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Video: Public Service Princess

It seems as if the arrival cycle is over now. Allow me to extend a belated welcome to everyone who was pulled into Vatheon this past cycle. My name is Zelda, and I work with the Welcoming Committee here. Please drop by if you have any questions about our current situation as foreigners in the city. You are also free to ask me here, though there are some topics I would prefer to not discuss over the network.

I would also like to encourage new arrivals that are capable of fighting to look into joining the Defense Force. While things are generally peaceful here, there are some dangerous situations from time to time. Death is not permanent in this place, but it is still rather traumatic and we should do our best to avoid having it happen. If you are interested, please get in touch with Serph or Ky Kiske.

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[Zelda doesn't mind the wait. Around the arrival cycle she likes to try and stay in the Welcome Center anyway, just in case. When Bianca arrives she's already got the little stove prepared and the ingredients set out, though she hasn't mixed any yet since Bianca did mention that she wanted to learn.]

Good afternoon, Bianca.

[As Bianca entered through the Welcome Center, she was obviously out of breath. Lately, she's been trying to do her best to be on time but she's starting to get better at it! Just...not use to running around so much]

G-Good afternoon to you too, Z-Zelda...

Is everything...ready?

Yes, everything is ready. Are you all right? There's no need to be in a hurry! If nothing else, we have time here.

[Goodness, she looks like she just ran a marathon.]

Sit down a moment and catch your breath.

I-I'm okay...I'm not use to running a lot like this...

[Breath in and out...slowly like that]

I think I need to be in shape or else if something happens, I'll be too tried to do anything else! T-That...I think...I'm starting to run out of energy!

Do you do any stamina training? I know quite a few exercises.

[Bianca does have a point, after all. Even if she should stick back in a combat situation, she should at least be able to run without getting tired out.]

[She lets a small giggle]

No, I don't have any training like that at all! I usually let Emboar or Stoutland do all the work back home! Sometimes I do that too but...I really shouldn't depend on them should I?

[Pause] I never realized how easy I had it until now.

It's perfectly all right to depend on your allies. It is best if you can physically handle yourself as well, though. How long can you run?

[Zelda moves to take the ingredients that Bianca has brought and organize them as well.]

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Uh...that's a good question, how long can I run?

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It is fine if you don't know. It's good for your heart if you try to keep your heart rate up for at least half an hour a few times a week. Don't push yourself too hard, the duration is more important than the intensity. If you do that consistently, you should find that your stamina improves with time.

[Everything laid out, Zelda starts pinning her hair into a bun at the nape of her neck. No one wants cookies with hair in them, after all.]

Eh...it's starting to sound a lot like one of those pokemon training camps I've seen! They just keep running and running! How do they even do that?

[can you hear the small whine coming from her? as much as she doesn't want to, she knows she has to.]

I'll have to get up super early and do all that running huh? [sigh] I'll do it but I think I won't like it.

[With that, Bianca looks at Zelda before looking at the ingredients] So where do we start?

You don't necessarily have to do it in the morning. You can do it whenever you have time during the day. I generally run from place to place in the city.

[As Sheik, that is. It would be quite undignified if anyone saw a princess running around at top speed!]

It's important to follow the recipe if you aren't familiar with baking. I have enough here for a few batches.

[Zelda takes out a notecard, moving so she can hand it to Bianca.]

You'll find that most recipes call for mixing the dry ingredients first. You can even do it in advance if you like, but you should try to bake things fairly quickly once you add the wet ingredients.

It still sounds like a lot of work from running place to place all the time...

[But she will do it! As she looked at the notecard, she stared down at the ingredients on more. She let out a huff and placed her hat somewhere off to the side. This is going to be hard work!]

So...we'll need to mix up all the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, and sugar all together first? And then add in all the other stuff afterwards?

[Giggle]

That sounds easy enough! Quick, let's preheat the oven!

I've already started heating it. We can start mixing. Here, that set of ingredients is yours.

[She nods to one of the little set ups. Zelda finds it helpful to watch someone else when she's trying to learn how to do something, so she thought Bianca might feel the same. Once she's certain that the girl is looking, she starts sifting the dry ingredients together.]

[Bianca started looking at the notecard more closely. Hm...so we need that much eh? That's pretty simple, so she began to grab all the amount that she needed! So far so good, nothing bad was happening so far...

But there was that slight hesitation from the girl. As she started mixing the dry ingredients, she looked back at Zelda and back at the bowl. Man, baking is tough!]

[Zelda is moving slowly on purpose so that her actions can be copied, standing tilted slightly to help her see. It isn't all that complicated!

Cracking eggs can be hard, though.]

[Bianca is still staring at Zelda before looking back at her own batch. With a huff, she'll quickly try to mix all of the dry ingredients together before moving on to cracking the eggs!]

Okay, I can do it! Cracking eggs here we go! We just do this a-...ahhhh!

[...Except cracking them didn't turn out as well as they hoped. Looks like there's a lot of egg shells in there]

...It broke.

[Guess who has clean tweezers on hand for this? Zelda does. She leans over and carefully tweezes the bits of shell out of the mixture.]

It took me awhile to get the hang of, too. I started cracking my eggs into separate bowls so that it was easier to pick out the shell. Would you like one?

Yes, I will need it...thank you!

[As Bianca got one of them, she stares at the substance in front of her. One...two...three...how many shells were in this thing?]

Um...how do you tell the different between the flour and egg shells?

[Zelda gets out a small bowl and sets it near Bianca, continuing to pick out the shells.]

I sift around a bit until I feel something a bit solid with the tweezers. You haven't mixed it yet, so they're all at the surface.

[Bianca wasn't so sure about this...but she'll do it. With a small scratch to the side of her face, she slowly began looking around the bowl by dragging the tweezers across it. Hm...nothing yet...]

I think I'm making it worse by doing this...

[And then she looks around the bowl and...]

Oh yay, I found one! Ha, take that mister eggshell! [And she seems so proud of it!] Now I just...need to find a couple more.

They aren't dangerous, so it's fine if you end up leaving little pieces. It's just a bit of an odd texture if you bite on it.

[She'll wait for Bianca to feel like she has most of the eggshell out before continuing to mix the ingredients. The girl will just feel rushed if she keeps proceeding now, after all!]

[As the girl continues to look through the eggshells, it's quite clear that she was getting frustrated. She can't let it get the better of her though. She needed to be patient!

It took her a while but she did manage to pick up four more pieces until she started shaking the bowl some more.]

Hmm...what do you think? Do you think I got all of them out?

It looks like! Ah, wait -

[Zelda reaches out to get one last little piece.]

There you are. Ready to continue?

Mhmm, I'm ready when you are!

[Let's do this because baking is going to be taken to the EXTREME!!1!! Except not really]

Let's continue this lesson! What should we do now?

Mix it together like this. Not too much, you want a little air left.

[Zelda demonstrates, picking up a spoon to start mixing the ingredients together. Unfortunately, mixing is not something she can display slowly.]

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