005 [Action/Voice]

[elixirsoup]

[Action/Voice]

[Hey House 49, guess who's gonna try his hand at being a productive little hero? That's right, Toonie is - he's going to be using the stove for the first time all by himself!

Of course, he wasn't going to try anything too overwhelming. Just spaghetti and meatsauce. He had taken some notes in his journal about how to make it, so it's sitting on the counter nearby. He's got everything else ready, but he's still just... waiting for the huge pot of water to boil.

Impatient as he is, he frowns. And since his journal is wide open, you might hear him growl and mutter to himself.]

Geez, how long does it take water to boil? It never took this long when Grandma did it... [You also weren't watching the pot when Grandma did it, bro.]

Comments

[zelda_hylia]

[Zelda's keeping to the house for the most part. There's no reason to tempt fate with Ganondorf around, after all. As such, Toonie cooking is probably the entertainment highlight of her day, right up there with Sheik brooding (again).]

Hello, there. What are you making?

[voice]

[sketchingideals]

Are you keeping too close of an eye on it? Water always seems to take longer to boil when you're constantly watching...

[the_mighty_foot]

[Oh, hey, small person that sort of looks like another person Foot knows.

You are being watched. Yes. Watched. From the door frame. Very intently.]

Murr?

[elixirsoup]

Huh? [Turns.] ...Oh! Princess! [Smiles.] I was gonna cook spaghetti for everybody. But the water's taking an awful long time to boil...

[voice]

[elixirsoup]

Wah!!

[OH IT'S JUST HIS JOURNAL... He goes over to it.]

Forgot I had this open! ...So you think I should just stop watching it, then, Jeb?

[elixirsoup]

[What? ...Oh, a kitty! Come to think of it, Big Link did mention a cat hanging around the place...]

Oh, uh... hey there. [Smile.] You're, uh, Foot, right? Big Link told me about you.

[zelda_hylia]

Of course it is, you aren't supposed to watch it while it heats up.

[Zelda seems amused. She hasn't cooked much in her life, but she has made tea - and she knows that it took forever if she simply stared at the kettle.]

Why don't you prepare some of the other ingredients while you wait?

[elixirsoup]

Huh? ...Oh, yeah, I could! [Goes over and grabs a large pan, placing it on the stove as well.] I can cook the meat, right? But first I gotta put - [He glances at his journal.] - salt and pepper in it.

[He grabs a large bowl and dumps the package of ground meat in it, then grabs the salt and pepper and sprinkles some on the meat. then he digs his hands in it and makes a face.]

Eww... it's slimy...!

[zelda_hylia]

[Why are you touching the meat with your bare hands, Little Link?! Is sanitation a concept that all Links lack? Just look at how they use their bottles!]

Ah! You should mix that around with a utensil. Don't touch anything else until you wash your hands!

[She tries to usher him to the sink to get some soap on his hands.]

[Voice]

[rideslink]

You know if you watch the pot it'll boil faster. [Not true. You shouldn't listen to her.]

[elixirsoup]

[He looks at his hands, making an even more disgusted face. Yeah, she was probably right - meet goop just looked gross. He goes to wash said hands.]

[Voice] dammit Midna 8|

[elixirsoup]

Really? ...How's that supposed to work?

[IF YOU GIVE HIM A GOOD REASON HE'LL PROBABLY BELIEVE YOU...]

[zelda_hylia]

[She digs something out for him to push the meat around with. It's not like she knows exactly what kitchen utensil to use, but she does know that you don't touch the raw meat.]

Here, use this to... I don't know. Push it around or something.

[Voice] Bwahahaha

[rideslink]

An intense stare makes the pot heat up faster. It really works, I've seen it.

{voice}

[contempsi]

Um... y-you should probably try and work on something else for a while. It'll feel like a really long time if you just stand there and watch it boil. It's, ah... it's some kind of mental thing, I guess.

[Voice]

[geniustheveil]

[Ami can't help a small laugh, not meant to be unkind but a laugh nonetheless.]

They say a 'watched pot never boils', don't they? It should take about ten minutes or so, normally.

[voice]

[sketchingideals]

I'm sorry anyway--I didn't mean to startle you.

[Well...]

Well, don't stop watching it completely. That's probably asking for trouble! But don't watch it every second.

[blessedbyfarore]

Oh - are you cooking something? ['Sup, Little Link. Have a Big Link, peering inside curiously.] Do you want me to help?

[THIS CAN ONLY END IN TEARS.]

Voice

[hero_in_training]

[...that little image looks a whole lot like him. But that's not his post...is this the other Link that Big Link was talking about?

It sounds like he's cooking, which was something Bitty was never good at, but he does know this!] Maybe do two things at once? [That always made things go by faster, when he was waiting. Bitty sounds all the curious, wanting to know this other Link]

[Voice]

[mistlegacy]

[She can't help but respond, curious and maybe a little amused.]

Need some help, over there?

[elixirsoup]

Um, okay.

[He dries his hands, takes the utensil, and mashes the meat around. Ahh, much less slimy.]

[voice]

[elixirsoup]

Oooh. ...Maybe I should do something else, then? While I'm waiting?

[Voice]

[elixirsoup]

Wow... maybe that's how Grandma does it! How long do I gotta stare at it?

{voice}

[elixirsoup]

Oh... well, I guess I could start the meat sauce, then, while it's boiling?

[Voice]

[cynicism]

[No, Little Brat, you are not worth the trip downstairs to have this conversation in person.]

Don't you dare set this house on fire.