+ Make the Most of Your Regrets +

[vitaelamorte]

Who: Everyone!
Where: Real side of the Mansion, anywhere.
When: January 12 - 15
Rating: Please warn for anything above PG-13.
Summary: As the Gryphon announced, there is an event. Everyone is now living as if one regret they formerly had no longer exists.
The Story:

Please post your top levels here and tag around! For plotting and a link to the bulletin board for more details, head to the plotting post. The FAQ is also there for any last minute questions.

Remember, you can only change one regret and your character is now an AU version of themselves in regards to how that would have changed them.

Have fun ♥

Comments

[icklewaitin]

"Ooh, what do you know how to make? I've been experimenting for awhile, and I'd like to make something new and delicious," Clementine says as she claps her hands together and then removes the apron that she was wearing.

It's covered in...god-knows-what. "Gotta get a new one of these!"

[talesuntold]

"How about worms in dirt? We could make chocolate pudding and then add gummy worms and cookie crumbs." Maggie is taking her cues from the disaster strewn throughout the kitchen. "Have you had that before? I can come up with other ideas until we find one you like."

[icklewaitin]

"That sounds really good! Then I could go around offering people worms in dirt and see how they react," Clementine says with a pause as she adjust the cap on her head. Cause she realizes that's not the nicest thing ever to do, but sometimes she's got a not-so-nice streak.

Like a put a bug on another kid's pillow and watch him freak out streak.

"For science."

[talesuntold]

"It's only mean if you offer someone chocolate pudding and give them dirt instead. Giving someone nicer things than you offer them is just fine." Maggie: the best adult influence. She's grinning at Clementine, eyes sparkling.

"Maybe refrain from offering it to anyone who's fishing or gardening. They might be looking for real worms. Though I'd welcome a snack of pudding and gummy worms even when I'm in a garden."

[icklewaitin]

"Oh, yeah, that's true! It's not really like a bad trick that way," Clementine says with a hilariously sage nod for an eight year old. She smiles as she takes a bite of one of the gummy worms near her.

"...do you think fish would like a gummy worm?"

[talesuntold]

"I come from a fishing town, and I can't say I've ever heard of anyone using gummy worms as bait," Maggie replies mildly, but then she echoes Clementine's words as she adds, "We could try it if you like, though. For science."

[icklewaitin]

"Yeah! But first we have to make the dirt and worms then we can go out and offer some to the fish," Clementine says and then frowns cause she realizes she doesn't know if there are fish out in that big water by the beach.

She goes there sometimes but hrm.

[talesuntold]

Maggie nods. "Let's get started on that. How ambitious are you feeling, honey? Pudding from scratch or from a mix?"

It breaks her heart a little, seeing Clementine so carefree, but she's going to do everything in her power to make sure the girl enjoys this, for however long it lasts.

[icklewaitin]

"...you know how to make it from scratch? I've never done that before." Clementine looks all kinds of curious, smiling and lifting herself up to sit on the counter as she gathers the stuff they don't need anymore to dump out into the trash can.

"Let's do that."

[talesuntold]

"Alright, we'll need milk, eggs, cornstarch, sugar, cocoa powder, a dark chocolate bar, butter, and vanilla." Maggie writes down the list as she says each item.

"What made you decide today was a cooking day?" she asks Clementine.

[icklewaitin]

"Got it! You can count on me," she says, hopping off the counter to walk over to the closet. She opens up the doors, pulling out one item after the other until her arms get full. Then she moves them back over to the counter.

"I like cooking. I always cooked with my mom before. I'd help mix up the cookies and put them on pans and dumped in the chocolate chips! When did you learn to cook?"

[talesuntold]

"I didn't do much cooking until I was grown up. I live alone out in the woods in my grandparents' old farmhouse, though I've got a regular rotation of houseguests. If I didn't learn how to cook, I'd have to hire a cook to live with me. Much better to learn." She grins playfully at Clementine, "Especially since people come back to visit more often if you feed them well."

[icklewaitin]

"Yeah, that would be way better. Then you can make whatever you want, and no one can tell you to eat more veggies," Clementine says with a smile as if in triumph. "Oh, that's true! I don't want to go back somewhere that left me hungry the last time. I wanna go where the food is."

That's the best place.

[talesuntold]

"Exactly. My strategy seems to be working!" Maggie grins at Clementine. "I'm not saying food alone is enough to win people over, but it's a very good start. We can declare our plates veggie free zones today if you want. You can't live forever without vegetables, but one day won't do any harm."