ϡ - Chapter ThirtyFive; this is not how you bake a pretty cake [Action (for House 44)|Voice|Video]

[folklorist]

[ The journal feed turns on to a kitchen with a pot of something on the stove boiling, steaming, something is cooking in there but what? Who knows! ] Ah! There we go I think it’s on! Still get confused with this thing...

[ Helios will clear his throat and then pull away only for people to see one blond headmaster smiling into the video feed as he gives a slight wave. ] Yes. I think we can get started now. The sugar might burn otherwise...

I found an interesting little book in the library today. How to make various candies from my world! There’s one that I’ve always enjoyed, rather interesting these, I can't believe I actually found how to make them. They’re called Pop Rocks.

[ And then he beams. ] I’ve never done a cooking demonstration before! This is quite exciting. Oh! Yes! And my assistant will be the ever so helpful Ms. LeBlanc. [ He’ll just pan the journal camera over to Adele then. He'll keep it there so they're both in view now with the ingredients off to the side on the table. There's the rustling of pages as Helios flips through his cook book. ]



So! The first thing you'll need to do is dust a cookie sheet with the powdered sugar, and sprinkle a generous amount of the Citric Acid on the sugar.

[ Adele, dutifully, waves from where she is standing just behind Helios. She is conspicuously keeping him between her and the stove. Just in case.

She can't shake the feeling it won't end well. ]

Citric acid? That is... [ First goes down a layer of powdered sugar, and she searches the side table for the acid. ] This. Yes?

Mm yes that's it. [ Helios does not notice this at all, nope. He is just being his absentminded excited self with this. ]

And then we have to combine two cups of sugar, some water and a one third cup of corn syrup into the saucepan. Setting it over medium heat and stirring it gently. [ A slight pout. Medium heat? That just won't do. Helios can be a bit impatient when it comes to sweets, especially when cooking them, so what's a little more added heat he's done it plenty of times before! ] Hm. I think we can make it a little bit hotter. Magic comes in handy when you cook, you know? A nice controlled very hot fire. It should speed up the cooking just a little bit.

[ That is such a bad idea Helios. But still he looks over at Adele to make the appropriate measurements. ]

The instructions are as they are for a reason Helios. Medium heat is medium heat.

[ Yes, she's. Keeping him between her and the stove. But she does pour out two cups of sugar and hands it off to him. Then the water. Then...it takes some time for her to pour the syrup from the bottle. ]

...you really should follow the directions. You always impress upon me the importance of doing so elsewhere.

[ Helios waves her off. As he puts all the necessary ingredients into said pot which then he will begin to stir slowly. ] It'll be fine Adele. I do it all the time! It's not that much different, really, just a slight temperature change. It usually never hurts with the recipes I've used before.

[ Here the camera will catch Helios' eyes glowing and he'll give a small snap on his fingers. The fire underneath the pot will flare up a little but aside from that it looks normal...for now. ] See? Nothing wrong.

Then use the stove's controls instead of magic? There is a knob for it. Right there. There is no need to-

[ And he snaps his fingers anyway. Adele sighs and crosses her arms, waiting. ]

But I've been trying to perfect this way of cooking. Completely magical just to see if it can be done. I want to see if it changes anything about the food prepared. Like, like the flavoring, texture those sort of thing. I do always like to try different ways to go about things, there’s so many one can cook something after all. But, yes, the next step. [ Stirring, stirring, stirring. Helios will continue to do this and hum a little. ]

You should stir it until the syrup starts to boil. And then you place a thermometer in the pot, without it touching the sides or bottom, and let the syrup continue to boil until it gets to around three hundred and five degrees then we'll add a teaspoon of Baking Soda...

[ He will turn to go and get the candy thermometer on the table and. At this point there will be some multi-colored sparks issuing out from beneath the pot. They are not normal looking in the least and Helios will turn back around only to notice this with some well concealed alarm. ] Oh. Gods. That um...that's isn't supposed to happen.

[ And then comes the smoke...which dilutes the camera's view a considerable degree. ]

Perhaps you can try it with recipe that doesn't involve molten sugar?

[ Still. She hands over the thermometer and baking soda. She's eyeing the fire with some caution and as soon as she sees that spark she steps back. ] Helios...

[ Smoke, then? She drops, reaching up only to yank at his arm to pull him down with her. ] Merde

Yes. You might be right. M-maybe I sh-shouldn't have used sugar... [ This is going to be dreadful to get out of everything...oh good lord. Helios jumps slightly when Adele grabs his arm because that is a tension point and this is a point of great tension right now. The smoke is rather thick almost completely blotting out the journal’s camera but anyone watching can still sort of make out the headmaster and surgeon. The sparks only get more numerous and the pot they are spewing out from under rattles on the stove. ] A-Adele. I-I think we-we should-

[ Leave. And before the rest can be said there is a very loud bang which rattles the windows slightly and the camera is now covered by a thick blanket of black smoke. Cooking with magic attempt one: Unsuccessful. Oh and welcome to Luceti new feathers. This is a wonderful first impression, clearly! ]

((ooc; Blue is Adele. Green is Helios! Put down whether you want both of them to respond or just Adele/Helios! ))

Comments

BOTH [voice]

[redjacketthief]

[Lupin's been watching this the way another person watches a trainwreck. He can't take his eyes off of it.]

ai-yah~

Tell me there's no bodies over there, all right? Seriously...you guys are nuts.

