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[spontaneouscombustion]

 

Hi hi hi, you've reached Pinkie Pie~! Sorry I missed you, I'm probably either I've got my hooves full of cookie dough OR I'm solving another friendship problem! But if leave a message after the BEEP!, I'll get back to you in two shakes of a pony tail~! Oh, not THAT beep, that was just me making a "BEEP!" noise! THIS is the BEEP! you can leave your message after!

[Beep!]

 

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[maschinenpistole]

[ Roughly a few hours after the conclusion of their first conversation (however long that takes), there will be two small boxes beside Pinkie Pie's door on the Caprine! One has her name on it, and the other has "Cheese" written on it. (She really hopes that's her friend's real name...)

There's also a note: "It was a pleasure to meet you Pinkie Pie, and welcome to the Fleet! A little late. ♥ Please do me a favor and give the other box to your friend! Thanks, and I hope you enjoy your rice balls! - Kotoha ^-^"

Pinkie's box contains 3 triangular rice balls. One has raspberry filling, the other is blueberry, and the other is a mix of both! Not quite that super berry ball, but there's always next time~ Cheese's box contains 3 triangular rice balls as well, but all are filled with a mild variety of cheese.

Enjoy! ]

[Text]

[spontaneouscombustion]

[OH MY GOSH THESE LOOK AWESOME! Pinkie devours hers on the spot, then shoots Kotoha a text.]

Those were DELICIOUS, Kotoha!!! I'll send Cheese his right away! You should come over to my ship sometime to cook! Or I could come over to yours! Thank you SO much!!!

[ text ]

[maschinenpistole]

[ Ahh, that text makes her smile. New friends are a wonderful thing. ]

I'm glad you liked them! ^-^ We should definitely cook together sometime! You're always welcome on the Heron even if it's just to visit!

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[preformthisneigh]

Pinkie!!!
I need you on the Bishop ASAP! Nightingale's throwing a party and it's the worst. She has no streamers, no cake, nothing.

There's a crate, Pinkie. A CRATE.

Text

[spontaneouscombustion]

[GAAAAAAAASP!]

I saw! Don't you worry, I'll be over ASAP!

Text

[preformthisneigh]

THANKS! You're the best!!

voice;

[winn]

[ it's been a few days since sascha, and winn's trying to get himself together with limited success. kitty's birthday, coming up first, helps motivate him. ]

Pinkie? Hi, it's Winn, I'm sorry I didn't call you sooner, things have been pretty hectic, [ sure, hectic, let's go with that ] I wanted to talk to you about Kitty's party - I could use a little help setting up.

[ or a lot. he's barely functional. ]

Voice

[spontaneouscombustion]

Heya, Winn~! How'd you know I was about to call you? How're you doing?

Voice

[winn]

I'm psychic.

[ that joke never gets old. ]

I'm -- [ he's not fine, and she'll know the second she'll see him which is why he made this a voice call ] Okay. How are you? Should've...opened. With that.

[spontaneouscombustion]

[Yyyeah she can hear a little bit of shakiness in his voice already.]

I'm pretty good, a little busy since we left the planet but good. Aaaaare YOU okay, though?

[Yes, she knows he just stated so, and no, she doesn't really buy it.]

[winn]

[ busted by a pony. that has to be some kinda record. ]

Not really. [ if he gives her an inch, maybe they could move on. if he keeps resisting, they'll be circling around it all day. ] I dunno if you heard about Sascha? He's a close friend of mine and Kitty's. [ or at least, he was. he's not sure he can get past this, and he's definitely sure it's not fair that he should feel so obligated to do so. ]

Anyway, uh, under the circumstances, I think maybe just having a small get together with close friends on the Tourist may be better. [ he can't go on the iskaulit. sascha's still being held there and -- and even if he were back to normal it's going to be a long time before he feels safe enough to set foot there, so spend a whole party? and kitty won't enjoy her party if he's a nervous wreck through it. ]

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[aigue]

[As promised, Renart has written out a quick guide to French pastry! She might not know how to cook but she's been around long enough to know the histories of these very well.]

An Introductory Guide to French Pâtisserie and Desserts

On Earth (that is, the Earth populated by humans) the country of France is known for having the best pâtisserie and desserts. I'll start with the pâtisserie for now. If there is some sort of library here it will likely have more detailed information and recipes.

