Like It Sweet? [Research/Solo]

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Candy

270

►Midnight Crew

I'm a member of the Midnight Crew~

HP:
100%

People were finally getting the hang of making their own food. It was quite a lovely thing, really. Blackcoat had inadvertently stumbled upon food with taste a few times; the first time when he and an unorthodox ally  more or less mugged a few goblins. From there, it became a game of figuring out how and why it had happened and how to imitate the effects; and soon it was obvious that the reason why was due to it being cooked out of the menu. 

This led to a period of... discovery, per say, as the phenomenon spread around and about the world as to how to craft in general. For Blackcoat, this meant that people would generally improve everything, really; more helpful ideas, more things to do, more food and comfort. On the subject of food, he placed down the basic beginner's pot he had purchased, filled halfway with water, sitting lightly over an open flame. It had taken a bit, but with a bit of tampering with the fire, he had gotten it to an acceptable level of burning and boiling ever so lightly. The little air bubbles began to rise, and soon the top would be filled with pops as the water hit the point he needed it to. 

In the meantime, he could use a light feature of his Housekeeper class to mess with the silk string he had, doubling it over and layering it in order to get a relatively thicker string with the piece of stick he was tying it into. This part would be crucial for what he was preparing and setting up. 

I'm a night owl and a wise bird too~

N O T E S: Boiled Water.

CODED BY SYLVIE. HP BAR BY SAIRRI OF GS.

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candy

316

►Midnight Crew

I'm a member of the Midnight Crew~

HP:
100%

As the water began to boil in earnest he pulled it off of the fire, and went to work as swiftly as he could. This was a recipe he was going off of memory with, and so it would take some time to get right. This part, however, he remembered - time was of the essence. The moment it was off the flame he reached for the primary ingredient of this entire recipe - the container of sugar he had purchased from a loving old man that didn't seem at all like an NPC.

He began adding the sugar particles in large amounts, stirring it in with the really shitty spoon he had procured. Add sugar, stir. Add sugar, stir. Add sugar, stir... The cycle repeated a few times, but ultimately went unaffected as a whole until he went to add another dollop of sugar and, instead of easily mixing into the hot water, it settled at the bottom. Excellent, it was ready. 

Blackcoat reached into his coat and plucked out lemon, neatly splitting it in two and then lightly squeezing some of the juice within, stirring that bit in before... doing nothing more to it. That part was done. The hard part was over with. Now it was onto the best and most boring part of the entire process. 

He took the string tied to a stick from earlier and balanced the stick over the pot, with the string dipping into the sugar-water-lemon mixture. The waiting game wasn't too hard to play, but when you were somewhat eager to see the end result...

Well, Blackcoat was in no rush, at the least. He sleepily leaned back, one eye shut, the other open to peer at his creation... 

I'm a night owl and a wise bird too~

N O T E S: Sugar added to cooling water. Collection method added. 

CODED BY SYLVIE. HP BAR BY SAIRRI OF GS.

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candy

263

►Black Rose / Green Sun

I'm a member of the Midnight Crew~

HP:
100%

He must have dozed off. The sun seemed set a little lower than he recalled - or maybe it was higher? It was hard to tell when one was just waking up. He stretched his shoulders, then popping the stretch out into his arms with a light whine. Tired, sure, but there was something worth waking up for.

He actually slept for a solid amount of time, it seemed, and during that time his little experiment finished. He looked to the pot, noting how it looked less like water and more like a solidified mass. Time to test his candy-making abilities. He touched at the stick he had placed earlier before carefully lifting it up and out, the string slowly coming up with it. What he wanted, however, was what was on the string - sugar crystals, each about the size of his thumbnail. A good first start if they turned out well.

He let this sit for a moment, hanging ever so slightly until it dried, then chipped off one of the pieces of rock candy and messed with it. He broke it, noting how it crumbled properly, then broke off another piece and popped it into his mouth. It was sweet - sweeter than what was currently considered effective, in his opinion - and it had the light lemon flavor, but... it was candy, all right.

Excellence. "I feel like Wonka," Blackcoat dryly said to himself, before continuing on with tasting the candy and messing with its consistency. He had better note the recipe somewhere, while he was at it.

I'm a night owl and a wise bird too~

N O T E S: ...

CODED BY SYLVIE. HP BAR BY SAIRRI OF GS.