5 Jan 2022, 14:45
Cookie Decorating
Winter had overhead multiple groups of students talking about some sort of event happening in the great hall, after hearing it a couple of times she had chosen to go and see what all the chatter was about. when she arrived her eyes couldn't help but shine at the sight of cookies and other sugary delights. She wondered what all this was for, then she heard the announcement.
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'cookie decorating and free snacks..?' she thought to herself, it seemed quite fun, and for someone who loves decorating things as well as baking her tasty delicacies she hadn't even thought about it twice before heading to help out with the cookie decorating. She looked around to see most of the people decorating the small jolly shaped cookies and she grinned a tad bit, just enough to see the shape of her mouth shift.
Upon scanning the tables she noticed the gingerbread cookies that were being held together with what seemed to be but a piece of string. The image popped into her head immediately 'Gingerbread house!!' she would create a house along with a nice little gingerbread man to live within its sugary walls! She got to work in no time, pasting the walls together with a thin layer of white frosting, the same as she had done to keep the roof in place.
Once the house was put together she added different parts onto it that you wouldn't see on your normal gingerbread house. She created a porch of a sort, adding another piece of gingerbread cookie as the roof of that part and candy canes as beams to keep it balanced. It hadn't looked like much yet but she knew it would look great by the end of it all! She covered the house in frosting and began to place her mini decorations all around. In her head, she imagined a beautiful cabin, pretzels placed on the outside to give it the wood kind of look and gumdrops as mini bushes near the miniature stairs she had created .
Her dreams were becoming realities as little by little the mini house came to life, color-splashed all around what used to be just a blank cookie canvas. By the time she was getting close to finishing the house she had some time to spare before making her little cookie friend, she used orange icing to create a little tiny flame in the middle of broken-up pretzel sticks, it was a small bonfire, completely edible!!! Satisfied with her creation she decided it was officially time to create someone to live in this amazing house! Winter pushed her house aside carefully before grabbing an undecorated gingerbread man.
Winter tilted her head as she tried to imagine what would fit this house, then it hit her, the perfect idea! A teddy bear!!! she decorated it to look like a bear, but something was missing..- AHA EARS, of course! she warmed the tips of chocolate chips with her hand before pushing them onto the head of the cookie figure, creating ears. She pasted a bit of frosting onto the chocolate chips to add final touches, it looked stunning!
Of course, this had been more than enough but she couldn't help but want to do more, and so to finish it off she would give the bear a friend! She scanned through the shaped cookies finding a reindeer-shaped one 'perfect!' she thought as she began to decorate that as well, she placed them against the house and looked at her masterpiece with a proud look on her face. It was everything she thought it would be and more! She hopes the others will like it as well!!
WC: 630
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6 Jan 2022, 02:33
Cookie Decorating
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@Willow Anderson open to interactions
He had come down to the great hall. Coming in the room it is looking fantastic looking up at the ceiling stopping to watch the falling snow, though seeing it disappears before touching him finding that cool. Coming over to one of the tables looking at it, looking at all the cookies. Wanting to start decorating. Taking a seat then grabbing a cookie of a Santa then a piping of icing putting red icing on the cookie where the coat is, then grabbing some white icing putting it on his beard. Grabbing some chocolate chips putting them on as buttons. Looking at the cookie admiring his work then grabbing another to decorate it being a candy cane. Using some glittery red stuff on it after putting some icing on it wanting it to shine a little.
Looking at the cookie thoughtfully after doing that, taking a bite from the cookie since he heard Willow say they could eat the cookie they made it being very good. Sitting there eating the candy cane shaped cookie. He decided to go over to the snack table. Getting a pastry eating it since his stomach he found was grumbling at him after he had ate that cookie. Wanting something more substantial to eat.
