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Who: Jyn & Elsa & you lot
Where: 4106, Casa de Disney (not actual) Princess
When: June 10-12
What: Jyn & Elsa's backyard has become a refuge for wildlife and thus an impromptu petting zoo
Warnings: There's innocent smooching, it's gross.

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Jyn and Elsa's house is on the very edge of the residential district -- a nice concession from whatever set up this whole place to give Jyn only one neighbor. This means, though, that when the creeping doom of the wall surrounding the woods makes the predators a little more bold, Jyn and Elsa find themselves with a small collection of woodland creatures seeking refuge in the backyard.

The first day, Elsa is still recovering from the camping trip from hell which Jyn completely understands, so she says nothing, going out to the bookstore to grab an armful of books about the native wildlife (birds, trees, small forest animals). When Elsa is feeling better, Jyn shows her the flock of deer that have taken up residence in the backyard along with a family of rabbits making a warren of their back deck and a family of groundhogs ruining the begonias lining the edge of the yard.

That's happening.

Jyn has always been something of a naturalist, thanks to her mother, but a lifetime of fighting and running from the Empire had left her little time to actually study the nature around her and no one to encourage her to do so after her mother died. Now she has more time than she knows what to do with, which is almost stifling, and the town she's found herself in seems determined to remind her of her mother's roots, shoving a petting zoo full of animals into her backyard. Well, okay, she gets the point. No need to hit her over the head with it.

Whether it's feeding fruit to the deer or scooping up wayward baby bunnies who have gotten caught in the lattice work under the deck, Jyn finds herself spending the majority of her time outside again, sun turning her shoulders and cheeks pink. More than once she can be found in the front yard with her hands on her hips, having a staring contest with a deer that thinks it can eat the flowers by the front door.

Usually however, she has her head in one of her books, trying to figure out how to deal with these animals making themselves at home in their backyard. The upside is that the deer are eating the grass so no one needs to mow the lawn.


( find elsa in a top level below )

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[ouzel]

"I am, yes." He nods, once, before shaking his head at her follow-up question. "No, I have it. I know Jyn hasn't been shopping, so I thought I would bring food over." Before she manages to completely over-do it on junk food and boxed cereal.

"Are you interested in dinner? Any food allergies?" Might as well jump right into the 'cook for everyone' mode, it's a lot more comfortable than discussing what is or isn't remembered (or what is or isn't happening between him and Jyn).

Either way, Cassian gives the fox a small nudge before starting his way on towards the stairs. "Jyn's spoken well of you."

[dendrites]

"Well, that's very kind of you – oh." Gracefully, she gets to her feet, intending on at least opening the door for him once they have both made their way to the porch.

"I've no food allergies that I know of and I would happily sample anything you are willing to share." Diplomatic as ever even if she wants to insist that he not worry about her, yet still accepting of his cooking so as not to offend. Jyn had mentioned it, she believes, but Elsa does not feel it is her place to take when they are only just meeting each other.

"Jyn has spoken well of you," Elsa answers with a neutral sort of smile, opening the doors for him.

[ouzel]

"Sounds good. I know that Jyn has probably been eating those microwavable dinners." Cassian's nose wrinkles, in case anyone was wondering what he actually thought of those things. "Don't worry about it, anyway. I like to cook."

Elsa gets the door and says that Jyn has spoken well of him and Cassian stops himself from asking if there's anyone she didn't speak well of (because Cassian is nosy and he isn't sure what 'spoken well of' actually means, in this circumstance) so instead he swallows and nods. "We're...close."

[dendrites]

"That is good, to have a friend here," Elsa comments without a tone of implication there. If they are something else – he does pause a moment – it is not her place to inquire. There is something in her that grows defensive at the notion, whether it's something that has happened to her or not. ( It has, apparently. )

Standing in the foyer, Elsa waits for Cassian to join her inside before letting the door close. She does not lock it, lest Jyn come in though she knows that she is currently out for the moment.

"What is your food specialty, Cassian?"