(open) i have made the fire up bright

[pipers_son]

Who: Joker and whoever else
What: The best way to recover from trauma is to aggressively ignore it, right? And bake.
When: D13 and onwards, with special shoutout to D19
Where: The Carnival Cookhouse, and about the moon

A - D13 onwards, Cookhouse

[Joker can't exactly say he understands fae holidays, which he supposes is nothing new. Despite the fact that they all live under the Ringmaster's employment and interact with her fairly regularly, very few people probably understand the details that go into the fae life. Still, he understands the concept of giving gifts well enough, especially with the various worlds he's seen which all have their own holidays. He figures he can come up with something well enough.]

[While the marketplace is and well and good, Joker doesn't have nearly enough for the amount of people he wants to give things to- especially some of the new faces around, who he suspect might be feeling a little fish out of water. Well, fortunately, there's always one thing guaranteed to be done.]

[For the rare soul that ventures down into the Carnival for whatever reason... They will find that smoke is wafting up from the cookhouse, and the lights are all on. Opening the doors will find a certain song wafting out from the kitchen. Its singer is wearing some jeans and a simple white sweatshirt. His cooking gear that he won't mind if it gets a little messy.]

Tom, he was a piper's son...

[The small of gingerbread is thick in the air, along with a couple of other things he has in mind, and Joker is casually at work decorating what appear to be, yep, gingerbread men. Feathers the Dartrix is on the counters, casually observing, and looks up when someone appears. Enjoy the cooed greeting.]

B - The Moon, various days

[With how long he was out of commission, just laying around and trying to deal with being poisoned, that really hasn't given his wings much time to get their usual exercise... So Joker is back on the moon with everyone else, flying about.]

[....And other things.]

[As the snowball going for someone's head will attest to.]

Watch out~.

[Look at this smug asshole, in his glittery jacket and his striped scarf. It's made worse by the fact that he's actively juggling snowballs in his one good hand.]

C - Joker's Wild

[This post will also be used for various 1x1 things for Joker to do, but if you have something in particular to approach him about, let me know! I'm flexible for him to do all sorts of things now that he's recovered from poison.]

Comments

[dontpokethat]

Hmm... build, I think. I don't really know anything about baking.

[Granted, he doesn't really know how to put together a gingerbread castle, either, but he can build some stuff. That's better than it could be.]

[pipers_son]

[Well, they're all bullshitting in the end, so it's fine. For now, leaving the animals to get to know each other, Joker gestures for Ginko to come along with him.]

Then we can get the base of it set up. I've made a lotta big flat parts ta start with, so that outta be fine as the ground, right?

And if the castle doesn't become big enough, then we can just shove candy and cookies and other nonsense ta fill the space, ha!

[dontpokethat]

Sounds like a plan. How are you planning on making sure it's stable?

[pipers_son]

Well, Nui- ya remember her? She's suggested toothpicks ta help out with it, which sounds like a fine idea ta me.

[dontpokethat]

Ah - yeah, is she back? Toothpicks sound like a good plan... might want to use some kind of dowels too, to hold it in place higher up.

[Aaaand now he's getting into planning the structure of this thing. Listen, there's a reason he opted to do this part instead of baking.]

[pipers_son]

Yep~. I feel bad. If I'd known, I would have gotten her somethin' nicer!

[But ah well, no point in dwelling.]

Shall I get those, then? I can make some spare gingerbread, ta let ya practice on.

[dontpokethat]

Guess you could always try 'n find an excuse later.

[He gives a brief nod, something like excitement managing to show through the quick motion.] Sounds like a good plan. Haven't had to even help build anything with sticks for a while, let alone gingerbread... definitely going to need a few chances to screw up.

[pipers_son]

Ah, ladies don't like it when ya give excuses~.

[He's laughing about it, sliding his good hand underneath a cooled off tray carefully.]

Anyway, the bright side is that we can eat whatever we mess up on! Right?

[dontpokethat]

They don't, huh. I would think most people would make an exception if the excuse is to give a gift.

Absolutely. [Hell yes free food, he thinks as if he doesn't already get food just by working here.]

[pipers_son]

Well, then ya have ta wait long enough until it's a real surprise again~.

[With the tray of gingerbread now before them, Joker puts his hand on his hip.]

So, should we make a small one just ta get a rough idea of it?

[dontpokethat]

Sure; better than messing up on the full-size version. [He looks around for toothpicks to start setting up, his mouth twisting as he thinks it over.] Should we use a piece of gingerbread as a base, too?

[pipers_son]

Why not~. [In fact, he's already nudging a particularly big slab over.] I mean, it's not like we're gonna be able ta get it outta here anyway, might as well use every bit!

[dontpokethat]

Right. Got to work with what we have, after all.

[He locates a box of toothpicks and sets it on a counter, flipping it open to pull a few out.] How thick do you want to plan for the walls to be?

[pipers_son]

Well... [He picks up a small slab of gingerbread to put out between the two of them.] I can get it as thin as that... But for sturdiness, we'd want it ta be at least a little thicker, right?

[dontpokethat]

Definitely. Especially for the full-size version. That might work fine for the miniature, though.

[And would mean using up less gingerbread.]

[pipers_son]

Well, we'll figure that out when we got the mini one done~.

[In the meantime, he'll just start gathering the thinnest bits of gingerbread he has right now.]

[dontpokethat]

[Ginko gives a quiet laugh, and starts to set about sticking toothpicks into the base, some straight up-and-down with diagonal ones braced against them.]

Let's see... we can brace the walls on these, with the toothpicks on the inside where they won't be visible. Is there stuff we could use to... y'know, attach the walls in place?

[pipers_son]

[Grinning wildly, Joker scampers off without another word, ducking into one of the cooler pantries. It takes a moment, which is long enough for Feathers to hop in after him, but soon enough he's coming out again with a large bowl in the crook of his arm.]

Frostin'! Hardens like nothin' else if a let it dry.

[dontpokethat]

Perfect. Where's-- ah, there. [He picks up a small spatula and waves Joker over.] Might as well get started gluing it.

cut here?

[pipers_son]

Puttin' me ta work already~.

[As if Joker didn't start this up himself. Still, he's content to stand besides Ginko and start working on a little miniature for the real deal. With the animals around them, and the smell of gingerbread in the air...]

[It feels nice, being like this.]

sounds good to me!

[dontpokethat]

Hey, it was your idea. [But the speed with which Ginko has gotten into it probably says something about his enthusiasm for the idea. He's glad to hang around and help, just enjoying the quiet and the company for once.]