Grabbing some more from the snack table to eat, bringing it back over to the decorating table sitting down. Eating the snacks he gathered while decorating cookies. Humming to himself while he was doing so. Now decorating a reindeer cookie using some icing then using chocolate chips on its coat. Deciding to use black licorice on it's antlers. Being pleased with how it was coming along. Eating his snacks while decorating still, looking around at his fellow students that were decorating also. Wondering if he should say hello to them or try to.
"Hi I'm Clifford" he says to the people near him just trying to be friendly. Trying to make friends with anyone not caring who it was, not caring what house they were from, male or female either. If they talked to him and became friends with him he would be happy, no not happy ecstatic. He knows his parents will also be pleased when he owls them about finding friends since he would do so the moment he found any. He smiles at the ones near him showing friendliness. Having always been told you get more friends with honey than vinegar figuring that means with niceness than meanness. It being one of this mums sayings he doesn't fully understands but slightly agreed with.
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Clifford Johnson
If you can't love yourself, how the hell you gonna love somebody else - Rupaul Charles.
7 Jan 2022, 13:17
Cookie Decorating
When AngelFyre walked into the Great Hall, it was still bustling with students decorating their cookies. Some were laughing and joking as they did so, and then there were the very serious, A-type personalities who were laser beam focused on the creation of their masterpieces. As AngelFyre's olfactory senses were immediately greeted with the delicious aroma of the hot chocolate, she decided to seek that out first. As she made her way to the chocolatey goodness, she passed tables filled with all kinds of cookies, gingerbread, pretzels, candies, sprinkles, and icings. She was convinced that every type of cookie or cookie decoration must be here at our fingertips should we wish it.
Before coming down for the festivities, she had what she thought was a completely brilliant idea for the cookie she would decorate, and she was excited about it. As she was sipping her hot chocolate and making a mental note of the supplies she would need, she heard a boy sitting next to her say, "Hi I'm Clifford". She smiled at him, recognizing him immediately as the boy who was found sleeping in Badger Bungalow not so long ago. "Hello, Clifford. Remember me? We met in the girl's dormitory recently,” and then she laughed at the memory and at his expression as he was turning as red as the candy cane shaped cookie he was devouring. Before he had a chance to respond, she got up to retrieve her cookie decorating supplies.
When she got back to the table, Clifford was still there, but talking with other students. She listened to the conversations at first and thought Clifford was actually a nice fellow, but then her attention became laser-beam focused on her own creation. She started with her white chocolate coins. She needed to melt them down, so she put a saucer over her second cup of hot chocolate and let the heat melt them down to a consistency that would allow her to dip her pretzel in to completely cover it. Once covered in chocolate, she removed it from the saucer and put it on wax paper to cool.
She had to move fast for this part. She put precisely 6 sprinkles at the bottom of the pretzel, in two groups of 3 sprinkles each, to resemble talons. Then she cut the red licorice whip in half and placed both pieces near the top of the pretzel, angling them away from each other just slightly. Next she took the chocolate wafer cookie with the sugar icing in the middle and separated it into two round chocolate wafers. Both sides still had some of the icing, so she turned them over, using the icing as a sort of glue to anchor them to the pretzel, and she pressed them onto the pretzel, and part of the licorice whips as well. She then took a spoonful of the melted white chocolate and dripped two round circles onto the chocolate wafer cookies. Before that hardened, AngelFyre placed two yellow M&M-like candies (the Muggles will know what these are!) in the centers of the white chocolate to create the eyes. Finally, one last dollop of white chocolate between the two wafer cookies would receive an orange Bertie Bott’s bean for the nose and Voila! A Hogwarts Christmas Owl cookie!
AngelFyre was so pleased with her creation that she made some little mice to go with them! Clifford was still chatting with others at the table, so AngelFyre wrote a quick little note that said HAPPY HOLIDAYS and left the owl cookie for him before heading back up to the Common Room.
