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citylogs2023-11-12 05:20 pm
excaliburden) wrote in citylogs2023-11-12 05:20 pm
[open] welcome to the city
WHO: Altria Caster (excaliburden) & perhaps you!
WHAT: Help out a gal who just got here and is still getting used to magical city things like powdered sugar
WHERE: Across the city! Namely: a convenience store, park, subway, etc.......
WHEN: Early November
WARNINGS: N/A! Will update if necessary
a. local victorian orphan discovers convenience stores
[You're probably popping into the local convenience store for sensible reasons, like to buy a soda or to grab a few things you're missing for your dinner. Maybe for one of those hot dogs. No judgment.
Either way, you're getting interrupted by a gremlin in young woman form, who comes right up to you as soon as she makes eye contact, holding up... one of those small little packs of powdered sugar donuts.]
Have you ever tried one of these?
[She sounds awed.
There is powdered sugar around her mouth and on her fingers. She seems to have already eaten three of the five in the pack. It's a little bit like a religious experience, honestly.]
b. park break
[There's only so much walking around the city she can do before she gets tired. Even a few days in, it's still a pretty overwhelming place, and despite making many plans with many helpful people upon first arriving, she... has not acted on any of them.
So it is that even though it's either very early in the morning or very late at night, Altria can be found seated on one of the benches in the park, shoulders hunched and hands in her lap. She doesn't seem to be asleep, just... thinking very, very intently.
Of course, if she notices that someone's near, she'll immediately straighten, lifting a hand to wave--but with how deep in thought she is, it isn't hard to sneak up on her, either.]
c. subway
[Using the subway today to get across the city? That's a perfectly normal thing to do.
There's a young woman there as well, nose pressed to the window as she stares out as the train moves, even though it's, you know, underground and there's nothing to see. It's fine--she still seems amazed.
Also, if you hop back on the train a few hours later to go elsewhere, she's... still there. She might be leaning back in the seat, staring at the ceiling, or moving from seat to seat idly, or, in particularly empty times of day, sprawled along two seats at once.
Don't worry about it. Everything's fine here!]
d. wildcard
(Wanna tag in but these prompts don't work? Totally fine, hit me with whatever--or poke me over here to plot something out!)
excaliburden) & perhaps you!WHAT: Help out a gal who just got here and is still getting used to magical city things like powdered sugar
WHERE: Across the city! Namely: a convenience store, park, subway, etc.......
WHEN: Early November
WARNINGS: N/A! Will update if necessary
a. local victorian orphan discovers convenience stores
[You're probably popping into the local convenience store for sensible reasons, like to buy a soda or to grab a few things you're missing for your dinner. Maybe for one of those hot dogs. No judgment.
Either way, you're getting interrupted by a gremlin in young woman form, who comes right up to you as soon as she makes eye contact, holding up... one of those small little packs of powdered sugar donuts.]
Have you ever tried one of these?
[She sounds awed.
There is powdered sugar around her mouth and on her fingers. She seems to have already eaten three of the five in the pack. It's a little bit like a religious experience, honestly.]
b. park break
[There's only so much walking around the city she can do before she gets tired. Even a few days in, it's still a pretty overwhelming place, and despite making many plans with many helpful people upon first arriving, she... has not acted on any of them.
So it is that even though it's either very early in the morning or very late at night, Altria can be found seated on one of the benches in the park, shoulders hunched and hands in her lap. She doesn't seem to be asleep, just... thinking very, very intently.
Of course, if she notices that someone's near, she'll immediately straighten, lifting a hand to wave--but with how deep in thought she is, it isn't hard to sneak up on her, either.]
c. subway
[Using the subway today to get across the city? That's a perfectly normal thing to do.
There's a young woman there as well, nose pressed to the window as she stares out as the train moves, even though it's, you know, underground and there's nothing to see. It's fine--she still seems amazed.
Also, if you hop back on the train a few hours later to go elsewhere, she's... still there. She might be leaning back in the seat, staring at the ceiling, or moving from seat to seat idly, or, in particularly empty times of day, sprawled along two seats at once.
Don't worry about it. Everything's fine here!]
d. wildcard
(Wanna tag in but these prompts don't work? Totally fine, hit me with whatever--or poke me over here to plot something out!)
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He nods, his lips quirking up slightly. She's trying, at least. ]
Careful not to let your hands touch the syrup.
[ He begins to slowly pour the syrup into the paste, using a spatula to stir the mixture gently until all of it is evenly mixed together. ]
Stir slowly here. If you stir too quickly you can ruin the texture of the mix.
[ Once he sets down the pot, he grabs the various bags of nuts, quickly chops them up coarsely, and stirs them into the mixture.
He pours the final mix into a pan that has been lined with parchment paper, tapping it against the counter to flatten it out. ]
And now, we wait.
[ He sets the pan aside to let it cool and looks at Altria. ]
Now, did that seem hard?
no subject
[And with completely unwarranted confidence:]
I'm sure that I could make it myself now.
[This is unwarranted!! Confidence!! She'll mess it up!]
no subject
I'll send the recipe to you later. Make sure to follow it properly, especially when it comes to heating the sugar.
[ Anyway, back to the main dish! The rice is ready, so it's time to brew the tea. He gets that going on the stove, and then takes the eel, which has been covered in a dark glaze, and wraps rice around it, to hide the pieces. Then he starting working the rice into a flower shape. ]
You don't really need to do what I'm doing right now for this dish. It's... just for decoration.
no subject
Anyway, more importantly!!
She peers around his back as he shapes the rice, eyes wide.]
Can you do other shapes? Like--Proper Human History hearts or stars?
no subject
Proper Human History?
[ The way she says it is interesting, and must mean something. ]
no subject
Oh, oops. Tsuruno said I should stop calling it that...
[It's very ingrained, though.]
Um... how to put it...
[...]
I suppose--the history where humanity was the main driving force of history, instead of faeries, like where I'm from.
no subject
So you mean a sort of alternate timeline.
no subject
[At least, from how she understands it.]
My timeline is a separate one, where faeries thrived instead of humans. We do have humans, of course, but...
[You know. They are not near what they are in a regular human history.]
no subject
He wonders what his life would be like, in an alternate timeline. Maybe one where he didn't wipe himself from Irminsul. No doubt the Fatui would come after him, and the Traveler would not be so friendly to him.
He shakes the thought off. No use in pondering what-ifs. ]
There's a difference in the shape of hearts and stars in your timeline compared to that one?