[ He can't answer that without checking the recipe, but after reading it over and looking at how much batter she has already, he goes around to look at what's available in the kitchen. ]
I'd use a bundt pan for a cake that's a little heavier like this. You wouldn't need to worry about how much it rises since it'll fit the mold.
[ Do I know anything about baking? no, all I own is a bundt pan and a sheet pan ]
I didn't but... They're able to go outside. The only reason we aren't is because the garden isn't ready.
[ PRESUMABLY
He's only stating what he believes are facts, but there's not much conviction behind the words. The three staff members can leave, but the guests aren't allowed to leave. Somebody has died; that should be grounds enough to call off this dinner party. ]
[ Ayabe pokes his head through the doorway of the conservatory but looks around first before stepping tentatively inside. ]
45. Is it clean in here?
[ ARE THERE NO RATS please he hates this, both the idea of there being vermin crawling around everywhere and also the idea of Mammon plucking one of them off the ground to eat, Ayabe could fry roaches for him but he draws the line at rats. ]
[ He has to sigh a breath of relief, because between blood and rats, the place would have been a health hazard, but at least he doesn't have to kick everybody out to give the place a deep cleaning. Still tempting though.
He comes in closer to see what 45's up to, also glancing down at the bushes. ]
Careful with those- not all of them have their thorns broken off.
Oh, do you have me confused with some of the others here?
[ The ones who try to use a bookshelf as a battering ram for a door locked by mysterious means, the ones who try to set the curtains on fire in the name of science. ]
Don't worry. I don't have any interest in getting hurt. I just wanted to see where it might have happened.
[ listen baking is also witchcraft to me, i don't understand how adding exactly this much more butter to your dough makes your cookies come out completely differently. ]
Provided I haven't done anything like substitute baking soda for flour, right? Haha.
[ But anyway that's about that for the batter. She'll just go to check on how the oven's doing. Re: pan, does he find anything or is she gonna have to do it herself. ]
[ He doesn't think she'd be the sort of person to just grab them at random, but it's a gentle reminder just to keep safe so she doesn't prick her very human fingers and bleed human blood. ]
What good is it now?
[ He settles down next to her and stares at the plants. No blood. Everything's been cleaned up. ]
...Nikki had lost her sense of touch. I told her I would help her check places she might've been injured without her knowing, but she did her own feet because she could see them herself. I should have caught on much earlier.
If you're making substitutions I don't know about and it comes out wrong, that's completely on you.
[ He does find a bundt pan and wipes it clean with a paper towel before handing it to her. It should pour right in since there's oil in the batter that'll prevent things from sticking, if I'm allowed to go off memory despite oiling my brownie pans and cakes and brownies are sort of the same thing?? ]
[ It shouldn't matter and none of this has been logical from the moment he woke up sitting at a dining table wearing a top hat and cape and a suit with lacy sleeves. ]
None of it, but isn't that because those three aren't making sense? People who have power don't have to play by the rules- they make the rules and the rest are forced to follow. But all of this is too much, isn't it?
[ If she started bleeding human blood then there are suddenly a lot of concerns to address. ]
None at all.
[ It's remarked in such a light tone that it's almost easy to miss that it's a response to the question it is- that all this is pointless. But she lilts a light note before looking up from the undisturbed plants and at him instead. ]
The evidence at the time still suggested some sort of wild animal attack. There was a lawyer in the room who made no comment until later on. Plenty of people have been taking care of their own afflictions this week. Should you have caught on?
She's actually going to grease the pan once he hands it over because that's what the recipe she's following says to do. There's a small bit of softened butter sitting out exactly for this reason, as well as a remaining little bit of sugar and flour mix.
Then it's pouring time, and in the oven it goes. It looks pretty even? No lumps? ]
[ But again, the conviction isn't there; he should have caught on in that he wanted to on hindsight, but there's no reason he should. He just wish he did, but at the same time, it would still have been after the fact. It would have been no good, all of this still would have been pointless. ]
We're all in the same precarious situation where everybody should be looking out for everybody else. I shouldn't have responsibility over everybody here, but the fact is, I do, just by being a part of it. So I should have caught on.
[ Butter makes everything better, I guess. Ganba little cake, hopefully it rises beautifully. ]
As long as the timer's set, there shouldn't be any problems. We can get everything cleaned up in the meantime.
[ "We" because even though he provided minimal help with the cake, he's already rolling his sleeves up to help with the dishes. Cleaning >>> cooking, tbh ]
[ He already wants to waste that rock to save Asch's life, but maybe shoving it down his throat isn't going to do it. Luna has it handled; Ayabe is no medical professional, so he leaves as soon as it looks like Asch is stable, and heads down to the basement where he can be seen pacing around the lake, from the gun room to the laundry room and back. ]
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Date: 2020-02-23 06:15 am (UTC)I'd use a bundt pan for a cake that's a little heavier like this. You wouldn't need to worry about how much it rises since it'll fit the mold.
[ Do I know anything about baking? no, all I own is a bundt pan and a sheet pan ]
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Date: 2020-02-23 06:16 am (UTC)[ Of course everybody are stellar citizens and wouldn't dare lie ]
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Date: 2020-02-23 06:20 am (UTC)[ she's devil's advocating herself, cool. ]
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Date: 2020-02-23 06:23 am (UTC)[ Nobody here has a reason to kill, and that's enough trust he can afford to give each person here.
