Trading Recipes [Now open to all Heroes.]

[July 7th. Interaction thread, located in the mess hall, open to all Heroes.]

A big black cooking pot hung, suspended, over a small fire. Contained in the cauldron was some hot bubbling Gumbo from which drifted gentle rolling waves of steam that carried the delicious scent of what Tiana was cooking. Stirring it with her ladle, Tiana drew some out, blew on it, and took a quick slurp of the sauce. She savoured the taste for a moment, then reached down to grab the bottle of Tabasco sauce she had stood at her feet, and splashed a generous amount into the pot. She stirred it again, took another sip, then nodded, satisfied. This Gumbo was just how she liked it, and she hoped the other Heroes would like it too.

the clicking and whirling of gears could he heard as the cyborg enters the tent his large beefy nose had lead him to the smell of the gumbo "mmm somethin smells mighty good Miss Tiana" Silver grins as he takes another whiff of the scent. "anything you need helping with?" he asks moving over to lean agaist the counter.

Tiana turned her head as she heard the cyborg enter, and smiled at him as he complimented her cooking. "Thank you, it's my special Gumbo. I've been making it since I was little...I used to make it all the time for Daddy and Mama and all our neighbours. It's nearly done, but thanks for your offer anyway."

"special eh?" Silver smirks glancing down at the contens in the pot. "since it's nearly done would there be anything else you would need help with?" Silver moves to stand by her side his hands stuffed in his coat pockets his stance relaxed and friendly. "so what other recipes do ye know?" he asked glancing over casually at her with his cybernitc eye.

[Ooc: Should we open this to other Heroes so we can have more interaction when we serve them dinner?]

Remy loved getting the chance to relax. He knew that Tiana would be preparing dinner that night, so the rat was very eager to maybe try and do something special with Lesedi- dining together, possibly? The small gray rodent scampered into the mess hall, a smile on his face. His pink nose twitched at the heavenly aroma of well-cooked Gumbo. It smelled so good! With Tiana's cooking skills, Remy could only bet that it tasted even better.

He scampered up onto the counter to get a better look at what was cooking. The Gumbo pot was the biggest pot he'd ever seen! Remy stared up at it in awe, his copper eyes as wide as dinner dishes. Whatever it was, it had to be great.

"Gee Miss Tiana... what's cooking? It smells divine!" he squeaked, awestruck.

Dipstick was concerned about Rebecca. She seemed to have taken the news that Lucky hadn't survived as she had awful hard. He was afraid she was going to break again inside. Maybe she HAD broken already. But luckily, he was there to pick up the pieces.

He trotted along cheerfully, a happy smile on his face, looking back behind him as if someone was there, despite being totally alone.

"Don't worry Becca, it's just Tiana." He sniffed the air with his large nose and then grinned at thin air. "Ummm....smells like her special gumbo. I've had it, it's delicious. You want some?" He paused, as if listening. Temporarily the smile slid off Dipstick's face. "..What's wrong? Aren't you hungry?" Again the doofy pup paused, staring into thin air behind him as if someone was there. "Ok. Well I'm hungry. I think I'll get some."

Cheerfully he padded up to the conversing woman and mouse. "Hey there miss Tiana. Can I have some gumbo? Is it ready yet?"

Thumper hopped into the Mess Hall cheerfully. "Hi, Dipstick" Thumper had said he had been in the war for so long he had over heard just about every dog on the War's name. "You probably don't know me my name is Thumper" The little bunny said happily. He had taken notice to him seeming to be talking to himself but Thumper had just decided to write it off. "Hi, Miss Tiana, Your Gumbo sure smells tasty do you think it might be ready for me to have a small bowl"? Thumper asked happily

A green humanoid experiment was now making his way down the mess hall. "Boy, am I hungry." he thought to himself as he felt the gurgling o his own belly. The a lovely auroma caught the attention of his nose. "Mmm, what smell so good." he said out loud and followed the trail.

When Elastico arrived to the source of the scent, he saw a girl, a cyborg, a rat, a puppy and a rabbit. It looked like the girl and cyborg where the making food and the other three were just hungry customers.

