paradisa

[A flour-covered Phoenix may be found in the kitchen bright and early on March 7, adorned with a yellow and white striped apron, and merrily rolling out cookie dough. His journal is open nearby, and he's talking over it.]

So, it's Purim! Or at least, it will be tonight. I don't think it counts for very much here, since the castle seems to be pretty choosy about what holidays it celebrates, but I wanted to make hamantaschen anyway. So, uh, anybody who wants some, please let me know!

[There's a delay as he's cutting out circles from the dough, and then a splatter of prune filling on the journal.]

...if you don't know what they are, they're cookies with fruit filling in the center. These are prune flavored. Don't knock it til you try it, but I can make apricot, too.

[And with that, he goes back to making his cookies, plopping the filling into the center of each one and pinching the cookies into triangle shapes. When finished, they'll look a bit like this, though considerably less perfectly-shaped. A couple are definitely still round.]

Hey, uh--Maya? I need to ask you something.

[A lengthy pause]

...what's going on with you and that Wheatley guy?

I made you a batch of hamantaschen. Lots of different flavors. I'm in the kitchen if you want to come get them, or I can bring them to you later.

((ooc: Jewish!Phoenix is headcanon, not actual canon. The more you know.))

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Oh-

[asdgha Nick. there's a pause and you can hear a small smile on her end]

Thanks... Nick.

Yeah... I'm just here to look out for you, you know?

[He's getting all kinds of flustered now, so he's just gonna be over here... being quiet...]

[asdglkahsdg SHE'S TRYING NOT TO BE SAPPY ABOUT THIS, she's just... touched. So what does a Maya do when overwhelmed by sappy feelings?

TEASE NICK]

I'll talk to Wheatley and make sure he doesn't phrase things in a such a weird way anymore. So don't go getting into any fist fights, okay? Who knows, you might end up not being able to talk again!

["Tease Nick" should be the answer to most problems.]

Hey! Hey now! I could take him in a fight!

I dunno... he's a pretty tall guy! I wouldn't want you to get hurt, Nick.

...what, so you think I'm a shrimp?

You're a lawyer! Your strength is your brains, not your brawn.

[nah, she actually thinks Nick could hold his own in a fight. BUT WHY WOULD SHE SAY THAT, this is more fun]

Hey, that Wheatley guy doesn't seem to have any brawn either!

[Maya is succeeding spectacularly in getting his feathers ruffled.]

Hmm, you've got a point there. But I think he was a little taller than you? I'm not sure, I'll need to see you two next to each other to make sure.

I think I'll pass on being anywhere near that guy again for a while....

Don't worry, I'll talk to him and smooth things over between you two. Then maybe you can try again later.

But I don't want to try again later...

[And as his words are more or less disregarded, he suddenly has the horrific mental image of Maya dragging him to dinner with Wheatley.]

But you're a great guy, and he's a weird-but-also-okay guy! You two just got off on the wrong foot, think of this as Turnabout First Impressions!

...whatever you say, Maya.

[Sigh. How is it he can win arguments in court against some of the most ruthless prosecutors to ever exist, yet never can win against Maya?]

[because Maya is always right ;D]

Anyway... other then that, how have you been?

I've been great! I feel like things are really going well for me lately... ...what about you?

Same for me! I really feel like I'm doing something important with this sciency-stuff, and Paradisa hasn't done anything too crazy.

You're still being careful with the "sciency-stuff," right?

Of course! So far all we've done is an obstacle course, kind of like something from a training montage. I don't really get how it's going to get us out of Paradisa, but he probably knows what he's doing.

....probably.

[Read: Phoenix doesn't think Wheatley has a clue what he's doing.]

...you really want to leave that bad, huh?

[hmmmm, complicated question]

Sort of. I guess I just want to help out everyone else who wants to go home, you know?

[but, honestly... the fact that Nick and so many other people from home. Well... being here isn't bad at all]

I guess it's fairly uncommon for people to be satisfied being here.

[He's thoroughly happy here, though. If he could just be doing his job, everything would be just about perfect, but he knows this is an unpopular opinion.]

Yeah. A lot of people have important stuff to go home to! So we should help 'em out!

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