Before coming down for the festivities, she had what she thought was a completely brilliant idea for the cookie she would decorate, and she was excited about it. As she was sipping her hot chocolate and making a mental note of the supplies she would need, she heard a boy sitting next to her say, "Hi I'm Clifford". She smiled at him, recognizing him immediately as the boy who was found sleeping in Badger Bungalow not so long ago. "Hello, Clifford. Remember me? We met in the girl's dormitory recently,” and then she laughed at the memory and at his expression as he was turning as red as the candy cane shaped cookie he was devouring. Before he had a chance to respond, she got up to retrieve her cookie decorating supplies.
When she got back to the table, Clifford was still there, but talking with other students. She listened to the conversations at first and thought Clifford was actually a nice fellow, but then her attention became laser-beam focused on her own creation. She started with her white chocolate coins. She needed to melt them down, so she put a saucer over her second cup of hot chocolate and let the heat melt them down to a consistency that would allow her to dip her pretzel in to completely cover it. Once covered in chocolate, she removed it from the saucer and put it on wax paper to cool.
She had to move fast for this part. She put precisely 6 sprinkles at the bottom of the pretzel, in two groups of 3 sprinkles each, to resemble talons. Then she cut the red licorice whip in half and placed both pieces near the top of the pretzel, angling them away from each other just slightly. Next she took the chocolate wafer cookie with the sugar icing in the middle and separated it into two round chocolate wafers. Both sides still had some of the icing, so she turned them over, using the icing as a sort of glue to anchor them to the pretzel, and she pressed them onto the pretzel, and part of the licorice whips as well. She then took a spoonful of the melted white chocolate and dripped two round circles onto the chocolate wafer cookies. Before that hardened, AngelFyre placed two yellow M&M-like candies (the Muggles will know what these are!) in the centers of the white chocolate to create the eyes. Finally, one last dollop of white chocolate between the two wafer cookies would receive an orange Bertie Bott’s bean for the nose and Voila! A Hogwarts Christmas Owl cookie!
AngelFyre was so pleased with her creation that she made some little mice to go with them! Clifford was still chatting with others at the table, so AngelFyre wrote a quick little note that said HAPPY HOLIDAYS and left the owl cookie for him before heading back up to the Common Room.
OOC: I made those for Christmas this year!Word Count 604
mentions @Clifford Johnson
Last edited by AngelFyre McCubbin on 7 Jan 2022, 18:31, edited 2 times in total.
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AngelFyre McCubbin (PC) ● Stephen Schwartz (iNPC) ● Nimue White (Transfig. Professor)
7 Jan 2022, 15:47
Cookie Decorating
He was happily trying to talk to the people at his table while eating the candy cane cookie he made, seeing who had sat by him then hearing her speaking to him realizing who she was. His face turning red as a tomato or the candy cane icing he had used on the cookie he was eating. Being about to say something when she got up to get decorating supplies. He went back to talking to others being very animated about it when he was talking.
But he was watching what she was doing when she was making Her cookie. Though he was still chatting with others at the table too. He was going to turn to her and speak too. Though he hadn't done so yet. He was still eating his snacks he had at the table. While making cookies deciding what cookie to make next. Looking around when he sees the cookie and the note. Seeing she had gone, picking up the cookie looking at it is wondering if he can keep it. setting it by the others he had made with the note, deciding to find her again later probably to say thanks. He had been working on a snowman cookie making it look good using bertie botts beans for the eyes and buttons on the body.
Figuring that was enough making cookies, so he got up and leaves the great hall heading to the Hufflepuff common room after to go probably read a book. He isn't sure what book though he will read though. He got up to the common room going to get a book, then reading it.
But he was watching what she was doing when she was making Her cookie. Though he was still chatting with others at the table too. He was going to turn to her and speak too. Though he hadn't done so yet. He was still eating his snacks he had at the table. While making cookies deciding what cookie to make next. Looking around when he sees the cookie and the note. Seeing she had gone, picking up the cookie looking at it is wondering if he can keep it. setting it by the others he had made with the note, deciding to find her again later probably to say thanks. He had been working on a snowman cookie making it look good using bertie botts beans for the eyes and buttons on the body.
