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WHO: Lucinda Guthrie (ahhhmahbabies), everyone
WHERE: Xavier Institute (kitchen + dining hall)
WHEN: Easter Sunday, early morning to late evening
SUMMARY: It's Easter and Lucinda holds a dinner to celebrate.
FORMAT: --

Lucinda grew up a Baptist. She married a Baptist man and they raised their children along the same vein. She took her children to Baptist services and celebrated all the major religious holidays amongst her family, even after her dearest Tommy passed away. Yet, despite being a religious woman, she was very open-minded and supported her children whether mutant or otherwise. She would continue to hold the tradition in this new world and she had a lot to be thankful for, most of which was Jay coming back from the dead.

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PREPARATIONS

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KITCHEN

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"Ah mah Lawd, Ah'm never gonna get things done in time." It was early morning and Lucinda was already freaking out. She had been hesitant about returning to the kitchen since the zombie fiasco and her unwilling poisoning of the students. She had prepared some meals, but nothing as extravagant as this since then.

She was taking out pots and pans. Once everything was out on the small breakfast table, she stood back, hands on her hips, and a worried look on her face.

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Sally was up bright and early and entered the kitchen grinning. She had been looking forward to cooking for the last few days and walked over to the sink, quickly washing her hands.

"Hi, Mrs. Guthrie. What do you need me to do?"

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Lucinda jumped slightly, but smiled when she saw Sally's beaming face. She really was a lovely young girl for Samuel. "We got those veggies, right girl?"

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Of course Paige wouldn't miss a holiday with her Momma. She hadn't missed a single one when she was in Massachusettes and she surely wouldn't miss one when they were in the same city.

"You worry to much, Mom. Everyone will help and everything will be fine," she reassured her mother, ever the optimist. "Nothing is better than one of your big dinners."

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"Ah hope. Ah don't think Ah cooked somethin' this big in..." Lucinda tried to think of the last time she cooked a big meal. It could have been anywhere from a week to Christmas holidays. Everything melted together in the City. "Awhile?"

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Rather than be bothered with anything as mundain as stairs, Megan teleported into the middle of the crowded kitchen with a burst of pink light.

"Oy, sorry everyone," she beamed anyway, not actually sorry since nobody was hurt or anything. "So what're we making? I've never had an American Easter before. What do you usually eat?"

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And Lucinda jumped again from the sudden burst of sparks and lights! She grabbed her chest. "Darlin', ya scared me half to death!" Shaking her head, she reached into the fridge to grab a carton of eggs. "I need these hard boiled."

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Suzi lingered by the door, watching the people in the kitchen dance about preparing the meal. Her family didn't really celebrate Easter, at least in the religious sense since they were Buddhist, but they hadn't turned down the opportunity to be together for the day.

She walked toward Mrs. Guthrie and asked, "Um, hi. Can I help?"

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Lucinda beamed as another volunteer sauntered through the door. She recognized that face around the kitchen before. "G'mornin' Suzi. We got plenty to do in here before six PM rolls around."

DINNER

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In the dining hall at six PM sharp, is a long table and chairs of various sizes and colors. The table is decorated with a sensible white table cloth and so much food. There's a big turkey in the center, but Lucinda is worried there just won't be enough for everyone! Nonetheless, there's plenty of other food for everyone else to dig into. Scott is saved a seat at the head of the table.

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"Don't forget to say Grace everyone," Lucinda called out, smiling brightly at all the work and effort put into her first Easter dinner for the institute. There are still things she would like to add and subtract, but Paige and the boys had done enough in convincing her that everything was perfect.

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"This looks AMAZING Mrs. Guthrie," Dani said as the dishes made their way around the table.

[out_of_time]

Jack wasn't especially religious, but he still bowed his head for Grace.

"Thanks for doing this," he said softly. "Everything looks great."

... IDK. maybe TLDR? Opps.

[spacetimeguard.livejournal.com]

Safeguard still wasn't sure on the whole Easter thing, but he'd had his nose stuck in a book or three trying to work it out, as well as read the comms. Plus free food he wasn't going to pass up, and of course he'd tugged Vector along as well. Maybe a little litteraly at first too.

The whole concept of Easter still confused him, but he knew, it was proper manners to follow the rules of the house, so he he ducked his head as the Grace was said, listening, brain filing it away for later ponderings.

you? tl;dr? never.

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Quite frankly, Vector Prime had less of an idea of what this holiday was about than Safeguard did. And while it wasn't his idea to come to such, he could hardly refuse an insistent Safeguard if it gave him an excuse to indulge his own curiosity.

Ergo, he was doing his best to blend in with the others invited, mimicking their actions while trying to draw some meaning from them. So far, all he was understanding was that this holiday had something to do with chocolate and rabbits...

...he followed Safeguard's, and the others' lead when it came to the meal.

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Toph was useless with preparations and cleanup, so she'd just brought a box of cookie as dessert, and was enjoying herself with the food.

Good food was something she never liked to pass up, even if she had a hard time getting it to her own plate and needed a bit of help.

Om nom nom.

AFTER DINNER

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There's plates to be put away, washed, and dried. There's a living room with a big screen TV and various gaming consoles. There's the outside and it's a beautiful night in the City. There's also the students' rooms, but you'd have to ask them permission before entering first.

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Since Amara was basically useless when it came to handling anything culinary, she was at the sink, surprisingly, washing the dishes. While she wasn't a fan of chores, Mrs. Guthrie had made the meal and so it was only polite to do the dishes.

So far, nothing was broken. For now.

[ahhmahgawd]

Sam came up behind Amara, smiling. He grabbed a plate to dry and pulled away, and looked over at her.

"Like the dinner, girl?"

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Dani walked toward the kitchen, pulling up on her sleeves to pitch in by handling the counter tops.

"Hey 'Mara. You need any extra help?"

[prettymorlock]

Sally was busy bringing in the leftovers and setting them on the kitchen table.

"Hey, Amara? Do you know where any of the tupperware is?" she asked, and opened random cabinets.

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Sam was hanging outside the kitchen after all the dishes were done and put away, just chilling. The day was a pretty good one, and he's happy with the way dinner turned out.

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Sally was walking by the kitchen and spotted him. "Hey," she grinned, sliding up next to him. "Your mom is an amazing woman."

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Dani walked out after helping with the clean up, content with the dinner and the company.

"I know you already know this but your Mom's great. That was a great dinner."