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RE: [seasonal event] kindness keep a lonely company - Amalia - 04-07-2019 They are quick and eager to get to work, soothing some of the baker's fears. Greetings are exchanged, alliances formed- Amalia watches it all in silence, a bittersweet smile on her face. Her grandmother would be proud. But it doesn't make the ache of her loss any less. She watches the bakers choose their herbs intently. Her grandmother used to say you can tell a lot about a person by the things they eat, and the selection of seasonings changes the flavor of each one in her mind. Jigano's herbs are strong and symphonic, like the bard himself. Kiada's lavender, cinnamon, and honey are a spicy tune with a sweet interior. Deimos' selection is the most surprising: honey and cinnamon, sweet and spice, simple yet rich- and she flashes a curious glance at the man, a half-smile on her dark lips as he interacts with Kiada. There is something else in her, though, something dark and squeezing as she watches their exchange. She wants those smiles directed at her- Flushing slightly, she looks away, attention turning back to her bread. [Say]"Time to turn it out and knead,"[/say] the baker instructs. Then, jokingly, a line used by her grandmother when they were children, unbridled and wild: [say]"Whoever has the least flour on them at the end wins a prize!"[/say] Amalia smiles brightly at the memory and turns to the banner making group, blissfully unaware of the chaos about to unfold. The three women are discussing intently, and Amalia only catches a snippet of the conversation as they begin to leave the shop. [Say]"Ribbons, paint, and pressed flowers- just look out for chorus bees!"[/say] Deimos, The linen, meanwhile, is hanging on a line in the middle of a swarm of chorus bees! Currently content to hum a cheery tune, who knows what they'd do if you came too close? What will you choose to do? RE: [seasonal event] kindness keep a lonely company - Deimos - 04-07-2019
RE: [seasonal event] kindness keep a lonely company - Jigano - 04-07-2019 Jigano was more than happy to scratch at Auni’s ears and rub his head as the last of the introductions were made and they settled in to work. He tied his wide sleeves back with practiced efficiency, baring his honeyed arms almost to the shoulder before making use of the water. With clean hands and his chosen ingredients he set to kneading, tossing Kiada and Deimos a conspiratorial grin at their agreement. ”Surely no one will notice just a few small nibbles taken out of the loaves?” he suggested slyly, sharing the lavender with the young woman. There was something else going on between her and Deimos, an established friendship he found himself an outsider of, but that didn’t really matter. He was here to help Amalia, and Rexanna and Phoebe were present as well, so he felt comfortable in working silently, even starting to hum a little – though sharp blue eyes caught his fellow bakers’s antics as they whispered and glanced towards those who were making decorations. Still, he wasn’t particularly bothered until a billow of mis-thrown flour from Kiada caught him a dusty white splash on his elbow. The pale brow arched as he looked at his companions with an expression caught between humor and exasperation. At least, he was exasperated until Amalia gave her blessing to the game, and then blue eyes sparked with mischief, his smile turning just a touch wicked. He waited for her to give her directions to the banner crew before snaking an arm around her to try and dab a spot of flour on her nose. ”Don’t think you can declare a prize and then claim it so easily!” he teased her, before turning back to his bread to knead it – using as little flour as he thought he could get away with, to keep his hands clean beneath the wrist. He kept a wary eye out on Kiada and Deimos, however, ready to duck if the big man retaliated for the scarred woman’s antics – and he did, indeed! Jigano spun, turning to let the flour land in his hair, white on white, and protected his clothing from the worst of it before turning back to his dough and working it with long, elegant fingers that focused on copying Amalia’s technique rather than brute strength as he began to quietly sing a song he had learned from Rory, about Rae and Flowerbirth. It made for a good rhythm to the kneading, in spite of the war going on across the table. RE: [seasonal event] kindness keep a lonely company - Rexanna - 04-07-2019 As As they begin to make their way outside, she catches Amalia’s instruction, pausing to turn toward her friends with an inquisitive look. “[say]What’s a chorus bee?[/say]” She whispered to them as the corner of her lip rose in a small smile, wondering if they had any idea what they should be expecting. Singing bees? Bees at all? There were so many questions, but she nodded to Amalia if she looked and decided on heading outdoors to see what awaited the trio. She spotted the flowers in the back that Phoebe and Amalia must have spoke of, then an idea of the location of the cloth. “[say]Here goes nothing?