A Faerie Affair - IC IV: Dragon with Butterfly Wings

[Archmage1]

After she politely swallows, and listens to Chiffon's sadness, Violet chimes in once more. "Maybe it could use with more fats, or oil, to help make it smoother, and more flavorful? And maybe honey, to help make it sweeter?" She smiles at Chiffon in an effort to cheer her up a bit, before she continues. "It's a really good idea, and I'm sure you'll be able to make a delicious travel cake!"

[WindStruck]

Astra winces a bit, hearing Kor bite the brick and cringes even more upon seeing blood and broken tooth.

Eeek!!

No, this whole weapon-travel cake thing was a terrible idea.. or was it?

"Wait a minute! I think you may be on to something! This whole idea of it being used as a weapon is amusing.. but apparently with a bit more preparation it could very well be one! Only problem is, it's too hard to eat."

"But what if you could make it harder and edible? I think a bit of alchemy could help with that. Imagine! It could be as simple as adding water, or or.. better yet, sugar water. Or maybe reciting a special magic word. One minute your cake is as hard as a rock and cutting through spiders. The next minute it's soft, moist, and delectable! Erm.. minus the blood. I don't think I'd want to eat it regardless once there's blood all over it..."

[Majin]

Kor heard a rather sickening crunch inside his head, spitting out what he was chewing, and yelped. "Ow!". There was a chunk of his tooth mixed with half-chewed caked and blood. It actually was rather impressive, considering he could bite into meat and bone.

Kor shook his head as he recovered, feeling his mouth ache. "Well whatever you can do, I don't it's really gonna work as food like this... But don't throw this one away. I lost this time, but after my tooth's healed I wanna have a rematch!" Kor said solemnly to Chiffon, staring at the cake now somewhat covered in his blood. "It does taste really bad, but I'm gonna eat it all!"

[Archmage1]

Violet, who previously had been smiling encouragingly at Chiffon looks a little confused as Astra mentions blood, and she looks over at Kor and Astra, and sees Kor's mouth bleeding, and one of his pointy teeth... missing.

She quickly flits around, and hugs Kor. "It's going to be ok!"

Spoiler: OOC Casting

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Cure wounds, 2nd level. (2d8+3)[16] healing

[Ninja_Prawn]

Between Violet's healing magic and Astra's medical knowledge, you succeed in saving Kor's tooth. In fact, you act so quickly that you're able to restore the broken part and repair the damage ((the disadvantage no longer applies)).

Spoiler: Astra

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With that alchemy roll, we'll say that a workable recipe for 'cake that transmutes between edible and deadly via the application of sugar water' pops into your head right there on the spot. It'd take an hour to make each batch and cost 5gp in materials per ration.

Also, you're free to come up with a catchy name for it if you like.

Meanwhile, Chiffon latches onto the suggestion of using alchemy to make a proper dual purpose cake. "Ooh, you can do that? That'd be pretty sweet..."

[WindStruck]

"Oh, yeah, it should totally be possible! But, um, the cakes would be quite expensive... You had might as well go all out to mold them into proper weapon shapes and such, rather than just bricks," Astra says.

[Majin]

Kor was a bit embarrassed, and for a moment thought about saying no to the healing, but then again he might be doing a lot of fighting pretty soon, so he graciously accepted, patting Violet on the back, feeling the healing magic flow into him. He tested the tooth with his tongue, finding it healed. "Thanks you guys! Feels much better!"

He thought about a rematch, but decided to leave it for now.

"Ooh, so like an edible sword? I mean, not like I could use them, but could make for a good show... I can just imagine a warrior beating an opponent, then eating his weapon!"

[Archmage1]

Releasing Kor once he seems to recover, Violet offers him a smile, before flitting back, and snagging some of the lemon cake to nibble, with a smile.

[Ninja_Prawn]

"Well now, aren't you all just a fountain of ideas this evening! I think these transforming weapon cakes could really catch on," Chiffon says, finishing the last of the tidying up. "If you want to stop by tomorrow and help me out with the alchemy stuff, I'll make sure you get some of the credit with the big shots."

[Majin]

"Well I don't know much about alchemy, but I can help with taste testing", Kor adds.

[Archmage1]

Smiling cheerfully at Chiffon's invitation, Violet looks at Astra, clearly hoping that she would say yes.

[WindStruck]

"Oh! Sure, I guess.." Astra says, though she begins muttering. "I, uhm.. might be busy though..."

Seemed she had lots of stuff on her plate. There was miss rainbow, the new dress she was trying to design, those faeries in the special department that were heading out.. in fact everyone was preparing for this hunt with drow, or worse, a war.

Astra hadn't even the time to memorize most of those alchemy recipes and scrolls she received days ago...

This is just the stuff she could think of off the top of her head.

[Archmage1]

Violet squee's as Astra agrees, and spins in a circle, smiling with gusto, clearly excited. "It's going to be so much fun! We'll get to help make cakes!"

[Ninja_Prawn]

Chiffon just sighs at Violet's excitement. "I don't know about fun... but it should at least be profitable. And of course," she adds for Astra, "I totally understand if you're busy. There is a lot going on at the moment. I'm sure I'll figure something out if you can't make it."

"Now, it's about time I was closing. Don't you all have homes to go to?"

[WindStruck]

Astra says, "Oh, well, sort of I guess. At least we aren't under some curfew, right? That makes things easier."

After pondering a bit, she says, "You know, Miss Chiffon, is your evening free? I'm wondering if there might not be a better time to work on alchemically enhancing your cake than now!"

[Archmage1]

Clearly excited by the prospect of cake-making, Violet starts helping to collect the crumbs, and feeding them to the hungry shimmerlings.