Figuring that was enough making cookies, so he got up and leaves the great hall heading to the Hufflepuff common room after to go probably read a book. He isn't sure what book though he will read though. He got up to the common room going to get a book, then reading it.
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Clifford Johnson
If you can't love yourself, how the hell you gonna love somebody else - Rupaul Charles.
7 Jan 2022, 17:45
Cookie Decorating
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Scarlet loved cookies, and gingerbread cookies were no exception, the smell of them drifted from the hall and drew her in, not that she wasn't already on her way there, as soon as she had heard about the cookie related activity planned she had made sure that she would be there.
Resisting the urge to pick up and eat on of the cookies before any decorating could happen, Scarlet picked out a tree and star shaped cookie, she figured they were more than welcome to decorate more than one, she hoped, peering over the shoulder of a couple of over students to try and see how many cookies they had taken. She figured it was fine and took a seat in reaching distance of a selection of things she could use to decorate her cookies.
She first made a start on the tree shaped cookie, using one of the piping bags filled with green icing to smother a generous layer of the stuff to cover the top of the cookie. She wasn't sure if all the colours would mix if she tried to add more layers of icing to the tree cookie, so moved to the star for now. In a similar way as before, she covered the cookie in a layer of the icing, this time white, kind of like a snowflake, on top of this one she grabbed a handful of golden colored sprinkles, and sprinkled them on top, trying a small pinch to see what the sprinkle actually tasted like.
She moved her attention back to the tree cookie, satisfied that her star was finished. She first added a small brown square at the bottom to resemble the trunk, before squeezing a number of small red dots of icing on the green icing for baubles. Finally, she finished off the Christmas tree with a yellow star at it's tip, the piping bag didn't allow for as much accuracy with the shape as she was hoping for so it looked more like a circle with a few pointy edges.
Scarlet felt a small rush of relief when she overheard the Hufflepuff in charge introducing the activity for some new students entering the hall, particularly picking up how they could make one or two cookies. She decided she wasn't going to eat them both though, and that the more intricately decorated tree would be given to a friend, but for now she tuck a bit into the star, and it tasted so good. She started to head towards the exit of the hall, munching away on the cookie, 'now who to give this one to,' she thought as she went.
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Scaret Salvatore | Valentin Everbone
Terrible Presence - STA 4 | EVA 4 | STR 7 | WIS 9 | ARC 7 | ACC 4
7 Jan 2022, 20:24
Cookie Decorating
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The festive spirit was starting to seep into Serena's heart. In a way, she was getting a little excited. Not for anything fancy but just because this was a season of giving and being merry. It was also about spending time with people you love, apparently but she was not entirely sure where she would be or who she would be spending it with. Going home meant spending it with people she did not want to hang out with too, like her brother. Staying meant potentially spending it alone, which seemed far worse. But perhaps a few of her friends would also stay and then they could celebrate the days together - and hopefully not run into something horrible this year.
But this was not the time nor the place for dark thoughts. She was trying her best to push past the negative emotions she had been feeling over the past few months from awkwardness to guilt and just trying to be joyful. Donning a woolly Santa hat and an oversized jumper with a pair of festive leggings helped though. The soft fluffy boots also helped. Most people were likely dressed to look fashionable around the school in their free time. Serena did not. She dressed for comfort and warmth. No one was really looking at her anyway, so she did not need to make a huge effort right? That and she really did not care about appearances. She was so over her brother's need to care about appearances that she adopted a very different regime.
Taking a seat at one of the tables where Willow had instructed they could decorate. Serena noticed the variety of cookie shapes on the table. There were a few different options for people to choose from. For a moment, she pondered on the matter, unsure of which to decorate. It took her a few moments - no one said she was decisive - before she eventually picked up a bunch of gingerbread cookies. The idea was to make a little house.
With that, Serena began to decorate. She had no idea what she was doing in reality. Did she stick the cookies together first or decorate them first? How did she know where each cookie was meant to go? How big was this house meant to be?! But experimenting was one of the few things she was good at. It was a lot easier with metal than with gingerbread but whatever.