[/say]” She half joked to the group, stepping out into the back to see what kind of thing a chorus bee was, if there were any back here. RE: [seasonal event] kindness keep a lonely company - Kiada - 04-07-2019 She agrees with Deimos releases her face finally yet not before adorning her with more flour, and she hisses a laugh under her breath — a part of her feeling bad for Jigano in the mess between the two of them, but she cannot be outdone. And Amalia announces their turn to start to knead the bread, and she fills her hands with flour to get started. Turning out her bread and beginning to knead it, she eyes Deimos a bit warily though a wolfish grin sits on her lips, turning the edges up. After a few moments, she reaches up with her arm to push back the stray dark hairs from her face, adorning her with a sprinkling of more flour along her nose. And with the motion, she takes her floury hand and turns it to Deimos with a sprinkle of flour along his head before her hands return to the bread. Then, as if to make it more difficult for him, she bows her elbows out and pushes into Deimos to throw him off with his own kneading; that same mischievous grin along the Harpy’s face. RE: [seasonal event] kindness keep a lonely company - Amalia - 04-10-2019 [say]"Oh no-"[/say] But it is too late. She has unleashed chaos, and now the girl can only watch in hapless bemusement as chaos unfolds within her bakery. Deimos is the first to partake: another surprise in a series of many, another sign of the human soul beneath the glacial man. Amused, she watches him grab Kiada's face, something fragile fluttering inside her chest at the sight of his smile, the sound of his laugh. It is not for her, but it is something- and she feels a strange success at her part in it all, a certain pride in knowing that perhaps she helped to draw the fire from inside his core. The moment is destined to be short-lived. At first, it seems the trio will set to the task of kneading with something akin to dignity, but Amalia is quickly dissuaded from that notion as Deimos scoops up a fistful of flour. Ducking to avoid the worst of the onslaught, the girl cannot help the bubbling laughter which escapes her lips, surprise and delight dancing together in dulcet, alto tones. No sooner does she rise again - honey hair now flecked with white, having taken most of the assault - then a long finger reaches out to tap her nose, Jigano's sly smile a wicked, wily thing. The baker puts her hands on her hips, attempting and failing to look appropriately displeased before finally breaking down into another grin, her tongue sticking out in a teasing raspberry. At least Kiada has remained respectable (or so she mistakenly thinks, though there is a suspicious sprinkling of pale flour upon the woman's nose). Turning back to the younger girl, Amalia proceeds with the next set of instructions, demonstrating once again. [say]"Ok, now roll your dough out - like this - and then split it into five equal parts. Four of the sections you'll flatten between your hands."[/say] In a rare, almost unconscious act of showing off, Amalia grabs one of her dough balls and twirls it deftly between her fingers, creating a smooth half-inch thick disc within a matter of seconds. [say]"The last section you break into four parts and use to decorate. See-"[/say] And, again, she acts with practiced speed, spinning out a long and slender rope of dough before delicately shaping a sun upon her loaf, a traditional Fiat Lux design. Deimos, Jigano is currently winning the flour fight! You two gonna just take that?! RE: [seasonal event] kindness keep a lonely company - Deimos - 04-10-2019
RE: [seasonal event] kindness keep a lonely company - Kiada - 04-18-2019 The delight in Amalia’s laugh makes it all the more fun for the girl, and she soon pays attention to how much flour there is decorating Jigano and Amalia, having had her fun with Deimos already. They both were covered in flecks of white, and she imagines that she’ll likely continue to find it days from now. But it seems as Deimos’ booming voice erupts in laughter at the table, Kiada can’t hide her own chime of snickering that accompanies it. It’s all in good fun, and she does her best to listen to Amalia’s instructions – focusing hard on rolling the dough out and splitting it. She flattens the four pieces that Amalia has demonstrated, marveling slightly at the ease the woman works with it, before she tries her hand at it and takes a bit longer to accomplish. But she does, and she moves on to the decorating, glancing sideways at Deimos’ snowflake and smiling softly at it – imagining that she knows the reason why the Reaper has chosen such a thing – and turns back to hers, staring at it briefly before sketching in a small bird with wide wings of flight. “For Khairi.” She thinks to herself as Deimos leans in to speak to her. And as he does, her eyes slide toward the pale haired man innocently as if she’s trying to see what design he decides to go with. She gives Deimos a small brisk nod, watching while he dips his hand into the flower and she does the same, grabbing a large fistful – but to make it less conspicuous, she sprinkles a bit across the top of her dough innocently. Then, when Deimos strikes in the front in an attempt to get the flour onto Deimos, she swirls around behind him to try and toss the flour toward him from behind in case he tries to step back and avoid the onslaught. They weren’t all going to make it out of here clean. RE: [seasonal event] kindness keep a lonely company - Jigano - 04-19-2019 A smiling, laughing Amalia was a balm to Jigano’s heart and he was more proud and pleased than he had any right to be at her joy. A joy that was, he noticed slyly, directed with a lingering gaze on the big man with the beard, a spark of something intriguing in her dark-eyed gaze that the bard itched to encourage. But first he had to survive the flour fight that was accompanying their baking – and learn how to bake while he was at it! They all settled down for a moment while Amalia demonstrated her skills with a fine aplomb and flair that the showman in the bard could appreciate. He might not have her skill and experience, but his fingers were deft as he reached for his own dough and began to copy her example – with only the first loaf coming out a little lumpy. After that he got the hang of it, and though he kept a wary eye across the table at first, it seemed Deimos and Kiada were momentarily absorbed in the joy of decorating. With a slight hum of music in this throat he turned his attention to his own loaves consideringly. He was no great artist, to make some clever abstract design out of slender ropes and strings of