♦ 03 ♣ Various Action ♥ Video ♠

[riddlemehiss]

[Action - Genessia Library]

[Cheshire Cat sightings are really rather common at Genessia library. Typically the pink and purple striped feline can be found snoozing happily on a table, or comfortably tucked away somewhere along the many rows of bookshelves. But anyone visiting the library today may be faced with a far more unusual spectacle: the usually sleeping cat is wearing glasses and wide awake, surrounded by at least 7 open books. All depicting beautifully decorated illustrations of baked goods - from cakes to pies to choux pastries.

At the moment he doesn't appear to have noticed anyone approaching, far too engrossed in noting down ingredients and recipe ideas. Care to disturb him?]


[Action - Pan's Grocery]

[Who would have guessed shopping for ingredients could be such a difficult task? It's hard enough for a cat to keep control of the shopping trolley (though it's probably harder for everyone else swerving out of his path to avoid getting run over), but there are also so many aisles! How is anycat supposed to find anything?

After picking up eggs, milk, and butter, Ches can be found floating around the home baking section blinking at the array of sugars. Anyone who draws close enough for conversation will receive a wide trademarked grin and a question that is actually 100% serious despite sounding very much like a riddle.]

When is sugar not the right sugar?


[Video | Action - TARDIS]

[Ches has crushed many eggs in his 9 lives. They are, after all, exceedingly easy to break. Plus the crunch is ever so satisfying even if the clean up can take a little longer than desired. But cracking them such that the edible part ends up in a bowl and not all over his paws is a very different challenge.

It's around mid-afternoon when he bumps the video feed on with his nose to avoid getting raw baking ingredients all over the communication device. Anyone watching will get a very clear close up of cat nose and whiskers, which slowly moves back to reveal approximately half a dozen smashed eggs on the counter.

In his defence, these paws and claws were probably not designed for baking.]

I don't suppose anyone knows the secret to successfully cracking eggs?

Comments

Video;

[riddlemehiss]

I even tried pushing them off the wall!

[The video pans downwards towards the kitchen floor, revealing a rather sad looking egg splatter.]

Video;

[hattastic]

[ oh no, it looks like poor Cheshire has been having such a difficult time! ]

Peas and crackers! I thought for sure that would work.

[riddlemehiss]

[It's a hard life being a cat. Sometimes. Whoever said food tastes better when you make it yourself was almost certainly mad.]

Another Hatter suggested twisting a lemon, but I much prefer squashing them.

[hattastic]

Oh oh! Maybe if you balance the lemon on your nose and you tap it three times with your paw it'll crack properly!

[riddlemehiss]

Is that the trick? How clever! I had no idea lemons were such powerful fruits.

[They do make an excellent drizzle cakes, but that's the extent of his knowledge.]

Do you think an orange would have the same effect?

[hattastic]

For an orange... I'd try two of them. Just to be on the safe side of course.

[riddlemehiss]

How very logical!

[There's a pause as Ches pounces over to the fruit bowl to grab two near-identical oranges, most certainly getting the other fruits in the bowl covered in raw egg as he does so.]

I feel like a seal.

[hattastic]

In that case, would that make you the sheshire seal?

[riddlemehiss]

I haven't the slightest idea! We shall have to ask a seal if we ever meet one.

[And now observe as the usually gleeful expression turns serious when Ches tilts his head back to carefully balance a single orange on the tip of his nose. The atmosphere is honestly unnecessarily tense given the humous context, but very limited periods of intense focus aren't atypical of cats by nature.]

[hattastic]

[ Maddie let out an excited sound as she claps her hands. ] Absolutely puuurfect~!

[riddlemehiss]

[Ches manages to hold back a smile in response to the applause; quite the colossal task for a cat that is almost always grinning. The orange is still very precariously balanced and the slightest change in facial expressions could very well cause the fruit to roll right off.

It's clear to anyone with any knowledge of physics that balancing the second orange on top of the first will be pretty much impossible, but he might as well give it a go. Right?]

[hattastic]

You're almost there~ Just an inch more!

[riddlemehiss]

[Unfortunately "almost there" and "there" are worlds apart.

There's a very brief moment after Ches releases the second orange where it looks like they might actually balance...and then both oranges roll right off his face and hit the ground. Nothing breaks except maybe their hopes, but the oranges do bounce a few times and roll dejectedly out of the camera frame.]

[hattastic]

[ Instead of disappointment he'll hear a roar of cheers and clapping. ]

[riddlemehiss]

Ah hahaha!

[Ever the entertainer, Ches takes two deep bows and tips his ears like a top hat in response to he applause.]

I think I'm starting to enjoy baking!

[hattastic]

You're a natural, Cheshire~!