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If one were to walk in, they would have their noses tantilized by mouth-watering scents. They filled the main room, drifting around in a mixture of wonderful things, one might think it was the holidays. The closer one got to the kitchen on the wall further down from the bar, the stronger the scents became.

The counter was filled with plates and dishes of food. From potatoes, veggies and biscuits, to tacos, even fish and rice. It looked like enough food to feed fifteen people, but the club was empty except for one. A soft voice came from the kitchen itself, where there was still more food.

Jade stood before the stove, her back to the room, singing softly to herself. The young woman held a skillet in her right hand, flipping over a pancake onto an ever growing stack before pouring in more batter. There were no shoes on her feet, only a pair of white socks peeking out from a pair of pale blue jeans. A black belt hung loose around her hips, her brown tail swaying slowly behind her. A black haltertop left her midriff and back mostly exposed, her wing tattoo peering over the top of her jeans. The normally chaotic spikes of her black hair were hidden away underneath a black fedora, a select few managing to escape.

Her gold ring sat in it's place on her middle finger, and her matching worn gold locket around her neck, resting against her sternum. It couldn't be seen though, for the white apron she had covering her front. There were a few stains here and there, some of which couldn't be identified right away.

The girl went on cooking, adding pancake number 7 to the stack of fluffy goodness. Her singing paused though as a smile spread over her face. Jade didn't pause her cooking though, as she spoke outloud.

"Glad to see you home, Nii-chan! I'm just fixing myself a bit of a snack."

And for a Saiya-jin, this massive amount of food was only a 'snack'.

Jade turned around at the ground shaking thump, placing a stack of ten pancakes on the island behind her, where it joined a variety of fruit and pastas. Her tail lifted, curling around the skillet and spatula and putting them in the sink with the other dishes. Suprisingly, even with the amount of food just waiting to be eaten, there wasn't all that many dishes that needed to be cleaned.

"I always have. Just not around here." Jade smiled at Keno, thinking of the local buffet she usually visited. If they saw her coming, the owners had a tendency of closing the shop once she got started, and putting the cooks on overtime.

"I just felt like cooking at home for once. Don't want my skills in the kitchen to get rusty." The girl giggled a little, before turning back to the stove behind her and opening the oven door. She pulled out a whole chicken, stuffed and surrounded by more veggies. She made quick work of tranfering it from pan to plate, and adding it to the rest of the food.

Jade glanced up at Keno, seeing a strange, and slightly creepy grin on his face. Raising an eyebrow, she set up a plate of food, filled with rice, fish, sushi and some fresh veggies, with a set of chopsticks resting on the side, and held it under Keno's nose.

"Better get some before I tuck into it. Hehe..."

That was where Jade varied slightly from most Saiya-jin. While taking a monkey's food would likely result in a fight and injury. Jade could at least share......a little anyways.

Giggling, the girl watched as Keno spotted the cookies and practically dove for them, a loud purr carrying through the air. "Just watch out for the rice cooker, Nii-chan!" She had almost forgotten about the industrial sized rice cooker she had plugged in behind the bar, keeping the rest of it warm.

No one could be sure when it happened, but the food that had been on the plate Jade held under Keno's nose had vanished...and the girl was wiping rice off of her cheek. She then started at the end in the kitchen, loading up that plate again with all sorts of goodies, working her way down and across the gap to the food she had to move over to the bar. By the time she reached the end, the girl had a plate in each hand, plus a can of gingerale held in her tail.

Humming contently to herself, she stepped away from the bar to one of the four tables, placing down her massive piles of food and settling in the chair. Cracking her knuckles and stretching her jaw slightly, Jade picked up the chopsticks, and in a flurry of motion, began to demolish the feast.

If Keno were to look up a bit right now, he'd see a can of gingerale hovering in front of his face, held there by a furry brown tail. Milk wouldn't be good for him right now anyways, but gingerale was like magic. It could make everything from tummy aches to sneezes and sniffles go away.

"And I'm proud of it. Though I could use a bigger pantry...." Jade smirked down to her Nii-chan, not denying the jab at her being a woman in the kitchen. As a Saiya-jin though, she had experianced the tummy aches at times, and gingerale was a miracle drink solution.

The girl was starting to get on an eating roll now, and if someone were to threaten her food at the moment....it would just be a stupid thing to do.

"Once in a while I do. Naturally, he doesn't need as much food as this. Tacos though, seem to be a preference for us...." Jade giggled to herself at this, tucking into more food. Her feet swung slightly only a couple of inches from the floor, a happy, child-like look of glee on her face.

