Lorna & Sharon -- First Meeting

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Lorna meets Catseye for the first time, both of them hit it off rather well.




Sucking on a water bottle after a particularly gruelling session in the Danger Room, Catseye headed down the hallway whistling to herself, tail swishing along in tempo. Sniffing, she stopped suddenly. Something smelled fantastic! What was that?! She followed her nose, not even feeling her feet touch the ground as she let the smell take her into the kitchen. The presence of a green-haired woman had her stopping short in surprise when she entered, having gotten distracted by the amazing smell so that she nearly ran into the woman. "Sorry!" she exclaimed as she stopped short just inches from running into the woman. "Are you the one cooking? It smells amazing! What is it?" she asked, breathless with excitement.

Lorna was quite cheery this afternoon, as she was back in [i]her[/i] kitchen. She didn't care what others thought, it was hers and she missed it dearly while she was away. Looking down at the binder that was opened and using her index finger , Lorna located the next ingredient. Cooking game wasn't her strongest suite but she figured that it was about time she cooked something other than the normal meets. Hearing a voice, Lorna looked behind her to see another girl talking to her. "Yes. I am the one cooking. And thank you and it is venison." Liking when people commented on her cooking, even if it was just the smell. "It is almost finished if you would like some."

"Venison?" Catseye squeaked excitedly. She sniffed a few more times, deeply, and yes! She did catch the whiff of venison! But it was so fragrantly spiced that Catseye could barely tell! "Is it... lasagna?" she inquired, sniffing some more.

"Yup. Venison lasagna. I decided to try something outside of the box." Lorna had a taste for trying new recipes. "And making some venison steaks for those who don't like pasta." Looking back at the girl. "I am Lorna by the way. I don't think we ever probably introduced."

Shaking her head, Catseye held out a hand. She recognized the scent, vaguely, but the woman was right, they'd never been introduced. "I'm Sharon. Or Catseye. Do you live here or are you just visiting?"

"Which one do you prefer?" She asked, wiping off her hands before taking Cats hand and shaking it. "I live here. I was [i]on leave[/i] for awhile but I am back now." Finishing with the seasoning of the steaks and placing them in a pan. "I am your official cook here at the school and your nutritionist."

"They're both me, so it's up to you," Catseye answered with a good-natured shrug. She laughed at Lorna's explanation of her job. "Oh! I don't know if you're supposed to be my official cook, I don't go to school here! I'm living here because I go to Westchester Community College. And I'm training to be an X-Man. I'm learning how to be a chef in college," she told the official cook and nutritionist with a grin.

"Training to be an x-man, than I am sure we'll be seeing each other a lot." Her ears picked up at the mention of being a chef. "Well Miss Cat, you are talking to someone that took 7 years of cooking lessons by a chef master. If you need any pointers, I can give you some cooking tips." Putting the steaks into the oven and setting the time.

"You're an X-Man?" Catseye questioned excitedly. "That's great! What're your powers?" she asked curiously. "Ooo, who did you take lessons from? Where did you learn? I would love some cooking tips!"

"Woah...one question at a time." Giving the girl a smile. "Yes. I am." A metal pan hanging above, slowly unhinged itself and came down in front of Lorna. "Magnetism. And yours?" The metal pan went back up and hooked itself back in. "I took lessons from a dear mentor named Chef Marcel, a wonderful French Chef." Laughing. "You are an eager one young grasshopper. What have they taught you in college so far?"

"Nothing!" the catgirl answered with a laugh. "I haven't started college yet. I start next week. Did your dear mentor live in France? Did you get to go there to take lessons? I think your powers are veryvery interesting and cool!" Not as cool as becoming a cat, of course, since nothing could be better than that in Catseye's opinion, but being able to move metal things was pretty neat! She backed up a couple steps to make sure she wouldn't disturb anything in the kitchen and shifted into her BigCat form. The lavender coloured cougar sat down and purred at Lorna, tongue lolling.

"Spring classes....good choice." Then the questions kept coming, which Lorna didn't mind. It was nice to see someone so energetic. "Yes he did, and he taught me a couple of words in French which really comes in handy for when I did go to France." Lorna watched as Catseye stepped back and shifted. There was a large oddly colored cougar in her kitchen, who was purring away. "That is very impressive Cats." Giving the cougar a pat on the head. How many people can say that they petted a lavender cougar? Not too many if you ask Lorna. "Can you shift into a house cat?"

Catseye obliged, shifting into her regular cat form and winding herself around Lorna's ankles, still purring. She then shifted back into her human form since she wanted to carry on this very interesting conversation! "Was France tres, tres lovely?" she asked excitedly. "I want to visit so so so much! How long were you there for? What was your favourite thing you learned how to make there?"

"Impressive." And just like that Lorna was in the company of Cat's human form. She laughed when more questions came forth. "Yes. La France est belle.. Maybe one day you can go there yourself. It is quite the experience. I was there for a couple of months and my favorite thing was learning new words. The French language is very romantique. So tell me Cats what made you want to be become a chef?"

"I love food," the catgirl answered with a grin and a shrug. "And I like doing things I love so making food seemed like a good idea! Except salad," she joked with a wrinkle of her nose, "I don't like salad very much, even though I know I have to eat it. Mostly venison is my favourite," she told Lorna, finding it amusing that Lorna was cooking with venison. "And beef. But venison especially because I can catch it myself in the woods!"

"Not everyone likes salad. But there is tricks to make it taste yummy. And you can put anything in it, even meat." Lorna laughed. "Well looks like today was a good day to make venison huh?" She looked at Cat funny, "Catch your own food? Silly question considering you turn into a large cat."

Catseye nodded. "There are many deer in the woods around the mansion! I could bring you one the next time you want venison meat to cook with," she grinned. "Assuming you know how to, y'know... skin it and prepare it and everything."

The thought of a dead deer in her kitchen didn't paint a pretty picture in Lorna's mind. "Well if you do end up bring a deer here, leave it in the back and let me know. And I am sure we can find someone to...skin it." She smiled back at Cats. "Maybe I can learn how to make deer jerky."

"Do you know Mister Beaubier?" Catseye inquired, opening the fridge and grabbing some pastrami so she could make a sandwich. "I think he might know how to make jerky! He teaches me manymanythings about food but he is not a chef like you are!"

Lorna made a squinty look while she tried to place the last name to a face. She couldn't place it, "I might know but I don't remember." She smiled. "Well then, next time you see him, tell him to stop by so he can teach me how to make jerky."

"I will, yesyesyes!" the catgirl nodded. "He lives in the city but he will come here if I ask him to I think! Then he can show us both how to make jerky!"