[Majin]

Kor competes with the shimmerlings over the breadcrumbs. He kinda wanted to cover the taste of the cake with something else, and he kinda liked the competition. Almost like a hunt.

[Ninja_Prawn]

After pondering a bit, she says, "You know, Miss Chiffon, is your evening free? I'm wondering if there might not be a better time to work on alchemically enhancing your cake than now!"

She thinks for a bit, then agrees. "Well... I guess I'm not doing anything special. Sure, let's have a look at this alchemy. Can you do it here, or do you have an... atelier or something?"

[WindStruck]

Astra beams, "I've got some basic alchemist tools with me now, yes! And of course not really a workshop. Unless we were to mosey on over to the Alchemist's Guild. You think that would be a problem? I don't have any of the special ingredients either, but I think I know what we need to do to modify your cake..."

[Archmage1]

Violet smiles cheerfully, still very much so excited. "We're going to make cakes? It's going to be so much fun! Can I help, please?"

[Ninja_Prawn]

Chiffon is happy to go with you to the Alchemists' Guild and, though she isn't an expert in baking or alchemy, there will surely be somehting Violet can help with.

Astra's been to the Guild hall once before, but Violet and Kor (if he's following) have not. The entrance hall is quiet, but a few of the workrooms are occupied by faeries that look to be hard at work distilling reagents and synthesising potions. You find an empty space and light the burners, bringing the ceramic cauldron gradually up to temperature while Chiffon starts creaming up some butter and sugar. Time to do your thing!

[Majin]

Kor follows along, he doesn't really expect to be helpful, but is still curious (and hoping to be the taste tester).

[Archmage1]

Following along excitedly, Violet practically seems to be almost vibrating in place at her excitement at getting to help make cake, and she happily helps collect ingredients, and taste things, and offer helpful encouraging smiles as the caking gets going.

Spoiler: OOC

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Violet's helping the best she can, while keeping an eye on what Chiffon's doing, so maybe she can learn how to make cakes. She's also offering bardic inspiration to Chiffon and Astra(Once each)

[WindStruck]

"Alright, cakes are normally supposed to have a soft and moist consistency. I think you should be making your cake as normal without trying to make it as tough as a brick. I'll be taking care of that!"

While Chiffon works on her cake portion, Astra whips up a hardening agent. But you see, there were all sorts of hardening agents! Some harder than others, some which would probably never be dissolved, or at least dissolved by certain things.. and some which were edible.

Astra happened to think up something that was pretty good!

"Oh, make sure you put a lot of extra baking soda in that! Yeast isn't needed!" Astra called behind her.

Let's see. Vegetable glycerin, lemon extract, mix in with a beaker of jellied satyr hoof shavings... Oh, and pixie dust! Astra could provide her own for that. Why? She guessed because they did like sweets, after all!

"Okay, are you ready?"

Astra brought the compound over and helped Chiffon mix it in. It seemed to be violently bubbling and fizzing already, as expected.

"Quick, in the oven!" she said.

The cake still seemed to be expanding and bubbling, but as the dry heat of the oven surrounded it, it mostly subsided, though it still needed some time to bake properly. In the end, it had become some kind of irregular, ugly lump. Probably harder than Chiffon's original brick.

It definitely could have benefited from the use of molds and would probably have to be filed down to see any use as a weapon.

[Ninja_Prawn]

Chiffon looks skeptical as the mixture bubbles away. "Are you sure about all that baking soda? The insides are going to be practically hollow..." but the cake isn't collapsed when it comes out of the oven, so she gives it the benefit of the doubt.

While the cake cools, Chiffon asks about the softening process: "so, you just need some sugar water to turn it edible? Or is there more to it than that?"

[WindStruck]

"Yup! Sugar water!" Astra beams.

"Though now that I think about it, maybe I'm not so sure how to add the sugar water. Maybe spritzing it? Or dipping it? Oh, but they'd probably be too big for dipping..."

Maybe this plan wasn't completely thought through. And besides, who know what it would end up like after they added sugar water? Or how it would taste?

[Archmage1]

Sensing an opportunity for cake, Violet quickly darts up with a cup of sugar water(Ok, half a cup. She was thirsty.), and a smile.

"Let's try!"

With that, she tries to break off a piece of the cake, to try dipping in the sugar water.

Spoiler: Roll?

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Strength! Possibly at disadvantage, since she's also holding a cup of sugar water.
(1d20-2)[0] Try the first!
(1d20-2)[6] Try the second!

Also, oven cake may be hot.

[Ninja_Prawn]

Chiffon chuckles at Violet's efforts, which fail to break off any part of the cake. "Stand aside, dearie. I cut cakes for a living," she says, producing an impossibly shiny bronze kitchen knife with a gorgeous rosewood handle. Even so armed, however, Chiffon cannot make a dent in the cake. In fact, her knife comes out of the encounter very much the worse for it: bent, dulled and broken.

"Well, it certainly passes the hardness test. Hopefully the smiths will have something that can shape this stuff up... or at least some way to drive a shaft into it so it could be used as a bludgeon. How about, for now, you just give this whole thing a splash with the sugar water?"

[Archmage1]

After her heroic struggle to break off some cake results in not a crumb, Violet looks a little sad as she steps back, to let Chiffon close in. Violet's eyes go a little wide with surprise at the kitchen knife in Chiffon's hands, but she just watches as the cake wins the fight.

She listens as Chiffon comments on the toughness of the cake, but at Chiffon's request, Violet's smile grows again, as she has something she can do to help. "Ok!". Even as she agrees, she tries to splash the cake with the sugar water in her cup.

[WindStruck]

"Sure! Let's see what happens and see how it tastes!" Astra says.

"Some molds would really be helpful to cut down on the smiths' work. Heh. Probably need a whetstone!"