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Gooseberry Mods (goosemods) wrote in gooseberry,
@ 2016-11-04 08:03:00

Entry tags:

! bonding activity, ! ic/ooc, philippa nightingale

SOPHOMORE BONDING: November

SOPHOMORE MONTHLY BONDING

On this chilly November afternoon, the sophomores meet in the kitchens for a bonding activity with Prospero, assisted by his companion elf, Ambrosia.

Students are broken up into pairs or groups of three, and they're given a basket of secret ingredients that they must make a dessert out of. They have exactly 90 minutes, after which their creations will be judged by Quinn Cunningham, Theresa Noble, Magdalen Gillis, Robin Youngblood, [Senior/Junior Volunteer E]. The volunteer judges won't know who made what dessert. (OOC: Please allow players who do not play a sophomore to have first dibs on volunteer slots. If there are still open spots by 10 PM Mountain Time, then anyone may volunteer.)

Prospero is his usual gentle, supportive self. Meanwhile, Ambrosia keeps giggling affectionately at the proceedings, and seems very excited to watch the volunteers try the (likely questionable) results of this game. There are other house-elves in attendance, ready to assist the sophomore contestants.

Everyone's basket of secret ingredients contains:

Bananas
Candied ginger
Dark chocolate (vegan)
Maple syrup
Curry powder

Each dessert creation must use every ingredient in the basket. House-elves will retrieve any other requested ingredients (e.g. flour, eggs, sugar, avocados), but Prospero will be on the lookout for anyone who is rude or makes unreasonable demands. Contestants are allowed the use of magic, assuming they are responsible with it, and are given access to all the equipment in the kitchen. House-elves will help students with equipment they don't understand, or with anything they feel unsafe doing (i.e. knife use).

The sophomore pairings are as follows:

Hayley & Regan	Joanna & Susana	Solomon & Frances
Gabriela & Micah	Cole & William & Estella	Calvin & Philippa

Please give your character's cooking skills a rating from 1 to 10 and discuss with your partner(s) what your characters are going to make! The results will be calculated with help from the RNG, but volunteer input/reaction may be taken into account.

The winning team gets to pick the menu served to the whole school on Monday for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

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	gabiflor 2016-11-04 03:09 pm UTC (link)
	"That is a wonderful idea!" Gabi decides. "We can make it be curry ice cream!" She is happy enough to do the cooking while Micah films things. THEY CAN PRETEND IT'S A REAL COOKING SHOW. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

auteur
2016-11-05 05:57 pm UTC (link)

GABI. GABI. THAT IS BRILLIANT. YOU ARE BRILLIANT. THEY ARE SUCH A GOOD TEAM, GABI.

Micah attempts to help by asking house-elves for the stuff for ice cream. Unless they just... want to mix some vanilla ice cream with curry power because how could that possibly go wrong. OH MAN OH MAN LET'S PUT SOME COCONUT MILK IN THERE AND IT CAN BE COCONUT CURRY ICE CREAM????

This is Micah in a nutshell. Lots of enthusiasm and creativity, not a lot of focus. Until he remembers he has his video camera in which case yes, THIS IS NOW A COOKING SHOW. Let's push in close to see the beauty of the caramelization. That smells uhmayzingggg. Explain to the audience your process, Señorita Flores~~

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	gabiflor 2016-11-05 06:00 pm UTC (link)
	Gabi has no idea if that will work but she is very hopeful and optimistic about it. She giggles and smiles for the camera and attempts to explain what she's doing and basically just enjoys how much fun Micah is having. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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