[Feb 13th] Welcome to the Bliss Bakery, Keystone Station Division [Video]

[rhododendronhoney]

[The video that appears on the screen is pretty blurry, with the girl in the image trying desperately to center it on herself and failing. Still, the bright smile on her face is pretty obvious.]

Oh, erm-is this recording yet? [She clears her throat.] Well, I hope it is...hi everybody! My name is Coriander Bliss, and I'm representing the Bliss Family Bakery here! Although don't be fooled by that name-I can definitely do things besides bake!

Anyways, the kitchen's got a bunch of stuff, so I'll do my best to try and make something new every day! I'm letting you all know so that if you have any requests, you can tell me! Plus if you recognize some of the stuff in there, that'd also be useful.

Plus, I can make enchanted snacks as well, that can boost your abilities in various ways! Just let me know what kind of advantage you'd like and I'll do my best to make you your own special batch!

Comments

[foolishjustice]

[Hmmmm...]

Could I speak to you in person? I'd like to make a private request.

[rhododendronhoney]

[Thank you for not trying to get her to figure out a private function on this thing.]

Oh, sure! I'm staying in room 14-close to the kitchen! Does that work for you?

[foolishjustice]

That's fine. I'll be there shortly.

[A few minutes later, knock knock!]

[rhododendronhoney]

[Cori smiles as she opens the door.] Oh, hi! Come in, come in! [She waves him into her room, which is...fairly sparse-looking. There's a mushroom creature sitting by the bed as well, who waves with one limb.]

Is it okay if Fern listens in? I promise she's very good at keeping secrets.

[foolishjustice]

[That pattern looks...oddly familiar.]

That's fine, I just don't want two specific people finding out about it until tomorrow.

But, ah...does that creature have pokeball patterns on it?

[rhododendronhoney]

[She blinks a few times, then smiles slightly.] Ohhhhhhh. So this is going to be for a date, huh?

[The Amoonguss speaks up herself.] Yup! It's for camouflage!

[foolishjustice]

Y-yes.

[Excuse him, he's kind of staring at the mushroom.]

I...wasn't aware there were pokemon who could talk.

[rhododendronhoney]

Well, Fern's special. Most of the other Pokemon I know don't talk. [Cori's got a fond smile on her face, though.]

Yeah! The Professor sent me to Cori to help her save both our worlds!

[Cori chuckles a little.] It was actually the first time I saw a Pokemon at all.

[foolishjustice]

Ah, I see...I'm fairly new to them, as well. This is my second time meeting people from other worlds, and one of the people I met before has a Skarmory.

[photoshooter]

What do you mean by boosting our abilities? Like, in battle?

[rhododendronhoney]

Yeah! I can boost your everyday skills too, though-that's what I used to work on before I got called to help with the various breaches happening in my world. They're mostly temporary, though-although I can make meals that will boost your abilities for longer, it just takes more time.

[photoshooter]

Hah. Well, I always did feel like my friend's home-cooked meals really did give us power-ups in a fight. What kind of everyday skills can you boost, though?

[rhododendronhoney]

Well, the ones I'm most practiced in were for improving your sight, like carrots, but they actually work! And, well...my boyfriend's a medic, so I later worked on a recipe to help improve his medical abilities. I could probably boost almost anything if you give me time to figure out the proper ingredients or incantations, though.

[photoshooter]

Oh, man. That's so... cool!

[How come other worlds let everyone have magic? Maybe Eos wouldn't be so messed up if things were more even all around.]

Do you need magic ingredients to make magic snacks? Maybe you should try growing plants with water from those weird crystals!

[rhododendronhoney]

[Cori grins at his enthusiasm.] It really is! I usually don't need any specific ingredients-it's more in the symbols or chants used during the preparation. Although some of them do require a specific emotional component...

[photoshooter]

Emotional component?

[rhododendronhoney]

Yeah! Quite a few of our snacks are meant to enhance certain emotions, such as calmness or romantic feelings, and generally you need to be in the right state to properly integrate their effect!

Video Response

[have_hat_will_travel]

... "Enchanted" snacks? So literally baking as alchemy?

... Huh.

[rhododendronhoney]

[She shrugs.] I guess you could call it that? I haven't figured out the Philosohper's Stone yet, so don't get your hopes up too much.

[have_hat_will_travel]

Well, yeah, artifacts would be a little absurd, but even so... Cookies of Cure Light Wounds could sell for way more than potions.

[rhododendronhoney]

I certainly hope so! After all, they probably taste way better, especially if they're handmade!

[have_hat_will_travel]

Well, yeah. Though potions of even cure light wounds are pretty costly...

[rhododendronhoney]

Well, I like to think our snacks and such are tasty enough to be worth the cost, even with the added effects! Although...I guess it also depends on how much potions in your world cost to make.

[have_hat_will_travel]

Hundreds of gold, depending on caster level of the creator.

[rhododendronhoney]

[A laugh.] Okay, yeah, these definitely aren't as expensive. And I'm not going to charge anyone here for them in the first place.