Jessica Drew by the fireplace

[justdyedit.livejournal.com]

What could be cozier than a nice seat by a roaring fire? How about a nice seat by a roaring fire with a nice smokey Russian tea and a thick stew which smells more of paprika than beef? No?

How about all of this without the dreadful head, shoulder and backaches? And how about we forget the low fever which doesn't seem to want to go away? Sometimes being immune to nearly all poisons and toxins really sucks. After all what are pain killers but a mild and controlled toxin? Oh well, there's always tea right?

One sick P.I./Super hero/Sercet Agent seeking comfort, perhaps some conversation would be better than tea?

[Tiny Tag: Jessica Drew, Dominic Cobb]
[OOC: And the official beginning of the IMDB Flu is here. Read the backroom post for more information.]

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[bestinbusiness.livejournal.com]

It's the smell that gets to Cobb. It must be interesting, because when he's doing work on the PASVID it takes a bomb going off right outside his window brought by a dragon to alert him to anything wrong.

"..Woof- That's alot of spices. Bar set you up with that?"

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Jessica looks up around a mouthful and nods as she swallows. "Old comfort food from my childhood. I swear she even ground the paprika fresh."

There's a big grin to accompany the statement.

[bestinbusiness.livejournal.com]

Something about the idea of childhood comforts brings him back to his childhood-and she can probably read the disgust on her face, "...I was always partial to corn beef and potatoes."

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She shrugs. "Those are good too. I grew up in eastern Europe so there wasn't much corned beef around."

[bestinbusiness.livejournal.com]

"...More of an Irish thing." Cobb says, "I never liked Borscht (http://www.cooking.com/recipes-and-more/recipes/Russian-Steppe-Beef-Borscht-recipe-3608.aspx)."

"Paprikash (http://www.cooking.com/recipes-and-more/recipes/Pork-Paprikash-recipe-2232.aspx)- that's a stew right? I had it as a stew. That was good.">

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Jessica makes an appropriately childish face of ick at the mention of beets before saying, "I hate Borscht. But yeah, this is Paprikash with beef instead of chicken and extra paprika. I think I'm coming down with something and when ever I was sick as a kid my nanny would feed me tons of paprika. Seemed to work."

[bestinbusiness.livejournal.com]

"...You do look a little green around the gills to me." He peers at her, "...Something going around?"


There is a slight edge of nervousness he manages to hide fairly well underneath his nonchalance. Only somebody trained in catching lies could spot it right? Because y'know-diseases from other worlds...would possibly kill you right?

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Jessica catches the nervousness as she's really good at reading people and pulls back to give him more room. "I'm not exactly sure if this is from my world or here to be honest. I was going to visit the infirmary once I finished this. So far it's just aches and pains and a bit of fever, so as long as I don't touch you or any thing I think you'll be fine."

Of course she doesn't really have any ideas about multi-dimensional viruses.

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Cobb frowns before chuckling, "...Hell. Time stops and I came out of a situation I'd need to prep myself for before going back into it. THis place chooses the worst times to show up-didn't think it liked to fuck with people too."

"...You ah-take any tylenol or anything?"

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She shakes her head. "That kind of stuff doesn't do much for me. I've got a really high tolerance for toxins and it doesn't discriminate between the ones I want and the ones I don't."

[bestinbusiness.livejournal.com]

"...Don't suppose that's contagious? I can't have a headache without taking six kinds of tylenol but that's a side effect of the-"

"well, it's a side effect."

[justdyedit.livejournal.com]

And Jessica's PI ears prick at that slip. To cover though she laughs and replies, "Afraid not. Have you tried Advil? I hear it's better for you liver."

[bestinbusiness.livejournal.com]

He shakes his head, " Side effect of working with hazardous chemicals. Technically. Nothing else works."

[justdyedit.livejournal.com]

Hazardous chemicals she gets, especially if you through in radiation and weird lightening storms. It's par for the course in her world.

She nods and smiles, "Occupational hazards. I'm Jessica Drew, it'd offer my hand but let's play safe."

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Cobb holds out his hand anyway, grinning-before he shakes it upside down, "...Dom Cobb, Securities, master of the virtual handshake."

[justdyedit.livejournal.com]

That gets another smile from Jessica and she extends her hand to complete the wifi hand shake.

"I suppose I should include Private Investigator then. New York, 2009."

[bestinbusiness.livejournal.com]

"... I can add-"


Well, if she's a Private Eye she might not appreciate the whole "professional thief" business.

"...Uh-currently Brussels, 2011."

[justdyedit.livejournal.com]

"Hmmm..Brussels is a beautiful city."