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[takethat]

[A flour-covered Phoenix may be found in the kitchen bright and early on March 7, adorned with a yellow and white striped apron, and merrily rolling out cookie dough. His journal is open nearby, and he's talking over it.]

So, it's Purim! Or at least, it will be tonight. I don't think it counts for very much here, since the castle seems to be pretty choosy about what holidays it celebrates, but I wanted to make hamantaschen anyway. So, uh, anybody who wants some, please let me know!

[There's a delay as he's cutting out circles from the dough, and then a splatter of prune filling on the journal.]

...if you don't know what they are, they're cookies with fruit filling in the center. These are prune flavored. Don't knock it til you try it, but I can make apricot, too.

[And with that, he goes back to making his cookies, plopping the filling into the center of each one and pinching the cookies into triangle shapes. When finished, they'll look a bit like this, though considerably less perfectly-shaped. A couple are definitely still round.]



Hey, uh--Maya? I need to ask you something.

[A lengthy pause]

...what's going on with you and that Wheatley guy?





I made you a batch of hamantaschen. Lots of different flavors. I'm in the kitchen if you want to come get them, or I can bring them to you later.



((ooc: Jewish!Phoenix is headcanon, not actual canon. The more you know.))

Comments

/dictated

[flailingfelt]

Gee, I don't celebrate it, but ... can I still wish you a Happy Purim, anyway, Phoenix?

dictated back

[takethat]

Sure thing!

[Laugh]

Thank you! That's very open-minded of you.

[flailingfelt]

I'm a talking frog, Phoenix. It'd be kind of selfish of me to not be open-minded.

[doublethefun]

[and there's a filly jumping onto a chair and putting her hooves on the table so she can see what he's doing.]

Prunes? Really? Ewwww.

[takethat]

Well, prunes are one of the traditional fillings for--

[He pauses and looks at the tiny pony talking to him.]






Er... didn't you used to be bigger...?

Written

[bootsweremadeforcasting]

'That seems an odd filling. I would have expected strawberries, blueberries, or something else of that kind.'

[He's old, though. He likes prunes.]

dictated

[takethat]

[It'll be a few minutes before he notices that he's spilled prunes on the journal and leans over to clean them off, noticing the written comment.]

Oh! Well, traditionally, it's prunes or poppy seeds. I'm just kind of sticking to customs, I guess.

action!!

[gevurah]

[ Bright and early is not Kate's style :'| but she's hungry. She smells the prunes and then notices what this guy is baking. She arches an eyebrow. ]

Hamantaschen. I didn't realize there were other Jews in the castle.

[takethat]

Ah--hi!

[He grins over his shoulder at her.]

I was kind of wondering the same thing, so thanks for answering my unasked question.

[thebutz]

Happy... or Merry... or whatever... I dunno, happy Purim man! I'm gonna come help you. No questions asked!

[He takes a stroll to the kitchen before letting Phoenix protest, if he was planning to]

Hey there bro, what can I help you with? [failing to remember that Phoenix hardly recalls him, if at all]

[takethat]

[He quirks an eyebrow at Larry, but shrugs. Supposedly he knew this guy once, so he'll just take it all in stride for the time being.]

Er, well, they're almost ready to bake now, actually. I've only got cleanup left, if you're really offering.

[youhavebeenflynned]

Purim? I'm not familair with that holliday. So happy Purim then?

[Leans over Phonenix and looks at the cookies.]

Any special meaning with those, mate?

[takethat]

Yeah--they represent Haman, an ancient Persian noble who was defeated when he planned to murder all the Jewish people in Persia.

[He prods at a cookie that's falling apart.]

They normally look a little better than this....

[ino]

That actually sounds pretty good.

[takethat]

They are good! You want to try one?

Nick

[optimystic]

Oh, hey Nick. [yeeeeah, guess who has only heard Wheatley's side of this incredibly weird story. this girl]

He's that guy I told you about! The one who's working to find a way out of the castle.

And actually, speaking of him... he said that you attacked him or something? I told him you're not the kind of guy who just goes around picking on people, so I wanted to hear what happened between you two!

Maya

[takethat]

I didn't attack him.


















...I just threatened him. But he was saying some really questionable things about you! So I... told him that he'd be sorry if he ever hurt you.

action is totally necessary for this

[wishmadeinfire]

<sub>[Ashura could easily argue that he would be quite happy to make his home in the kitchen. He loved sugars and eating. His body required it, but he liked it too. If only. But then Felix would be mad at him as no doubt would several others. So, he did not. But he comes in often and now was one such time.

He loves it when people are cooking.

He sniffs and glides over, smiling.]</sub>

They smell delicious.

[takethat]

Oh!

[He's surprised; he was so focused on his cookies that he didn't notice the new person.]

Thanks! They may not look too impressive, but I hope they taste good.

freeeee foooood is every college kid's dream

[peacockherald]

Purim?

_{[He had come in to fetch some food for the day and a little treat for Yfandes - an apple, since he could not feed her sweets all the time or his lady would get quite pudgy.]}

[takethat]

Hm? Yeah, it's Purim. It's a Jewish holiday.

[And then, because he has no idea where this guy is from:]

That's... a religion, back where I come from.

[cantacquityou]

[Admittedly, he had to look it up to remind himself what 'hamantaschen' is. Genius prosecutors don't know everything, after all.]


...Since when are you generally awake at this hour?

[takethat]

...it's a holiday! I'm excited and boy did I ever want my cookies.

[arealwoman]

Why prune?

[takethat]

Prune is one of the traditional fillings for hamantaschen.