mingle | school's in

[elevelvetor]

WHO: You!
WHERE: School campus(es)
WHEN: All month
WHAT: A friendly mingle log for students, teachers, and anyone else to celebrate/get some easy school CR! This is for the whole month of September since it's the beginning of the school year, so take your time. Also, students of any level of schooling are allowed to use this; I left it open for that reason.
WARNINGS: There shouldn't be any, but let me know if anything happens and I'll adjust this accordingly.

Autumn—a season of pumpkin spice lattes, colorful leaves dancing through the air to smack unsuspecting people in the face, and the start of school. Time moves ever onwards, and even the tricky residual effects of August hanging around won't stop it... so pack your supplies, print your schedules, and get ready to make some friends this semester. Or some enemies. It doesn't matter: school's started, and attendance is mandatory. (Or costs money, in the case of university and college students.)

Feel free to make your own top levels and etc; clubs, school life, classroom fun (be it actually paying attention, getting tutoring, passing notes, or whatever you'd like), and all that are fair game!

Comments

[invocate]

[she doesn't go to check, let's hope they're right!

she cracks the two eggs in the melted butter and mixes it together, then brings it over to where Noah is working]

Okay, now the wet into the dry.

[redarm]

[He finishes whisking it up and steps out of the way]

Okay! Pour it in!

[invocate]

[Li-Na carefully tilts the bowl of butter and eggs and pours it onto the combined flour, sugar, and cocoa.]

There. Now we...

[she looks over at the recipe]

Fold it? How do you fold something that has liquid?

[redarm]

Uh...

Oh, wait I know! It's like a very gentle stir, where you bring the stuff on the bottom to the top.

[invocate]

A gentle stir.

[Li-Na sticks the spatula in the mixture and tries to carefully mix the dry and wet ingredients together. After a few tries she works out a good motion to produce the desired affect]

It would be much clearer if they simply said 'mix gently.'

[redarm]

Nah, if it said mix gently, that'd mean something else. Folding is even less stirring.

[He watches her]

That...looks pretty good, I think.

[invocate]

What a strange way to give directions...

[Li-Na gives the edge of the bowl one last scrape]

Okay, into the pan. And then into the oven.

[redarm]

Okay!

[He'll pull the pan closer to them]

Do we need to grease it or anything?

[invocate]

No, I already greased it.

[tips that brownie batter into that pan, scraping ever last bit of batter out of the bowl. i do not understand cooking shows where they don't scrape the mixing bowl clean]

And then just spread it even...

[makes sure that batter gets into the corners]

And into the oven!

[redarm]

[witchcraft, obviously

He'll hold onto the pan while she pours it out, helping with the spreading of it too.]

Alright!

[Putting it in the oven!]

That wasn't bad.

[invocate]

[Li-Na sets a timer on her cell phone]

It was not. The confusing folding aside, a fairly simple recipe.

Now I suppose wait. Might as well clean up.

[time to wash all the stuff that got dirty]

[redarm]

Yeah, I guess.

[He'll start gathering up the dishes.]

So you ever cooked before?

[invocate]

Yes, but mostly Guangdong food. I did not learn much American food.

[hence why she is taking this class]

What about you? You knew what 'folding' meant.

[redarm]

Guangdong huh? Don't think I've ever had that.

[He gives a shrug]

Eh, I just watch a lotta cooking shows. It relaxes me.

[invocate]

It's also called Cantonese or Yue cuisine. I will make some for you though.

[the trick will be to cook enough...]

Oh? What show is your favorite?

[redarm]

Really? [!!!] I'd love to try it.

[fuck yeah fooooood]

Uh...depends on my mood, but probably that British baking show?

[invocate]

I will make something for lunch on Friday.

[It is a truth, universally acknowledged, that the quickest way to friendship is through the stomach. It was true in Hong Kong, and it is true in Recolle.]

Oh! Great British Bake Off? My friend, Xiulan loves that show.

[redarm]

Hell yeah, can't wait!

[It's such a universal truth. Especially when dealing with this guy]

Yeah that one! It's relaxing.

[invocate]

[FAST FORWARD TO TIMER GOING OFF]

Oh! They are done!

[PULLS THOSE BROWNIES OUT OF THE OVEN. THEY SMELL REALLY GOOD.]

Ahhhh... it will be hard waiting five minutes...