[voice]

[fleurdesel]

...I told you to follow the directions. [Low, muffled by distance.]

Whoever XD [voice]

[herd_effect]

[Willock starts watching as soon as he spots Adele on there, and his expression grows gradually more horrified. After the explosion he practically yells into his journal.]

Adele! Are you all right?!

[voice]

[fleurdesel]

...I yet live. I think.

[voice] Both! :D

[kineticcajun]

[Dieu, she'd better be alright after that or the candy won't be the only thing exploding...]

Everybody okay over there?

[voice]

[fleurdesel]

[At first? Nothing. Then low, violent, irritated swearing in French.]

[action]

[thebellthatbinds]

[Sabriel had noticed the smell of smoke for a little while now but she had assumed it had been whatever Helios and Adele had been cooking...but when that bang rocks the house she jumps to her feet and rushes down the stairs.]

Adele? Mr. Sprensonne!

[The smoke is too thick- in a matter of moment she's running around the first floor throwing open windows and doors to help clear the place out.]

[action]

[fleurdesel]

...if you've killed me Helios. I will find a way to haunt you.

[She's face down, arms over her head, wings flattened against her back, half on top of Helios. Her instinct had been to protect him, because she's an idiot.]

[Voice] Both please! (And damn I need a facepalm icon.)

[lostinmyway]

[...]

Helios, Adele, are you unhurt? Do you need assistance?

[Because if there's one thing she has, it's water power.]

[Voice]

[fleurdesel]

...I am finding someone else to teach me how to cook. [Low, rough, and a little pained from the other side of the kitchen.]

[voice]

[kindhearted]

[At first, Roji is really excited to watch this! Because he likes cooking shows, and it's Mister Helios so that makes it even better.

But as the video goes on, his expression becomes more and more grim...until what he expects to happen, does in fact happen.

Helios, you're getting a double facepalm for that one.]

... Um. Are you guys all right?

[[OOC: both is cool!]]

[voice]

[fleurdesel]

[Apparently, falling into a cupboard hurts. A lot. At least her skull. For the moment Adele is too dazed to reply.]

[Voice] Adele, but aimed at both, really.

[averybadfeeling]

"Hello? Is anybody hurt?"

[Voice]

[fleurdesel]

...as near as I can tell Ben, no. We are simply covered in sugar.

[At least whatever went wrong kept the sugar from being hot enough to scald when it exploded all over the kitchen. Some on her clothes, some in her hair, she sits up from where she'd covered Helios with her own body and stretches-]

Putain de merde!

[Voice] BOTH. :'D

[semper_cogitans]

[...]

Helios? Doctor LeBlanc? A-Are... are you both a-alright...?

[He is seriously panicking here. Explosions are never healthy things, and just... Helios. Why?!]

...

... Sh-should I... come to assist...?

[Seriously, he will help clean the house. And doctor any sugar- or explosion-related injuries. Just let him do something other than fret...]

[Voice]

[fleurdesel]

No. We're dead. The both of us have died an explosive, sugary death. You should come and collect our perfectly crystalline corpses and display them as a warning to all that would try to make pop rocks with magic.

[voice] Whoever's good!

[statice]

[...well. That looked rather painful.]

How bad's the damage?

[Voice]

[fleurdesel]

...I think we are both alive. Helios? Do you yet live?

[ voice ] both is fine!

[happyends]

[ Have a high-pitched shriek coming in response. ]

U-um.. A-are you okay? That looked dangerous..!

[Voice]

[fleurdesel]

[Muffled, irritated, but clear enough.]

Helios and I are well. The kitchen?

...

Tell me you've a spell for this Helios.

[voice] (whichever. both. however. |D)

[dangerouswind]

... That was idiotic. [Says the ninja who had her own cooking fail broadcast over the journals. At least she wasn't trying to teach anything when she did it.]

[voice]

[folklorist]

[ Helios coughs before responding. Yes, yes, it was. ] It doesn't usually d-do that. I-I apologize for the ruckus caused.

[ Some shifting as he finds Adele draped over him. Good lord. ] A-Adele are you alright?

1/?

[shadedsunlight]

[Ladeda, time to Facebook see what's new in the village.

Oh, hello Helios, Adele.]

2/?

[shadedsunlight]

[....Hey, Bro, Adele has a point, maybe you should stick with the directions...]

[Accidental voice] [Both!]

[rutagraveolens]

[Rue remembers and likes both Adele and Helios, so she's paying attention to the little demonstration. But when there's sparks and smoke filling the image, Rue's attention goes elsewhere.

Fire and smoke everywhere, surrounding, pressing in, there's no escape. Run, run, run, run away from the fire, run into the tributes. Get away, go away. Too close, too close, run, run runrunrun.

When there's a loud BANG? Rue screams, a sad, frightened, broken scream as her hands cover her head, the journal falling from her hands. It's not the arena. It's not. It's not it's not it's not]

deep in the meadow... under the willow
a bed of grass... a soft green pillow

[Rue sings quietly to herself, unaware her journal caught it all.]

[Voice]

[fleurdesel]

[A scream of her own or Helios? Adele expected entirely. But. The terrified yelp of a child from Helios' journal she drags herself back from where she'd thrown herself down. A moment longer to flip through his journal and find the girl- Rue.]

Rue? Rue, petite, are you alright? We're fine. I promise, Helios and I are fine.