternoons. Light drizzle and heavy clouds colored the yards and lent a fuzzy feel to the ever clean, ever welcoming kitchen.

It had been weeks and weeks since a good number of them had sat down at one table at one time to enjoy dinner. Much simpler times back when there had just been... four of them around at the most any given time? Now each meal was self serve, varied dinner times and of course the fend for yourself left the menu simple.

She opened one of the cabinets and took out a mug shaped like a goofy snowman. One of the children had made it for her last when she spent a little time with them at a shelter home outside the city. Today it would be filled with cocoa before she took a seat at the breakfast table.

Bunny slippers tapped as she wondered what she could do to get everyone together for one last feast, for the holiday season and before the news dropped.

Brian Ravenlock

Date: 2006-12-06 09:07 EST
<<Note: This takes place prior to Brian moving out of the Sanctuary, and into the loft he and Jenai share.>>

Quietly, Bri made his way into the kitchen. Just waking after his beloved, he arrived wearing sweat shorts, a tank top. setting his hands gently on her shoulders, he offered a longing kiss to her head, and then reached around her with a warm embrace. He felt something from her, and couldn't place it. So softly he asked.

"Silver for your thoughts, love?"