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The kids were woken up very early since Gordon would need a hand in preparing breakfast, John went to get Raine so they can get the rest of the crew awake, The nomes crowded around RK and were gonna show him what they did for work around the ship. Mono and Six were in the kitchen with Gordon, Roger was still doing work in the engine room and in his words "Six is too young to have these big tools on hand and I don't want her gettin hurt" so he said she could spend time in the kitchens with Mono so she wouldn't get hurt. Yes putting small children in a room with sharp objects is much safer than tools in an engine room according to Roger. But Gordon was a patient man at least considering Six seemed somewhat skittish being in the kitchen, but with Mono there she was abit at ease.
"Alright you little scamps, we're gonna start simple, I need you guys to crack some eggs for me and put them in this bowl" He sets down the bowl and put down a carton of eggs. "I'm gonna make biscuits for the crew" He turns to get back to working at the stove.
Six and Mono looked at the bowl and then at the carton. Six remembers seeing the chefs working in the kitchens from the maw cracking eggs, she picked up and egg and tapped it on the side lightly, and nothing happened. Six grumbled.
"you need to tap it a little harder than that" Shadow suggests.
Six tries again and hears the egg crack. She pulls the shell apart and the egg fell in the bow.
"C-Can I try?" Mono asks.
Six hands him an egg and watches him try. The egg sortof fell outside of the bowl but the yolk made it at least. He picks up an egg and tries again, the shell in his hand slipped out and fell in the bowl. Mono made a panicked noise and Six had to calm him down while getting the shell out. Six pats his head and they bump their foreheads together.
"Alright kids how's it going?" He turns around and saw they got most of the eggs in the bowl. And some were on the floor "Well that isn't as bad as I thought. Six, you and Mono get some flour it's over there" He points to where the flour is and gets back to the pot to prevent whatever he was cooking from burning.
Six and Mono looked to where he pointed and Six gave Mono a boot to get the flour, but mono grabbed one corner of the bag and lost his footing, causing the flour to fall over the two of them. Mono was again starting to panic because he felt like he was messing everything up. Six bumped her forehead to his and he settled. Six pushed the bag up so it wouldn't cause a bigger mess. Mono sniffled and wiped his face.
"How are ya both- Jeezums!" He nearly fell over when he sees both children's covered in flour. "Well, I give both of ya a good try or trying to keep from makin a mess, but that's ok" He pats Mono on the head. "Let's get both of you cleaned up" He works on getting the biscuits prepared and in the oven before getting the two cleaned up.
Mono and Six had to leave their coats behind to get washed and they had to clean up the mess they made. By the time the two were done the biscuits were ready, Mono and Six were given a step stool so they could see gordon working. He let the two crack eggs for scrambled eggs since it was pretty simple for the two of them. Gordon was... honestly surprised with how wide eyed and amazed it is to be cooking in a kitchen, especially little Mono seemed like he's never seen anything like a kitchen. So Gordon does his best to make the experience fun for the two kids. He even let Mono try and cook at the pan (with supervision of course) gordon even gave Mono his chef hat. This brought a smile to Mono and Six snickered but was happy for him. Gordon let Six handle any small tasks, he saw she seemed wary of being near knives, and almost freeze up like a deer in headlights when he had a cutting knife on hand, so he would have Mono distract her when he had to cut something.
When dinner was fully prepared everyone came to grab themselves a plate.
While Six and Mono were telling Raine and RK about what they did the Ferryman and John came over to Gordon.
"So how did they do?" John asks
"Well they made a right mess but honestly they didn't do too bad at cleaning up"
"Where'd their jackets go?"
"They got coated in flour and are dryin right now"
"So they turned into flour ghosts and broke some eggs?"
"Weeelllll some landed in the bowls at least. Mono seemed ot have fun when he saw me cook"
"What about the girl?"
"Six is her name right? Well... She seemed abit uncomfortable but stuck around for Mono, she seemed scared when I grabbed one of my knives for cutting so I had Mono distract her"
"Must've been some kind of trauma from that, poor kid"
"Those two seem pretty attached if you think about it" John looks over to the kids as Six mimes acting like a ghost when the flour fell and the other kids laughed. He notices Mono wearing Gordons hat "you gave him your hat? You don't give anyone your hat"
"Well lets just say he earned it, plus I have a spare one"
"you always go off on me that it's special!"
While the two bickered Ferryman looked over to the kids and had a smile to himself. These kids should fit right in on the ship.