[IC] Day 67, Afternoon

[thexfactor]

[ sometimes, future megalomaniacs like to have dates. ]

Comments

[grandstanding]

Of course it is. Don't just accept it without knowing for sure.

[thexfactor]

Honestly, I just left it alone.

[grandstanding]

I know, you said. But it's something you need to confirm.

[thexfactor]

Right. Of course.

[grandstanding]

Do you want me to come back with you, when you test it?

[thexfactor]

. . . Yes. Please.

[grandstanding]

All right.

[reaches over to cover Charles' hand with his own]

[thexfactor]

Castling was so scared.

[grandstanding]

[he says nothing to that; doesn't know what to say, really.]

[thexfactor]

I couldn't really say anything in the face of that.

[grandstanding]

Sometimes, there aren't words.

[thexfactor]

I suppose not.

[grandstanding]

[gives his hand a squeeze, before withdrawing it. he studies the board and takes one of Charles' pawns with a rook.]

Check.

[thexfactor]

[ his smile flickers before he moves a castle ]

[grandstanding]

[Erik picks up the container he brought with him and snaps the lid open, before handing it over to Charles.]

It's not something I've tried making before.

[there's a loaf of sweet bread in there.]

[thexfactor]

I'm sure it's lovely.

[ taking some ]

[grandstanding]

Half of it collapsed in the oven.

[it is indeed weirdly shaped.]

[thexfactor]

Well . . . you tried. Perhaps it'll work out better the second time around.

[grandstanding]

It might just be that I'm not destined to bake.

[thexfactor]

Yes, it could be that too.

[grandstanding]

No great loss.

[thexfactor]

Why baking though?

[grandstanding]

I wanted to try something different.

[thexfactor]

And now?

[grandstanding]

I won't give up after one try, but once I've thoroughly tested it, I'll decide.