01 [ voice / action ]

[losthersheep]

[ voice post ]

Hello there, my name is Mami Tomoe. I'm a third year middle school student, and it looks like tomorrow will be my first day in class here.

I suppose I'll need to go and find some supplies for my first day at school? I never would have guessed I would need to looking for a notebook again after I died. Does anyone have any recommendations?

[ Mami's voice sounds a little cheery, though she's always been so very great at putting on a facade that hid her true feelings. ]

I hope I won't be too far behind the lessons, if I am I might have to ask someone to help tutor me so I can catch up.

Well, thank you for your time.

[ action ]

[ On her first day Mami will be trying her best to find her classes, but she might need some helping making sure to go to the right room. Or perhaps she just looks lonely, sitting by herself as she eats, unable to convince herself to try and find someone to share lunch with. It might be obvious that there's something bothering her, perhaps the normalness of all she is suddenly hit with, after preparing herself for her own death.

In general though, she seems approachable, as she always has wanted to be, and wouldn't say no to a friendly face. ]

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[losthersheep]

Until then.

[ Mami says her goodbye and then goes to quickly check her appearance, to make sure she looks alright. She thought perhaps she might look different, after her death, but everything seems to be in place.

So she'll be there early, standing around waiting for Ichigo to find her, looking lonely, as she seems to always look when she has no one else around. ]

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[strawberrytart]

[ Ichigo comes over as soon as she finds someone with the described hairdo. She's wearing a cute dress she got toward the beginning of January with an apron over it, so she stands out somewhat amongst the regular students as she runs over to Mami with a smile. ]

Hello! Are you Tomoe-san?

[losthersheep]

[ Mami waves happily when she sees Ichigo, her face changing quickly as she recognizes the girl's voice. It's nice to have someone to talk to, in person, someone who isn't Homura. ]

I am, you must be Amano-san.

[ She bows her head just a little in greeting, running her hands down her own skirt. ]

Thanks for taking time out of your day for me.

[strawberrytart]

Yes! [ She smiles brightly and gives her a polite bow, a little deeper. ]

It's not a problem at all! Things are weird here, but I love baking more than anything so if I have someone to bake with, I'm more than happy!

[losthersheep]

I'm glad to hear it.

[ Life lately had been so focused on the terrible things, that Mami barely bad a moment to do any cooking up until her death. So now, with what seemed like an endless amount of free time, she is finding herself looking forward to cooking again. ]

So you do all your cooking in the home ec rooms? No one minds you using them?

[strawberrytart]

As long as I don't interrupt the lasses, it's usually okay since I clean up before and after. I think they're just glad that someone's cleaning the room who knows all the rules!

[ She smiles and starts leading her toward the room. ]

[losthersheep]

[ Mami follows just a step behind the other girl, looking around as they walk, trying to get a better sense of the school she is now going to be attending. ]

It would be wrong to make someone else come up and clean, right? [ Mami is certainly glad to hear that Ichigo is a responsible girl. It makes it easier to get along with her. ]

What sort of ingredients can you get?

[strawberrytart]

[ She nods, a bright look on her face. ]

I guess we don't really have to worry about getting sick too much but it's still better to keep clean anyway.

[ As for ingredients though, Ichigo holds up her hand to count them off. ] Well, there's a greenhouse and a garden club and they usually have lots of fruits and vegetables to work with. The home ec classrooms have basics like flour and sugar and eggs, then usually if you order things from the cafeteria you can just ask them for the ingredients instead of the made food and it's still just a meal ticket. Plus if you go into the forest there's wild berries and things like that out there too. You just have to look for them.

[losthersheep]

Is that true? I guess it would be strange if salmonella were tom somehow exist in the afterlife, right?

[ It is just a silly joke, one that she hopes Ichigo can appreciate. ]

I guess it's a little more difficult than just going to the market to pick up everything you need. But it's nice, to be able to cook with fresh ingredients too.

[strawberrytart]

I think maybe people could still get sick, but we heal fast enough that it wouldn't get bad probably..

[ She's not really sure, and her tone of voice sounds like she's kind of questioning it. ]

I'd rather just not risk getting sick to begin with!

