CATCH-ALL FOR JANUARY; OPEN

[dow]

Characters: Spock/OTA
Date: Catch-all for January.
Location: Anywhere.
Situation: TBA.

Feel free to start a thread here (with the date in the header) or pm/pp for a specific scene and I'll set it up.

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oh my god here we go

[dow]

[ With three floors to Spock's residence, there is more than enough room to play host to three housemates. In theory, anyway. What he doesn't entirely count on is how very busy the place seems with Jack in his bedroom on the top floor, Clara and Eridan on the middle-floor and himself at ground-level with the kitchen and lounge. Everyone converges downstairs at some point and to be honest, when he notices the list of 'House Chores' it seems like a good idea to start delegating responsibility.

But he doesn't want to go shopping two days out of the week, so he frowns at the list.

Memorizing it, he goes in search of Clara and locates her in the bathroom, knocking on the door to get her attention since water is running and, well, he learned from Nyota a long time ago that being naked in the shower is supposedly wildly different from anywhere else and demands privacy. (It's such a silly illogical thing; as if his interest is remotely physical if he ever needs to talk. And why do humans feel embarrassment when naked, in any case? Do they assume people will pay that sort of thing the slightest bit of attention? Declare the encounter in a public forum that bears no relevance? Spock doesn't bother investigating these nuances.) With Clara, he suspects this rule is even more firmly in place and talks through the wood. ]

Clara. Why have you stipulated I must make regular outings to the market in order to replenish supplies twice a week? If people are consuming more than is adequately satisfactory in meeting their dietary requirements, should the responsibility not fall to said individual?

Welcome to a new life stage everyone

[parallels]

[Of course someone would knock just as she's finally getting in the shower. A small part of her wants to tell him to bugger off, but it is Spock's home and she's a guest. So she rolls her eyes and wraps a towel around herself before heading over to the door and leaning against it to return to him.]

Twice a week for four people is completely necessary to make sure everyone can actually eat dinner at night. No sense in everyone trying to cook for themselves. The kitchen will end up a complete disaster.

[dow]

I was not aware that I had missed an election regarding who would qualify for the official position of chef.

[ There is Complete Sense in everyone cooking for themselves, psh. Sassing his way out of this? You bet. ]

[parallels]

Everyone cooks supper on a rotating basis. It's completely fair and logical.

[Nope. She will not take your sass Mr. Spock.]

[dow]

I have other duties that rank with greater importance. It may be proper conduct to employ a more human vernacular and say that regretfully, I must decline involvement in this schedule, but Vulcans cannot lie.

[ !!! Not! Going! ]

[parallels]

Oh, if you're going to tantrum about it, fine. I'll cover all your chores on the schedule. See to your other duties as much as you'd like to get out of doing chores.

[She huffs.]

Men. Honestly.

[dow]

I am not a man, I am Vulcan. If you are attempting to garner a guilty reaction, I must inform you ahead of your efforts that I am incapable of hosting such an emotional response.

[ Back to the point, though. ]

I would not presume to know which ingredients would be better favored by each person. [ Also, let's insert some Logic here. ] It will be a more efficient use of time for each individual to purchase that which they themselves know to be of satisfactory value instead of a solitary effort that owns a greater likelihood of needing correction.

[parallels]

You're a man Vulcan. A Vulcan... man. ...You know what I meant.

[She wraps the towel tighter around herself and opens the door so they can talk face to face at least. It seems polite if they're having a debate. Clearly, her desire to win this argument has eclipsed any concerns about modesty or embarrassment.]

Alright, give you that one. Though the kitchen isn't large enough for everyone to be in all at once. So we'd need to take turns. And also make sure that everyone cleans up properly. At least we might have to do cleaning duty.

[dow]

Male. Your exasperation is wrong-placed, however. I am unlike a human male and they are unlike me, your generalization is flawed at its core when no two beings, even of the same gender, typically subject themselves to identical reasoning. Mine is also highly subjective, considering the unique position in which I find myself.

[ He meets her eyes when the door opens. ]

I have no objection to cleaning up the utensils I use. Have I mistakenly given you the impression otherwise?

[parallels]

You're like a human male in your desire to avoid chores. But I'll submit on that one, it was a poor comparison.

[She laughs a little because she just finds Spock charming in his devotion to logic. She leans against the door frame and wraps her arms around herself. There are bruises on the pale skin of her shoulders and arms from where her turtle baby has knocked her to the ground.]

No. But when you have multiple people living in a house, you've got to take extra steps to make sure everything is cleaned properly. One of the things I learned in University.

[dow]

[ Her bruises don't go unnoticed. For the time being, he approaches each topic linearly. ]

When co-habiting with Lieutenant Uhura aboard the Enterprise, we did not discuss "extra steps".

[parallels]

It's a bit different. Having lots of flatmates and living with a girlfriend. Or at least, I'd think so. [Or she assumes. She's never lived with anyone she's dated.]

Everyone's going more directions, it's less coordinated. More people, more mess.

[dow]

[ Tilting his head as if to say, But you do realize ... ]

You are making pre-emptive assumptions regarding the manner in which you believe the rest of us will perform.

[parallels]

Better to nip it in the bud before it becomes a problem then to solve a problem later. Even if it never becomes a problem it ensures everything is done properly and timely.

[dow]

I do not have a bud to nip.

[ Now he's just being pedantic and not particularly sounding apologetic about it. ]

[parallels]

Oh, now you're just doing it on purpose.

[dow]

[ PSH, pshhh. ]

Eridan does not have a job. Can he not be given this task? I do not intend to spend a great deal of time in this house while my research is at the stage it is.

[parallels]

I know.

Which is why, if you read the chart, he has far more chores than the rest of us. Plus doing chores builds character. Which he sorely needs.

[dow]

Clara, I will not be spending each day and night here. I request that you redistribute the aforementioned chores.

[parallels]

Understood.

[she moves to raise her arms in defeat but decides it's a bad idea to considering the towel.]

I'll cover yours.

[dow]

[ Clara just got promoted to Captain of the House. Spock's eyes narrow as he stares at her for a moment, trying to gauge her reply. ]

Is this an inconvenient solution?

[parallels]

No. I mean, I'm not mad about doing chores. But won't say no to being busy.

[She shrugs and gives him a smile as if that will help convince him that she is really okay with this.]

Didn't mean to... overstep my boundaries. I get... [She closes and uncloses her fingers.] controlling. A bit.

[dow]

You need not apologize for attempting to factor a reliable routine into the running of this household. [ He looks away, then back. ] Would it be more agreeable if I purchased items on your own shopping list whenever I returned from the laboratories? Eridan has his lusus and I am not certain that Jack eats a great amount.

[parallels]

[She beams at him. Both because she's pleased to have praise and because she totally knew it was a great idea okay.]

Can't say no to that deal. I'll cook dinner for us both. Everyone else can eat too if they want.

[dow]

I am amenable. Thank you, Clara. Your presence in this house promotes more additionally positive factors than not.

[ /H5!!! only not. ]