twenty-second observation; text - locked from Yuma

[soulbonder]

i know this is quite possibly short notice
but yumas birthday is very very soon

i would like to do something special for him
because he always does so much for me and very little for himself

i think being with many of his friends at the same time would be good too

Comments

[soulbonder]

[a few seconds later, he sends jake the address to one.] i shall see you shortly

[adventureboner]

Cheers mate!

((Switch to action i take? ANYWHO, jake's just taking a taxi, fuck that, besides he's never been in one before, so experiences!!!))

ACTION!

[soulbonder]

[he's awkwardly futzing around the front of ralphs, looking around for any sign of jake. man, it's really awkward, he can't loiter here. there's a no loitering sign. hopefully, when he arrives they can go inside and people will stop looking at him like he's weird.

why did it have to be a grocery store anyway? what was wrong with a bakery...?]

Re: ACTION!

[adventureboner]

((Fortunately, Jake was smart enough to at LEAST get a taxi from wherever the hell he was. So it's pretty obvious when the dark, young man steps out of the cab he looks around--Welp! Good that Astral isn't too hard to spot in a crowd (nor is jake), so he waves.))

Astral, hey!!!

[soulbonder]

Hello, Jake. [He smiles politely, trying to hide his frustration over this whole silly affair.] Shall we go inside?

[adventureboner]

Hehe, unless you'd rather stand around out here for a spell.

[soulbonder]

I've stood around long enough. [he's already heading inside. wow, what's the rush?]

[adventureboner]

Oh geez. ((Woops! Someone's upset. BUT!!! JAKE HAS THE UPPER HAND!!! Now that he knows when someone is upset, he has a chance to smooooooooooooth things over. Here comes mr. slick.))

Right behind you buddy!! ((great start!!!)) Anywho, what sort of cake would you suppose he'd fancy?

[soulbonder]

I... [He doesn't actually know, so he's perplexed by the question. It offsets him being angry at Jake a little. Congrats?] Hm.

Maybe he would like rice cake. [... that isn't remotely the same kind of thing]

[adventureboner]

....


((Astral.))




((What.))



Uh, I hate to break it to you, but I'm pretty sure birthday cakes are made of vanilla or chocolate..... Or maybe carrot.

[soulbonder]

Carrot? [why would anyone make cake out of carrot.] Carrots aren't sweet.

[adventureboner]

Au contraire, my dearest chum! --Well, alright, carrots aren't sweet, it'll give you that, but carrot cake is pretty doggone great, if you ask me! Maybe they have some, certainly worth a little investigation.

[soulbonder]

[Jake might be onto something, Yuma likes carrotoes. But that was something that Duelist genetically altered... hm. Could he find a cake with carrots and tomatoes? Or, perhaps, he could bake it himself... That's what cake mix is for, right? He's seen it before when he went to the grocery store with Yuma.] Alright, let us look.

[adventureboner]

Great!! TALLY HO!!! ((Jake takes the INTREPID LEAD, getting himself lost at LEAST once before finding themselves at the bakery section of the market. He frowns while he admires it, his expression long and curious.)) Shucks buster, this is twice as big as the one I was at! Let's see... What sort of cake are we getting him again?

[soulbonder]

I was thinking we won't purchase a premade cake. [He's busy scanning the ingredients on a particular piece of carrot cake.] I will make it myself.

[adventureboner]

Woah, you sure that's a good idea?

[soulbonder]

Yes? I'm positive. Baking isn't hard, Jake. [Just throw a bunch of ingredients into a bowl and shove it into the oven, right?]

[adventureboner]

Oh! Well, if you think so! I mean, Jane always made it seem easy...

[soulbonder]

And I have watched many cooking programs.

[adventureboner]

Well, shoot! What could go wrong, then! ((He's totally sincere about this, btw)) What's it say on the thingie, we can go grab the mixins now!

[soulbonder]

The mixing, I believe, is on a different aisle.

[adventureboner]

Well, clearly, but we don't even know what to get. ((What is easy cake batter, he has only ever seen Jane make cake.))

[soulbonder]

It all comes in a box! [He's seen the boxes!!]

[adventureboner]

((...))

Are you for real?

[soulbonder]

Absolutely.