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Topher Brink ([personal profile] brink) wrote in [community profile] applesaucedream2014-02-01 02:48 am

Hijacked dream party

Tonight's dream party is, unconventionally enough, not organised by the rift, but by Topher!

Thing is, he was sort of supposed to only pull in a few very specific, targeted people, and all of a sudden, this whole lot comes pouring in. See, he's working with someone with the power of ability amplification, making Topher's dream abilities obscenely powerful for tonight, and he's not quite used to it.

The dreamers will find themselves in an old mansion at nighttime. Lots and lots of rooms; several bedrooms and bathrooms of various sizes, studies, library, sitting rooms, kitchen, dining rooms, games/billiards room, even secret passageways... There's a fire roaring in every grate, everything is warmly lit, with lots of dark corners to sneak off to, comfortable couches, plenty of drinks tables. There's also a pervasive feeling that you're safe, that you can relax. That whispered secrets in the dark will be kept. And everyone will feel much less compelled to judge or mock upon hearing those secrets. A night for confessions. All of a sudden, it's hard to resist opening up...

Of course, the dreamers don't know there's someone listening in, seeing everything that goes on, sometimes even manipulating things to go the way he wants. Certain people with psychic/telepathic/dream abilities may eventually cotton on, though. But it'll take a while. But the secrets you tell in the meantime may not remain secrets for that long. Especially if those secrets are useful to certain other important players in the city, quite apart from the two factions our rifties have become familiar with.

[Mod note: Usual dream party rules apply. All players and characters are welcome, current members or no. Characters will remember or forget all dream events at players' discretion. Bear in mind that any events or information shared in this dream will be available to Topher, and, by extension, probably his bosses, such as Beatrice.]
peeta_mellark: (Smile)

[personal profile] peeta_mellark 2014-02-02 03:19 am (UTC)(link)
Peeta ponders for a minute before answering. He doesn't consider any of his desserts to be phenomenal; he's usually prouder (or at least more pleased with) of his decorating than the baking itself. He'd tried to replicate some of his favorite desserts from the Capitol trips - much more elaborate and complicated recipes than anything he ever made for the bakery in Distric 12 - but even as a Victor all the necessary ingredients hadn't always available.

"My iced sugar cookies are pretty good," he says finally. "My dad always like my spiced pound cake, but that might have just been because he was my dad."
rae_of_sun: (friendly)

[personal profile] rae_of_sun 2014-02-02 04:26 am (UTC)(link)
Sunshine raises her eyebrows in invitation. "Well, the ovens are free if you want." She'd been prepping the Bitter Chocolate Death while the cookies baked, so she doesn't have anything lined up. Remembering what he'd said before about decorating, she adds, "If you made the iced cookies, you could show me some of your decorating tricks." See? Everyone wins!
peeta_mellark: (Pretty Boy)

[personal profile] peeta_mellark 2014-02-02 04:39 am (UTC)(link)
Peeta finishes up with the last bowl and grabs a dish towel to dry his hands while he considers. He hasn't done any real baking since - well, since before the Games.

"Okay. Sugar cookies." Decision made, he's all business and he strides to the fridge with purpose. He disappears behind the door for a bit before reemerging, arms loads with ingredients. He pushes the fridge door closed with this heel and spreads his wares over the island.

He gathers clean equipment, glancing Sunshine's way as he starts measuring. "How many do you think I should make?" he asks. If she decided that more food was needed, she must have an idea of how many people they're feeding.
rae_of_sun: (we're cool)

[personal profile] rae_of_sun 2014-02-02 04:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Spartan. She's not sure if his take on sugar cookies will be that mind-blowing, but considering that he's from a whole different universe, Odin only knows what he might come up with.

At his question, she shrugs. It's not that there's a shortage of snacks out there so much that there's a shortage of her snacks, so it really comes down to how much they feel like decorating. "A dozen? Two, maybe?" She busies herself with tidying the counters around the sink while Peeta works at the island. "How much decorating do you want to do?"
peeta_mellark: (Face)

[personal profile] peeta_mellark 2014-02-02 06:27 pm (UTC)(link)
At the moment, he would be content to decorate cookies forever. "As much as I can," he replies, giving Sunshine a soft grin. "I've missed it."

He sighs as he measures out ingredients, his mental calculations set. "I'll do a couple dozen. If we need or want more, it won't be difficult to make them."
rae_of_sun: (feeding people)

[personal profile] rae_of_sun 2014-02-02 07:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Vishnu preserve her. He's so… cute. Not a term she'd normally apply to pseudo-apprentices, because she doesn't want to be patronizing and a love of baking is a minimum requirement, but still. He's not really an apprentice, anyway, so she's going to go ahead and find him completely adorable.

