J,GoB; Sunday Morning [01/06].

[beautiful_boc]

Boc had actually been looking forward to a trip to thr bakery that Sunday. He was actually feeling like indulging in his usual cinnamon roll, but also fruit tart, much to the delight of the staff. He didn't understand why they should even care that he'd have even one pastry, let alone two, but it did feel rather nice that they seemed to approve and it made their day, somehow,a little better.

So, with his two treats, he hobbled over to his corner table to settle in and enjoy his Sunday.

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[stykera]

Boc could have a a little extra treat, as a treat?

Stark was in looking for cookies for tomorrow morning. It just seemed like a good thing to bring to the clinic and he wasn't feeling much like baking today. And the bakery did have an assortment of rainbow goodies in honor of the new month.

"Morning, Boc," he said as he waited for his box of cookies to be filled. "Doing all right?"

[beautiful_boc]

"Erm, hello," said Boc, head bobbing in a nod and fully prepared for the greeting, having gotten ready for it once he saw Stark come in. "Good morning. Happy Sunday. And I'm doing alright, yes, thank you for asking. Better than alright, even, though I'd hate to say that and end up being wrong. And yourself? Doing well, I should hope?"

[stykera]

Good job not being startled, Boc. Gold star!

"Well enough," Stark said. Which was true enough. "Are you liking the class with Raiden? Breakfast?"

[beautiful_boc]

He was getting better! It also helped that Stark didn't go straight for the greeting, too.

"I...," Boc frowned a moment, not because he didn't like rhe class, but it was a class and dealt with having to leave the shop and he still seemed to find something to be distressed about even in a class about food, so he tried to think of how to best answer.

"It's...different. Than what I'd normally do. But the food is nice, and of course rhe instructor, and I like learning about new foods, even if I'd hate to ruin an egg or risk eating meat. Erm. Are you? Enjoying it as well?"

[stykera]

"It was very strange, when I first started taking classes here," Stark said. "I'd never done anything like it before and now...now I like it. It helps, having things to do. And cooking is a very good thing to be able to do. And yes, I am enjoying this one."

Other classes maybe not so much.

"Raiden is very good with food."

[beautiful_boc]

"It's probably best leaving things like cooking to you and him, then," Boc said, a bit morosely, with a slow sway of his head back and forth. "I'd likely just burn down the whole island, if I tried too much of it. Or maybe even any of it at all."

[stykera]

"The island hasn't burned down yet," Stark said. "It seems unlikely."

Even if there was a current tragic and complete lack of hot firefighters to deal with such things.

"There are plenty of people here who could help if something went wrong."

[beautiful_boc]

"I haven't really cooked much yet, either," Boc countered. "And while I'm sure everyone here would help," they were a strange lot indeed, in that regard, "I can only imagine they'd much rather not have to."

Maybe then they'd finally have a good reason to chase him off! And probably wish they'd done it so much sooner, too!

[stykera]

Not likely, Boc. This was a weird place full of weird people who were mostly determined to try and Do Good on at least an occasional basis.

"No one likes an emergency," Stark pointed out. Well, almost no one anyway. "They'd still be happy to help. I'd help, if I could. Or...maybe Raiden could help you find foods that are less likely to catch fire than others?"

[beautiful_boc]

Happy to? Boc's disbelieving whimper came with a withering look, and a wonder as to whether or not Stark really knew the meaning of the word. Or perhaps it just meant something different here, because it certainly wouldn't be a word he would ever choose!

But he wasn't about to say that, either, and, instead, just tagged his head back and forth. "Oh," he said, "no, no, it's...it's quite alright. I wouldn't want to have to put him through any trouble or extra work on account of me, of all things! Especially when he's nice enough to let me in his class at all! I'm quite content just to learn about some of the food; it's all so different! From what I'm used to, back home, in the Lands Between. There's much to learn, really. I'm lucky just to be able to!"

[stykera]

Stark was good at saying not quite the right thing, Boc!

"Right, right," Stark nodded. "Sorry. I didn't mean to...sorry."

He shook his head. "There is a lot of food here. I still haven't run out of new things to try.

[beautiful_boc]

"They always seem to want me to try new things when I come in here, too," Boc noted, and his hand gestured toeard the tart, where half of it had been nibbled on, and most of the fruit already plucked off.

"This isn't a new thing," he admitted, "but they seemed pretty happy," at least how he understood happy to mean!, "that I got it anyway."

He did not understand why they staff was so invested in what he ate when he came in, really, and found it equal parts nice and worrying.

Okay, okay, mostly worrying, but a little nice.

[stykera]

The staff here were just weirdly invested in giving people delicious treats.

"They do like feeding people things in this shop. I think...I think it does make them happy when we like the food. It makes Raiden happy feeding people too. You've tried pizza?"

[beautiful_boc]

"Erm..." Boc's brow knitted for a moment in uncertainty. "Perhaps? Maybe? It does sound a bit familiar, but I'm not so sure. Is it....is it the thing he sells in his shop? Big flat bread things with the sauce and cheese and sometimes mushrooms? They have it at the picnics and parties sometimes, too. If I recall correctly..."

[stykera]

"Yes! And sometimes meat but you don't eat that but sometimes other vegetables as well. And sometimes pineapple but some people get irrationally angry about that."

People were weird. Pineapple was tasty.

"I had some with pickles, recently. I liked that."