[OPEN] can you detect his bias

[reprizesal]

Who: reprizesal & you
When: IC: July 4th + 5th | OOC: May 8th - 11th
Where: Swordhaus/Sword cast apartments, Dojo or Diejo
What: In which Sayo makes food for a fund raising stand! With… a lot of persimmon in it. And then he sells it outside of the dojo.
Rating/Warning: N/A

► A: Homemade Attempts [Swordhaus] (July 4th)
[Anyone at the apartments may Sayo’s busy at work making food in the kitchen area. Or if they haven’t seen him, the smell of baked goods drifting through the air would attract anyone’s attention. Hm, why is he cooking, anyway?

1. Or more alarmingly, before you can ask “why”, there’s the unmistakable smell of something burning. Please, help before it get worse?!
2. After that minor incident, Sayo can be approached at various stages of his cooking. Eithe while mixing a bowl of ingredients, to waiting for them to cook (or cool down in the fridge) to taste testing the sample from the finished batch. Join in?]

► B: Persimmon-y Food for Sale! [Dojo or Diejo] (July 5th)
[Right outside of the dojo is a table and some neat, hand written signs advertising what he’s selling. Persimmon snacks, mostly of the baked varieties (cupcakes, cookies, etc) with some juice in a large jug and a stack of empty cups next to it, all of them are on the table. Sitting right behind the table, and on a big enough chair (to make up for his small size...) is Sayo Samonji. Hm, what’s all this for?

Well, the handwritten sign very clearly state it so.

PERSIMMON SNACKS & DRINKS FOR SALE.
ALL FUNDS GO INTO REPAIRS.

Huh, basically a charity sale? Care to buy something, or just chat with Sayo?]

Comments

A!

[pure_havoc]

[Cao Pi is still getting used to all these goofy sword-spirits bit by bit, though coming upstairs for a proper home-cooked meal once in a while (so as not to overwhelm Haru) is A Thing and it helps.

He stops by a little early today, especially once the scent of baking catches his attention. Someone's already cooking = someone can feed him = he can get a full stomach without having to deal with the entirety of swordhaus clustered around him. Win/win?

That is, of course, until he realizes who's cooking, or what.]

What are you making? It seems...familiar, somewhat.

Re: A!

[reprizesal]

[Is Cao Pi ready to meet the smallest sword in the sword army? Sayo's crouching in front of the oven, when he look up to see who's talking to him.]

I'm making cookies.

[There's that cookie smell, although whether or not Cao Pi would recognise the persimmon scent is another thing.]

[pure_havoc]

[Oh my, that sure is a tiny sword, there. Even he can't keep from blinking in surprise, he's not 100% cool all the time]

Cookies.

[honestly it's the cookie part he's unfamiliar with, but persimmons aren't rare where he comes from. That's the scent he's trying to place.]

...and Master Haru lets the rest of you touch the kitchen, does he?

[reprizesal]

[Sayo gives a nod. Yep, this is a tiny sword Cao Pi is talking to. Otherwise, he'd be a small child.

... Which isn't really all that different, in some aspects.]

Yes, he did. As long we're being careful in it.

[Until Sayo have his own cooking problem a little later.]

[pure_havoc]

[Sayo no don't burn down the kitchen]

I suppose it does take some of the burden off him, having to provide for so many. What is that scent, I'm trying to place it...

[reprizesal]

[He didn't mean to, he just want to make food.]

The smell? [Considering what he's aiming to make right now, it can only be...] That would be the persimmon cookies.

[Indeed. Cao Pi might see a bag of persimmons on the kitchen bench, right near a partly filled bowl of batter.]

[pure_havoc]

Ah... [hey he doesn't know how cooking works, he has servants to do that for him, so he didn't even bother looking around the kitchen.] That's it, then. I don't know that I've ever experienced someone trying to bake them before.

I should be curious to try one.

[reprizesal]

[Cao Pi, my man, it's time for you to buckle down and learn to cook. Sayo nods, as he looks over at the oven.]

You can try one, once these are done and cool down.

[Unless Cao Pi want his cookie hot out of the oven.]

[pure_havoc]

[cooking is for commoners!! Although if Sayo can do it...]

Very well. I hope you do not mind if I extend my visit for the afternoon, then.

