@clarke.griffin

[strove]

Thank you to Yalena for getting us sorted. [Sort of sorted. Sort of.] Now that we've arrived in New Tokyo and we're stuck inside for a little while, I think we should talk about some new changes that we're facing. I can't be the only one.

But first: a good number of us are here unwillingly, but we have to wait until we're fully prepped before we can go anywhere. Heading outside in these temperatures while unprepared could cost you your life. We all hate being trapped somewhere. I think that's pretty well-established. We also hate having to do anything or be anywhere when we didn't ask for that to happen. At least it doesn't seem like we were drugged, though it wouldn't hurt for Katelin and I to take some blood samples to confirm that. We'll have to store them until we get back.

As for the changes in your lives: have you noticed any? For instance, apparently I'm a lab tech at Giles Bell. I tried to set myself up for a new internship there that I could get easily, but I got ... elevated. Or hired beyond that? I'm not sure what the right terminology is here. Has anyone else noticed this? Or had it happen to them? I got permissions to take leaves from both of my jobs. And no, I'm really not prepared to work as a lab tech. I don't even know the first thing about setting up gels.

As a bit of a personal request ... does anyone think we can make pancakes in the small kitchen here? I have a craving for them. I've not really had cakes of the "pancake" variety before, but I want them now. And if you think we can, can you make them?

[This last bit is Loki's fault.]

Comments

@ignis.scientia

[cheffeur]

While those ingredients would certainly cook something, you can't forget a leavening agent and something for it to react to. Flavour would also be a plus.

Unfortunately, coffee is quite difficult to find in this world. Very few places are able to grow it, and thus it's so rarely available that so are the grinders.

[998]

I don't know what a leavening agent is

but I have coffee beans

[cheffeur]

There are several kinds, but they're used to rise dough. Baking powder, soda, yeast-

[WAIT BACK UP THIS IS MORE IMPORTANT]

You have coffee beans? How? And how many?

[998]

[well, he knows what yeast is, at least. things like yeast for bread? he thinks he may have heard sansa mention baking powder or soda when she was making cakes for everyone.]

I had them when I woke up. about half a pound

[BACK OFF HE'S NOT SHARING]

[cheffeur]

[wow jon thats not how you make friends but it's also a completely understandable reaction.]

I see. Perhaps you'll be able to procure more in the future.

You may be able to grind them with other appliances in the kitchen, perhaps. I've not explored it yet myself, and I'm not certain how even of a grind could be achieved, but it would at least let them be used.

[998]

[wow he literally just offered to make everyone pancakes??]

they grind up spices. is there a grinder for that?

[cheffeur]

[coffee >>>>>> pancakes, sorry friendo]

A mortar and pestle? Or an herb grinder? The latter might be too small, and the former would be serviceable, but potentially very messy.

@sansa.stark

[isherarmor]

How did you get coffee beans?

And you could use eggs, too. (And honey would work to sweeten the mix, or whatever else they might use in its place.)

[998]

They were with me when I woke up. I thought you put honey on top of pancakes..?

[isherarmor]

I didn't wake with anything. I'll look again. Maybe I'll find chocolate?

[or nothing]

You can do that as well, but if you put it in them they'll be sweet on their own without being sticky. Though, I don't think there's a wrong way when it comes to that part.

[998]

you'd know better than me about anything sweet :)