driftfleet | Ice Cream Maybe?

Who: Lea and YOU
Broadcast: Yes
Action: Iskaulit
When: Today for the broadcast and during the next week for the action

Broadcast

[It's been a few days since he fell asleep hard and then woke up just...remembering a lot of new things. Sure they all turned out good but they have him worried about things with Sora here and they have him also worried about his friends he just got back. Isa and Roxas and Xion. And how are the others handling things back home? Are they okay?

He's got a lot on his mind and there's only one cure all that he knows of. So he just has to find someone who can pull it off.]

Hey. Looking for someone up for a challenge. I'm searching for someone who can work with me to figure out how to make sea salt ice cream. I figure if we can get a recipe just right that we can really get it marketed out there for everyone in the fleet. So hit me up or let me know who you know that can help out.

[Why talk about stuff that worries you when you can have people focus on ice cream instead?]

Iskaulit

[There's a couple of places you might find Lea over the next week after that. Usually it's at the gym to train or it's at the forge picking through metal pieces with a sigh. It's hard not having access to the weapons he actually knows how to use and he's feeling pretty useless right now.

But hey, if you run into him he'll at least offer a smile. Give a wave and a...]

Hey. You hanging out here too?

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I've found a recipe for ice cream that works with the default ship supplies, if you're comfortable handling liquid nitrogen and can obtain some from your Engineer. The flavorings are all either based on powdered protein gel or plant extracts, however. You'd need to come up with the sea salt on your own.

[Salt-flavored ice cream? He thought humans liked sweet things for their desserts. How odd.]

You can do that? Even with the weird texture of the protein gels? They don't seem like they'd manage to get solid enough. Or blue enough.

[If Mikleo were still here... Taako frowns before he turns on the camera, making sure to school his expression into something more presentable to society. He shouldn't be upset that people left him. It's normal. It's how this place goes.

When the camera turns on, Taako's lounging, cheek perched on his crooked index finger, carefully poised to look indifferent.]

You know, best place to look for help with recipes is with, y'know, the owner of the only restaurant in town, my guy.

If that's you then you're the one I want to speak to.

[And he grins because hey this is progress and a good sign.]

So, think you're up for it?

Dunno - you up to paying for it? Because Taako doesn't work for free.

Well yeah. And I figure that if you like it too then you can also sell it on your menu as a dessert or something. Make extra money on top of it.

A fully upgraded kitchen has far more resources at its disposal, including powdered dairy substitute and synthetic milk and other forms of the gels, such as powder. If blue is a desired color, the blue-flavored drink can be concentrated by simmering it into a reduction. I will admit my particular recipe uses the edible kelp from our kelp tank as a thickener, which is an installation unique to my own ship.

The rest is a matter of chemistry and experimentation.

Oh yeah, I was already gonna do that if this "sea salt ice cream" was up to snuff, natch. Glad to hear we're on the same page with that.

So. [He leans in a little.] Let's get down to the details, huh? Gotta know what I'm supposed to be reproducing here.

...Kelp? For ice cream? And wouldn't all of that stuff just sort of change the flavors? Sorry. I don't really know a lot about how the stuff is used here.

Would it be easier for me to tell you over this or in person? I'm good either way.

A component of it, to be more accurate. It contains an emulsifier - something to make the ice cream stick together better and have fewer ice crystals. If we had access to high-fat cream or more regular ingredients it wouldn't be strictly necessary, but given what we have--

[He holds one hand up in a "what can you do" gesture.]

Learning to use the resources we have is important, in case we get stuck on a long-haul drift.

So, just sea salt? Nothin' else to that? So, a case of sweet 'nd salty? Or be it like salt water taffy where it doesn't actually mean 'nything 'nd just a name 'nd really don't taste like salt? [Please, let him know, his brain is too curious to had let this pass. He wasn't as great on desserts as much as mains, but he was always happy at the idea of a challenge, and trying to make ice cream, let alone a salted version, sounded like a fun use of time.]

[In person would mean getting presentable for people, but it could also be a welcome distraction. Taako mulls the thought over for a moment or two, humming low.]

Person. In person, I mean. Probably. I could hear about it til the cows come home, but being able to taste test shit is the quickest. Give me a general idea of what it's like and I'll start gathering up what we need.

Well no. It's salty but it's also sweet. They're these blue ice cream bars you can get in Twilight Town and they're honestly amazing. So it has to be both. It's why it's sea salt ice cream.

Okay...I'll give it a chance but all of that doesn't sound like it would even make it. I guess trying is better than nothing though.

It's an ice cream bar that's blue. It's almost got like this crisp ice texture to it. And when you eat it, it's both salty and sweet at the same time. Just one of those bars is really reach to eat so you can usually only get through one of them.

[He figures maybe that'll help start.]

Where do you want me to meet you? And is there anything I can grab to help?

Huh... though... only salt flavor? Does it really even have a flavor, guess not. [Sorry Lea, this is half going to be Remy just mumbling to himself as he works this out, trying to piece together a recipe in his mind.] I guess possible, maybe a little borin'. Know salted caramel be a thing, but can't 'magine just plain ice cream with saltiness to it. Gotta at least got vanilla to it.

'nd could just add some colorin' to get the blue to it... Or maybe it mixed with something else, though not many stuff actually be blue. What 'm sayin', we go to alien planets, will be a fruit or something out there that actually blue. [Oh yeah, he was actually talking to someone.] Ya willin' to do taste tests if I give it a go? Though, would be easier if we on a planet to get the supplies, got some on the ships but those stuff don't always transport and store well. Should be ok though, even if usin' frozen dairy, once it heats up to make the custard.

Have you ever made ice cream before?

[Blue, crisp - more of a popsicle or ice milk then maybe. Salty and sweet - he can do that no problem - but also rich? Interesting... Maybe has to do with the heaviness of the cream?

Taako jots down the notes and shrugs.]

Bring me a picture - color if you can. Gotta get both the taste and look right or it's all for naught, right?

Come to the Melting Pot on the Iskaulit. We got the best supplies there.

I wanna help! I can search for some ingredients.

Cold things aren't my specialty in general honestly...

Well like I said, it's salty and it's sweet. [He's not sure what else to say about it really.]

But yeah I'm down for doing taste tests. You just tell me when you need me and I'll be there. Anything to get this ice cream thing going again. I still can't believe all you guys haven't had it before.

I'll have to draw it so don't get mad if it sucks. I'm not an artistic person. But I can at least get you what color it is.

[He gives him a big ol' smile.]

See you soon. Thanks for this.

That might explain why you're unfamiliar with the process, then.

Nevertheless, here are the instructions if you'd like to try.

[attached file: ice cream recipe.txt]

Great! I've got a few bites so we can make this work. I guess I'll find out which of the three can make it the best and we'll go with them.

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