Not entirely sure where to start, she figured she would go with making the house first. With that, she attempted to start laying out the pieces where they might need to go, propping them together to see if they slotted in properly. Once it looked a little like a house, she began to stick the edges together so she had four walls and a roof attached to the base.
Getting lost in the creation, she kind of forgot about the fact that she was alone. But a name crossed her mind when she thought about who to give it to and... that kind of was enough to distract her into forgetting everything else. Though, she had no idea if he even ate cookies...
WC: 530/200
PC: Serena Towers | iNPC: Arjan Oberoi | Other: Hjørdis Jensen & Xiomara Torres
Part-Goblin | Evasive Maneuvers | Beastmaster | Paragon of Health
Sta: 10 | Eva: 17 | Str: 3 | Wis: 15 | Arc Power: 10 | Acc: 15
Part-Goblin | Evasive Maneuvers | Beastmaster | Paragon of Health
Sta: 10 | Eva: 17 | Str: 3 | Wis: 15 | Arc Power: 10 | Acc: 15
8 Jan 2022, 08:27
Cookie Decorating
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Word count: 330/200
Open to interactions
Open to interactions
Decorating cookies wasn’t a strong suit for Oliver, but whenever there were free snacks the Hulffpeuff boy had a talent for being around. After all, who could turn down a piping hot cup of coco and a couple of chocolate chip cookies? Surely an eleven year old boy with a sweet tooth couldn’t , and that’s why he found himself in the Great Hall today.
The bewitched ceiling immediately drew his gaze as he walked in-between the table. On childish instinct alone, Oliver stuck out his tongue expecting to catch a snow flake, but the falling snow never quite fell that far. A large group was already gathered around the decorating table working away. The talent some of his classmates had was impressive, and also made his stomach growl.
“Don’t mind if I do..” He quietly muttered to himself as he grabbed a couple of the chocolate chip cookies. With each bite his taste buds pleaded for more, and before he knew it he had devoured five cookies before even making one. This was problematic for someone attending a cookie decorating event. Wiping the crumbs away on his gray Hufflepuff sweater he made his way over to the other table. Lets see.. he thought to himself as he skimmed the table for all that he needed.
A sugar cookie in the shape of a candy cane, red and white icing, and a few real candy canes was what he came away with. Once he found an open spot on the table he began working away towards his vision. It was simple enough; he started with the icing, and alternated the red and white as if painting an actual candy cane. Not really caring if he got sticky, he pounded the candy canes into little pieces and scattered them on the icing.
Looking down at his creation Oliver felt a sense of accomplishment. Sure the design was simple, but at least now he could say he made at least one cookie.
STAMINA: 5+1 EVASION: 6 STRENGTH: 6 WISDOM: 6
ARCANE POWER: 7 ACCURACY: 10+1
12 Jan 2022, 18:22
Cookie Decorating
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Interacting: @Rose Moon | Loki | @Sam Salwis
Mentioning: Annabeth Knight | @Lin Evanvleck
Henry set his two cookies aside to dry, interested to see how Rose decorates her own for their little cookie decorating competition.
The teen got up from his seat, nodding toward Rose's words about getting her a hot chocolate. He didn't want anything himself but needed a moment alone, to breath. The twin girls in front of him reminded him of his own twin. Anna and Henry were close until magic became between the two, creating a hole that slowly grew though the years.
He still loved his twin. There wasn't anything he could do to help her or at least he thought but he still loved her and wanted to be together. Wanted to be twins.
The teen walked back to his seat holding a single cup of hot chocolate. Placing it in front of Rose then retaking his seat, gaze found Loki still besdies Lin Evanvleck. Giving short meows and pawinf her for attention, if Chaska would come near Lin then the feline wpuld softly growl at her. Letting her know that Lin Evanvleck would be his attention giver for the moment.
