[7rings] catchall for aoi

[shiftingwinds]

i cant believe our first pc is when they're cursed in love

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[shiftingwinds]

[looking back at the recipe...]

Okay... first, we'll want to mix the strawberries together with fifty grams of sugar, and then cover them and put them in the fridge.

[gamerbrain]

[ okay... okay... she's managing so far... strawberries in a bowl. 50 grams of -- oh no that's way too much, she spilled so much sugar in the bowl.

she looks over her shoulder to see if sqx noticed...? ]

[shiftingwinds]

[sqx is looking back down at the recipe again and did not notice]

[gamerbrain]

[ it's probably fine.......... strawberries are good. sugar is good. they're both ingredients. a little extra can't hurt? she hastily shoves that bowl in the fridge. ]

Okay!

[shiftingwinds]

Okay, and then we need to preheat the oven to... 218 degrees "c"?

[what does that even mean]

That's an oddly specific number.

[gamerbrain]

Got it!

[ she can do that part flawlessly! wow! ]

Aoi has heard that baking is like a science. It's very exact.

[shiftingwinds]

Oh... I suppose that makes sense, then!

Okay, next is to mix sugar, flour, and salt in a large bowl... and then "add the cubed butter and cut into the dry ingredients with a pastry cutter"?

[what does that mean]

[gamerbrain]

Don't worry! Aoi understands!

[ she doesn't.

also there were Zero measurements in those instructions, so these are some very random amounts Aoi is mixing. sugar, flour, salt, butter... ]

[shiftingwinds]

[yeah the recipe i'm looking at just has the measurements in the ingredient list, not in the actual instructions, except for where it said 50 grams of sugar... rip...]

Oh, good! I'll leave it to you.

[gamerbrain]

[ this is the best. ]

Aoi won't let you down!

[shiftingwinds]

Okay, next it says to pour the buttermilk on top and ... fold everything together?

[what.]

[gamerbrain]

Got it.

[ folding is the same as mixing, right? she adds more butter and pours in some milk and starts mixing. ]

[shiftingwinds]

I guess at some point it's supposed to become solid enough for it to be dough...?

[it's


probably just a liquidy mess right now.]

[gamerbrain]

[ sure is. ]

Aoi can mix as long as it takes!

[shiftingwinds]

[welp]

All right! Do your best!

[gamerbrain]

Boop boop boop...

[ she really will just. keep mixing this for a very very long time. ]

[shiftingwinds]

[some time later:]

...okay, hold on, I think something went wrong somewhere.

[gamerbrain]

But Aoi followed all the instructions.

[shiftingwinds]

Maybe it was a bad recipe?

[gamerbrain]

You think so...?

[shiftingwinds]

[she nods]

You did everything how it said to, and it didn't work, so it must be the recipe that's bad.

[gamerbrain]

[ ... she laughs! ]

It's not Aoi's fault...!

[ that's kind of nice! ]

... But Aoi wanted to cook for Shi Qingxuan...

[shiftingwinds]

...oh, I know! You mixed together the strawberries and sugar before, right?

We could eat those, since you made them.

[gamerbrain]

[ oh n ]

That sounds good. But Aoi doesn't know if it counts as cooking...

[ aoi still retrieves the Way-Too-Sugary strawberries. ]

[shiftingwinds]

They're different from how they were to start with! I think it counts.