Chef Odette

New Guests

Today there were supposed to be new guests at the inn… or at least so she had heard. So far they had yet to arrive and she wasn’t even sure where they were supposed to be coming from. So she had spent the whole day cleaning… and recleaning.  When the cleaning wasn’t enough she started experimenting with different meals. She had now prepared 3 new menu items that were in desperate need of a taste test. Hopefully she would find someone willing to try them! But unfortunately this meant she now had sauce in the corner of her face and flour in her hair. The inn might be clean but she looked anything but now.

Pandora was growing tired of her daily routine, so she decided to try somewhere new to eat. There was an inn nearby that she had heard about. That was enough for her pick it as her next stop for the day.

To her surprise, the inn was empty when she got there. There wasn’t even anyone behind the counter. Pandora could hear noises coming from a room to the left. She thought about just leaving for a moment, but decided against it and went to investigate the noises.

Inside was a woman with purple hair with some white mixed in and some substance on her face. Pandora didn’t care enough to ask.

chefodette​:

“Alright, since that’s the case I’d really appreciate all the help! It’s going to be pretty fast paced though, since it’s the rush hour. If you could handle the pot of soup, it just needs to be stirred and then there are a few eggs I have prepared to add towards the end, just before we take it off the heat. Oh, and you are welcome to season it to your taste, I’ve been fiddling with the recipe and haven’t decided on the best combinations yet, there are so many options when it comes to soup!” 

She seems to have calmed down slightly now that one of the tasks is being handled by someone else. The stir fry is now no longer in danger of being burned, and she is able to actually attend to the deboning of the fish. She is even humming a song to herself to keep a steady rhythm. She does look to Lily every now and again to see how she is doing, her Lily had her a little worried when it came to sharing the kitchen!

Lily gave the soup a good stir through, making sure that none of the vegetables were burning on the bottom. After the chef gave her permission, she took a large spoon and took a small amount to taste. It was good, but a little bland. She added another sprinkle of salt, and after a moment pondering the remaining spices, a pinch of cayenne pepper. She tasted it again. Perfect. 

Detecting that the soup was nearly ready, Lily scanned the nearby work surfaces for the eggs that the woman had prepared. She found them cast haphazardly on the side, probably in another rush job, and added them to the soup. To allow them to heat through, she gave the pot another few minutes on the hob, stirring regularly, before taking it off. 

Odette was so excited to finally have the time to catch up with her younger sister. So excited in fact that she may have… overdone the preparations. But catching up required tea and all of Violet’s favorite snacks. Plus a vase with all her favorite flowers. Not to mention a basket of snacks for her to take home. Okay, she had missed her sister a lot! But this was a perfectly normal level of preparation and she was sticking to it.  As she sets out the last of the snacks, she can be found humming a song under her breath, truly a sign she wasn’t even trying to contain her excitement. She had so much she needed to ask her sister, especially the latest news about the doctor she was dating! She never expected sweet little Violet to fall for a man like him… but she trusted her sister’s judgement. That wasn’t going to save him from future interrogations and threats, however! She had a duty to uphold as the middle sister, and she was going to do it. 

Finally, Violet reached the front door and knocked, a bright smile on her face.

chefodette​:

She barely notices the woman enter. It isn’t until the sound of her voice that she is brought back to reality, and she blinks a few times in surprise before flashing her a smile, though it plainly shows her exhaustion as she wipes the sweat from her brow. Really, she almost missed the winter, doing all this cooking in the summer had her yearning for a swim in the ocean.  But she nonetheless manages to speak, not entirely concealing the fact she is becoming winded and says, “I have things under control for now! I couldn’t put a guest to…” and with that the very last spice in the row falls to the ground with a crash, spilling the spices all over the counter. Looking sheepish she brushes a piece of hair that had been stuck to her face, damp with sweat out of the way and says, “I could definitely use the help. Lily, right? Do you have any experience in the kitchen? If not, even helping to clean up areas after I’m done and stirring the soup would be really helpful!”

She flashes another grateful smile and barely waits for a response before she is sweeping up the glass and spices, tossing them in the garbage before returning to the sauteing vegetables, the most delicate of the things she is preparing at the moment.

Lily didn’t have a huge amount of experience in the kitchen, purely due to the fact that she didn’t often have access to one. However, she loved to cook and had learned recipes from all over the world during her time travelling, borrowing the kitchens of inns or kind inhabitants of whatever town she was in. 

Pam soared through the air, bouncing around the general plaza in excitement and happiness, before quickly coming back to her senses and returning to her usual stance. She had just seen a posting on the Request Board, advertising the fact that there were now cooking lessons being given out by some person named “Odette.” They were dirt cheap compared to the potential value Pam might get from better culinary skill. The only catch was that Pam was going to have to take trips to Arcadia in order to make it. It wasn’t too much of a bother, thanks to Pam’s new-found riches.  After snatching up her purse and her precious Pink Diamond, Pam hitched a ride to Arcadia and went to the house of the person giving out the cooking lessons. She brought her fishing rod, too, so she could get some fish out there while she waited for the round trip boat to return for her. Perhaps she could even forage a bit, too…..

As the woman knocks on the door to the kitchen she opens it with a warm smile, “Welcome! You’ve come to the right place, I’m Odette. It’s so nice to meet you, and welcome!”

Though not doubting the payment in the slightest she accepts it while only taking a second to make sure it is all there. Her smile widening she gestures for Pam to enter, “Come on in! Let’s wash up and then I’ll show you what we’ll be working on to start.”

Pam soared through the air, bouncing around the general plaza in excitement and happiness, before quickly coming back to her senses and returning to her usual stance. She had just seen a posting on the Request Board, advertising the fact that there were now cooking lessons being given out by some person named “Odette.” They were dirt cheap compared to the potential value Pam might get from better culinary skill. The only catch was that Pam was going to have to take trips to Arcadia in order to make it. It wasn’t too much of a bother, thanks to Pam’s new-found riches.  After snatching up her purse and her precious Pink Diamond, Pam hitched a ride to Arcadia and went to the house of the person giving out the cooking lessons. She brought her fishing rod, too, so she could get some fish out there while she waited for the round trip boat to return for her. Perhaps she could even forage a bit, too…..

As the woman knocks on the door to the kitchen she opens it with a warm smile, “Welcome! You’ve come to the right place, I’m Odette. It’s so nice to meet you, and welcome!”

Though not doubting the payment in the slightest she accepts it while only taking a second to make sure it is all there. Her smile widening she gestures for Pam to enter, “Come on in! Let’s wash up and then I’ll show you what we’ll be working on to start.”