[and make himself at home, wandering to the nearest seat and perching himself gracefully.]

I knew tea had made its way from our mainland to the islands, but I didn't know other foods had, as well.

[reprizesal]

[Of course he can! Basically a necessary skill in case of trouble...]

The mainland? [Hold on, he probably knows this since tea was very much a Thing in noble clans.] You mean... China?

[Because otherwise, there's those foreign traders he heard of from other lands.]

... A lot of food did come from other countries. I know I haven't seen some of them before a few hundred years ago.

[pure_havoc]

[he's poked around the library enough to know that that's what history came to call his land, at least after the later lords of Wei finally reunited it]

Yes, that. I suppose you swords with your long, er, lives, might have seen such changes around you.

a, 1!

[adornmental]

[OH, HE KNOWS THAT SMELL... Boy does he know that smell. Kashuu's become unfortunately well-acquainted with all manners of food ruination, and even if microwaves have left him the most scarred, he's definitely also easily able to detect the oncoming disaster of a potential kitchen fire.

SO IN HE RUNS, even though he's a dang fool who didn't stop to get water first.]

What's going on—?!

Re: a, 1!

[reprizesal]

[Sayo's in front of the oven with his hands covered in the (very cute designed) oven mitts. The door is open and the tray is carefully slide out enough to see--what the hell are those burned things?

What terrible food science did Sayo Samonji summon into the world?!

Sayo looks up at Kashuu in alarm and worry.]

I... I think I burned them...?

[DID HE MADE A MISTAKE SOMEWHERE DON'T TELL HIM HE WASTED PERFECTLY GOOD PERSIMMON JUICE AND CHUNKS IN THIS]

[adornmental]

["I THINK". Sayo there is no "think" about the burnt state of these... whatever the heck they were supposed to be.

That said, between that statement and the look on Sayo's face, Kashuu is prompted to be a little less blunt than he usually is. Straight-up saying "THAT SHIT'S RUINED" is probably not a delicate way to handle the situation.]

...Yeah, I think - maybe you had the heat too high? Or you left 'em in there for too long...?

[reprizesal]

[Sayo doesn't mind blunt, brutal honesty. But he wasn't expecting them to burn, either!]

I might have... I was trying to adjust the recipe and see if it would taste better. I think I... left them there too long.

[Gonna look back and pinpoint where it all go wrong (this time).]

[adornmental]

A little, yeah.

[JUST A LITTLE. They're all crispy-looking now, ah...]

...D'you have any batter left? We're gonna have to start from scratch, I think. I can help you out if you need an extra hand.

[Because despite blowing up the microwave, he actually does know his way around the kitchen pretty well.]

[reprizesal]

[Ugh, Sayo dislike wasting food. But he can't see how this batch is even salvageable. He nods and carefully place the tray of ruined... something (muffins?) on an empty space at the kitchen bench.]

Yes, there should be some left in the bowl over there.

[Sayo looks over at where the bowl of partly filled batter is sitting at.]

[adornmental]

[Some battles you just have to let go, Sayo... He'll watch this poor punk move the muffins(????) aside, before moving over to go pick up the bowl and bring it back.]

O-kay! Let's get started, then. Pour a new tray and we'll see where you went wrong, 'kay?

[reprizesal]

[Sayo nods and went to get another tray. Judging from the shapes, it looks like it's for muffins. He set to prepare it, putting in the paper muffin cups and pour the batter in. So far so good. So a good dozen of them for this batch.]

Now we should put them into the oven. It's still hot.

[Sayo's a careful and responsible tantou, so he knows how to avoid touching the hot surface by accident.]

[adornmental]

[He'll still watch carefully just in case! Even if the tantou are old as balls, it's too easy to fall into the habit of fussing over them as if they were the actual age they appear.]

O-kay! So, first things first. The oven's set to the right temperature, yeah?

[A quick glance around for any instructions that might be lying about!]

[reprizesal]

[Sayo's Cerevice is laying on top of the kitchen bench right now, showing what looks like a recipe on the scream.]

Yes. 180 degrees.

[Of course he follows a recipe! Sayo doesn't have enough faith to handle this without one on hand.]

[adornmental]

'Kay, good. So this time, just set the timer to... mm, let's try fifteen minutes first just in case.

