two . action

[misconceived]

WHO Chris Halliwell / YOU
BROADCAST Accidental video on the SS Huntress / closed thread to Cole.
ACTION Kitchen of the SS Huntress / on to the SS Wonderduck
WHEN January 19th. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO COLE♪.

huntress / open broadcast.
[ Whatever's going on, Chris is pretty intent on it. He's mucking about in the kitchen working with the meager supplies and there is definitely the smell of chocolate protein stuffs everywhere. He started on it the night before but now that he's messing with it in earnest it smells... fantastic, actually. There's semi-solid chocolate, gel chocolate, gel peanut butter, all getting mixed up real well and chilled inside the mini-fridge.

Is he making brownies?! ]

call to Cole Turner.
So... I know, I know. Don't remind me. But can I shimmer over today? I want to see you. In person.

[ Beat. Maybe he needs to up the ante. ]

I figured out how to make brownies.

wonderduck.
[ No matter how Chris gets there, he's on the Wonderduck again with some of his makeshift brownies and something else kind of clunky-looking in a bag. Feel free to assault him for being new or unknown or carrying chocolatey perfection. He's not going to be handing it out on his own, you know! ]

Comments

[hearsthesea]

Oh.

[That's older than she expected, but they did just go over the whole demon thing. Do demons live longer?]

He looks very healthy for his age.

[misconceived]

[ That gets a small laugh. ]

Yeah, he's definitely doing good for his age. I mean... sort of, he should live a lot longer still.

[ Speaking in natural lifespan here, not the lifespan of Cole Turner who has already died twice. Three times to Chris. ]

[hearsthesea]

What about you? How old are you?

[Is Chris secretly in his fifties? And everyone used to joke about Will being old.]

[misconceived]

Me? I'm as old as I look: twenty-two. I'd definitely get older before I stopped aging... if I stop aging.

[hearsthesea]

[That's almost disappointing. But more importantly--that's an interesting qualifier.]

"If"?

[misconceived]

Well... [ Chris looks around, eyes shifting to different parts of the room like he's literally searching for words. ] ... Yeah, if. We don't really know if I'm gonna have the same thing going on yet or not.

[hearsthesea]

Oh.

[There's not much Shirley can say about that.]

Is something...unusual about your relationship?

[She doesn't sound too sure as she says it - would that be prying too much? It'd be understandable if Chris didn't want to answer.]

[misconceived]

[ That actually catches his attention rather quickly. There is something very unusual about the relationship, but there's no way Shirley could have caught onto that, right? ]

What do you mean?

[hearsthesea]

[Shirley actually has little idea what she's getting at. How do demons even work?]

Well...your father is a demon, isn't he? Are the children of demons different from their parents in some way, and that's why you don't know?

[Given the way she's grasping, it's pretty clear she has no idea what she's talking about.]

[misconceived]

Oh.

[ That gets a bit of a laugh, and he ducks his head to hide it. ]

No, it's nothing too complicated. Dad's a demon, but... Mom isn't. So I'm less demon than Dad is. You know?

[hearsthesea]

Oh...

[That would make sense. Right.]

So what's your mother like, then?

[misconceived]

She's, uh, she's a witch. [ Wait. That sounds bad. ] Not—I mean, literally a witch. She's magic too. Mom is amazing. She's focused, determined, knows what she wants and goes for it, beautiful, loving, kick-ass.

[ He shakes his head. ]

Mom's great.

[hearsthesea]

It sounds like you love your family a lot. And your mother really does sound like an amazing woman.

[It's pretty sweet, really.]

[misconceived]

Yeah, my family... I've got a lot of problems back home, but my family isn't one of them.

[ Yes they are, but Chris just doesn't realize. Poor bab. ]

[hearsthesea]

That's good. And I'm sure they can help you with the problems you do have, can't they?

[Shirley's got no living relatives to talk about, but she sure feels that way about the family she's gained since.]

[misconceived]

Yeah, they were. Until... this happened.

[ Chris has been trying not to think about it. If Cole's showed up from the same instant that Chris did, but two weeks after Chris, then it's entirely possible he's not sitting on the sidelines while some demons try to make off with his big-little-cousin. Still, he doesn't like being away and not knowing for sure. ]

What about you?

[hearsthesea]

Right now, my friends are my family. I don't think I could do what I do now without knowing I have their support.

[misconceived]

Right. That's good.

I'd say too bad none of them are here, but... I don't think that's really a bad thing.

[hearsthesea]

No, it's not. But I wish I could talk to them, if they could stay where they are now.

[misconceived]

Maybe we'll get an interdimensional phone call someday. They do that on reality shows, I think. Or is it we're never supposed to contact home...?

[hearsthesea]

Um...I don't know.

[She understood about half of that. The other half, who knows?]

[misconceived]

Right, sorry. I forget sometimes I'm the only one who actually has reality show experience.