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psl || and something sweet
[natalia is a lovely princess. she's adored by her people, headstrong in all things politics so long as it means that she can take care of her country, and holds a lifetime's worth of grace in her pinky finger.
there are plenty of days that she's happy to be doted on and taken care of by the castle, given that she's been looked after since she was only a baby. she accepts having knights at her side when she's traveling, even though she's a plenty accomplished archer in her own right. however given that a holiday is approaching especially for extending personal affection, and individual attention, she can't help but think that it would be very wrong indeed for her to ask someone else to prepare chocolates for her to give out.
which is what leads us to today's predicament.
kurikara can probably smell smoke from a way's away.]
Oh no, no no no.
[that doesn't sound great]
How could this happen? I thought it said - only that long?!
[help]
there are plenty of days that she's happy to be doted on and taken care of by the castle, given that she's been looked after since she was only a baby. she accepts having knights at her side when she's traveling, even though she's a plenty accomplished archer in her own right. however given that a holiday is approaching especially for extending personal affection, and individual attention, she can't help but think that it would be very wrong indeed for her to ask someone else to prepare chocolates for her to give out.
which is what leads us to today's predicament.
kurikara can probably smell smoke from a way's away.]
Oh no, no no no.
[that doesn't sound great]
How could this happen? I thought it said - only that long?!
[help]
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[what did he say? leaving it out? no, he said caramel so that means natalia has to go and make it happen! she's actually about to head out the kitchen to go and do exactly as she's said before glancing back to ookurikara]
Unless you dreadfully mind mess?
[she asks, like that's not making it all the more obvious what she's doing,]
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[ case in point - the one in the oven, right now, that he's going to have to clean before anything else can safely go in there. otherwise the cooks will kill him for letting the situation get even worse.
first thing's first: they have to remove... that. so while natalia is looking for caramel or a recipe book or whatever, he's going to try to find a potholder or oven mitts so he can set it out to air. ]
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and frown deeply when she comes face to face with her frankenstein chocolate creation.]
I wonder if I could...
[heal it? what if she heals it.]
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[ because he never thinks about her healing outside of battle - and why would anyone even try that on food, anyway? ]
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[this isn't a burn wound, natalia]
But I suppose it truly is beyond saving then.
[yes, one glance should be able to tell her that much
and yet,]
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[ glancing between natalia and the absolute wreck wreck of food on the stovetop, he. actually wonders if that's possible. none of the ingredients were ever really alive, except as plants. would it make them plants again, or just fix the burning, assuming it does anything at all? how does healing magic even work? ookurikara has his doubts, but... ]
Would that work?
[ why is he even considering this- ]
[1/2]
[and she'll focus her energy into her right hand, her fingertips emitting a green glow before she extends her hand out to the absolutely destroyed mess of a baking attempt in front of her
she holds her hand there.]
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it does nothing.]
Oh drat.
[why,]
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[ that's. probably for the best, judging from all the things she'd left on the counter. if all of that was in this mess, it would've been inedible no matter how perfect it might look. (it probably wouldn't look perfect, either, but who's he to tell the princess that.) ookurikara stares down at it for a moment in disdain, trying not to imagine how it might have tasted. ]
Trash, then.
[ and you know what? he's not going to bother trying to scrape it out of the container - the whole thing is going into the garbage. the cooks can find a new one. maybe they'll even thank him for saving them the trouble of trying to clean this mess. ]
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[where does she get all this baseless confidence from?
but she's confident anyway, for some reason. she gets a small glint in her eyes, but otherwise sets her hands on her hips as she surveys the rest of the ingredients. she probably... doesn't need everything that she gathered, from the sound of it, but better safe than sorry. (no.)
she'll set about grabbing new bowls so she can start mixing the other ingredients while waiting for the recipe book for the caramel.]
I hope you didn't have anything else pressing to do today while I borrowed you.
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Nothing important. Training, mostly.
[ they'll excuse him for missing guard duty if he's busy watching natalia, right? right. ]
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[she's on the exact same wavelength,, she's happy to steal him away and cover for him. natalia doesn't get away with everything, but she can get away with a lot.
though as she thinks of that, she tilts her head]
And if you would still like to train later, I'll happily spar with you.
[she's an archer? but also.
what if she tries anyway.]
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on the other hand... ]
You're an archer, princess, not a swordswoman. You wouldn't be much of a challenge.
[ wow way to respect his liege,, ]