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[souffle_girlek]

Oswin keeps a fairly close eye on the bar. It's a bit of a habit.

Today, what she saw brought her out to come see it in person - one man inexplicably up in the rafters, evidently at ease, and one much larger, armored man, hanging from said rafters like a kitten having severe misadventures.

She has popcorn. And a great viewing post from one of the comfy chairs by the fire.

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[cottoncandypink]

Someone else has been watching all this happen as well. He has a bowl of peanuts from the bar.

"Have you ever seen anything so stupid?" Wilford asks. He offers his peanuts to share.

[souffle_girlek]

"Well, I did work as an entertainment manager, so." Oswin shrugs, popping a peanut in her mouth. "It makes the top ten list though."

[cottoncandypink]

"That sounds rough," Wilford says. He watches the two stooges swear and try to kill one another. "Do you know these guys?"

[souffle_girlek]

"Yeah, the bigger guy is a teddy bear." Oswin explains, offering the popcorn in turn. She's pretty sure Baze wouldn't care who knows he likes cuddling - he's certainly open with it as far as she can see.

[cottoncandypink]

Ooh, popcorn. Wilford takes a handful.

"How do you think he does that kind of thing being blind?"

Where he's from, blind people generally can't see to fuck around up in rafters like that.

[souffle_girlek]

Oswin shrugs, scrunching her nose.

"Echolocation? Maybe he's a bat."

[cottoncandypink]

"I got laughed at because I didn't realise that bastard is blind."

It was an honest mistake, considering how Chirrut kind of looks like he's winning at the moment.

[souffle_girlek]

"... Well. I mean. He's pretty obviously blind." Oswin points out, nomming on popcorn. "I'm on team laughter on this one."

[cottoncandypink]

Wilford sighs, and then looks back to the mayhem again. "How is it obvious?"

[souffle_girlek]

"Um... his eyes are opaque, he never looks at you straight on, he very often says he's blind?" Oswin offers, objectively. "He's not exactly shy about the whole thing."

[cottoncandypink]

Wilford snorts. "He never said anything to me. He just picks fights."

And wins. It's kind of embarrassing.

"I don't think he's said more than four words to me, come to think of it."

[souffle_girlek]

"... Wow, did you pick the wrong guy to piss off." Oswin is grudgingly impressed - her impression of Chirrut is that the man is affable almost to a fault, the joker of the pair.

Case in point, actually.

[cottoncandypink]

"No kidding."

He got his ass handed to him. By a blind man.

"Wish somebody had told me earlier."

Oh well. He's putting on a good show now.

[iprotectyou]

A little later, Baze meanders over to her perch, looking inordinately pleased with himself.

"Can you believe Chirrut? He messed with my tea. Honestly. I got it back. Hello, Oswin! May the Force of others be with you!"

[souffle_girlek]

"Very impressive capture." Oswin grins, offering the half-empty bag of popcorn to Baze. "I was worried there for a bit that I'd be visiting you in the infirmary. Wouldn't he have come down eventually?"

[iprotectyou]

"No, he would have starved, just to spite me," Baze says, accepting the popcorn with a murmured thanks. He digs a hand into the bag and draws out some popped kernels, which he stuffs into his mouth.

"I'm sure glad the rafters held my weight. I've been gaining some, which is great. How are you?"

[souffle_girlek]

"Banned from the kitchens. Probably for the rest of the week - I don't exactly know how the cherry pie exploded, but... well. There's burnt cherry bits all over the oven, and the rats aren't happy about it." Oswin admits. "It'd probably be less of a problem if I hadn't done it before, but..."

[iprotectyou]

"Oh, I'm so sorry," Baze says, his tone laden with sympathy. He scarfs down more popcorn, and then offers the bag back to her before he eats it all.

"I've never been very good at baking. I'd like to learn how to make no-bake cookies, though, if you're willing to teach me. Once you're not banned from the kitchens and you know how to make them, that is."

[souffle_girlek]

Oswin's grin gets piratical.

"You know, I bet they wouldn't stop you from going in there. And if I came in with you, well. They could hardly protest."

[iprotectyou]

Baze matches that grin, waggling his eyebrows.

"Well, there's no point in not trying," he says, offering her a hand up.

"We can get ingredients for cookies from the bar. By the way, I've been really enjoying the shortbread you've been baking for me. So has Chirrut. You're getting better."

[souffle_girlek]

"Flattery will definitely get you an extra-large batch next time." Oswin assures him, because as anyone who has worked in a service-based industry knows, you reward the behaviors you want to keep.

And who doesn't like flattery?

She takes his offered hand (it's ridiculously fun how easy he pulls her up) and loops an arm through his once on her feet.

"So we'll need sugar, and oats, and peanut butter, and cocoa, and milk... and vanilla. Oh, and some butter. Because nothing says yum like a little more butter."

[iprotectyou]

"Peanut butter, mmm," Baze says, licking his lips. He ambles to the bar, and, once they're there, turns to embrace her properly, lifting her off her feet and turning around in circles. He sets her down, and brushes her cheek with his lips.

"I'm happy you're here. I've missed you."

[souffle_girlek]

Oswin beams - she has no idea why people aren't clamoring to cuddle the giant space bear, but that just means she gets more time with him.

People are ridiculous.

"Missed you too, big guy. Well, probably a little less, 'cause I cheat." She allows, leaning against him gleefully. "Your forms in the morning are looking better. Well, I think they look better, but, you know, since I've never done one..." She shrugs, "They're pretty anyway."

[iprotectyou]

Baze throws his head back and laughs, wrapping a powerful arm around her and offering her a squeeze. He smiles down at her petite form, thoroughly pleased with the compliment despite himself.

"Why, thank you," Baze says, patting the counter. Bar, who overheard their conversation on the way over, pops up with cookie ingredients. Baze releases Oswin to scoops them all up in his arms.

"I really appreciate that, Oswin. Thank you for the compliments. Maybe you should join Chirrut and I in the mornings. We could teach you the forms."

[souffle_girlek]

"Nah, outside... in the morning, not my thing." There's a gap, when she realizes, remembers, that 'going outside' isn't a scary thing to anyone except her, and thus not really a valid excuse. Not that what she came up with is much better, she fully realizes that, but at least it doesn't sound too utterly bizarre.

"Right, lead on - I'll hide behind you in case they have a 'hunt on sight' order on me."