THOU ART MAIDENLESS, AND THUS THOU ART ALONE

[darknesshotpot]

⭐ Who: Ango and YOU
⭐ When: Throughout February
⭐ Where: Mostly around Yumemigaoka, but also the Dream Sphere
⭐ What: Dumb shenanigans

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[dogdaughter]

[ Jade followed the enticing smell to the break room, curious both as to what it was and why it was coming from back here... and she finds herself quite impressed. She doesn't know much about cooking herself, and this looks particularly complicated to her! She recognizes it now, having seen it plenty in stores recently - this is chocolate! Only this is the homemade type Ai had told her about. This guy must really like a lot a people! ]

Wow! These all look and smell fantastic!

[ She wanders closer, taking in the ingredients scattered about with awe (though not yet noticing the suspicious inclusion of laxatives), before turning hopeful attention back to Ango. ]

Would... would it be a big bother to show me something about making these? I don't really know my way around a kitchen, and I got curious about the process when I heard sometimes people actually make the chocolate themselves...

[darknesshotpot]

It's no bother at all! Chocolate's actually pretty easy to work with if you've got a thermometer, and if you make a mistake you can just melt it all down and start again. And even if you just end up making a mess, at least it's probably still gonna taste good.

[There are more than enough leftover ingredients for the new kid to take a crack at making chocolate before one of the DU office staff shuts down Ango's little operation. As usual, he went overboard and bought too much.]

I'm Ango, by the way, and I know a thing or two about making huge messes.

[dogdaughter]

[ Jade claps her hands a little in delight. ]

Wonderful!

So you use a thermometer? [ Her eyes are wide with interest. ] Sounds a little like chemistry... I never did get to take one of the lab-courses, though, so all I know is the theory.

[ She startles when Ango introduces himself, realizing that she hasn't introduced herself yet - how rude of her! ]

Ah, and I'm Jade!

Jade Harley, also known as Dreamer Space Witch~! [ She finishes her introduction with a gratuitous flourish of one hand, having taken to heart the advice on this matter she got from good ol' Zeke. ]

[darknesshotpot]

[Well that certainly was an enthusiastic self-introduction...]

Oh yeah, I heard that we got some newbies. Welcome to the Dreamer Union - this place is full of socially maladjusted weirdos, but most of them are alright once you get to know them.

[Ango's got a feeling that this kid falls more to the "Zeke" side of the weirdness spectrum, though - the kind of weirdo who's surprisingly functional.]

I was never much good at math, so I always thought cooking was more art than science... but I guess there's a lot of chemistry involved, too. Chocolate is actually full of tons of tiny crystals, you know? So you've gotta heat it up to the right temperature and let it cool down slowly to get the right texture.

nearly a whole month late, apologies,,

[dogdaughter]

[ She giggles softly at his choice of welcoming words. ]

Hee hee, that's not very nice~

[ It's just some quick teasing though, and she returns her attention to the chocolate-making production spread about the room. ]

I suppose it's both really... measuring out ingredients and tracking the temperature is more scientific, but getting everything to look so nice definitely requires artistry.

And nobody mentioned the crystals in chocolate before! Maybe you're better at the science side than you think~