#rutgers

"Maybe she... well, satyrs, right?"

"And she doesn't want to be serious."

"True." Another grin. "Gonna name him? Or her?" she says, indicating the stuffed horse.

"Her, I think."

"Yeah, I agree."

She stretches. "Hey, I'm gonna go grab a shower."

"Strawberry?"

"Oh, sure, totally."

"Oh, that's nice! With the mane and all, yeah."

She folds up her books and papers and tucks them in her backpack.

The glamour in the air is NICE valentine glamour, low pressure and.. full of fondness

"Now you gotta decide whether you're gonna tell Masey you figured it out." Sylvi gives her a wink and heads into the bathroom to get that shower.

She collects up the present and heads to her room.

Now where to put her Strawberry? On the desk up there, or the book shelf?

And Odin? He guards the place from feathered nuisances

She tries out different options!

It's actually adorable anywhere... there is a temptation to put it on a pillow near her pillow, but that might be untrollish!

Maybe sitting on her desk, tucked between the lamp and the laptop...

Less chance of Odin shoving it out of his way there than if it was put on the pillow

Turns out Strawberry looks quite lovely there!

"There we go." Satisfied.

And is there a warm fuzzy feeling inside our Dagmar right now? well, only she knows

"Mm..." She wanders back out to the kitchen, and pokes aroudn the cupboards.

Signs of Symon's occupation are there... foods now spoiled gone

Flour, sugar, butter, eggs, cocoa...

THat they have!

Cream cheese?

Nope they.. oh wait, it was behind this.. here you go.

Grin!

No buttermilk, of course, but Symon's tastes leave several options... there's some sauerkraut.

There is... and Ketchup that one can put on Sphaghetti...

no, that's barbarian behavior

She adds some of the acidic liquid to a cup of milk, letting it curdle as she measure out the other ingredients.

While she may be under the Storm officially at the lode, all that Hearth training means she's learned her stuff

She has! And baking mostly requires following the recipe. She is a very meticulous measurer.

Symon might joke these lawful tendencies are why she plays paladins

That she does.

And she sifts the cocoa, just like Kerri would.

An observer might be surprised at the sour elements - the curdled milk is joined with another splash of vinegar. (To better react with the baking soda later)

Even without food coloring, the batter takes on a rich, blood-red hue as the chemical reactions highlight the cocoa.

As she works, touching the face of creation in a craft, she might even accidentally fuel her own glamour without realizing it. Her mortal soul and fae spirit happily enjoined

That would come as a surprise! She is thinking more about the end goal...

Cupcakes in the oven, she turns to work on the cream cheese frosting. This would be easier with a fancy kitchen-aid, but she can power through with the hand-me-down hand mixer.

For college students, they've got some good stuff to work with. Some others on campus barely work a microwave

Exactly!

She adds a few drops of food coloring to the frosting, tinting it pink.

Just the right hue.

The cupcakes will have to cool, of course. And the paper is just plain white.

But, eventually, the dark red cakes are frosted with a neat schmear of rose-pink. It's nothing on Kerri's delicacies - Dagmar can deliver on taste, but has only managed the most simplistic decorations. No fancy piping here.

But it still looks tasty.