ext_26757 ([identity profile] mparkerceo.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] fh_trips2006-03-07 01:35 am
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Re: Choose Your Own Adventure! -- Tandoori Nights

[identity profile] mparkerceo.livejournal.com 2006-03-07 09:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Parker blinked, counted in her head, then smacked herself. "November. Kitty. The memory thing. And oh, got it. Wait, did you ever figure out what was going on with you a couple weeks ago? I swear, I did not hit you that hard."

Re: Choose Your Own Adventure! -- Tandoori Nights

[identity profile] oatmanspatient.livejournal.com 2006-03-07 09:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Marty frowned a little at the mention of kitty's name but decided not to address it.

"No I never figured out what happened that week. I'm still having a memory issues on that."

Re: Choose Your Own Adventure! -- Tandoori Nights

[identity profile] mparkerceo.livejournal.com 2006-03-07 09:20 pm (UTC)(link)
"I could fill you in on everything, but we might start fighting again," Parker said warily. "Do you remember the Gomez Brothers, though?"

Re: Choose Your Own Adventure! -- Tandoori Nights

[identity profile] oatmanspatient.livejournal.com 2006-03-07 09:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Marty chuckled. "Yes, I remember the Gomez brothers very well and it's probably a good idea we don't revisit that week."

Marty then turned to Angela. "So how's your first trip out of the country? Are you enjoying it?"
chasingangela: (lips)

Re: Choose Your Own Adventure! -- Tandoori Nights

[personal profile] chasingangela 2006-03-07 09:35 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm enjoying the subject change," Angela chuckled, with a still-wary glance at Marty and Parker. "But yeah, it's a good trip. I liked the market this morning, and the Tower was fun. And this is way better than most of the Indian food in Pittsburgh."

Re: Choose Your Own Adventure! -- Tandoori Nights

[identity profile] mparkerceo.livejournal.com 2006-03-07 09:55 pm (UTC)(link)
"Mmm." Parker put her shades back on. "So. A bear for Angel, heh. Photos. Maybe pictures at the Palace, taunting the Beefeaters?"
chasingangela: (dreams)

Re: Choose Your Own Adventure! -- Tandoori Nights

[personal profile] chasingangela 2006-03-07 10:02 pm (UTC)(link)
"Why not?" Angela said with a shrug as she ate a last bite of biryani. "Let's do it."

[OOC: I'm headed home in a few and may not be back for a couple hours -- is it okay to handwave at least some of this?]

Re: Choose Your Own Adventure! -- Tandoori Nights

[identity profile] auroryborealis.livejournal.com 2006-03-07 10:16 pm (UTC)(link)
"Hi!" Rory said, bouncing up with Xander. "What are you all having? Is there curry? I like curry. Guess how many cups of coffee I've had already. Guess. Seriously."
chasingangela: (pressure)

Re: Choose Your Own Adventure! -- Tandoori Nights

[personal profile] chasingangela 2006-03-07 10:20 pm (UTC)(link)
"A hundred and twelve," Angela suggested. "Give or take a few dozen."
soldtoarmenians: (tilt)

Re: Choose Your Own Adventure! -- Tandoori Nights

[personal profile] soldtoarmenians 2006-03-07 10:22 pm (UTC)(link)
"Good call - except I don't think that includes the mochaccino," Xander said, setting his laptop case and a shopping bag down at an empty space near the end of the table.

Re: Choose Your Own Adventure! -- Tandoori Nights

[identity profile] mparkerceo.livejournal.com 2006-03-07 10:23 pm (UTC)(link)
"I like Angela's guess. Really." Parker grinned. "You guys get much shopping done? Or were you stuck in research mode?"

Re: Choose Your Own Adventure! -- Tandoori Nights

[identity profile] auroryborealis.livejournal.com 2006-03-07 10:30 pm (UTC)(link)
"Little bit of both. I worked a little with those Greek and Latin texts this morning, and I was up at the crack of dawn which is whyfor the extra coffee, because I was up late watching the pretty men in the movie, remember?" Rory chattered. "But I didn't really get much. There are a few things that seem like they might be helpful, but not really. And we went shopping and I got stuff for people and I got Angel a present because I know when I'm sick I like when people give me pres - "

She halted suddenly, and began digging around in her pocket. "I'm vibrating!" She checked the caller ID and didn't recognize the number before answering. "Hello?"

Re: Choose Your Own Adventure! -- Tandoori Nights

[identity profile] mparkerceo.livejournal.com 2006-03-07 10:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Parker's eyes kept widening as she fought giggles, listening to Rory befoer she answered the phone. "Xander? Are you holding up okay? Because several hours with Gabby Gilmore would have me reaching for a pillow to stifle her with."
soldtoarmenians: (oldskool)

Re: Choose Your Own Adventure! -- Tandoori Nights

[personal profile] soldtoarmenians 2006-03-07 10:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Xander snickered. "You haven't met my friend Willow. She's like this without caffeine. If she and Rory every met for coffee? Their heads might explode before they managed to exchange names."

