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. ]

Comments

[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. ]

[strawberrytart]

Not by myself! I had a team. It was Makoto, Johnny, Lemon-chan, and me.

[ Ichigo nods as she works, fairly quickly from practice, repeating the words. ]

If you don't give up, even when things get tough it means you still have a chance. So you always have to keep trying, because you don't have any chance if you're not looking for it.

[losthersheep]

Oh, that makes sense. [ She laughs a little at her mistake, bringing the needed ingredients to Ichigo to inspect. ]

That's a good outlook, Amano-san. [ Except, Mami did exactly that. She gave up in the biggest way a person could though, and still felt more than a little guilty over it, having never told anyone. So Mami can't help it if she looks a little distant for a moment or two. ]