mmm, pancakes

[pandion]

Andi is up first again the next morning. She pads downstairs.

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[morphbox]

Ax is mid-morph. Charlie's clothes are too big on his mixed-up human form to be morphed into it, but he does come with underwear, and is reaching for the pants when Trouble comes in.

[aeskhyne]

"Hi," says Trouble. "I brought you some pancakes."

[morphbox]

"Pancakes," Ax repeats. "Pan. Anc. Akes."

[aeskhyne]

Trouble grins and offers him the plate.

[morphbox]

Ax picks up a pancake. He tastes it. He inhales the remaining available pancakes, making undignified sounds.

[aeskhyne]

Trouble smiles.

[morphbox]

<Pancakes,> says Ax unnecessarily.

[aeskhyne]

"Yep," says Trouble. "I'm glad you liked 'em."

He takes the plate back into the kitchen.

[morphbox]

<Are there more?> inquires Ax.

[aeskhyne]

He laughs. "Not right now. There will be if I make 'em."

[morphbox]

<May I have more?> Ax gets his pants on, and his shirt, and peers into the kitchen.

[aeskhyne]

"Sure," says Trouble. "I wanna save some for everybody else, though, so I'm not gonna keep feeding them to you until I run out."

He makes some more pancakes.

[morphbox]

Ax's morphed human instincts must be driving the generation of facial expressions. He looks truly pathetic when he says, "How many? Men-nee?"

[aeskhyne]

"How about..." he looks at the remaining volume of batter and makes a calculation, "three more, and then I'll wait until everybody else has eaten and give you what's left?"

[morphbox]

"Three," says Ax. "Thhhhrrrrrreeee." He sighs.

[pandion]

"Aw, poor Ax."

[aeskhyne]

"Yeah, I know. But we've got a lot of people to feed here."

[pandion]

"I wish one of us besides Charlie could drive, we could go get groceries. Maybe if I successfully miss Mom calling today I can call one of Dad's friends and get a ride."

[aeskhyne]

"Yeah, 'cause otherwise I'm gonna have to go kill a deer or something pretty soon."

[pandion]

"Would you even know what to do with a dead deer?"

[aeskhyne]

"I'm sure I could figure it out."

[pandion]

"Inconspicuously?"

[aeskhyne]

"Mmm... depends where."

[pandion]

"You'd have to get it to the house, to cook it."

[aeskhyne]

"Yeah, probably. Or do some serious experimenting off in the middle of the woods somewhere. But the deer'd still have to come back eventually, I guess."