voidtreckerexpress | Naja chores post. OTA

Who: Najaran, Goligan, her Cards, and whoever wants to join them.
Where: All over the train except kitchen and stores...
When: Platform till the end of the month
What: Najaran usually does every chore on the train on a semi-regular basis, but this month has been... odd.
Warnings: Angst. So much angst. Possible violence mentions. Also, she's now known two people that this month's ingredient resembles...

Najaran was a common and familiar sight around the train; the girl in the chiton over shorts, short cape, and weird companions was often found cleaning, getting lost, and... um... cooking and doing laundry in the Garden Car. Yeah, that's a thing.

But this month she has been avoiding the kitchen and dining cars. Also for those who know her well they may have noticed that she's been eating less. Or maybe they just noticed that oddly there has been more raw food around than usual, but far fewer preprepped meals in the fridge.

Najaran can generally be found carrying dirty laundry to the Garden Car, or clean things away from it. Expect her to be carrying so much she can't see well and also, you know, getting lost. Yes, she will wander into the games car with a stack of linen despite the signs up in every car giving directions. Signs her friend put up because of her, ages back.

Or more often, she's in the Garden Car itself. She washed laundry over a small tended fire in a po from the kitchen using Goligan to stir. Spending a lot of time watching the Adult Woodfolk in the small plot of dirt she'd moved in as they played with its babies. She also spent a fair amount of time laying out in there, up against Knight, chewing on random non-food things, like a wooden spoon, trying not to think about how hungry she was.

She hadn't said much about the void storm where she'd been turned into a child again for while. But those who had seen her during it might recognize the habit of chewing on things that she had then. It was unclear if she'd even made the connection herself.

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Leia hadn't seen Naja when she'd been turned back into a child. But she did recall Naja mentioning something about having discovered Gooligan by chewing on him when she was little. Thus the sight of the young woman chewing on a wooden spoon was mildly amusing more than anything else, or at least would have been, if it weren't for her expression while doing it. "Getting back into old habits, Naja?", she asked. "You're going to hurt your teeth if you keep doing that, you know."

She gave Leia a weak smile. "I'm used to it," she said, though she did toss the spoon aside. She didn't want to worry anyone.

"Arguably, that makes it worse," Leia said. "Is there any particular reason you decided to go back to imitating a beaver? Because if you're hoping to find Gooligan a friend among the train's utensils, I strongly suspect that you're wasting your time."

She gave a small sheepish laugh. "Sorry, old habit."

Leia nodded. "Now for the more important question," she said. "How come you're chewing on a wooden spoon rather than using it to cook? I don't think I've seen you cooking anything- here or in the kitchen- since the start of the month."

She shrunk her shoulders in a bit and fiddled with her diamond stud earrings. "When you've almost been eaten..." she said softly, looking up at the top of the Garden Car, "I guess you get a little weirded out by food that looks like people you've met." She shrugged a bit. "I haven't been able to go into the stores or the kitchen much this month. But it's just a month. I'm sure we'll have something super yummy next month." she gave Leia a weak smile.

"There are some vegetarian options, you know," Leia said. "There are a few people on board who can't eat meat, so if you have a problem with the monthly ingredient, there are other things you can make and eat instead."

"I can't even stand to go in there and see it," she said with a shudder. "I keep expecting it to come alive and threaten to ki...." right. Not supposed to talk about that. "And not sure what of things other people made wouldn't have it in there." She shrugged.

"It's only a month. And there was snow on the platform, that was yummy. I'm sure I'll have food I can eat next month for sure. And whatever mission we have probably there will be food there too. I'll make sure to bring back leftovers."

"Well I just came from that direction and there's no one there doing any cooking now," Leia said. "So the kitchen at least is safe. As for the stores car, the meat all tends to be kept in one section of the refrigerated cases, so all you'll need to is avoid that section and you should be alright."

"And since the kitchen is free now, how about we take advantage of that and go make something, hmm? I'm not much of a cook, but I can at least put a basic meal together."

"Re..really?" she asked, the hope in her eyes almost painful as her stomach growled.

"Really," Leia said, smiling. "Maybe we can even make some simple flat bread if we have time. It takes much less time than most breads, since the dough doesn't need to rise before baking, and was popular on my world. Plus, it's one of the few things that can be both food and a plate. Well of a sort, anyway."

"Okay! Let's! But... Knight doesn't fit in the kitchen car..." she added, sheepishly.

"Then I'm afraid he'll have to sit this one out," Leia said. "You can always spend some time with him afterwards."

"Oh..." she looked guiltily at Knight.

"It is fine," he rumbled.

"I'll make sure to bring you some, okay?"

He nodded, which brought him dangerously close to damaging the ceiling of the train.

Leia gave Knight a polite nod of thanks before turning her attention back to Naja. "To the kitchen then," she said. "Just follow me." Finding the kitchen normally wouldn't be that difficult, but given Naja's tendency to get lost...

She re-summond Knight into his Card and tucked it away before picking up Goligan and following. "Eidolon, Gremlin, please put out the fire before you find us."

They nodded and set to work to doing that.

The two of them headed off toward the kitchen car, and with Leia leading it didn't take long to get there. "Now then," she said, "one thing I'm fairly confident in making is an omelet. I think there are eggs, and we can add some vegetables to it too. Then, if we have time afterwards, we can make the flatbread. That sound good to you?"

Najaran licked her lips and nodded. "Duo was going to show me how to make hot chocolate and marshmallows, but he left before he could. But someone did show me how to make ice cream! So I can make that for us!" then she winced. "Um well... actually Gremlin can. I hit all the wrong buttons and mostly just make a mess."

"Hot chocolate I can do too," Leia said. "We'll need some milk anyway, for the omelets. So how about you get the cocoa powder and some vegetables for the omelets, and I'll get the milk and eggs? That should keep you well clear of the section of stores that has meat and dairy."

She considered, then nodded. "But if I see anything wriggling, or that should be wriggling, I'm out of here," she said, with a small shudder.

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I think laundry actually, but with her there'd still be a fire.

Fair enough. And you are probably right.

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