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Post by Rampage/Xavier Goodkind on Feb 3, 2012 20:42:57 GMT -5
"Just a ham and cheese sandwich is not enough. And what is supper? Just some take out or pizza? And breakfast?"
This is probably the outright nosiest Xavier has gotten since the first day they met, but he takes his food very seriously. Pierce is doing himself a disservice with such unvaried and bland meals! He is doing his taste buds a disservice!
"You'd do better to just eat the children," he adds, jokingly.
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Post by Phobia/Pierce Fobster on Feb 4, 2012 12:10:53 GMT -5
That is actually a lot more food to eat than Pierce can imagine downing. He looks a bit intimidated by the idea.
And ew, children for lunch?
“Good heavens no! They’re covered in God knows what and I’d rather not find out via my taste buds, if I may be so frank.” He actually visibly shudders at the notion. Eugh! Gross horrible sticky hands! Eeeeeuuugh!
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Post by Rampage/Xavier Goodkind on Feb 4, 2012 15:12:04 GMT -5
Xavier stares at Pierce for a long moment, then promptly cracks up laughing. He quickly slaps a hand over his mouth to try and muffle his cackling, because library. Must be quiet. But oh god, can't stop laughing. He sags heavily against the wall as he continues to guffaw into his palm.
There is just something so very, very funny to him about Pierce's honest distaste over the idea of eating children... because they're unsanitary, of all things, rather than every other moral reason not to eat children.
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Post by Phobia/Pierce Fobster on Feb 4, 2012 16:20:20 GMT -5
Pierce flinches when Xavier suddenly cracks up laughing before reflexively holding a finger to his lips and going ‘Shhhh!’ because he’s that kind of librarian. He gives the other man a rather reproachful look before sighing and, well, still giving him a reproachful look when he muffles his laughter. Really! So rude!
"What? What's so funny?" he huffs.
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Post by Rampage/Xavier Goodkind on Feb 4, 2012 18:38:27 GMT -5
Pierce's offense sends him into another fit of muffled chortles despite himself, and he fights down his urge to laugh.
"I'm sorry," he says finally with a slight chuckle, wiping the corners of his eyes. For a moment he gives Pierce a remarkably fond smile. You're just too adorable.
Then he smirks and says, "You just have to prepare them properly. Give 'em a good wash and proper freezing and cooking will kill off anything you need to worry about."
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Post by Phobia/Pierce Fobster on Feb 4, 2012 19:21:37 GMT -5
“This isn’t making me want to eat anything,” Pierce grumbles sullenly, eying Xavier. “People always complain about microwaved food being terrible but this is a new level of disgusting.” Xavier may be the food snob but Pierce is definitely out-snob him at the moment.
“Now if you are quite done trying to make me regurgitate, I have more tasteful things to listen and read than this.” He even turns his nose up and sniffs snobbishly before turning back to pinning announcements on the board.
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Post by Rampage/Xavier Goodkind on Feb 4, 2012 19:37:43 GMT -5
Xavier lets out a loud snort at the microwaved food comment, managing to resist another fit of laughter. Then he does his best to look apologetic, because he really wasn't trying to make Pierce feel sick. He was just trying to be funny.
"Okay, okay, I'm sorry." He props an elbow against the wall, grinning at Pierce's overt snobbery. "Tell you what, I'll treat you to lunch. Get you some proper additions to go with your sandwich. No children involved."
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Post by Phobia/Pierce Fobster on Feb 4, 2012 20:27:36 GMT -5
“You’ll- I- what.” Pierce gives Xavier a bizarre look as he pins an obnoxiously yellow summer camp brochure up. “I can obtain my own lunch fine by myself. Really.” He doesn’t need Xavier to supervise his nutrition intake. In fact, that’d be a bit on the creepy side.
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Post by Rampage/Xavier Goodkind on Feb 4, 2012 21:13:54 GMT -5
"Come on, you're saying no to a free lunch?" This is Xavier's most charming grin, be charmed! "A salad and a muffin would go great with that sandwich. And maybe a coffee?"
Come, Pierce. Come spend time with Xavier outside of the library for once.
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Post by Phobia/Pierce Fobster on Feb 5, 2012 15:37:19 GMT -5
Pierce eyes Xavier. He then eyes the wall of colorful announcements. After a moment he looks back to the red head, eyes narrowing further as he plucks the next set of pins off of the board.
“I don’t like coffee,” Pierce mutters after a moment. It wasn’t... quite a no. “And why would you give me free lunch? I’m perfectly capable of paying for it.”
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Post by Rampage/Xavier Goodkind on Feb 5, 2012 16:14:42 GMT -5
"It doesn't have to be coffee," Xavier says. "And because I feel like treating you. But fine, you can pay if you want to. When's your lunch break?"
Because Pierce not having said no yet definitely makes this a sure thing!
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Post by Phobia/Pierce Fobster on Feb 6, 2012 16:56:26 GMT -5
How did Xavier make that sound so appealing? Normally Pierce would have loathed the idea of eating in public.
Pinning the last piece of paper in place, Pierce’s fingers linger on the pinhead in indecision. He cannot trust this man. He cannot ever, ever trust this man. And yet, more than anything, he wanted to. Xavier was... amiable and Pierce found his company to be not unwanted.
And... really, he had no reason to believe Xavier was Rampage. Looking back on it now, the hunch had been illogical. Completely unsubstantiated. He can’t have just... known how Rampage would have looked like as a human a priori. He didn’t even know definitively if anyone else had been turned human, much less that Rampage had. And if Rampage had been turned human, surely he wouldn’t be so likeable?
Surely it can’t hurt to do this. It was just a lunch. Plus spurning all human socialization wasn’t exactly that handy for one whose function was the gathering of information.
“In an hour,” he murmurs softly.
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Post by Rampage/Xavier Goodkind on Feb 6, 2012 18:04:37 GMT -5
"Then it's a date," Xavier says with a grin. He's still not hearing a no! "There's a nice café just around the corner that we could walk to."
Enjoying Pierce's company and food at the same time? That's two of his favorite things! Just add some murder to the mix and what more could a man ask for?
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Post by Phobia/Pierce Fobster on Feb 9, 2012 13:23:30 GMT -5
“Noooo, it is not a date!” Pierce squeaks. “It is an outing!” When he’s done giving Xavier a wide-eyed look of a deer in the headlights, the man also manages to add, “and that cafe sounds nice, I guess.”
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Post by Rampage/Xavier Goodkind on Feb 9, 2012 15:51:09 GMT -5
Xavier can't help but laugh again, though it's not the long fit it was last time. Perhaps he should feel offended at Pierce's strong denial, but he's feeling a bit too giddy about getting the chance to take Pierce out for lunch to care much. Plus the older man is kind of adorable.
"It's just a saying," he says, smiling at Pierce. Then he puts on a bit of a sad puppy expression, and a little sarcasm. "But good to know the idea of going on a date with me is so terrible."
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