Teacher's Lounge, After First Period, Wednesday [ 06/24 ].

[justice-beat.livejournal.com]

With plenty of fruit and low-fat chocolate cupcakes left over from class, Daisy had transferred them all over to the teacher's lounge again and feeling glad that she had something to offer since it was the last week and all. She set them out for any of the other teachers to enjoy with a sign that clearly indicated that they could do so, and then she went over to start up a fresh pot of coffee, too.

Mmmmm. Coffee.


[[ it's a weird Wednesday for me, but Daisy comes bearing snacks. Open, of course, to all teacherly types! ]]

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[furious-maximus.livejournal.com]

"Oh, bless you," Max sighed happily as he walked into the lounge and headed straight for the food. He hadn't really looked around to see who else might be in the lounge. The man had priorities, after all.

[justice-beat.livejournal.com]

"Morning, Max," said Daisy, grinning into her coffee cup. "Feeling a bit peckish?"

[furious-maximus.livejournal.com]

"Daisy!" Max exclaimed in delighted surprise once he actually noticed her. "I sort of skipped breakfast this morning." He grinned at her, "You're a total life saver."

[justice-beat.livejournal.com]

And now Daisy couldn't help laughing a little as well as grinning at his apparent lack of noticing her. Though amused, she still tried to give a reproachful little "tsk."

"Good thing I'm here, then. It's the most important meal of the day, you know."

[furious-maximus.livejournal.com]

"Is it now?" Max asked with a pair of raised eyebrows. They hadn't really gotten around to harping on decent nutrition in Alera, so that was actually news to him.

[justice-beat.livejournal.com]

"Of course," said Daisy, never one to miss a chance to spread the word of healthy diet. "It's the framework for what you're body can put out for the whole day. You need to start with putting in the good stuff so you can put out the good stuff. You start with nothing, you'll only get nothing out of it, Max."

And, yes, she was aware that she could have been easily talking about something else other than food there. She wasn't in uniform. It was okay.

[furious-maximus.livejournal.com]

Max's eyebrows rose constantly higher throughout her explanation. And his grin grew wider as well. "That makes a lot of sense," he said contemplatively. "And, now that you mention it, I guess my own experience bears that out."

[justice-beat.livejournal.com]

Daisy nodded, smiling. "See? It isn't like I make all this stuff up."

[furious-maximus.livejournal.com]

"I'd never suspect that of you," Max smirked. "After all, you're far too competent in far too many positions fields for you to resort to that sort of thing."

[justice-beat.livejournal.com]

"Oh, I don't know about that," said Daisy, smiling modestly, "but what I do know, I know well."

[furious-maximus.livejournal.com]

"Nutrition, teaching, law enforcement, hand to hand combat" hand to hand other things... "Seems like you've got a lot of things you know well."

[justice-beat.livejournal.com]

Though she grinned, Daisy's modesty was quite the force to be reckoned with. "Questionable on the teaching bit," she pointed out. "One of my kids sounded like she might actually stop eating Ho-Ho's for breakfast," she successfully repressed another shudder, "but another seemed to think chocolate cake is a perfectly acceptable healthy recipe."

[furious-maximus.livejournal.com]

"Are you saying it's not?" Max widened his eyes in (poorly acted) shock.

[justice-beat.livejournal.com]

"No." Poorly acted or not, Daisy'd taken to being stern about some things. She felt she was totally justified in it, too. "Not even if there's peanut butter."

[furious-maximus.livejournal.com]

Max sighs. "I suppose I'll have to change my morning routine."

Which actually didn't involve cake. Shockingly.

[justice-beat.livejournal.com]

"And you'll be much better for it," said Daisy with a little nod, popping a little ball of watermelon into her mouth.

[furious-maximus.livejournal.com]

"But new habits are hard to get going. I might need someone to check in on me." You know, in the mornings. "Just to make sure I'm not getting up to anything too unhealthy."

[justice-beat.livejournal.com]

Daisy could only manage to give Max a stern eye for a short moment before a light laugh broke free. "You know I am full of plenty suggestions for it," she said. "I am a supposed expert, remember?"

[furious-maximus.livejournal.com]

"Why so you are!" Max agreed trying to look like he hadn't had that very thought. "Maybe you can give me some private lessons."

[justice-beat.livejournal.com]

"Oh, I think something like that might be able to be arranged," said Daisy, her head tilting with the impression of consideration. "Might be a...bit of a price involved. I mean, I am fairly busy."

[furious-maximus.livejournal.com]

"I'm sure that we can work something out. After all, it's not like just anyone has your sort of expertise." He tilted his head in a poor imitation of hers. "And I'm sure I have something I could teach you in turn."

Like sparring. Of course that's what he meant.

...

Really.

[justice-beat.livejournal.com]

It didn't matter what Max really meant, because Daisy had her own ideas and they were feeling pretty persistent. "That all sounds nice and fair," said Daisy. "You can go first, though. Perhaps Friday? Eight o'clock? My place?"

[furious-maximus.livejournal.com]

Max grinned. "That sounds fair." He'd even bring a fruit basket.

[justice-beat.livejournal.com]

"And then maybe I'll get a chance to return the favour in the morning."

Maybe. Right.

The whole breakfast part was actually more an added bonus. The little prize at the bottom of the box of cereal.

[furious-maximus.livejournal.com]

"I think I like the sound of that." Except with less thinking and more knowing.

[furious-maximus.livejournal.com]

"I think I like the sound of that." Except with less thinking and more knowing.

[grand-fallguy.livejournal.com]

Tim had a bruise on his cheek, and a bandage on his wrist. "Oooooh what a week. Are those really chocolate cupcakes or am I hallucinating?"

[justice-beat.livejournal.com]

"Bless, Tim, what's happened to you?" asked Daisy, eyes wide, and then she shook her head and said, just a distressed, "Yes, they're chocolate cupcakes, here, have one!"

She shoved one toward him as if the little snack could be the cure for all his wounds there.

[grand-fallguy.livejournal.com]

"You're a life saver." Tim smiled. "I got called away unexpectedly for Champion of the Fae duty. A troll was trying to take over Central Park."

[justice-beat.livejournal.com]

"Oh, no kidding?" said Daisy. "You fared pretty well then, I should imagine, although I'll admit I don't know much about trolls."

[grand-fallguy.livejournal.com]

"Fortunately this one wasn't all that smart. And a friend's sort of ancestral helped out."

[justice-beat.livejournal.com]

"Helps to have some good friends, doesn't it?" asked Daisy with a smile. "So you fight city-threatening trolls often, Tim?"

[grand-fallguy.livejournal.com]

"It really does. I haven't had to deal with trolls since a few years ago. My senior year a witch named Baba Yaga tried to integrate a bunch of monsters into society. She said she wanted mankind to remember who was supposed to be scary."

[justice-beat.livejournal.com]

"...interesting agenda," said Daisy after a moment, eyebrows knotted a little in thought but her eyes certainly impressed. "I trust you went and showed her who she could be scared of in return, yeah?"

[grand-fallguy.livejournal.com]

"I'm pretty sure there was a moment of fear just before her house fell on her yeah." Tim said.