"Mmm,"Elastico hummed as he looked at the group. "Meega hungry." he said softly.

"It's my special Gumbo recipe, Remy," Tiana replied to the rat with a smile. She always rather liked Remy; he was friendly and agreeable and had an unusual taste for the best foods, unlike usual rats. She smiled down at Dipstick and Thumper as they asked if they could have some of the Gumbo. "Sure you can," she nodded, giving the pot's contents a final good stir. She collected some wooden bowls that she had already put out for the Gumbo, and, balancing them expertly on one arm, she ladled out three bowls, one for the puppy, one for the rabbit, and one with a little less in for the rat. She set them out for the three. "Dig in! Silver, you want some?" she said, her eyes drifting to the three animals to see their reaction to her cooking. As she watched them, something bright green caught her eye in the entrance of the mess hall. She greeted the experiment with a warm smile. "Hungry?"

"Something-smells-delicious!" Nemo was hopping from puddle to puddle trying to get a wiff of what that smell was. Everything was perfect conditions for the fish to hop from puddle to puddle around camp and interact with the soldiers. So long as he didn't get stepped on. He thought maybe it would be better if he had a bowl where he could watch training sessions from but he was still nervous around people and fish bowls. He smiled up at Remy, happy the rat was there, but the smile faded as he saw Silver. He gasped. This human looked like a MONSTER!

"AH!" He cried out, "PLEASE, don't cook me and eat me!"

All right, Naveen. This is not the time to be a goofball. You must make up for the lack of time you have had with your wife. ...I just hope that she does not mind that you haven't spent time with her.

It was fairly safe to say that Naveen was uncertain of where he stood on the matters of him and Tiana at the moment. So much time had passed since the two of them had been alone together that it was difficult to even tell they were a couple at all. So, Naveen had decided to take matters into his own hands. Going on the advice of Ray, who he could safely say was more than a hopeless romantic, he had gone off into the jungle earlier that morning in search of the most beautiful flowers he could find. Suffice to say, he had succeeded and was just returning to camp. More specifically, he was heading toward the smell of gumbo. If his nose was right, it would lead him directly to Tiana. No one else made gumbo that smelled that good.

As he carefully hid the flowers behind his back, Naveen made his way to where the group was and did succeed in catching sight of Tiana. Perfect! There she is! he thought. Things were going better than he expected so far. Finding her was good enough for him at the start. Now all he had to do was make sure that nothing went wrong. "Oh, Tiana..." Naveen said, hardly able to suppress the sort of sing-song tone that so desperately wanted to come out as he approached. Never mind the fact that he must have looked a little silly with one hand behind his back. He just wanted to see his wife smile again... and be with her, of course.

"It has been far too long since we were last in the same place together. How have you been?" he asked. Naveen didn't launch into the fact that he had a little something for Tiana right away. He wanted to start things off casually, and so far that seemed to be working well enough.

"i see that there is plenty to go around" Silver chuckles as he pulls himself a chair to sit on as he watches Tiana server the others. The cyborg let out a whistle "heh yer mighty fine with carrying all those bowls luv" Silver laughs again as he watches the others eat happily. "I'm fine Miss Tiana" Silver said holding up a hand politely when she offered some of her gumbo to him "I'll just have the left overs besides the soldiers deserve it freshly made then i do" the sound of a panicked voice made Silver's head turn and he spots Nemo looking quite terrified at him "easy not lad" Silver smirks down at the clown-fish. "I'm not gonna be eatin ye" Silver winks at him "besides i don't eat raw fish"

"Yes." the green clown like experiment nodded his head, before licking his lips. He felt his stomach gurgling once more. "Damn, you stop that!" he thought looking down at his belly. Elastico caught the glimpse of the steaming pot of yummy gumbo. "What is it?" he asked Tiana.

Ginger smelled with his pink nose a delicous smell . Oh boy what was this smell , The adult male tom cat walked by the scent of a Gumbo .. and he closed his eyes and said :"Mhhhhh.. what a lovley scent ..." The full grown cat tought . And then Ginger opened his eyes and he saw a Cyborg and a little fish and he said to them :"Hi I'm Ginger who are ya both ?" The male black and white feline asked.