#43 - [accidental video]

[totallyinaband]

[The video feed opens to the Stills/Nordegraf kitchen, looking in a little more of a state than usual. Various food items are all piled up on the counter, and the garbage bin is out on the floor, filled to the top with opened packages. Stephen can be seen half-buried in the open fridge. He leans out, a sponge in hand, and uses his wrist to push his hair back from his face. He looks frazzled - alright more frazzled than usual. He tossed the sponge into the sink and starts rounding up all the food on the counter, giving each one a cursory sniff and tossing a few more in the garbage.]

Neil! What did I tell you about keeping an eye on the freaking food you buy! Half this stuff reeks!

[He sniffs at an open package of bacon. For a moment something other than disgust passes over his features. Something almost... desiring. It only lasts a moment, however, and he ends up throwing the whole package in the bin.]

And it's your turn to take out the trash!

[He glances up and notices the blinking light on his device.]

Oh, for fuck's sake!

[He reaches forward, and the feed ends.]

Comments

[action.]

[illgrowoutofit.livejournal.com]

Whaaaaat...

[Neil trudges reluctantly into the kitchen just in time to see the bacon get tossed in the bin. A look of horror settles on his face.]

Dude, what the frak?!

[totallyinaband]

This food's all gone bad, dude! I could smell it all when I woke up this morning.

[illgrowoutofit.livejournal.com]

I bought that, like, yesterday.

[totallyinaband]

Then the grocery store's being cheap again. It all reeks.

[illgrowoutofit.livejournal.com]

[Neil sniffs at the air. Yeah, there's food odor, but it's not so bad and it's mainly because everything's been dragged out all at once.]

I don't smell anything, man.

[totallyinaband]

Are you serious? I can't get the smell out of my nose.

[illgrowoutofit.livejournal.com]

[Shrug.]

Just smells like a bunch of normal food.

[totallyinaband]

Normal food is not supposed to smell this strong! Especially when it's been in the fridge.

[illgrowoutofit.livejournal.com]

Maybe you just have some kinda everything-smells-bad curse.

[video]

[charring]

What the hell are you doing? [Land-dweller's were weird.]

[totallyinaband]

Everything in my kitchen stinks.

[charring]

Oh. [there's the sound of water nearby.]< And you're discarding it. Humans are weird.

[totallyinaband]

Yeah, I am, it-

[Wait a second...]

Huh?

[charring]

[She rolls her eyes, sighing in frustration before repeating herself.]

Humans. Are. Weird. [Is that a fin flicking around in the background behind Charlie, Stephen?]

[totallyinaband]

And you're not included in that demographic?

[charring]

No. [What was with all the humans thinking she was one of them? She turns the device to point out the very long fin she has where legs really ought to be before looking at the device again.] Clearly not.

[totallyinaband]

Huh. That's new.

action?

[commarogue]

So this beer's outta the question, huh?

[ Faith waves the six-pack around in the air while she leans in the doorway. It's probably not even up to your Canadian standards anyway, bro... ]

Re: action?

[totallyinaband]

Not at all, man. At least there's room for it.

[Stephen smiles a little apologetically and pushes his hair back again before starting to load the few food items he has left into the fridge.]

[commarogue]

Cool.

[ Hmph. Faith will perch herself up on the ocunter. And crack open two beers, offering one to Mr. Clean. ]

So what's with the neat freak routine, Stills? Gotta date coming over?

[totallyinaband]

I just woke up this morning and the whole kitchen smelled really bad. I don't think Neil cleaned it properly when it was his turn last week. So uh, I went a bit over board. Any and all Rainman cracks can be left at the door.

[Stephen takes the beer and smiles a little before taking a swig of it.]

Believe me, I don't have to worry about that. If you've ever seen Curt's place, you'd understand.

[commarogue]

Consider them left.

[ And a nod of understanding, with a teasing grin for follow-up. ]

Messy boyfriend, huh? He's a rockstar, though, right? Par for the course, I'd say.

[totallyinaband]

I could point out that I'm in the same same band as him. But he is a little more professional at it, yeah.

[commarogue]

Oh right. Maybe it's just a front man thing, then.

[ Shrug. ]

So now that you've pretty much emptied your kitchen, what are you gonna eat?

[totallyinaband]

I didn't empty it. I have... rice.