"Sounds good," she says, returning his smile (and managing not to add anything obnoxious, like, 'awww'). Gods, Sunshine, get it together. She goes to straighten up the pantry, where at least he won't have to see her grinning like an idiot.
peeta_mellark: (Smile)

[personal profile] peeta_mellark 2014-02-02 08:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Still smiling, Peeta stoops to search for cookie sheets. He decides to tackle one batch at a time, since that's all the oven will hold anyway. Sheets prepped and at the ready, he turns to mixing.
rae_of_sun: (we're cool)

[personal profile] rae_of_sun 2014-02-03 01:28 am (UTC)(link)
The pantry's in pretty good shape, overall - all she really has to do is wipe up the honey spill from earlier and do a little tidying. "Anything else you need while I'm in here?" she calls out to Peeta. At least she could save him a trip, if so.
peeta_mellark: (Shoulder)

[personal profile] peeta_mellark 2014-02-03 01:50 am (UTC)(link)
"I don't think so. Could you look for some icing and piping tools, though?"
rae_of_sun: (dubious)

[personal profile] rae_of_sun 2014-02-03 02:08 am (UTC)(link)
"What, like in a can?" Sunshine is disappointed in you, Peeta, as evidenced by the incredulous look she gives him as she leans back out of the pantry. "I can whip some up, if you want." She's sure the raw ingredients are kicking around, food coloring included. And it would give her something to do besides putter around.
peeta_mellark: (Grin)

[personal profile] peeta_mellark 2014-02-03 02:18 am (UTC)(link)
Peeta blinks in confusion at Sunshine, then grins. "Actually, I meant tools for doing the icing and piping. But if you want to make the icing itself, I won't complain."
rae_of_sun: (downcast)

[personal profile] rae_of_sun 2014-02-03 03:04 am (UTC)(link)
Okay. Confidence in her not-technically-an-apprentice restored, Sunshine nods and goes back into the pantry. "I can definitely handle both of those things," she says. "Unless you had any particular icing recipe in mind?" The idea is for him to make something from his universe, after all, and she doesn't want to step on his toes.

For the moment, she focuses on digging up the tools. It takes some rummaging; she hasn't made anything that required any fancy piping, so if she saw the tools in her earlier explorations, it was only in passing. On the bright side, she has an excellent instinct for how kitchens are laid out, and it doesn't take her too long to find what Peeta's looking for.
peeta_mellark: (Face)

[personal profile] peeta_mellark 2014-02-03 03:14 am (UTC)(link)
"No, just standard icing," Peeta replies. He could make a fancier kind, but he's more interested in the actual decorating than the icing itself, anyway.

He surveys the tools Sunshine finds with approval. Even at a glance he can tell they're good quality, which will make the delicate designs he has in mind a lot easier.
rae_of_sun: (distracted)

[personal profile] rae_of_sun 2014-02-04 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, the myriad ways she could interpret 'standard.' Given how many batches of cookies Peeta has in mind, she should have enough time to get a few different flavors going. Maybe a nice maple icing. And cream cheese. She starts collecting bowls and ingredients.
peeta_mellark: (Shoulder)

[personal profile] peeta_mellark 2014-02-05 03:27 am (UTC)(link)
While Sunshine works on the icing - and Peeta does ponder what she might produce for him - he gets the first batch mixed and laid out on a baking sheet. He slides the sheet into the oven and starts in on the second batch.
rae_of_sun: (asking nicely)

[personal profile] rae_of_sun 2014-02-08 02:24 am (UTC)(link)
And chocolate. Can't forget chocolate. Maybe they could melt some down and drizzle it over the cookies (though she's not sure if that would qualify as the sort of decorating Peeta has in mind). Well, she'll focus on the cream cheese frosting and maple glazes, first. She starts with the cream cheese, figuring she can make a big batch in one bowl and then break it down into a couple of smaller ones for different colors.

"Color preferences?" she asks over the sound of the sound of the electric mixer.
peeta_mellark: (Face)

[personal profile] peeta_mellark 2014-02-08 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
Peeta ponders. The main design he's itching to do is a complicated knot/latticework pattern, so the color won't matter. But he also wants to make some of his general stand-by ones with flowers on them.

"One pattern I want to do can combine any colors, so as long as you have some that contrast well, it shouldn't matter. I would like a nice, deep orange; a soft purple; and a grassy green, if you have the colors for them."