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asgardgenesis2019-09-14 06:50 pm
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{2nd Key; Video}
Hey everyone! So, now I've seen we have animals....you remember how I was talking about making ice cream before? Well, it might take a bit longer to make enough if everyone wants some, but. Come over and we can make our best effort!
[Because of course this is Sora's priority here. Finding out there were animals and having asked the Gods regarding...well, a freezer to keep it cold, of course. He's trying at least, to make plenty of it for everyone, especially with having heard that some people have never had any ice cream before. Of course the initial flavor will be sea salt, which might not be to everyone's tastes but he can also figure some others that are more traditional as well.
He now only has Naminé from home with him, but he is still trying to do what he can. Possibly in part because he knows this is something Roxas and Xion would have liked, and as something to keep him from getting too down about missing them and Ventus. Keeping busy helps. Between wanting to do this, figuring his training in wanting to learn about his new powers here, and continuing his attempts to not get too rusty with his Keyblade, he keeps busy enough. He is probably making a right mess of the kitchen doing this but that is half of the fun aside from the taste testing, right? Of course it is.]
[Because of course this is Sora's priority here. Finding out there were animals and having asked the Gods regarding...well, a freezer to keep it cold, of course. He's trying at least, to make plenty of it for everyone, especially with having heard that some people have never had any ice cream before. Of course the initial flavor will be sea salt, which might not be to everyone's tastes but he can also figure some others that are more traditional as well.
He now only has Naminé from home with him, but he is still trying to do what he can. Possibly in part because he knows this is something Roxas and Xion would have liked, and as something to keep him from getting too down about missing them and Ventus. Keeping busy helps. Between wanting to do this, figuring his training in wanting to learn about his new powers here, and continuing his attempts to not get too rusty with his Keyblade, he keeps busy enough. He is probably making a right mess of the kitchen doing this but that is half of the fun aside from the taste testing, right? Of course it is.]
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[Still. Sora is trying not to dwell too much on how he misses the others. How almost strange and hollow it might feel to be without Roxas or Ven. Or even Xion, now. If he doesn't keep busy, he might be worried he would break, if not for her at least. In him not being entirely, completely alone.]
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Which is funny, really, because even though she knows intellectually that there are other, less odd flavors of ice cream, she hardly has room to pass judgement on them when she's never even tasted them. But that's not what has her shoulders rising, melancholy eyes lingering on the in-progress foodstuff. ]
… I think it's important, too.
[ To try to make sea salt ice cream, even though they're the only two left. Naminé is not quite so likely to falter under the pressure of being alone - for she has been already, hasn't she, for so long? But it still weighs on her, how their group has thinned, how she can no longer see those familiar faces. Just for a second, her eyes squeeze shut - and then she opens them again, head raising. ]
So... what can I help with?
[ Better, she thinks, that they keep busy indeed. For both their sakes. ]
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[That seemed a safe option. One less....unique or intense as one might find the sea salt. So Sora offers her that option if she wants to start with something simpler and probably more to her taste in comparison to the sea salt that he made.]
I have most of the ingredients here already. We'd just have to figure the vanilla beans.
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[ Ideally, anyway. Anyone who wanted a common flavor would be happy, at the least. To his suggestion; ]
Sure. [ It's easy enough to acquiesce to that; she would likely have taken just about any option, really. Her lips part slightly at the caveat, however, head tilting. ]
Were you not able to find any?
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[And ice cream does not involve actual cooking or baking, so. Less risk in that sense of something getting burnt and ruined? Only so much Sora could mess up with mixing together the ingredients and putting it in the freezer. Or so he figures.]
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Then, may I see it?
[ The recipe, that is. ]
I don't-- really know how to cook very well, but if I only have to follow the directions...
[ She can work it out, right? Right. ]
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[He gives a nod and a smile, passing her the recipe. With her helping, they could make twice as much ice cream, in theory. Sora gestures for her to read it and get started, telling her to ask if she needs help with anything once he ensures she has everything over on her side of the bench.]
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Which. She might need, really, because before long she's giving the recipe a perplexed look. Carefully, she looks over what's arrayed before her, then collects the vanilla beans to move them over onto a cutting board. Thereafter she starts to reach for a knife, pauses, then think to glance up at him to ask, ]
You aren't using that one, are you?
