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[Rosemary hasn't been here long. But already, she knows what's missing from the Nexus. A woman's touch! And good home cooking! Most of the people here were soldiers, like Jack. Rose wondered if they even remembered what it was like to just sit down and enjoy a good meal. Unfortunately, they're not going to remember any quicker seeing as Rose has taken it upon herself to do the cooking. She's reading up on how to cook lobster, because Jack always did say he really liked lobster. She was cooking for the residents of the Nexus of course, but she had Jack in mind first.]

A dash of this... a pinch of that...

[She wondered if Jack would appreciate this. He never seemed to appreciate what she did for him; the most emotion she had ever seen from him was during the Big Shell. True happiness, sadness, fear and anger... and she felt like she shared it all with him. It made her smile as she looked down at the lobster; the poor, still-living lobster that she was going to put in the pot of cold water and slowly boil alive. She already had some other things ready to eat: she had made a fresh salad, though she had pretty much drenched it in vinegar. And an extremely large omelette made for several people which was still runny and only half-cooked, with bits of the shell poking out of the top.]

[Rose watches the lobster for a while, though she isn't really seeing it. She's wondering... would Jack perhaps open up to her more if... well, he could unwind a little? Of course he wouldn't do so on his own, so... what if she helped him lower his inhibitions a little? Maybe suggest a drink... keep him drinking...? This wasn't about getting information for them anymore; she had a genuine, burning curiosity. What was her boyfriend of two years hiding from her? What was so awful in his mind about himself that he couldn't tell her? Why was he so afraid? She was completely open with him; or at least to the point that he didn't know their entire relationship was a set-up. Ah... there was that burning guilt again. She slowly rests a hand over her stomach. That was Jack's baby inside of her. A life they created together. Her resolve hardens. She had to know who the father of her unborn child really was. If not for her sake... then for the sake of the baby inside of her. She was going to find out who Jack Brannigan really was.]


((SOMEONE, SAVE THE LOBSTER. DEAR GOD. Also open for anyone, but if you're a Raiden then expect to be encouraged to drink heavily. :| You will be nagged moar.))