[ She smiles about the ingredients as she goes to hold the door open for Mami. ]

I wish they had a farmer's market here, they're the best!

[losthersheep]

Maybe we could start one. Just something small at first, selling fresh produce to people. I bet a lot of people would like something like that!

[ Mami bows her head in thanks and enters into the room, her eyes wide as she looks around. She's just happy to see the stoves, the ovens, and everything else that makes it clear she's in a place for cooking. ]

[strawberrytart]

Hmm... That might be good! I'm sure we could talk the gardening club into it, it'd be great to be able to have different varieties of food like that!

[losthersheep]

There must be a cultural festival or something here eventually, right?

[ She never got to go to one before, in her middle school, and always looked forward to one in high school. ]

[strawberrytart]

Yeah! THey have a school festival in September... though the last one didn't go really well..

[ She sounds a little worried about that. ] I'm sure the next one won't be though!

[losthersheep]

It didn't go well? What happened?

[ Mami looks over the pots and pans, selecting a nice bowl to set out on the table, before going to look for a recipe book. ]

How do you feel about making cookies?

[strawberrytart]

It.. well. [ This is hard to say.. She doesn't want to scare the new person. ] This man named the programmer took over and turned all of the NPCs into shadows and tried to erase everyone's memories. We had to hide underground.

[ But cookies? That's less upsetting. Ichigo seems to perk up. ]

Sure! What kind did you want to make? Some checkerboard or spritz cookies might be really cute..!

[losthersheep]

I see..

[ Mami only stops for a moment, taking in that news. It sounds all too familiar to what she had to deal with before she died, and it stings, but Mami tries not to let it affect her. She can think about it later. ]

I've never made checkerboard cookies before, do you think you can teach me?

[strawberrytart]

[ Ichigo doesn't really want to talk about it either, so she moves onto the cookies immediately. ]

Sure, I'd love to!

[losthersheep]

What else do we need to make them?

[ Mami has got most of what she imagines they will need, she's been making other types of cookies for a long time now. But she's solely in Ichigo's hands as her underclassman, ready to learn. ]

[strawberrytart]

The recipe calls for unsalted butter, confectioners' sugar, vanilla, cake flour, and cocoa powder. It's a pretty simple recipe, the tough part is cutting the dough. Can you cream 383 grams of unsalted butter and 141.7 grams of confectioners' sugar together while I measure and sift the flour, cocoa powder, and get a second bowl?

[losthersheep]

[ Such precise measurements really catch Mami off guard. She is already opening the butter when she hears exactly how much she needs, her eyes going a little wide in surprise for a second. ]

...Are you sure...it has to be such a precise amount?

[strawberrytart]

I've got a scale over there. [ She points to it. ] I found it for a different class, but I made sure to clean everything properly! When you're baking, a lot of recipes will be okay if you estimate, but weight is always more accurate than volume. Think about flour, for example. If you take half a cup of flour, it's going to be a very different amount if you press it down versus if you set it loose. Weight will be the same no matter what the volume is. So if you do it with weight, you guarantee that it comes out the absolute best it can every time you make it!

[losthersheep]

You're right, I hadn't thought of that before. It's not wonder you are a pro at this, Amano-san.

[ Mami has always been a good baker, but she still had a lot to learn to catch up. So she nodded and went to get the scale, pouring out the butter and sugar into measuring cups, making sure to get the exact weights her partner had asked for. ]

You really do seem to know what you're talking about. [ She smiles, happy to be working with someone like Ichigo who she can learn from. ]

[strawberrytart]

Well.. I went to school for a long time, then ran a store for a while, and was on my way to run one in London so hopefully I have some idea, hehe.. I've still got gads to learn!

[ She looks happy about that though, smiling brightly. ] The important part is always to keep trying!

[ Ichigo starts doing her part as well. ]

[losthersheep]

You ran a store? By yourself? That must have been a lot of work..

[ Mami is busy measuring as instructed, only looking up to ask her question, before pouring a tiny bit of the sugar back to it's box. She is going to get it just right! ]

Just keep trying.. [ The words seem true enough, but she can't help but feel...jealous, that Ichigo has never likely dealt with the sort of problems that Mami was forced to handle. ]