And then trial happens!! and he learns otherwise!!! ]
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Date: 2020-02-23 06:26 am (UTC)... Then, I'll do my best.
[ And how, look how fast she nyoomed over to the body. ]
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Date: 2020-02-23 06:30 am (UTC)...I appreciate it. Hopefully we won't need to be called to be witnesses any more than once.
[ To the police, naturally, who are obviously going to be the ones investigating and not them. ]
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Date: 2020-02-23 07:08 am (UTC)[ though. ]
You think the police have been called?
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Date: 2020-02-23 07:11 am (UTC)[ Presumably ]
The next logical step would be to call the police.
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Date: 2020-02-23 07:23 am (UTC)You remember how isolated we are, correct?
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Date: 2020-02-23 07:30 am (UTC)[ PRESUMABLY
He's only stating what he believes are facts, but there's not much conviction behind the words. The three staff members can leave, but the guests aren't allowed to leave. Somebody has died; that should be grounds enough to call off this dinner party. ]
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Date: 2020-02-23 10:34 pm (UTC)45. Is it clean in here?
[ ARE THERE NO RATS please he hates this, both the idea of there being vermin crawling around everywhere and also the idea of Mammon plucking one of them off the ground to eat, Ayabe could fry roaches for him but he draws the line at rats. ]
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Date: 2020-02-23 11:21 pm (UTC)[ Not that he can see, probably, but she's closer to one of the rosebushes and looking at them with a critical eye. ]
There's nothing left to indicate that anything ever happened in here.
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Date: 2020-02-24 02:22 am (UTC)He comes in closer to see what 45's up to, also glancing down at the bushes. ]
Careful with those- not all of them have their thorns broken off.
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Date: 2020-02-24 02:36 am (UTC)[ The ones who try to use a bookshelf as a battering ram for a door locked by mysterious means, the ones who try to set the curtains on fire in the name of science. ]
Don't worry. I don't have any interest in getting hurt. I just wanted to see where it might have happened.
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Date: 2020-02-24 02:49 am (UTC)Provided I haven't done anything like substitute baking soda for flour, right? Haha.
[ But anyway that's about that for the batter. She'll just go to check on how the oven's doing. Re: pan, does he find anything or is she gonna have to do it herself. ]
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Date: 2020-02-24 02:50 am (UTC)What good is it now?
[ He settles down next to her and stares at the plants. No blood. Everything's been cleaned up. ]
...Nikki had lost her sense of touch. I told her I would help her check places she might've been injured without her knowing, but she did her own feet because she could see them herself. I should have caught on much earlier.
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Date: 2020-02-24 02:52 am (UTC)Why would the state of the garden matter when there's been a death on the grounds?
And has any of the rest of this been logical?
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Date: 2020-02-24 02:54 am (UTC)[ He does find a bundt pan and wipes it clean with a paper towel before handing it to her. It should pour right in since there's oil in the batter that'll prevent things from sticking, if I'm allowed to go off memory despite oiling my brownie pans and cakes and brownies are sort of the same thing?? ]
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Date: 2020-02-24 02:58 am (UTC)None of it, but isn't that because those three aren't making sense? People who have power don't have to play by the rules- they make the rules and the rest are forced to follow. But all of this is too much, isn't it?
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Date: 2020-02-24 03:06 am (UTC)None at all.
[ It's remarked in such a light tone that it's almost easy to miss that it's a response to the question it is- that all this is pointless. But she lilts a light note before looking up from the undisturbed plants and at him instead. ]
The evidence at the time still suggested some sort of wild animal attack. There was a lawyer in the room who made no comment until later on. Plenty of people have been taking care of their own afflictions this week. Should you have caught on?
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Date: 2020-02-24 03:16 am (UTC)[ Relaaax.
She's actually going to grease the pan once he hands it over because that's what the recipe she's following says to do. There's a small bit of softened butter sitting out exactly for this reason, as well as a remaining little bit of sugar and flour mix.
Then it's pouring time, and in the oven it goes. It looks pretty even? No lumps? ]
Well, guess it's out of our hands now.
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Date: 2020-02-24 03:22 am (UTC)[ But again, the conviction isn't there; he should have caught on in that he wanted to on hindsight, but there's no reason he should. He just wish he did, but at the same time, it would still have been after the fact. It would have been no good, all of this still would have been pointless. ]
We're all in the same precarious situation where everybody should be looking out for everybody else. I shouldn't have responsibility over everybody here, but the fact is, I do, just by being a part of it. So I should have caught on.
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Date: 2020-02-24 03:25 am (UTC)As long as the timer's set, there shouldn't be any problems. We can get everything cleaned up in the meantime.
[ "We" because even though he provided minimal help with the cake, he's already rolling his sleeves up to help with the dishes. Cleaning >>> cooking, tbh ]
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Date: 2020-02-29 12:58 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-02-29 02:15 am (UTC)well, she's still smiling! but she's always smiling.
she's smiling like she doesn't have an appropriate reaction to the current state things other than to smile. ]