dough. He had no symbol to call his own, as Deimos seemed to have. A brief consideration of a bird – his own raven form as inspiration – was dashed by Kiada’s swifter fingers, and he let his attention wander from his companions for a moment as he sought something simple yet meaningful he could use. He reached for the flour as Kiada and Deimos pulled away from the bowl… His distraction proved his undoing. He caught Deimo’s overhanded toss at the last moment and tried to dance back – directly into Kiada’s clever attack from the rear. The result was a light dusting of flour on his front and a larger puff of what powder across his shoulders and hair, turning his golden skin pale along his bared arms. He didn’t – quite – yelp, but retribution was swift as he turned and flung his handful of flour at Kiada’s front in retaliation, laughing as he did so. ”Hey! Your dough is over there! You knead to stop loafing around and get back to work!” He tossed her a wink and truly wicked grin at his horrible pun, but figured she had earned it with her unprovoked attack! Struck by inspiration, he turned back to his own loaves and swiftly rolled out his thin ropes to make a simple crescent moon pattern to compliment Amalia’s suns, making sure to Deimos and Kiada in sight now! RE: [seasonal event] kindness keep a lonely company - Lily - 04-19-2019 Chorus Bee? Lily shrugs and spreads her hands wide in response. It’s the first she’s heard of them. “Bees that… sing?” If so, they’re her kind of bees. Hot on Rexanna’s heels, she follows the other out back, assuming that Stepping out behind the shop is like stepping into a wildflower field. It truly is spring! But it looks like the object of their search is indeed surrounded by bees, and as their suspicions are confirmed, they seem to have a happy little hive song going. Well, maybe… Lily listens for a moment, trying to catch the repetitive tune. It takes her a round or two, making a couple of mistakes before she picks it up and gestures for Eh. Fear might be an exaggeration. She just doesn’t want to feel the pain. Or kill a bee! RE: [seasonal event] kindness keep a lonely company - Amalia - 04-23-2019 Slowly the loaves begin to tak shape, each one decorated by a separate sigil, an emblem of their maker. She wonders at Kiada's bird, is unsurprised by Deimos' snowflake. For her own remaining loaves Amalia makes distinct decorations, practicing the ones she will soon have to mass produce. A flower joins the collection, for Frey; a star, for Safrin; and a candle for Ludo. They are delightfully childish in their mischief, and Amalia cannot help the upturned grin as Deimos and Kiada plot. Sure, the bakery will be a mess later, but for now it is alive, and the beauty of that pays ten times over the cost of cleaning up some flour. Speaking of which... Amalia cannot help the riotus laugh which peals from her lips at Deimos and Kiada's onslaught of poor Jigano, their coordination doing much to usurp him from his position of cleanest. Cackling, Amalia arches a brow at the Loreseeker whose arms and clothes are now as white as his hair. [Say]"If you children are done."[/say] Amalia's drawl shakes with hidden mirth, a laughable attempt at imperious superiority easily belied by the grin still on her lips. There is no real anger or rebuke in her voice merely merriment and delight. [Say]"The last step is baking, which I'll take care of. Meanwhile, you lot- clean up this mess!"[/say] Deimos Kiada Baking team: clean up the shop while Amalia bakes the bread! Loaves will take about 15 minutes to cook. Flour fight winner will be rolled next round, get your last attacks in! Currently DEIMOS is cleanest RE: [seasonal event] kindness keep a lonely company - Jigano - 04-23-2019 Amalia's rebuke was met with an expression of positively angelic innocence from the bard - only somewhat ruined by the dusting of white that blended in with his hair and overtunic, and stood in stark contrast against his skin. "Yes," he murmured, a paragon of perfect behavior. "Kiada and Deimos did rather make a mess, didn't they?" Though the sly wink he tilted at Amalia a moment later hinted at the mischief behind his performer's mask. His grin escaped as he turned away from their hostess, and he eyed Kiada and Deimos to try and measure how much flour was on each of them. The big man had, in spite of his size that should have made him an easy target, somehow coming out the cleanest of the three... Which meant Amalia would be giving him a prize at this rate. And wasn't that an interesting proposition? His grin widened as he made his way to a broom in the corner of the shop and began to industriously sweep up the flour that had fallen on the floor. He 'accidentally' swept a cloud of it towards Kiada in his enthusiasm, tipping her an apology that was perhaps just a tad bit insincere. "Excuse me, miss, you're in the way there," he practically purred. "Doughn't you have something you could be doing to clean up? I would loave a little help with this!" RE: [seasonal event] kindness keep a lonely company - Deimos - 04-23-2019
RE: [seasonal event] kindness keep a lonely company - Phoebe - 04-23-2019 Phoebe also had no idea what a chorus bee was. But she knew what a normal bee was and she would rather not have any part of that. Bees were important. They made honey and helped plants grow. But the little jerks could sting something fierce and she just didn't want to risk it. Besides, two people were enough to handle the bees right? So she made her way around to handle gathering the flowers. Phoebe looked at them in surprise. Why were some of them so big? She knew a thing or two about plants for her various remedies but she had never seen flowers of these varieties grow so large! She saw a few pretty normal ones and gently picked those first. But there was one very pretty oversized one...so feeling a bit unsure she made to pick it. |