I1DT - Breakfast For Champions

by **Miranda Weaver** » Thu Apr 16, 2015 12:46 pm

Miranda was in Sam and Nailah's kitchen, puttering around and making breakfast for them. She was humming to herself again and she kept her wings tucked in tight to avoid scorching feathers on the stove top where the bacon was cooking. She also seemed to be baking something as the scents in the kitchen attested to. The kitchen was kind of a mess though. Apparently some experiments hadn't worked as well as others.

by **Samantha McManus** » Thu Apr 16, 2015 5:22 pm

"Starting to smell good," Samantha says to Nailah.

"Want me to bring some over to you?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Thu Apr 16, 2015 5:27 pm

"I'm fine." she stresses, tail lazily flicking where it's hanging over the edge of the couch, the rest of her lounging on the couch in her bathrobe. "But that won't stop me from milking this for all it's worth and letting you two serve me breakfast."

by **Miranda Weaver** » Thu Apr 16, 2015 5:47 pm

Miranda got out plates, checking the oven and then pulling out a tray that looked sort of like an unholy union between a scone and an American biscuit. She gingerly tossed some on a plate along with bacon and eggs. "You made an awful mess in your work room," she commented, "But I got it mostly cleaned up. I left the scarab in a crate not too far from the flame since it seemed to like it."

by **Samantha McManus** » Thu Apr 16, 2015 6:14 pm

"Was a bit of a rush at the time, I'm afraid."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Thu Apr 16, 2015 6:32 pm

"I'm sorry you saw that. It wasn't quite what I intended to happen either."

by **Miranda Weaver** » Thu Apr 16, 2015 6:49 pm

"I have it on good authority that you accomplished what you set out to do, so you can rest easy on that account," Miranda said, offering two plates to Sam.

by **Samantha McManus** » Thu Apr 16, 2015 7:52 pm

"Thank you dear," she says as she takes the plates, walking over to Nailah and holding one out.

"What authority, though?" She quirks a brow.

by **Miranda Weaver** » Thu Apr 16, 2015 8:07 pm

"One of the invisible residents of the room... not the rat," she said, glancing meaningfully at Nailah.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Thu Apr 16, 2015 8:25 pm

"She was still there? And talked to you?"

by **Miranda Weaver** » Thu Apr 16, 2015 8:34 pm

"She was, and she did. She may still be there. Cleaning up the blood apparently bored her and me giving thanks to Isis borderline offended her. I apologized and hopefully made it up to her."

by **Samantha McManus** » Thu Apr 16, 2015 8:46 pm

"She was there, and helped. Isis wasn't. That's likely what she took exception to."

by **Miranda Weaver** » Thu Apr 16, 2015 8:56 pm

"And I didn't know that when I did it. I didn't even know she was there at the time."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Fri Apr 17, 2015 12:49 am

"She's proud and not exactly the most reasonable, if you hadn't made it up to her she probably would have let you know."

by **Miranda Weaver** » Fri Apr 17, 2015 8:10 am

"Your physical blood is still in a bin in the room. I didn't figure it'd be wise to just throw it out," Miranda said, going back to get a plate of her own.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Fri Apr 17, 2015 10:01 am

"Thanks, that was very thoughtful. I'll take care of it later. You know you didn't have to do any of this, right?"

by **Miranda Weaver** » Fri Apr 17, 2015 10:06 am

"Well, you don't want the blood to set, you'd never get it up then. You're in no shape to deal with it. I thought Mum would be too busy worrying about you to handle it, and it didn't seem the sort of job to saddle the janitorial staff with." She gave Nailah a half-smile. "I do we want check on the telepathic work I did while I was in there, but I didn't think it was wise to pop back into the Astral again and risk testing her patience."

by **Samantha McManus** » Fri Apr 17, 2015 1:02 pm

"It'll keep, aye."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Fri Apr 17, 2015 1:04 pm

"It shouldn't be the job to settle my daughter with either." she smiles weakly. "But I appreciate it."

by **Miranda Weaver** » Fri Apr 17, 2015 1:10 pm

"If you can't count on family for stuff like this, then who can you count on," she said, digging a bit more into her meal.

