11343/Butcher, baker, birthday cake makers

Butcher, baker, birthday cake makers
Date of Scene:	15 April 2020
Location:	Kitchen - Xavier's School
Synopsis:	Kitty, Shannon and Alice make plans for Alice's birthday. Cake or ice cream? Tough choice
Cast of Characters:	Nightingale, Shadowcat, Red

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Nightingale has posed:
     On the injured list or not, that was not going to stop Shannon from heading into the kitchen when she heard there was a birthday in the house. Oh, it might slow her down a bit as she gathered the ingredients for a chocolate cake. She's in simple black jeans, black sneakers, and a loose black t-shirt, with a sling holding her left arm and shoulder immobile. Eggs, flour, leavening agents, vanilla extract... all the ingredients are soon laid out on the center counter, and the winged healer in training goes to work as best she can, humming lightly the whole while.

Shadowcat has posed:
Kitty's absolutely willing to help out. C'mon. Kitty adores each of the students and faculty here. Kitty's leaning against one of the fridges fiddling on her phone when she spies a Shannon and seems to snap to it. Like Shannon, Kitty's gone ultra casual wearr. Sweat pants, t-shirt and her hair loose and untied and slippers on. Yes. Slippers. With not much on them, but she straightens herself up with a grin. "hey Shannon" she calls.

Kitty's in a happy mood, it's Alice's birthday after all. Cakes are a good thing, so Kitty's following Shannon's lead on this. Shannon at least knows how to bake.

Nightingale has posed:
Shannon grins and points to the chocolate cake recipe she printed out in the computer lab. It's a fairly basic one, but measuring out the ingredients takes two hands--which she hasn't quite got the full use of right at the moment. "Hey you! Could definitely use a hand this time... any way I could talk you into measuring this stuff out so I can start mixing the batter?" She's in a more cheerful mood that afternoon, but perhaps a little pensive at the same time. "Heh... birthdays. Kind of funny we've got the same one."

Shadowcat has posed:
Totally a good use of school resources. Kitty all but leaps toward the winged girl.

"Of course!" Kitty says enthusiastically. "Just tell me what you need and I'll do it. I convinced Lockheed to stay on the warm spot in my bed when I got out of it. He's all doing his best sleeping impression though" Kitty says and has one trick up her sleeve to make this easier. Phasing.

Nightingale has posed:
     "Measuring out the dry ingredients is the worst of it, then sifting them all together in the bowl. I'll work on the eggs and things." Pausing, she nibbles her lower lip, and grins. "I know we don't have an ice cream maker, but there's ways to make some homemade without having one. Bet that'd go fantastic with nice, fresh cake. Ohhhh yeah. Alice's first birthday here is going to be as much fun as mine was." She chuckles a little bit, smiling a bit at Kitty. "Remember that pool party you had for yours? I didn't want to tell anyone it was my birthday. It was just my second day at the school. But Sam squealed on me, the stinker."

Shadowcat has posed:
"It's called do it all by hand" Kitty nods saggely. "I remember that pool party. I remember yours. Sam is useful though at times, and nobody squealed on Alice. Well not yet" Kitty muses. Not that she's going to. Instead she gets out a mixing bowl, sieve, various jugs and a scale and measuring things and various stuff. "Okay, so." Kitty says. "Scale. easuring jugs 1 and 2. Scale plug to plug it in. Mixing bowl for the dry ingreedients" Kitty adds going over to wash her hands and tie her hair back, then dries off her hands and comes back over.

"Alright so. What's first on the list, and promise me we are not going to fight over who gets to lick out the bowl?" Kitty asks with a straight face....before dissolving into giggles.

Nightingale has posed:
     "Well of course you'd remember my pool party. Sam squealed on me and it wound up being a party for both of us." Shannon just chuckles, shaking her head as she starts out by holding the sieve above the mixing bowl. "I was just trying to stay out of the way and not step on your toes, and there were so many people I didn't know. They've become family since." Her smile widens some, and she nods towards the flour and other dry ingredients. "Pour the stuff you've measured in there, I'll sift it all together. Thank heavens this isn't the kind of sifter that needs two hands to use!"