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[He's right there if she does need a hand. Sora smiles, glancing over to check she is alright every so often as he figures his own ice cream. He focuses on his own but is paying attention in case she has any more questions or needs help. He gives a nod as she gets started, pleased she seems to want to help and is comfortable enough to do so.]
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Although it's. Not an easy task for someone as inexperienced as she is. She's chosen the smallest knife possible, which makes it a bit easier, but she seems to be struggling to actually wedge it into the bean properly. The first time the bean slips, the second time she's not quite pressing hard enough with the knife.
She'll... get it eventually? She seems to be very concentrated on the task, at least. ]
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[He asks, noting when the bean slips, obviously wanting to be careful in her not cutting herself somehow with dealing with the beans. Because yeah ice cream is delicious and important but he doesn't want her getting hurt in making it with him like this. He glances over after the first attempt, to check she is managing okay and didn't cut herself in the process.]
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[ The bean rolls a little again as she looks up, then looks back down again sharply, fingers pulling back instinctively so as not to risk cutting herself, though there wasn't much danger of that this time. ]
Yes, I think so...! It's just-- harder than I expected, that's all.
[ Which goes for the task, really, but-- ]
The bean, that is.
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[Alas, Sora doesn't have his healing spells here, so it would just be plain first aid, or as basic of it as he knows. If something were to happen. But he wants to let her try to do it, so he doesn't immediately step in unless she asks him for help. Wanting to let her build her confidence and experience things for herself as best he can help her with at least.]
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[ Her lips press together thoughtfully, expression a little more determined. Delicately she presses her fingers around the bean again, returning her attention to it as though it requires genuine focus for her to figure out how to cut the darn thing. This time she adjusts the angle of the knife a bit, and-- ]
-- Oh.
[ Well, that works better - enough so, at least, for her to finally wedge the point in there. Now she just has to... cut along the rest of it. ]
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[He encourages her when he glances over and sees her making a bit of progress then. Cooking or such was possibly new to her, for all he knows, but he is glad she is trying and he is willing to help if she needs it.]
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[ Naminé is... quite unused to encouragement of any kind, much less such immediate gratification. But his cheerleading brings a careful smile to her face all the same as she glances up at him, then back down at the bean. Slowly she makes the cut in question, which-- ends up a bit wobbly, really, but she makes it to the other end of the bean eventually, and that's Progress. ]
That's right, isn't it?
[ Surely he'd have mentioned it if she were cutting the bean the wrong direction, or something. ]
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[Basically. The recipes he has are basic, simple but still hopefully going to turn out well. Especially with the stand in freezer or whatever equivalent is called that the gods provided to keep it chilled.]
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[ Just generic ice cream, whatever that tastes like. A bit more confident now, she starts to work on the next bean. ]
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[He explains, encouraging and reassuring her as he keeps mixing while keeping an eye on her with the beans.]
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[ Her eyes switch between him and the beans as she starts on the next one. It's easier this time, now that she has some idea of how much force to use. She's a pretty quick study in general, all things considered. ]
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[Vanilla was also just fine on its own of course. Some just preferred to add a little something to it as well.]
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[ She hums quietly as she works, as if she's considering something. ]
… Those are lots of brown things, aren't they?
[ Honeycomb not entirely included. It's a silly thing to notice, maybe, but-- ]
What about fruit? Would that be okay to add to vanilla?
[ She may wear a lot of white, but she has a distinct appreciation for more vibrant colors. ]
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[Initially at least he was figuring to stick more basic but depending what she wants to add he might have it on hand to get her some.]
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I hadn't thought that far ahead yet, [ she confesses. ] Actually, most of those things sound pretty good.
[ She turns her eyes down just for a second, then they come back up as she realizes, ]
-- Oh. What about oranges?
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[If he had to pick another favourite. Sora gives a nod in approving of her choice, familiar, or at least more than her, with the potential options that tended to go well together in the usual ice cream flavours one might find available.]
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[ action ] (prob looking to wrap it up? Been going a while now haha.)
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