Serene Serenes (Sept 10-13)

[om_nom_namur]

Who: The Spades. Any allies that might still be hanging around.
Where: Serenes
When: 9/10-9/13
What: The crew goes to Serenes so their Heron Princess won't die
Warnings: Language?
Style: Action or prose, whatever
Status: Open

After a nasty prolonged battle, the Spades deserve a nice, peaceful retreat.

Comments

[redfootzeff]

Should be enough. [He weighs the fish in his hands.] Might be a little less fish in the stew, but most people won't notice. I'll just have to adjust other ingredients to match with it.

Thanks.

[feetarestrange]

You're welcome. Did you need anything else? I don't have much to do right now...

[redfootzeff]

[He eyes her speculatively.]

What do you know about kneading bread?

[feetarestrange]

Not much at all, really.

[But she's not gonna let that be end of it!]

Is it difficult to do?

[redfootzeff]

Not very. Just takes practice. Plus it'll give your arms a workout.

[He grins.]

I've got a lot of bread that needs to be made for our upcoming trip. Wouldn't mind a little help to get a head start on that.

[feetarestrange]

Hmmm, alright. I'll do it! [It'll give her something to do, plus teach her something new.]

How do I start?

[redfootzeff]

It's simple enough to learn. Just gonna have to practice it.

[He sprinkles a little flour on the counter where they'll be working before he goes to the fridge to get some of the dough he'd prepared. He uses a knife to cut off two hunks and hands one to her.]

Put just a little flour on your hands and then roll the dough into a ball. Then grab it with one hand and stretch the rest of it out with the palm of your other hand. Then pull it back into the ball. [He demonstrates.] Then give it a quarter turn and do the same thing: stretch it out, pull it back, and turn. You're going to want to keep this up until it's shiny and stretchy. [He's continuing to work the dough as he speaks.]

[feetarestrange]

[Nami listens and looks with far too much intent for someone learning how to bake bread. Still, she takes in as much as she can from the demonstration. There's parts that she didn't quite catch, but Nami feels good enough to want to try for an attempt.]

Alright, so I just...

[She starts with the flour, then begins to roll it into a ball and to stretch it out.]

Like this?

[redfootzeff]

[He reaches out to take her hand.]

You want to use more of the heel of your hand when you stretch it out.

[He pushes her hand forward to demonstrate.]

Then pull it back in.

[feetarestrange]

[Nami is determined to get this right! Or at least to a point where she can just do it on her own. Like before, she watches his demonstration, soaking in as much as she's able to.]

Okay, let me try it again.

[She does it a second time, this time matching pretty well with Zeff's instructions.]

How was that?

[redfootzeff]

Much better. Now keep that up until it starts getting shiny and stretch.

[feetarestrange]

[And Nami does this. What a good student, she is!] How long until that's supposed to happen?

[redfootzeff]

Not long. Only a few minutes. You'll know when you get to that point.