Red has posed:
Alice didn't have a lot time at the mansion, probably better to measure it in hours than days, not even got a proper room but crashed in an unused one as and even had the proper tour yet. And yet it was her birthday. She spent some time on a PC to phone home earlier, talking with Mom and Dad. Now? She was on her way to grab a snack and try to have a nice day. Like... just sneak something out of the kitchen and find a nice spot? But no, the kitchen is occupied as Alice enters in those boots she seems to love - impossible for anyone but her to get into, as they lack zippers, laces and hooks but have the synthetic leather immitate pretty much molded around her legs, and a tartan skirt. "Eh... just grabbing something..."

Shadowcat has posed:
Kitty laughs, "Yeah I know" she smirks. "Yeah everyone here's family to me too" Kitty adds watching Alice come in. "Hey Alice. Happy birthday" she nods and doesn't really care if Alice figures out just what they are doing. Hey, why not ask Alice to help?

"Hey Alice, want to come help make your own cake?" Kitty asks pleased.

Nightingale has posed:
Shannon grins at Alice--and makes the mistake of waving. With the sifter in her hand. With said sifter still half-full of flour.

POOF!

Inside of a second, flour gets flung everywhere, much to the chagrin of the baker in question! "Oh god... I'm so sorry about that!!"

Red has posed:
"my own ca..." Alice starts, just as a whole sifter of flour is tossed at her, the white cloud dusting over her shirt and clothes, leavin the red hair dulled a lot by the white dusting over it. "flour attack?"

Shadowcat has posed:
Kitty's not fazed. Just phasing instead, phasing through the impromptu snowstorm, though she sneezes and exits stage left at high speed. She comes back with several chocolate packets, it's like she snuck them out of somewhere, her room m maybe?

Looking to Alice, Kitty opens her mouth to say something, then closes it again, better that than, hey, something stupid

Nightingale has posed:
     There's a little coughing as a flour-covered Shannon just looks at the mess she made. Rolling her eyes and looking around, she just shakes her head. "You know," she offers. "We could always get a really nice Carvel ice cream cake... I always used to love those on my birthday

Red has posed:
"My mom always got me mint chocolate chip icecream for birthday instead of cake. Because... reasons." ALice anwers with a little shrug, stretching before she tries to get rid of the flour from her shirt and skirt by patting it down, at least getting it from a white cover to a grey dusting. "Because you can enjoy that on the roof of a brownstone looking out over the city. Good day, bad day, it's spring and that's best with ice, not cake. Who spread that's mine anyway? I didn't plan to make a party or such..."

Shadowcat has posed:
Kitty looks innocent. Or, as innocent as, well, as somebody who memorized Alice's birthday and might have let it slip looks. Kitty eyes Alice. "Hey, it is your birthday isn't it? Well fine, you want ice cream instead of cake? Why not both?" kitty ponders aloud. "Best of both worlds. hey Shannon, if Alice doesn't want cake, more for us right?" she grins.

Nightingale has posed:
Shannon chuckles and nods, grinning. "Mint chocolate chip ice cream plus chocolate cake? Sounds like a win-win to me. Think maybe I oughta leave off the baking till this damn sling comes off, anyways. There's a nice little specialty bakery in Salem Center, I think...."

Red has posed:
"Cake is not needed if you got ice and a view." Alice remarks trying to get more flour off of her. "I mean, it's simple, easy to carry and if you sit on a ledge there's no way you can cut cake."

Shadowcat has posed:
Kitty looks to Alice. "Heresy. Heresy I tell you both here and now. Cake is always needed" Kitty nods. "besides, you know? If you don't want cake, I'll share it with our friends" Kitty says with a wag of her finger at Alice....like hshe's playfully scolding Alice some. In reality? Her eyes are bright with happiness...

Nightingale has posed:
Shannon chuckles a little bit. "Well, we can always Uber on over to Salem Center and check out the bakery there, since it looks like I'm going to be prety useless in the kitchen for the next few days. I'm tellin' ya, an ice cream cake's the way to go for situations like this! Best of both worlds!" For her part, she tries to help clean up as well, a little chagrined at her currently rather clumsy state.

Red has posed:
Alice fake glares back at Kitty as he proclaims cake essential. "I won't say no to a cake, just icecream is a real essential thing. What's wrong with your arm anyway?" she asks, stretching, searching her pockets a little. "Broken? Need a cast?"

Nightingale has posed:
Shannon shakes her head and smiles a little at Alice. "Seen the Daily Planet yet today?" She shrugs with her good right shoulder, and picks up the would-be cake bowl, carrying it to the sink and plopping it down in the soapy water. "Superman was rescued. Someone needed healing, so I did what had to be done. This was their injury, not mine."

