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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.))

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[bootsweremadeforcasting]

[Jade seems to make the motion of laughter, but no sound came out save for what sounded like a whispering noise.]

'Oh, no one got seriously hurt, in all, it was some fun to liven up the day.'

[Oh dear, better pack up then.]

[takethat]

Well at least you can look back on it with a pretty good sense of humor... and from what I've seen, if that's the worst that happens to you while you're here, you're probably doing pretty well.

[bootsweremadeforcasting]

'So far, it's the residents providing much of the entertainment.'

[takethat]

Well, I don't know how much good I am for that, but I can provide cookies, at least?

[bootsweremadeforcasting]

'Cookies are good as well.'

[takethat]

Seems the apricot batch is just about finished now... care to be a taste tester?

[bootsweremadeforcasting]

'I don't see why not.'

[takethat]

[He nods then, and is all business for a moment, taking the cookies out of the oven and prodding at them with a spatula until he's sure they're quite done and ready to come off the cookie sheet. He removes them to a plate and then takes one, on its own little napkin, over to Jade.]

There you go. Let it cool; I'll get you some orange juice. They're best with orange juice.

[And he's off to the refrigerator to do just that.]

[bootsweremadeforcasting]

[Jade watches him scurry about, adjusting his glasses as he examined the treat that had been placed in front of him.]

[takethat]

[He returns once again with the orange juice and a cookie for himself.]

Well...?

[And then stares. He's just waiting for an opinion on his "fine" work, now.]

[bootsweremadeforcasting]

[People seem to have this tendency to watch him while he eats, but he does munch down on the cookie, giving it a moment to taste.]

'Definitely different, but not in a bad way.'

[takethat]

Glad you like them!

[Thoroughly pleased with this reaction, he munches on his own cookie after blowing on it to cool it down.]

You can have more if you want them. Help yourself.

[bootsweremadeforcasting]

[A chuckle, and Jade takes another one after he sips the orange juice.]

'If you insist'

[takethat]

Too bad cookies are about all I can make... do you cook?

[bootsweremadeforcasting]

'I do.'

[takethat]

Yeah? You're probably pretty good at it, huh?

[bootsweremadeforcasting]

'Decent enough. I've been a bachelor for years; I couldn't subsist on other's cooking forever.'

[takethat]

I've been living the bachelor life pretty much always, myself, but it still hasn't done a lot for my cooking.

[bootsweremadeforcasting]

'You must not have been trying too hard, then.'

[takethat]

Hey, hey, hey!! I try, I'm just highly untalented! ...at cooking!

[Somehow this seems like a better excuse to him.]

[bootsweremadeforcasting]

'Almost everyone can be taught to cook.'

[takethat]

It's the "almost" that's the key word, there.

[bootsweremadeforcasting]

'Ah well, it's certainly not my problem.'