[Closed] Aftermath

[inlikethebrume]

Who: Mira and CR
When: End of January and to beginning of February
Where: Various Places, listed in the starters.
What: Aftermath of the Snatched Event, various things with CR
Warnings: CW from talks of torture, kidnapping, injuring, and just feels. Also, Major Shadowbringers Spoilers

Things for the aftermath of the Snatched Event. Get ready for some fucking feels, fam.

Comments

[inlikethebrume]

[Wait, he is offering to do the cooking? That she doesn't mind but...]

There is a table in the kitchen. I can give directions to you from there; it would be better than me shouting from the other room and I would still be sitting.

[darkcharge]

[ Yes, he is volunteering. It's not like he's done it before but Vanitas is good at following instructions. ]

I can concede to that at least. You're going to need a hand, right? To get there?

[inlikethebrume]

[Aww, he's learning.]

As much as I would love to say no, we both know that it is a lie. The help would be appreciated.

[She'll even sit up and hold out an arm to him.]

[darkcharge]

How nice of you to be able to admit it this time.

[ And now he'll help her up and into the kitchen. Isn't he such a nice boy? ]

[inlikethebrume]

It would be pointless to fight back this time around.

[Considering he simply had to tap her and she fell to the ground. Good intentions so she can't argue as both go into the kitchen and Mira finds the chair and recipe book she had grabbed beforehand. It was going to be a simple chicken soup after all and the ingredients were there. It just needed to be prepped and put together.]

[darkcharge]

[ Good. She needs to stop resisting and just rest. Vanitas gives her a nod and stands in the kitchen. ]

All right. Take me through it step by step.

[inlikethebrume]

[Nodding, she turns to the page where the recipe is bookmarked and adjusts her glasses to get a better look.]

That I can try to do. There is a pot that can be used but you'll need to chop up an onion, some carrots, and a couple stalks of celery before starting.

[Is this...bonding?]

[darkcharge]

[ Easy enough. Believe it or not, he actually has watched people in the kitchen to know what to get out. Pot. Cutting board. knife. Veggies. ]

How small do the pieces need to be?

[ This could be something like bonding, yes. ]

[inlikethebrume]

Enough to be eaten in one bite but not tiny.

[So good chops.]

Once they are prepared, you'll need to melt two tablespoons of butter in the pot and once it melts, the vegetables go in.

[darkcharge]

Tablespoons?

[ He's already starting to chop things up. Good thing he knows how to hold a blade. But no, he doesn't know things like precise measurements and whatnot. Mira might have to walk him through that.

Vanitas does make little chunks though. Just gauging on what he would think is too big. ]

[inlikethebrume]

[Hey he's doing good so far. Alas the butter did not have that nice wrapping which said which was what amount (what the fuck was that anyway to the fantasy land one?) so Mira decides to eyeball it by using her fingers as a gauge.]

It should be about this much for one.

[Visual learner it seems.]

[darkcharge]

Yeah... That's helpful.

[ Visual learner indeed. That doesn't really help Vanitas gauge how much to use - and really it's fine because Van's never seen that butter with the wrapping anyway. But he does as he's told and puts in what he thinks is the right amount ( but probably a smidgen more ) and watches as it starts to melt. ]

[inlikethebrume]

[As long as it doesn't burn, then it's all good. Butter gives flavor. Watching him and nodding, Mira looks back and checks what should be done next.]

Alright, once it has melted, put the vegetables in and let them cook for about five to six minutes. After that, the next step is to get out four cloves of garlic and chop them up finely and to put them in as well as the thyme and and two bay leaves. Those last two should be already set out.

[Those peculiar looking herbs beside the pot? Yeah those. You got this Vani!]

[darkcharge]

[ He knows better than to let everything just sit and not keep an eye on it. Though it doesn't take long for the butter to melt and Vanitas is putting all those chopped veggies into the giant pot.

Five to six minutes. That's enough time to get the garlic right? ]

Cut them up finely.

[ ...They are gonna end up a little bigger than finely. But not disastrous. ]

You do label things, right?