by **Samantha McManus** » Fri Apr 17, 2015 7:42 pm

"I don't think there's really anyone who's expected to clean up bodily fluids from a ritual area."

by **Miranda Weaver** » Fri Apr 17, 2015 7:42 pm

"Which strikes me as an astounding oversight, all things considered," she says with a chuckle.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Fri Apr 17, 2015 9:57 pm

"In this family, it very well might be." she laughs.

by **Miranda Weaver** » Mon Apr 20, 2015 12:06 pm

"So what were you doing that warranted that much blood?" Her face was still smiling, but Sam would find it hard to casually pick up on her actual mood.

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Apr 20, 2015 12:42 pm

"You said you'd tell her," Samantha says with a pointed look to Nailah.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Mon Apr 20, 2015 12:54 pm

Nailah's smile falters a bit. It's not that she doesn't think Miranda couldn't handle the truth, but it's something that may not become relevant for years and could easily wait a couple years. Miranda has enough to deal with already without this. Then again, this isn't really bad news and she mostly just feels bad about doing something 'selfish' and having to explain it to her daughter.

"I..." she starts with bit of a sigh. "I tried to extent my life so Sam wouldn't have to watch me grow old and eventually die."

by **Miranda Weaver** » Mon Apr 20, 2015 12:59 pm

"Okay," Miranda said, munching thoughtfully on her breakfast. "At least you succeeded, in her estimation anyway," she said, her tone a little dead as her mind ran off through the future possibilities. Nailah had probably seen the look before.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Mon Apr 20, 2015 1:01 pm

"That's reassuring to hear. What are you looking for?"

by **Miranda Weaver** » Mon Apr 20, 2015 1:03 pm

"Nothing, just looking," she lied. "I'm beginning to realize I don't have your gift for time though, so looking for the fates of others tends to be very very hazy. At least beyond the short term."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Apr 20, 2015 1:06 pm

"I think we're all a bit concerned as to what exactly happened, so I don't blame you."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Mon Apr 20, 2015 1:08 pm

"This doesn't mean that you're not important to us, you know."

by **Miranda Weaver** » Mon Apr 20, 2015 1:19 pm

"No, I get it," she said. "You've got that someone special and you want to be together for a while. It's a pretty human thing to want. And you succeeded, somehow. So that's all good." She shook her head and her tone returned to normal, "And you have a pretty nifty pet beetle to go with it." This would probably be a bad time for Sam to play poker with her.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Mon Apr 20, 2015 1:25 pm

Nailah glances at Sam with the hint of a frown on her face, feeling vindicated in thinking that it was a bad idea to tell Miranda about it.

"This doesn't change anything. This... this is something that I have been working on since before you came into our life."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Apr 20, 2015 1:41 pm

"And you know you can talk to us about this, aye? This isn't something we wanted to hide from you."

by **Miranda Weaver** » Mon Apr 20, 2015 1:45 pm

"I don't know what there is to talk about," she said with a shrug. "You and Mom are going to live for the theoretical forever, hopefully see your grandkids and great grandkids etc, which will either be wonderful or terrible by the way, future's a little vague on that point. And the mere mortals will fend for themselves as they've always done. Have I about summed up the situation?"

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Apr 20, 2015 1:48 pm

"And there's rather a chance you will, as well."

by **Miranda Weaver** » Mon Apr 20, 2015 2:03 pm

We won't go into how low that chance is, Mum, she thought a little sadly. "I'm sorry, you'd think I'd learn to stop raining on people's parades. I believe that's the phrase. You should be celebrating," she said with a smile, "Can I get you some more of anything?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Mon Apr 20, 2015 2:06 pm

"You should never feel like you have to watch your mouth around us, okay? You can always speak your mind."

by **Miranda Weaver** » Mon Apr 20, 2015 2:27 pm

"I've just learned that both my parents will pretty definitely outlive me. I'm not entirely sure how to process that. So I don't really have a lot to say on the subject. Aside from which, live and let live, right?"

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Apr 20, 2015 2:32 pm

"That's... not really what we wanted you to take away from this."

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