And now for the rest of the story. The Setting: Ista Hold's Kitchen A counter runs along the length and width of the kitchen, most of it occupied by sinks, chopping boards, or trays which the assorted cooks and drudges are working on. Two large `ovens' fill the back end of the kitchen, obviously for cooking the meat and pastries which the diners enjoy so much. A large island occupies the center of the kitchen which appears to be the domain of the head cook for there are recipe books strewn about its surface. The kitchen never sleeps, for there's always food to be made ready for tomorrow. A swinging door allows easy access to the dining hall while a stairway down in the back of the kitchen leads to the lower storeroom.You see Martin's Cookbook here. Obvious exits:Dining Hall BakerCraft Store Room The Players: Sybil, MasterBaker. Brenna and Veronali, Bakercraft Apprentiences.
Sybil
Brenna
Veronali
The Time: It is late night of the third day of spring. Brenna walks in from the dining hall. Nancy walks in from the dining hall. Sybil slips in a pile of empty sacks in her arms. Setting them down on the central table she looks up "Why hello there." Brenna smiles "hello!!" she says Veronali nods to Sybil. "Good evening, Master." Sybil pauses for a moment when she recognises Brenna "What are you doing here I thought you were at Tillek?" Brenna smiles "ahh im picking up a few supplies for Tillek " she says. Sybil nods as she motions towards the sacks "As am I, those vinters borrow our sugar all the time so we frequently have to restock, not to mention we are getting low on klah." she leans against a counter for a moment "How are things at Tillek?" Nancy smiles plesently to Master Sybil "good evnin Master Sybil" she says then turns a glance to Brenna, the smile fading for asecond untill she turns her gaze around the room then decides to lean against a wall. Brenna grins "Its.... different" she says trying to find the words "Its really bigbig!" she states the look on her face almost comical in its neer worry expression "I got lost this morning" she sniffles. Nancy leans against the wall looking around the room she lets her gaze fall on Brenna for a second and then resumes her look about the room. Sybil chuckles as she gets back up from leaning against the counter "Well new places tend to seem quite big, I remember when I first came here." Brenna smiles "its just alot different" she says Veronali tilts her head as she watches Sybil then decides to ask since no one else is. "Would you be free to give a class, Master Sybil? Perhaps desserts?" Sybil nods as she looks at the apprenteinces "Desserts eh? I'm sure we can do that my ride is probably socializing in the mug right now, any particular favorites you wish to learn?" Brenna smiles and ponders for a second "umm how bout we make Klah covered cherries!!" she says with a bit if excitement. Sybil smiles over at Brenna her mind working on the possibility. "Well now that sounds good. Now Besides for the cherries what do you all think we might need to make it with." Veronali hmms. "Klah?" Brenna scrunches her face up "Klah" she answers because she cant really think of any thing else. Sybil chuckles slightly "Yes Klah. WHy don't you both go ane get some Klah and cherries?" Veronali thinks for a moment and frowns. "Where would I find the cherries?" Brenna looks around " and where whould i find the Klah?" Sybil motions towards the store room "Over in the stoor room." she shakes her head lightly quite sure she had said that already. Veronali walks to the Store Room. Brenna walks to the Store Room. Veronali walks in from the Store Room. Brenna walks in from the Store Room. Brenna walks back in carring her canister of Klah with a grin. Sybil looks over at the apprentiences "Find the Klah and Cherries?" Veronali sets her jar of cherries down on the counter. "Yep. Found it." She shivers a bit. "It sure was cold down there," she adds absently. Brenna smiles and sets her canister of Klah next to the cherries and nods "yup" she says then nod in agreement with Veronali "it was a bit cold" she comments. Sybil opens up the cheries and the Klah and holds one of the cherries up "Well we have the cherries and the klah now, how do you suppose we put them together?" Veronali frowns and give a slight shrug. "I'm not really sure..." Brenna blinks and ponders that then raising one eyebrow in question she opens her mouth and freezes then lowering her eyebrown and closing her mouth she narrows her eyes in concentration Brenna looks up "I have no idea" she finally admits. Sybil chuckles lsightly "I want you two to go fing the Sugar Syurp and the powdered sugar, they should be down by the klah in the store rooms." Brenna nods and smiles, Brenna walks to the Store Room. Veronali walks to the Store Room. Brenna walks in from the Store