Plumbing, Cooking and Ralm

Posted on September 21, 2008 @ 11:42PM

A water main burst in my building. Ugh. I woke up this morning and Neyra and Keyra were running around squealing about how they can’t shower. Perfect. If there’s one thing I can’t stand, it’s not being able to shower in the morning, it isn’t great to have this exacerbated by two annoying twins who I’m convinced only got into Tosadae because of their rich parents. I usually try to make sure my time and home and theirs doesn’t coincide. Which is hard, because I’m pretty sure they don’t even go to classes.

I decided to swing by Miro’s place and ask if I could use their shower. Grenci answered the door.
“Nik. What up?” he asked.
“Water’s broken, can I use your shower?” I asked.
“Sure thing,” he said, “Beats having to wait around with some creepy plumber, right?”
“Definitely.” I replied.

I had my shower, and when I came out Miro was eating breakfast. She didn’t seem surprised to see me. I guess Grenci told her I was there. He had already left though.
“Hey Nik,” she said.
“Hello Miro,” I replied. “I was just using your shower.”
“Burst main at yours?” she aked.
“Yeah, that’s right.” I said.

Miro and I made our way over to Ralm’s after she had finished eating. Ralm was preparing the swinodile, the closest thing we could get to pork, Ralm was very hygiene conscious, and was meticulously removing the scales from the carcass, to get to the meat inside. Miro and I sat and watched for a while.

“You’re pretty thin for someone who cooks all the time.” said Miro out of nowhere.
“It’s because I excercise,” Ralm replied.
“So how do you find time for school?” I asked him.
He looked at us conspiratorially, “I take really easy subjects,” he said. “I’ve got no interest in the Politia training here, someone else can save the world. My parents insisted I get a tertiary education, but I just want to cook. This way, I get qualified in something mundane, like Age of Light Finance, while really, I’m learning how to cook and run a restaurant!”
“Nice,” said Miro.

Sounds like Ralm had it all figured out.

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