Pâte à choux is unleavened batter that puffs up in the oven due to its water content. Often they have cream piped inside and are glazed. The most common things made from this kind of dough are profitérole, or cream puffs. One of the most difficult desserts to make is the croquembouche, in which profitérole are arranged in a tall conical shape and bound with caramel threads. A simpler dish is the éclair, an oblong pâte à choux filled with cream and topped with icing.

Pâtes battues is leavened batter used for cakes and biscuits. One of the more well known examples is pâte génoise, an Italian sponge cake that is thin and light. Sweet roulade cakes such as the bûche de Noël (or yule log) use this cake, rolling it around some sort of filling. Another type of cake in this category is l'opéra, which uses a Joconde biscuit (a génoise makes with almonds) and layers of ganache and buttercream and covered in a chocolate glaze. Madeleine also use pâte génoise, and are very small cakes in the shape of a sea shell.

Pâtes friables are unleavened doughs, either sablée (“sandy”) or brisée (“broken”) used for pie and tart crusts. La pâte sablée is also known as shortbread, with which you may be familiar. La tarte au citron is a sweet tart made using lemon cream. Another well known tart comes from my home region, la tarte au me'gin, which is made with cottage cheese, cream and eggs. France is also well known for her savoury tarts, quiches.

pâte feuilletée is a laminated dough consisting of the dough, détrempe, and butter, beurrage. The tarte Tatin is a classic French tart that uses pâte feuilletée and caramelized apples. The tart is created upside-down, with the pastry on top, then turned back over before serving. Mille-feuille is also known at the Napoleon, and uses three layers of pâte feuilletée and two layers of cream. Palmier are pastry coated with sugar, then rolled and curled in the shape of a butterfly wing.

Finally, pâte viennoise are another leavened dough similar to bread. The most famous of the French baked goods fall under this category and are not necessarily regarded as dessert, though they are sweet. The croissant is a buttery, flaky pastry in a crescent shape, absolutely delicious and often eaten at breakfast with a large cappuccino. Brioche is an extremely rich bread made with pâte viennoise, and often has fruit or chocolate chips inside. Brioche has all sorts of variants, including gâteau des Rois or King Cake, and the tarte tropézienne, which is brioche filled with custard.

That should be enough to start with
I'll send you something about French desserts another time

[spontaneouscombustion]

[BRB, died of a sugar coma and gone to heaven.]

Ooooooh these all sound AMAZING! Thank you SO much, Renart!

[aigue]

You're welcome
Is there a library around, by the way?

[spontaneouscombustion]

Oh, yeah! There's a library on the Iskaulit, and all of the comms have a bunch of files people on the fleet have put on there. There's all kinds of books and music and movies!

[aigue]

That's very helpful
Thank you

Voice;

[preformthisneigh]

Hey, Pinks. You okay? I just saw the roster change.

[She always takes care of him when people he knows vanish, it's time he repaid it. Besides, she's far less used to this than he is. ]

Voice

[spontaneouscombustion]

[He'll here a sniffle and hitch before she actually uses her words.]

H-hey, Cheesy. Yeah, Qing's gone back home, looks like.

[She doesn't answer his question out right, though, although maybe she doesn't need to.]

Voice

[preformthisneigh]

[He figured. He forgets, sometimes, how he's hardened himself to this. Back in Paradisa, this was regular, even more so than it is here. People just...left. You learned to accept it.

But Pinkie's different. She gets so connected to others, on a level that astounds him. It's truly something to be proud of, to aspire to. But he knows it means losing people hurts her more, too. ]

I'm sorry. Can I do anything?

[spontaneouscombustion]

C-can you come over?

[She doesn't want to be alone right now. And honestly? Seeing and feeling him is something she needs too.]

[preformthisneigh]

Of course I can. I'll be there before you know it.

[He'd do anything for her. ANYTHING. To give her even the tiniest bit of relief, of comfort. ]

[goldenglasses]

[Vash had heard through a bit of a grape vine that one of the people who recently left was a close friend of Pinkie's. As soon as he heard he tried to call up his favorite pink pony.]

Hey, Pinkie? You there?

[spontaneouscombustion]

[Ah, shoot! Welp, she does a horrible job of it, but she TRIES to scrub off some of her tears before answering the comm.]

Heeey, Vash. How's it going?

[goldenglasses]

[Vash doesn't mind the tears, but won't say anything about it as she wipes it away.]

I'm doing alright, but what about you? I saw the shuffle that just happened.

[spontaneouscombustion]

Ah, yeah. We, uh-- it looks Qing went home.

[Her smile fades, but... she still doesn't want to answer the question outright.]