Eyes flickering over Sam, Henry smiled softly as he spoke"Hey Sam, how are you?" the teen rested his arms on the table. Eyes flickering at the two cookies before drifting back toward Sam, listening to her words and realizing that Rose called him her brother. He didn't mind, after all he called her his sister.
"We're step siblings which is why we don't look alike but I have a twin sister who looks simlair to me," Henry spoke figuring he should explain why the two of them look differnt. The teen wasn't sure why he added the part that he has a twin, most wouldn't have known that fact and it was strange to add but yet he did.
The teen looked over at Sam's and Rose's cookies as he spoke"both of your cookies looks brilliant," smiling to each girl. The teen then dropped his hands underneath the table, nudged Rose so she'll look down then he signed in bsl "should we inculde Sam in the competition" to Rose.
"There's no such thing as strange creatures, only blinked people" - Newt Scamander
13 Jan 2022, 14:08
Cookie Decorating
Cookie decorating.
This is something that Damion was very comfortable doing. He had done it earlier too. He had been good at it. He had done cupcake decorating. He was an expert at this. He wanted to do a winter themed decorating on the cookies that he had near him. He had gone to the tables and viewed the options that he had. He was happy with what he had seen. He looked at them and picked the cookies and the decoarations that he needed.
Once he was back where he was sitting he started decorating his cookie. He felt that his hands were shaky as he had not done this in a while now. He ate that cookie that he had messed up. He took a deep breath and started again. He steaded his hand and started doing it again. He wanted to make sure that the cookies looked good. He was happy with how it was turning out.
Cookie decorating was something that Damion liked to do. He was happy doing it again. He placed the done cookies on the plate that he had gotten for himself. He smiled as he looked at them. They looked so good and so pretty. He was happy with how they were looking. He set the last cookie down and smiled.
Done! He was done.
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26 Jan 2022, 12:13
Cookie Decorating
Interacting with @Oliver Simmons
As she struggled to put a few pieces together, she heard someone mutter nearby. Looking over, she noticed a boy helping himself to cookies. With a chuckle, she grinned to herself as she noticed how many he had eaten. It was definitely tempting to eat everything, instead of decorating! She eyed up one of the walls of the gingerbread house, tempted to follow suit. It definitely seemed tasty... But if she ate a wall then... the house would fall down. Maybe a roof piece? Probably would not work...
"AH HA!" She suddenly exclaimed as she managed to get the four walls attached to the base and the roof, without it falling. Keeping her hands on the house lightly to allow it to get stuck a little before she even considered moving, she grinned to herself, pleased she managed to get it together. It was definitely not perfect. One of the walls was slightly crooked, the roof was not on perfectly and the base did not one hundred per cent line up with the walls but... an attempt had been made and it seemed to be staying upright. At this point, upright and together was the most success she was having.
She looked over to that the boy nearby had managed to make a candy cane style cookie. It looked pretty tasty, if she was being honest, "That looks great!" She said suddenly towards him, complimenting his cookie result with a grin on her face. "You're probably pretty good at this so uh... do you know if I was meant to decorate these pieces first or...?" She asked him, motioning back to the plain gingerbread house with her head. It was not decorated yet, she figured she would do it afterwards.
But now that she thought about it... perhaps she was meant to do it before? She had no idea. Whoops! Probably something to check first but... least it was sort of together now? She was hoping he would say she was on the right path, mostly because she had no idea if this was correct or not and he seemed to know what he was doing!
PC: Serena Towers | iNPC: Arjan Oberoi | Other: Hjørdis Jensen & Xiomara Torres
Part-Goblin | Evasive Maneuvers | Beastmaster | Paragon of Health
Sta: 10 | Eva: 17 | Str: 3 | Wis: 15 | Arc Power: 10 | Acc: 15
Part-Goblin | Evasive Maneuvers | Beastmaster | Paragon of Health
Sta: 10 | Eva: 17 | Str: 3 | Wis: 15 | Arc Power: 10 | Acc: 15