She smiles at Alice, canting her head slightly to one side. "Saw you doing some pretty impressive stuff when miss Munroe and I were chasing a sleepwalking Kitty to your shop. Is that part of your gift, molding materials into different forms, like costumes?

Shadowcat has posed:
Sleepwalking Kitty, ahem, yeah that's how all this started. Kitty ducks her head at the sleepwalking mention. Great. Shannon's nott gonna let her live that down is she?

But Shannon's right, too. Alice does some awesome things with plastic, yes. Seee. Alice has so, so got this...

Kitty shuffles her feetat the whole embarressment at sleep phasing. Great...

Red has posed:
"Yea. If you know Avatar... I'd do Polymer Bending. Like, that bowl... I think that's PC or Mylar, but it needn't be a bowl anymore if I wanted. I could turn it into a helmet or an armbrace or a statue." Alice notes as she nods, stretching some. "So what now?"

Nightingale has posed:
Shannon chuckles. "So what now? We decide whether you want the best of both worlds with an ice cream cake, or if you want us to try and bake you one. Your call, you're the birthday girl." Smiling some, she grabs a sponge from the sink and starts wiping down the counter. "At least you didn't get thrown into a pool party feet-first, by SOMEONE squealing it's your birthday on your second day at the school."

Shadowcat has posed:
Kitty whistles innocently with a giggle. Looking to Shannon, Kitty gives her a conspiratory wink. "Hey now that's an idea" Kitty stage whispers. It's easier to not get thrown in when Kit Kat can phase. Well, that's Kitty's ace in the hole, so to speak.

"You do good though Alice" Kitty grins "But yes. Shannon's right, it's your call, and would you want one of those funky birthday hats?"

Red has posed:
"In either case, we should try to get something. Ice cake sounds good... and it won't try to break your arm again. Sure you don't need a brace?" Alice asks to Shannon.

Nightingale has posed:
Shannon nods, and smiles. "If I do I know who to ask. Thanks, though! It's mostly the shoulder, but the medics here wanted me to keep it all still because it was pretty grody. Should be able to do without the sling in a couple days." The shoulder of her shirt slips down a little bit and... yeah. It's healing well, surprisingly so given how recent the injury is, but it's not pretty. Shannon covers her shoulder up again with a sheepish little smile. "Sorry about that. So, ice cream cakes... "

Shadowcat has posed:
"Seconded" Kitty agrees. "I'm pretty sure we got ice cream in the fridge too? So I'm thinking if you all wanna pitch in, we bake your ice cream cake between us three? Though o idea on the funky hats mind" Kitty muses. "Do we still have any left from Christmas?" she asks, on the same page as Shannon. Just minus wings, but here comes Lockheed strolling in staring at the trio as if wondering what they're doing there.

Red has posed:
Alice says, "I dunno how to bake, but sure, we can try." Alice notes, and would follow the instructions if given. To make the thing and all."

Nightingale has posed:
Shannon blinks and chuckles at Alice, shaking her head. "No, no, not going to try to -make- an ice cream cake. Going to go all-out and get a real fancy one from that bakery in Salem Center." Lockheed gets a dirty look from her, and she stares down the wing-less little mischief maker. "OI, you. OUT. No ice cream for you! Last time we let you have any, you stank out the whole kitchen and we had to cook outside! Worse, it was ON my head. Literally!"

Shadowcat has posed:
Cue gagging sounds from Kitty as she scoops Lockheed up and gently shooes him out the door. Shaking her head Kitty shakes her head. "You're not gonna let anyone forget that, huh?" she says with a glance to Alice then Shannon.

"So, what's the idea then going all out huh? I'll get my coat and shoes on" she adds and eyes Shannon then Alice. "I got money, too. Ready when you two are" Kitty grins.

Red has posed:
Alice sighs a little as Kitty and Shannon decide tha they should go all out to have the cake, but then nods. "Why not... Just need my jacket... where to meet?" she asks, stretching shoulders a moment while snickering about Lockheed.

Nightingale has posed:
     "Of course I'm not going to forget it, when he had his tail draped between my eyes and right over my nose and let fly. You don't get over things like that!" Grinning at them both, Shannon heads for the kitchen doorway, en route to her dorm to get her coat. "There's a great little bakery right in the heart of Salem Center, can't beat the things coming out of that kitchen!"