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[crayoned]

[Waking up in a bed of flowers is not something Mary was expecting to do today. Or any day really, given it would have been impossible back at the gallery. And yet here she is, sitting up, surrounded by flowers out in the sunshine.

Did she somehow make it out? This is the outside, isn't it? It's bright. There are lots of people walking around, even if they're just NPCs. This is ticking all the boxes for what Mary's definition of 'outside' is. But if this really is the outside then how did she get here? She certainly didn't get here using the method she was planning to use. Dying definitely wasn't a part of her plan.

... Well, it didn't matter now, did it? She's finally made it out of the gallery. Ib and Garry don't seem to be around, but after what happened she's not sure that she wants to see them right away anyway. For now she intends to enjoy herself and have a little fun before anything or anyone decides to come along and spoil it for her.]

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[Having woken up in one of the flower beds by the greenhouses and collected her thoughts, Mary is seriously going to town on these flowers. Red flowers? Yeah, she's going to pick some of those. And a few yellow ones, too. And blue? You better believe she's picking every blue flower she sees. There are just so many pretty colours and so little time! Sorry to any gardening club members that happen to spot her.

Want to tell her off? Point out some particularly pretty looking flowers for her to pick? It's all good.]

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[Having successfully made off with a bundle of flowers, Mary is running around the school grounds, handing out the odd flower here and there. She intends to keep most of what she picked for herself, but if she gives out a few flowers then maybe she'll be able to make some friends out of it! Friends like receiving gifts, right? And if a person isn't your friend yet then giving them a gift must make them your friend twice as fast! Yes, that makes sense.

She's trying to give flowers out to anyone who passes by, be they NPCs or otherwise. Once she has her eyes set on someone, Mary runs over and quickly blurts out an introduction before handing over one of her flowers.]

Hey, my name is Mary... Don't you think these flowers are sooo pretty? You can have this one if you like, it really suits you!

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[crayoned]

[Oh no. Oh no no. No fire, not for her thanks. Her expression quickly turns sour upon hearing that.]

... There are? I've never cooked anything with flowers before. [Then again she's never cooked anything in general.] Do flowers taste good when they're cooked?

[Raw flowers just don't taste all that great, you know? ... Not that she's tried eating a flower before out of curiosity or anything!]

[strawberrytart]

Some do if you use them right!

[ Liiike.. ] Have you ever had a rose water cake?

[crayoned]

[Nope. No she has not. But-]

I want to have one!! That sounds tasty, I reaaally like cakes! And roses, those too, roses are so pretty. [...] Are there any thorns in a rose water cake?

[strawberrytart]

No, there aren't any thorns. It's actually just the essence of a rose. Hmm.. I'd have to find some rose water here though, I don't know how to extract it from actual roses. Flowers aren't my specialty, they're Hanabusa's, but I've definitely helped make the rose cake before!

[crayoned]

That's good! Maybe you need to squeeze the rose or take the petals off to get its essence. [Just saying, that might work. Who knows.] If you need rose water then I'll look for some for you so you can make a cake out of it. Can you make other cakes too?

[If so then Ichigo can bake a cake before she finds the rose water, then when she's found the rose water, and then there has to be a post-rose water finding cake as well. Bake everything for her Ichigo.]

[strawberrytart]

Of course! I'm a patissiere after all~

[ She puffs out her chest in pride. So skilled. Or something. It's like her only skill besides eating. ]

I can make any kinds of sweets as long as I can get the ingredients for it and can practice a bit if it's something new!

[crayoned]

[Ichigo has been promoted to the coveted spot of 'Mary's best friend', everyone else can back off.]

Really!? That's a lot like a confectioner, I've always wanted to be one of those before! [Next to being a painter and a princess anyway.] Do you hae the ingredients to make something now? I want to see what you can make!

[strawberrytart]

Mhm! I can do some confections too. I had a friend when I was living who was more of an expert at candies and flowers than I am, but I'm still pretty good at it~

[ She nods. ] There are a few things I can get ahold of easily! What do you want to eat right now?

[crayoned]

That's good, that's good! [The 'when I was living' comment flies right past her, she's much to excited about eating sweets to care about what happened to her now.]

Right now I want to try... Hummm. Red cake? ... Red velvet cake, that's it, I want to try some of that! [It's red, and it's cake. What's not to love?] Red rose water velvet cake, heehee!

[strawberrytart]

I've got some leftover beet juice from last time I made anything, so we can do that! It won't be too much of a problem.

[crayoned]

[What's a beet. It has to be something sweet and tasty if the juice of it is going in a cake, whatever it is.]

When will it be ready?! [She wanted this cake forever ago, where is it.] I want to try some right now!

[strawberrytart]

[ It's a vegetable wahahaha~ but no really it's what red velvet was originally made red with, not food dye 8D; ]

Well, it'll take a little while to make. How about tonight after dinner? I'll go start right away.

[crayoned]

[Ew gross she doesn't want it anymore... Ok no, it's still cake, she wants it. On a side note, I learnt something new about red velvet cakes today!]

Okay, tonight! I'll look forward to it, I'll even save lots and lots of room so I can eat as much cake as I want.

[... Wait, what time is dinner anyway? Time wasn't really a thing for her back in the gallery, and just saying 'tonight' is a little too vague for her.]

... Can I have dinner early so I can have the cake even sooner?

[strawberrytart]

[ it tastes a lot better than cancer-inducing red food dye anyway. ]

Well it's not so much about when dinner is as much as it takes time to make, ice, and decorate a cake so eating dinner sooner won't really help..

[crayoned]

[But mmm-mm, nothing beats the taste of artificial colourings.]

Awww... Really? I thought I could get to eat it even sooner like that... [Bummer.] How long will it take to make then?

[strawberrytart]

Probably about two and a half hours if I decorate it simply.

[crayoned]

[Oh that's aaaages... But even so, she has to wonder.]

If you decorate it really well so it looks pretty, how much longer will it take? A cake that looks good would taste even better.

[Probably. Or she would think it would taste better anyway.]