Botato And Breakfest

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It had been a long week, for Tamzen and *especially* for Arsling. But finally it was over, and Tamzen had woken early on Saturday to take a cab out to the hospital and pick up her roommate and bring her home.

The key turned in the lock of the door to their shared rooms, and Tamzen ushered the other girl in, already seeming a bit harried. “Linny, I don’t care what you *thought* you were going to do today - I got my marching orders from your doctor, and she said ‘take it easy for the rest of the weekend.’ Go settle in on the futon, and I’ll make some breakfast for both of us.”

Arsling is carrying the cat plushie Tamzen gave her cradling it and cuddling it as she walked in, ribs still wrapped up under her attire and just starting to become one hundred percent not concussed "but I've gotta house train Botato, teach them how to cook" Arsling gets Botato the cat to boop Tamzen on the nose as Arsling smirks pulling in the goodies she got from Selene and Tamzen.

“*Linny*…” Tamzen said, her tone a mixture of exasperation, fondness, and warning. “Go sit your ass down on the futon - I’ll bring your stuff in.”

Arsling sighs and sits on the futon crossing her legs and sitting awkwardly while putting Botato on her chest “but what about sword training? Might have to teach Botato to stab a bitch up” Arsling giggles trying to be as light hearted as she can considering how shitty her last 2 days were

Tamzen gives Linny a Look, which she manages to hold in place for all of two seconds before chuckling and turning away. “I think Botato will manage quite fine with just their claws for another day or two...what do you want in your omelette?”

“Cheese and bacon, it better taste better than hospital food, they gave me pizza that tasted like cardboard with tomato sauce, I gave half of it Botato must be why he’s so pudgy” Arsling says smirking and poking Botato in the stomach before hugging them “thanks for Botato, he kept me great company last night”

“Glad you like him,” Tamzen said as she disappeared into the little cubbyhole that was their en-suite “kitchen”. Arsling could hear the sound of the other girl rummaging through the cupboards for the supplies she needed, then… “Botato, you make sure that Linny doesn’t go anywhere now, you hear me?”

Arsling makes Botato salute and makes a little silly voice “yes ma'am!” Arsling smirks as she gets comfortable “so anything happen around campus while I was on my break from thinking?”

“If it did, I was too busy to notice…” There was the sound of a metal pan clanging against the floor, followed by Tamzen muttering something that Arsling wasn’t quite able to hear as she bent to pick it up. “What I was thinking when I set my schedule for this semester, I can’t say I know...” A quick sound of water in the sink as Tamzen rinsed off the pan, followed by the sound of the fridge door opening and shutting again.

Arsling fake punches Botato pretending to knock him out before standing up and trying to sneak her way to her gifts to grab the Selene CD, she definitely doesn’t want anyone seeing this so she gotta hide this soon as possible, Nobody can know, it's too embarrassing

If Tamzen noticed her roommate skulking around, she pretended not to see. Instead, she focused on making the requested breakfast. Usually she preferred meals that required less effort, but she was actually reasonably good at making omelettes.

By the time she had finished cooking and had set the dishes to soak, Arsling had returned to her spot on the futon, acting for all the world like she had never left. Tamzen set both plates down on the trunk that served as a coffee table/footrest in front of the futon, along with a couple of glasses of juice. She reached over and patted the plush cat on the head. “Good job, Botato. Thank you.”

“Ah he had to choke me out to keep me here but i can’t lie he's great security”  Arsling sips on her juice smirking at Tamzen as she stuck her fork into the omelette and eating it smirking “ah finally great fucking food” Arsling uses her spare hand to scratch Botato on the head

Tamzen settled on the futon next to her roommate and relaxes with a sigh. There was a lot she should be doing - getting her part of the analysis for the project with Didi for one - but for the moment, she was just enjoying an excuse to relax. If it made Arsling sit still without fussing, so much the better, in her mind.

“So then what have you been doing while i was gluing my ribs back together” Arsling smiles warmly as she chows down on her omelette looking quite casually happy to be relaxing after the ‘relaxing’ she did the last two days

“Umm…” Tamzen took a bite of toast while she thought of what was worth talking about. “I went to try one of those fencing lessons on Thursday, had coffee with one of the guys on the team - I think you’ve met Xander, right? Then went to the bonfire, and took you to the hospital…” She set her plate down on her lap and thought about it some more. “Friday was just classes and work. Got assigned a group project with Didi in that problem solving class. Oh…! And Fluffy showed up last night after work again - hadn’t seen them all week, I’d been starting to get worried.”

“Ughh Fluffy, is that the wolf that you make sound like a puppy dog? I wish you’d stop doing that, after being chased by wolves I wouldn't be shocked if one of them was Fluffy” Arsling says grumpily “but fencing and problem solving? Botato attack the nerd!” She gets Botato to jump at Tamzen and pretend to bite Tamzen while Arsling says “nomnomnom”

Tamzen squeaked in mock terror at the stuffed animal’s “attack” and raised one arm to fend it off. “Help! Oh won’t someone save me from this fearsome creature?” she wailed, as she tried to keep her plate from slipping off her lap onto the floor.

“Muhahahah!” Arsling says ‘Evily’ as she sics her fearsome kitty on Tamzen before replying in the Botato voice “only if Botato gets to appear on your radio show!”

Tamzen giggles as she sweeps the plush out of Arsling’s hands and buries her face in the soft fuz. “Sorry, but no can do. Emily would be too jealous.” Emily was the station mascot, a grumpy little hedgehog that Tamzen took care of. Unfortunately, it had proven to be too difficult to locate an actual echidna to be the mascot, but Emily had her own charms.