[Just in case he did 18 and that was somehow enough to turn them into little muffin cinder cubes...]

A - 2

[heiwana]

[ Kousetsu is just arriving back home from his own jobs when he smells and hears that commotion from the kitchen. He'll enter to see one Sayo making cookies and with a curious glance he'll come over quietly. ]

...it there anything you need, Sayo?

Re: A - 2

[reprizesal]

[Sayo looks up over to see Kousetsu.]

Niisama. [Hi. He glance at the cookies for a moment, and then back up at Kousetsu.] ... Can you help me cook? It would go faster if I have help.

[heiwana]

[ Ah, well, he's not an expert in the slightest but he's definitely gonna help with this one. So he nods silently as he goes over towards the counter.

Please tell him what to do! He is here to help. ]

[reprizesal]

[Sayo's over at the counter as well, standing on a stool to help give him a little extra height. His Ceresvice is also on the counter, showing a recipe on the screen. It seems to be a recipe for cookies?]

I'm making persimmon cookies, since I got a lot of fruit with me.

[... There was a sale and he decided to splurged.]

[heiwana]

[ Kousetsu looks so proud as he looks down at the cookies being made. ]

I see...

[ He'll nod as he takes a small amount of dough in hand and starts to work it into a cookie shape. ]

I will help then. It is a lot of work to do by oneself. How many are we..making?

[reprizesal]

[Sayo's quiet for a moment, before he slowly answers.]

... As many as we can. But I also don't want to used up all of our ingredients, in case Master needs them for other food.

[Sorry, it's kind of an almost spontaneous idea??]

B

[protectthecastle]

[Veronica actually really enjoys wandering to the dojo despite the fact that she could beat exactly no one with the skills that she had. Still, it's fun just to watch sometimes.

Repairs though....Veronica tilts her head.]

What repairs are you referring to, Sayo?

[Because she doesn't mind buying something but she'd like to know if there's anything wrong or if he's in trouble or something.]

Re: B

[reprizesal]

[He seems to have... brighten up a little? When he saw Veronica. For one thing, she's still around. For another, it looks like she's doing okay.]

Mainly repairs for the dojo.

[And maybe set some aside buy materials for other swords.]

[protectthecastle]

I see.

[Having never owned a dojo, she's not sure why the place needs repairs at all...though she supposes that it has something to do with the fact that it was built from wood. It being used as a place for fighting probably did its state no favors either.]

What do you mean by "mainly"? What else do you need it for? Can I help?

[reprizesal]

[That and sometimes, certain people can get a little out of hand with fighting and other activities...]

I'm hoping to use the money for the dojo's repairs. But depending on how much I earn, I might put some aside to buy resources for our use.

[Like personal repairs, but shhh.]

[protectthecastle]

[At least Veronica comes to a decision extremely quickly?]

All right. How much do you need?

[She's going to give him all her money.]

[reprizesal]

[He blinks, and again.]

You're simply going to give me money? Not buying anything?

[protectthecastle]

I will buy something. I will buy as much as is needed. [Who cares about getting groceries??]

[reprizesal]

[Please don't go broke on his account...]

Which ones do you want?

[There's cookies, muffins and juices.]

[protectthecastle]

I will have two of everything, please.

[One for her to try and the second for a friend.]

[reprizesal]

[After telling her the price, Sayo take two of each and carefully put them into a paper bag, so they wouldn't get too messy or squashed easily. He holds it out to her. Whenever Veronica takes it, he'll start pouring out the juice into a plastic cup.]

... Here you go.

[protectthecastle]

Thank you.

[They look wonderful and she's never had persimmons before which only makes them more appealing.]

They look lovely. [She tucks the bag closed, holding it carefully so she doesn't squish anything as she waits for the juice.]

[reprizesal]

Thank you.

[He hands the plastic cup of juice out to Veronica, so she can take it. And maybe watching carefully in case she decide to take a sip. The juice taste fine to him, but what about other people's opinions...?]

[protectthecastle]

[Luckily for Sayo, Veronica likes sweet things. The persimmon juice is a beautiful colour (which is what she notices first since she eats with her eyes even more than she does anything else) and the experimental sip she takes is cool and sweet. She's never had persimmons before but it's clear that she intends to eat them more often from now on.]

It is delicious. It is made only of persimmons?