Room. Veronali walks in from the Store Room. Brenna walks back in holding her camister of powderd sugar, then once she reaches the counter she places the caister on it gently, Smileing at Sybil "found it " she declairs proudly Veronali sets her new jar beside Brenna's and waits for further directions. Sybil nods "Okay Verona, How about you put about 1 cup of the syurp into a bowl. and Brenna why don't you andd about a tablespoon of Klah. Brenna nods and looks around for a measuring utensil "umm where is the measuring spoon?" she asks with a worried look on her face Veronali nods and gets to her job. She finds a measure of a cup and begins to pour, making sure that only the cup gets into the bowl. Once she's done, she pours the syrup into the bowl. "Okay. I'm done." Sybil waves her hand towards a draw "You should find the mesuring equipment in there and the bowls below it," Brenna quickly finds the spoon and quickly measures out her tablespoon of the klah, then looks to sybil woit a smile "put it in the bowl?" she asks just to make sure. Sybil nods "Yep put it in the bowl." she then grabs a spoon and hands it to Brenna. "Now you can start stirring that in slowly and Veronali, I want you to slowly add the powdered sugar untill it starts geting hard to stir." Brenna nods and takes the spoon as she dumps the Klah into the bowl and begins to stir slowly making sure to scrape the sides every once and a while. Veronali picks up the canister but peers at Sybil before she begins to pour. "Do you want me to pour a certain amount in... or just until Brenna says it's getting harder?" Sybil just go slowly and Brenna will tell you, if you add to much we can always add more syurp." Veronali nods and pours, being such not to pour to fast as Brenna stirs. Brenna sontinues to stir and occasionally scrape the sides free of powder to make sure it all gets stired in. Sybil watches the sugar going in "Okay stop there for now. and lets see how it looks." Veronali lifts up the can and stops pouring for now. She peers into the bowl and hmms. "Looks pretty good to me."Brenna looks to sybil with smile Sybil dips a finger into the mixture and lifts it out, the mixture sticking to her finger and only slightly oozing off "Perfect, now did we get enough klah, and that is the good ol taste test." whee master Sybil on sugar. Veronali chuckles and decides to put the canister back on the counter since she thinks it won't be needed for now. Brenna smiles and wonders what happens next Sybil slips it into her mouth and chews thoughtfully "VEry good, now why doesn't one of you get a tray and greese it and the other bring the cherries over. Brenna nods and walks to where the cherries are and grabs the jar with a smile. Veronali goes over to find a tray then finds the grease and begins greasing. Brenna walks over to Sybil with the cherries and offers them to her with a smile. Sybil grins "Okay bring th tray on over and set it next to the bowl, all thats left for us to do is dip the cherries and set them on the tray to dry and make the coating a little harder." Veronali nods, bringing the tray over after putting the grease away. She sets it down next to the bowl then tilts her head. "So how do we dip them?" Sybil takes a cherry herself and just dips it into the bowl letting it get fully covered and then begining to make a neat row on the tray. Brenna watches sybil for a second then following Sybils example she takes a cherry and dips it in the bowl waits for a second or two to make sure its coverd and then places it on the tray neetly next to another cherry in the row and repeats the process. Veronali ohhs and picks up a cherry. She dips it into the bowl and turns it around a bit to make sure it's fully covered then places it on the tray next to the others. Sybil watches the two and nods, finishing off another row she pauses and licks a stray drop off her finger. "Hmm.. these look good." Veronali nods in agreement as she finishes another and puts it on the tray then gets another cherry. Sybil pops the next cherry in her mouth and chews slowly around the pit and the spits that out into the trash. "Ahh yes perfect." Brenna looks up and nods with a giggle "yupyup that they do!" she says smiling as the picks up anohter cherry dips it then places it on the tray next to the others! Sybil glances at all the cherries neatly lined up in a row. "That looks good, of course we'll have to taste test a few for quality controll." Brenna grins all big an goofy like hmmm wonder what brenna would be like all hyped up on sugar?? Veronali ohhs and promptly picks one up. "They look so good," she comments before popping it into her mouth. Brenna eyes the cherries with a little sniff she snatches one and plops it in her mouth "Wow good!" she exclames with a giggle.
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