[7rings] hm?

[shiftingwinds]

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[aubins]

[ no one is polite here, shi. look at them all. ]

I guess the vending machine will work for this? We can do a couple of runs to make sure we have enough.

[shiftingwinds]

Mmhm. And luckily, it's pretty quick about making the food - so if we end up wanting anything else later, we can easily send someone to go get it.

[aubins]

The wonders of modern technology. Food on demand.

[ incredible. ]

[shiftingwinds]

I want guan tang bao!

[she's just going to link arms with yuri and drag him out to go help her get some of those]

[aubins]

[ and then i guess they are off on a food journey, but you can hear yuri say "I need you to explain guan tang bao to me" as they go. ]

[shiftingwinds]

[yuri is treated to an explanation of soup dumplings


anyway they eventually come back with those. i was going to go with xiao long bao but those are a more recent invention that evolved from guan tang bao, so. they get the bigger ones.

god i want dumplings again.]

[aubins]

[ yuri's life is enriched with this knowledge and they are absolutely coming back with soup dumplings, as well as sweet foods, some fries, gratin, sandwiches, and probably for some unknown reason, a salad.

who will eat the salad?




god i want a takeaway. ]

[shiftingwinds]

[we'll live vicariously through these idiots eating all the snacks, i guess



anyway snacks now exist at this sleepover]

[aubins]

[ victory theme goes here.



yuri is also like three seconds from burning his mouth on a soup dumpling. guide him ]

[shiftingwinds]

Oh—

[yURI]

Careful, you'll just want to bite a small hole in it at first. If you eat the whole thing at once the broth will scald you.

[aubins]

[ hm? ]

Oh...

[ hang on he'll try and make a lil' hole in the dumpling and do as sqx is suggesting. ]

Like this? [ there is probably just a sad puddle of broth draining from the dumpling ]

[shiftingwinds]

[hands him a spoon]

Here - hold this under it and you can sip at the soup.

[aubins]

[ thank u for saving him sqx ]

Oh. It's like a little bowl-- clever.

[shiftingwinds]

Exactly!

[she beams]

The broth and the filling are both very flavorful - try it once it's cooled a bit, you'll see.

[aubins]

[ he is just going to blow on it for waaay too long. ]

Not something to have as a quick run and go snack though, huh?

[shiftingwinds]

No, these should be savored. But there are other types of buns and dumplings for that!

[aubins]

[ hmmm. hmm. ]

I don't have any real enthusiasm for burning my mouth, so don't worry about me rushing through them. I'm guessing not all of them are full of scalding hot liquid, then.

[shiftingwinds]

There's all sorts of different types of fillings. We'll get a whole bunch and I'll show you sometime.

[aubins]

[ it's a dumpling date. ]

I will await your sage and noble guidance, then.

[shiftingwinds]

You'll be blown away by how much I know!

[aubins]

I usually am.

[shiftingwinds]

[she's just going to take him at his word with this]

[aubins]

[ perhaps he was being SINCERE ]

[shiftingwinds]

[ (x) doubt]

[aubins]

[ wow? ]