"Works everytime." Jade smiled back at him, managing to say something intelligable through a mouthfull of food. Her two plates were nearly empty now, but there was still plenty of food that needed to be eaten.

Suddenly Jade paused, and covered her mouth with her left fist, turning her face away from Keno. She too let out a burp, but her's wasn't so innocent. In fact, if any of those in the Tower were leaning against an outer wall, they might feel the reverberations of it.

Blushing slightly now, the girl turned back to Keno, scratching the back of her head. ".....sorry about that."

The young woman slid from her chair, picking up her empty plates and carefully avoiding stepping on her Nii-chan. She leaned down and ruffled his white and black hair a bit, before heading back for round two.

"So what have you been up to, Nii-chan?"

::The central pillar of the main room hums to life, the chamber within descending from an upper floor as the young Saiya-jin and her adoptive brother relax nearby. With a hiss the elevator doors part, a tall figure stepping out with a softened glance around. Not much for company these days.

The pod closing behind him, Deity stands tall and silent, damp hair looking a little droopy as his red eyes examine the stillness around him, rivalling his own. His glasses teetering nearer the tip of his nose, his bandana can be seen hanging from the left pocket of baggy black sweatpants. Around his neck is a small, moist white towel, from underneath which his pendant can be seen dangling over the fitted white tanktop he wears. Arguably only a few shades darker than his shirt in the light of the room, the Tonepian's physique remains gangly if nothing else. His pants hang off of his hips, over an inch below the waistline of his boxers likely visible were it not for the stretchy lower hem of his top.

Blinking a few times, Deity catches the scent of two people - he was drawn down here by the food, and somehow manages to be surprised that someone is actually down here eating it. Waking up from a nap tends to leave him in just such a disoriented frame of mind. Of course someone's down here, dimwit, he thinks rather sheepishly to himself. The scents are easily recognizable as his lover and her brother, Keno. Though seeing the tiger isn't exactly an exciting prospect, hopefully he can keep to himself during this brief visit.

Turning right, the quiet Orinian makes his way around the elevator on bare feet, slipping the red cloth from his pocket. Folding the bandana and pressing one side to his brow, Deity pulls it around his head and ties it off a few inches above the nape of his neck. Letting the ends of the fabric fall over his back, the tall boy slips the towel from his shoulders and rubs it lightly over his cheeks a few times. As he tosses the cloth back over his left shoulder, his right middle finger nudges his glasses further up along the bridge of his nose to more effectively mask his eyes.

Within seconds Jade is in sight, Keno a short distance to the right and out of view. Deity says nothing, simply arching an eyebrow at the devastated remains of a feast left in the girl's wake as she heads back into the kitchen for a second helping. Though long ago having come to terms with Jade's eating habits, he still has no clue where she's putting all of it. Coming to a stop some distance behind her, the Orinian leans against the elevator shaft to his right, arms lifting to overlap loosely over his stomach. She'll see me on her way back, he figures, not wanting to interrupt the blooming conversation.::

Noticing Deity wasn't too difficult when his presence was announced by the activation of the, until then, dormant elevator. It wasn't that Keno had to keep his guard up or anything, but it seemed that even in the Orion, characters preferred to have a decent bit of information about what was happening before they made their presences known to each other. Keno didn't always care, and it seemed Deity hardly thought it necessary. He preferred that actually since it was more natural to walk in on something without knowing what the hell was going on.

With a smile and a craning of his neck, the feline made as much effort to see Deity as he could without moving anything below his neck to do so. the result wasn't all that great, but he was simply pleased with the company.

Jade's answer wasn't that promising either. The words 'work in progress' couple with ' same as always' spelled out something for him that might be completely different from what Jade had meant; she was still slacking. Whether for one reason or another that's basically what he heard and though he didn't show it on the outside, he had to resist casting Deity a dark glare as though to blame him. However, he knew it wasn't anyone's fault. In fact, he hadn't done a damn thing for Jade since...since...

As she returned he merely watched her in silence for a moment, letting her enjoy her food. The fact that she called this a snack almost repulsed him, but he was sure that any less wouldn't be Saiya-jin.

"You know...you can join us." As he spoke, a third chair revealed itself for the Tonepian...prince? He never really put Deity's relation to the Orinian throne together before, but if they went by blood, it would seem that should Tali...Sato...and Ren all die, he'd be next in line for the throne. As soon as he thought about this, he realized how unlikely it would be for the entire Wesley family to expire so though nothing else of it and returned his attention to Deity. "We...well I...don't bite."

<<[/Gaiaserverphailure] .... ninja ...Jade and Keno talked, Deity lurked, Jade finished her meal and they all went about their business. ninja ...the end.>>