Re: Choose Your Own Adventure! -- Tandoori Nights

[identity profile] mparkerceo.livejournal.com 2006-03-07 10:45 pm (UTC)(link)
"Okay, now I'm thinking of her, Rory, and Jake Gavin, getting together and managing to drain Seattle dry of all Starbucks products within two days. And then causing an earthquake with the coffee nerves."
soldtoarmenians: (1-duh)

Re: Choose Your Own Adventure! -- Tandoori Nights

[personal profile] soldtoarmenians 2006-03-07 11:15 pm (UTC)(link)
"Parker, what do I have to bribe you with to get you to stop saying these things out loud?" Xander's eyes widened, and he pointed vaguely upward. "They're listening!"

Re: Choose Your Own Adventure! -- Tandoori Nights

[identity profile] mparkerceo.livejournal.com 2006-03-07 11:19 pm (UTC)(link)
"And we've already established that you have nothing I want, and we're waiting on the other thing until Easter." Parker grinned. "At least. Given that you're now talking about the sky listening to us."
soldtoarmenians: (computer)

Re: Choose Your Own Adventure! -- Tandoori Nights

[personal profile] soldtoarmenians 2006-03-07 11:30 pm (UTC)(link)
"No, I'm talking about vengeance demons, harpies, gods, poltergeists, tax auditors, sitcom writers, and anyrandombody else who preys on people dumb enough to say 'What could possibly go wrong' out loud." Xander shook his head and flipped his laptop open, pleased to see that this place was wireless equipped when his e-mail inbox came up instantly. "Speaking of which, I'm gonna check to see if there's anything new from the Fandom people."

There wasn't, but as he scanned down the list, between the ads for various creams he didn't need, thank you, one name jumped out. "Hey, Willow finally wrote me back!"

He clicked it open and read, then, frowning, turned the screen towards her "Hey Parker? You might wanna see this."

Re: Choose Your Own Adventure! -- Tandoori Nights

[identity profile] mparkerceo.livejournal.com 2006-03-07 11:37 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm buying your buddy Willow more coffee than she can drink." Parker's grin could land search planes. "Okay! We're going to Charing Cross (http://community.livejournal.com/fh_trips/4584.html?thread=443112#t443112)! Time to find some ingredients for a spell."

Re: Choose Your Own Adventure! -- Tandoori Nights

[identity profile] rup-giles.livejournal.com 2006-03-08 02:03 am (UTC)(link)


"Miss Gilmore? This is Mr. Giles. I have that translation you were asking for."

Re: Choose Your Own Adventure! -- Tandoori Nights

[identity profile] auroryborealis.livejournal.com 2006-03-08 02:09 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh, hello," Rory said, automatically adjusting her posture. In spite of never meeting this man, she had the feeling she ought to be sitting up straighter. "That's wonderful. I couldn't make heads or tails of about half the stuff I looked at. What do we have?"

Re: Choose Your Own Adventure! -- Tandoori Nights

[identity profile] rup-giles.livejournal.com 2006-03-08 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
"It was really facinating. The problem I'm sure you were having with it was the word pādzahris. The writer took the original Persian word, pādzahr, and crammed it into the Latin third declension genitive singular. So the lapis pādzahris would, roughly tranlated, be a 'bezoar stone.'

"A bezoar is, strictly speaking, a hard nugget of undigested hair, vegetable fibers and fruit found in the stomach of an animal, usually a ruminant. Sometimes humans."

He stopped suddenly.

"I do tend to ramble. Are you following?"

"Now, it was considered a magical item with the ability to heal poisonings. Antibiotics generally replaced them, but I'm rather sure we can rule them out in this situation.

"As for the remænta unicorns, that was the age-old bane of the manuscript scholar: poor penmanship and repeated copying. I traced back the translations, and the original manuscript read ramenta unicornis. That's a 'shaving,' or a 'scraping' of a unicorn. The horn, not the actual unicorn. It makes sense, since cups made from unicorn horns were widely believed to neutralize any poison poured into them.

Re: Choose Your Own Adventure! -- Tandoori Nights

[identity profile] auroryborealis.livejournal.com 2006-03-08 02:55 am (UTC)(link)
Rory was nodding along as she made notes, then quickly remembered that yes, this was in fact a phone call and he couldn't see her. "Okay, so we need a bezoar, and unicorn horn shavings. Shouldn't be too hard, I'd guess, given what we've already found here. Thank you so, so much for your help, sir.

"Oh, and I'll be stopping by your shop at some point when we're back in Fandom. Someone told me I ought to talk to you the other night."

Re: Choose Your Own Adventure! -- Tandoori Nights

[identity profile] rup-giles.livejournal.com 2006-03-08 03:01 am (UTC)(link)
"You're extremely welcome. Oh, except, what with mad cow having gone 'round so recently, it will probably be easier to find a bezoar from a goat.

And I would love to speak with you at more length. I have some manuscripts I think you'd be very interested in."

Giles paused for a moment. I just have to know...

"Has Xander spoken Latin in front of the books?"

Re: Choose Your Own Adventure! -- Tandoori Nights

[identity profile] auroryborealis.livejournal.com 2006-03-08 03:02 am (UTC)(link)
Rory glanced over at Xander, who was talking to Parker. "Yes, sir, he did. And it caught on fire. We thwapped him for it."
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