a friend in need's a friend indeed

[magnitudes]

WHO: elliot alderson & sarissa theron.
WHERE: elliot's place.
WHEN: day or two after this post.
WHAT: Sarissa goes to crash at Elliot's because she's being terrible to everyone. Also meeting internet friends irl, rad.
WARNINGS: who knows, I'll update as necessary.





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soRRY FOR MY SLOW BROSKI i did the thing of thinking of a reply, and forgetting to write it up :'|

[magnitudes]

Hey. I'll have you know I'm great at dumb merchandise puns.

( And then, a slightly dramatised pause, as if only now she has realised that she corrected the wrong part of that sentence. Quelle horreur! Her mouth tugs into a grin, bolstered with a dash of self-aware amusement, and she leans over to inspect the mint chocolate. Earning an Elliot grin makes her feel good. She has accomplished something on this day. )

You know, I might settle for just putting "I was wrong" on your bib, to immortalise this moment. ( But she is jotting down a note on a post it, and putting that near the mint plate. )

So raspberry yes, mint yes... Y'know, I dunno if it's as much of a thing everywhere else, but there's these lollies in Australia that are "pineapple," ( with airquotes, yes ) dipped in chocolate. They're appetisingly called pineapple lumps, of all things. Anyways, seems like it'd fit with the fresh, sharp thing contrasting the chocolate trend, but I am not so sure that pineapple and chocolate would a good cheesecake make.

( she makes a face. The face is essentially #yikes. )

[raw]

Pineapple and cream cheese is really great though,

[ Elliot points out, even if he's not totally certain about Pineapple Lumps. ]

Make a no-bake one.

[ Pineapple and cream cheese and chocolate and weed. Sounds both disgusting and amazing at the same time. ]

It's worth trying out, at least. Once you eat enough edibles everything tastes great anyway.

[ He absolutely still gets the munchies even when he's just eating the weed in the first place. ]

Maybe even weird Australian food.

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Can't say I've ever tried it.

( It just raises so many questions. Does the acidity of the pineapple not make the cream cheese curdle, or do you just spread it on there? Are they blended together? Okay, maybe only the two questions, and she considers for a moment. )

Reckon it'd be okay to use canned pineapple? ( Because, I mean, she's writing the idea down. Apparently her own pickiness with regards to food is less strict when it comes to potentially hideous dessert experimentation.

And, still looking down at her piece of paper, she points to Elliot. ) Watch out, I reckon I could make a great vegemite and chocolate cheesecake. Just watch me.

[raw]

Yeah, see, you only think that because your tastebuds are genetically wired to enjoy gross shit.

[ KANYESHRUG. He's not eating vegemite cheesecake. ]

[magnitudes]

Oi, yeah but nah. Salt and chocolate is a classic combo. ( And, she looks up, Appropriately Dramatically Haughty. ) And this, when your country invented Cheeze Whiz. That's a food for the self-loathing and broken hearted, I swear.

[raw]

[ HOLD THE FRONT DOOR. ]

You don't have cheese whiz in Australia?

[magnitudes]

( The mental equivalent of really screechy train brakes. Sparks flying. Sad scraping noise. )

Pretty sure. We got some fucking nasty version of vegemite with cheese in it, but.

[raw]

Cheese in the vegemite?

I've changed my mind, man. I don't know if I want to let you cook for me anymore, not when I'm in danger from your Australian tastebuds.

[magnitudes]

That's too bad, mate, because there's some meatballs resting in the fridge, and they are gonna blow your mind. They got cheese, too, but it's feta.

( She tilts her head, and shoots him a grin, even if it just lasts a second. ) It's bloody terrible though. Had a spoonful once because I thought it was the regular stuff. Almost as bad as bloody Promite, which far as I figure is like some nasty ripoff that people get— well, I guess it's the Australian emotional equivalent of cheeze whiz.

[raw]

Here I thought the shitty version of vegemite was vegemite.

[ He isn't arguing very seriously though. Seriously how are their IRL conversations exactly the same as their stupid banter online? Just endless arguments neither of them are invested in winning. ]

[magnitudes]

Oi. Eat your cheesecake. I need a rating out of ten for each of these.

( She goes to the fridge, and pulls out a can of guinness, holding it up, an eyebrow raised at Elliot in a silent question of whether he'd like one. And, with a quick glance to the can, she smiles a little. ) Chocolate and guinness, heaps better than vegemite.

[raw]

[ He's judging her a little for beer in a can, but also... Elliot has basically never said no to a mind altering substance and he isn't about to start, so he nods and accepts the drink, cracks it open with mild distaste. ]

Beer and edibles, pretty good if you can find the crossfade.

[ He agrees, which makes it obvious he maybe isn't in this for the taste of the foods. Still, he's a lot nicer when he's stoned, friendly to the point of almost normalcy, and he can feel the buzz starting to manifest in a low hum beneath the skin, behind his eye sockets. ]

Choc-mint is the winner. You might have to take it away from me.

[ Because the more stoned he is the better food tastes and the more stoned he's gonna get eating it. ]

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( Sir, please, the cans were cheaper. Have mercy. )

And the crossfade will be found. Diligence, determination, some shit like that.

( Or by googling recipes, maybe that. Let other people's diligence etc have paid off. And Sarissa smiles - not a grin, but a bit more real than some of her more ridiculous smiles. )

Do you want me to take it away, or are you bein' polite? 'Cause I don't mind if you demolish this. I can make Tiger a new one.