“Nooooo beaten by a mere hedgehog! What has become of me!” ‘Botato’ says dramatically as Arsling smirks and clearly enjoying the pantomime the roommates have began doing, she absolutely loves Botato

Tamzen caught her breath and started to settle back down, tucking Botato between the two of them. “...but in all seriousness, are you okay? I know I wasn’t around much this week, and I kinda gather that you’ve had a hell of a time. Do you need to talk about it...or just be distracted from it?”

“I don’t know, i was nearly killed this week, i won’t lie i'm scared to death, like two steps out the door the Wolves are just waiting for me to drag me into the woods to never be heard from again” Arsling says shuddering the wolves were so close, if she did one thing different or one thing wrong she’d have become one of them, she wouldn’t be herself anymore

“Im told that it’ll be awhile before my ribs come back together, it’ll be able to use a sword again”

Tamzen frowned thoughtfully. “It just seems so weird to me - like, wouldn’t we be hearing more about stuff like this if the pack was a danger? Fluffy’s been walking me home ever since I moved into the dorms - if they were dangerous, you’d think I’d’ve been attacked by now. It’s not like I’m a particularly threatening looking person or anything…”

“Maybe they like roll reversal, Walking their pet human” Arsling says smirking briefly “I don't know, maybe I just smell more like a threat, it's probably because I'm…” Arsling sighs she already told Didi, might as well tell her roommate “im cursed i attract monsters like a fly to shit, i know i sound crazy but it's true, i promise”

Tamzen gave the other girl a wry smile. “I’ve lived here my whole life...that isn’t even close to the oddest thing I’ve heard, trust me.” She slipped one arm behind Arslings shoulders, and gently squeezed her in a one-armed hug. After a moment, she spoke again. “So...I’m guessing that’s not the only weird thing that’s happened to you since you got here?”

“Its weird actually, past two years have been relatively peaceful, like all the Mysticalness that's so concentrated in Ireland has been spread out in this town, I've had to defend myself a few times, couple Vampires that went for my neck that found the wrong side of a pencil”

Arsling pauses for a few seconds “and then the werewolves want me and want me to be one of them...so what's your magical secret?” Arsling says slightly sarcastically “werekitten or mouse in disguise?”

Tamzen laughs. “Nope, just super introvert powers, and the absolute inability to come across as even remotely cool outside of a soundproofed broadcast booth.” She hesitated, before adding: “Sometimes I can see things?”

“Like a psychic or like a witch?” Arsling says before sitting up excitedly “or are you just magic sensitive? Which i think would make you a wizard, either way that's cooler than what ive got” Arsling says smiling as she pets the fuzzy Botato very curious about Tamzens skills

Tamzen shrugged. “I don’t really know how it works - no one taught me or anything.” She thinks about that for a moment. “Sometimes...I get this vision - like an empty city made of obsidian and smoky quartz, and it’s like I can see sound and energy. And sometimes, when I ask it a question, I can find an answer.”

“Now that's fuckin cool” Arsling says as she downs her juice “not sure I’ve encountered something like that, but that's a pretty cool power y’know, precognition and all that, you can find out the ending to shows that got cancelled early” Arsling says grinning as she speculates “or how hot i rate according to the forces of the universe”

“Very, I’m sure…” Tamzen murmured. “I’ve never thought to look forward - usually I see things that have already happened.”

“Do you mind...well showing off? Its ok if you don't want to i'm just curious” Arsling looks at her with unintentional puppy eyes

“I can’t imagine it’s very interesting, but...I guess I can try.” Tamzen rarely tried to call up visions deliberately - usually she’d see the city at the edge of her vision while she was doing something else, and she’d follow that trail of thought until it showed her something interesting. She closed her eyes, and took a deep breath, followed by another, and slowly built the image of the city in her mind’s eye. Her hand moved, brushing up against her roommates upper arm, breathing in sharply as the city snapped into focus. She sent out a thought - *show me a story from her childhood - one that will make her smile…*

From Arsling’s perspective, Tamzen was seated completely still, only the steady rise and fall of her chest showing that the girl was still there. After a moment, she seemed to deflate, and she opened her eyes.

“I saw a target in the distance. A young girl holds the bow - it’s almost too large for her, but she will not say so. Three times she lets an arrow fly, and three times they embed themselves in the target. She smiles…” Tamzen shook her head as if to clear it. “It was very impressive work, Linny. Was your family proud?”

Arsling freezes her mind drawn back to old memories “yeah, my mum took me to get ice cream afterwards, i must've been like 13, did i have my stupid pigtails yet?” A massive smile on her face and some tears in her eyes, it's been a long time since she thought about a nice memory relating to her mother but she was definitely thankful to be reminded of when things were normal

“No...they were very cute pigtails…” Tamzen teased.

Arsling laughed “oh come on i looked daft my hair was well... is so fluffy and wild i remember when i was 8 and my hair started getting so long and unruly i ran into a wall, my mum ended up giving me the lesbian cut before i told her i wanted pigtails, should’ve kept the lesbian cut” Arsling laughed again before coughing “ow ow oh dear my ribs” Arsling smiles at Tamzen “best superpower ever”

“I guess I’ll have to practice more, then.” It was good to see Arsling smile, the other girl had seemed so on edge lately. “But maybe we should stop before you hurt your ribs again…”

“Yeah maybe...i wish i could do stuff like that, i'm about as magically sensitive as a rock” Arsling leans back into the futon putting Botato over her ribs “hay Botato your favourite Radio host is magical”

Tamzen pushed lightly against Linny’s shoulder. “Okay, okay...enough of that for now! Let me clear the dishes, and then we can put on some trashy movie and just veg out here for a couple of hours. Sound like a plan?”

“Hell yeah, Botato welcome to the world of us nutjobs” Arsling boops Botato on the nose, Botato looks fearful