( 08/08 ; un: @jiangyanli )

[soups]

hello, i am pressing the buttons very slowly so i don t make many typing mistakes.

every one has been through a lot lately. if you are hungry or cold or upset by these events, i have made a large p ortion of soup if you would like some. it is a simple soup so there is quite a bit. it has no meat if you are concerned about this.

i'll show you the soup !

❰ here is the soup! ❱

i can bring you some if you would like. our residence is very out of the way. there are many bowls with lids here so it will not be any trouble.

i am very impressed by people who use phones well. the letters are very small!

regards
jiang yanli

Comments

un: @oa

[hierophante]

You can make it read the words and letters aloud to you. I could show you how if you'd like.

[Suffice it to say, she's also typing pretty slowly.]

The soup looks wonderful.

[soups]

oh really

i wonder if that would help me. i really want to learn how to use these phones. they are very neat and useful for talking to others in so many ways. its a neat trick if it also t alks to you

would you like some soup ?

[hierophante]

It's a very neat trick! I can't read the little letters very well either and it helps a lot. They really are amazing devices.

I would love some soup, but please make sure there's enough for anyone else who wants any first. I'm doing okay. Is there anything I could get for you in exchange?

Voice - un: nie.huaisang

[porndealer]

[Yanli may have the patience to type slowly, but Huaisang only has one hand now and he's going to take the easy way out and use voice.]

Jiang-guniang, you did a good job with the phone too. I still don't understand much of it myself.

[All the menus on it are a complete mystery to him.]

Whoa... that looks so good, I've heard such great things about your cooking too. Wei-xiong has spoken highly of your lotus rib soup! I think he might even consider it the best thing in the world.

[soups]

❰ she answers the voice call as it's how the message comes in. it would be impolite -- plus, it's good practice for learning how to use this feature! ❱

Nie-gongzi, thank you very much. There are so many things this little rectangle can do!

And A-Xian might be a little biased...but if you'd like some of this, you're welcome to it. Unfortunately it's not got any lotus in it. I don't think there are any here to begin with...

❰ which is certainly a depressive point about all this. it's certainly worth it to try and remake a lotus pier here...but could it ever really be without lotus flowers? ❱

[porndealer]

My friend seems to understand it a lot better than me, I'll have to have him show me more. Then I can teach you too.

[The friend being one Klaus Hargreaves. Unsure if this is a good person to learn things from. So far Klaus is his modern things guru.]

Maybe he is, but Wei-xiong hasn't led me astray yet. If his taste in drink is anything to go by your soup will be the best thing I'll ever eat.

And maybe one day back home... we won't be stuck here forever.

[Right? Right.]

[soups]

❰ definitely a modern things guru, but...well, good luck with the rest of him huaisang.

yanli visibly dips her head, looking away in embarassed modesty. wei wuxian really does think the world of her, which is fine and all...but the expectations he must give other people. surely she can never meet them. ❱

I'm sure that'll be an exaggeration, but I've always thought that things given in charity do have a particularly good taste. ❰ basically: free soup is the best soup. ❱

I'll have to bring you a lot, though. I know if A-Xian is around, he'll eat enough for three men.

[porndealer]

[Are we sure Klaus won't need good luck dealing with Huaisang? Maybe both.

Yanli is really so modest and thoughtful. Huaisang wouldn't know modesty if it hit him in the face.]

For sure! Wei-xiong eats for a whole army!

[Huaisang snickers a little.]

But some how he is still so skinny.

[soups]

He gets into enough mischief to lose the weight of everything he eats.

❰ she giggles a little herself. this is the worst she'll ever speak about her brother, and even then it's half a complement. ❱

How many of you are in the cabin now? I think a new Lan disciple showed up recently.

[porndealer]

So right! But life is so boring without a little mischief.

[Just a little. Like sneaking alcohol into Cloud Recesses and teasing a drunk Jiang Cheng together. Those were the good times. He misses those times.]

Oh um- me, Wuxian, Sizhui... Jingyi... and Ning- five! I don't think anyone else has snuck in yet. The cabin will burst if more people come stay here.

[Haha. Hear that Wuxian? The cabin will burst if you bring home any strays.]

switch to voice; un: brick.master

[backpacking]

Is it easier if I talk like this? [ She knows now that there are some old-timey people who, clearly, are not text experts. ] It's really nice of you to offer the soup. It looks really good, too.

[ Never mind the sound of her stomach growling that Jiang can probably hear!! ]

Do you, uh...like, want anything for it? Favor for a favor?

[soups]

❰ it is easier, at least when it comes to speed. yanli isn't that great at using any aspect of a phone, but this at least doesn't require a lot of mechanical work to communicate. ❱

Oh! Hello! ❰ she's answered the message but it's still like she's surprised to hear someone speak to her. phones sure are funny little magic boxes! ❱ It is a little easier. I really wanted to get better at using the word-sending method.

And it's free to anyone who would like some. No favors needed. Food is made to be eaten, after all.

[backpacking]

Oh! I can switch back, if you wanna practice. Just figured I'd offer.

[ Ellie's no cell phone wizard, after all, since they don't have the things in her time. ]

Well, sure, but it's still nice. Appreciate it. [ HELL YEAH, FREE SOUP ] D'you, uh...do a lot of cooking back home?

[soups]

It's quite alright. I'm not that used to using any of the methods of communicating on this phone device, so any practice is good practice.

But yes. I cook daily back home. It's one of my favourite hobbies...although soup will always be my specialty.

❰ basically if you need something made into a soup, she's your gal. ❱

If you have a favourite kind, I'm sure I could oblige -- if the ingredients can be found here, anyway.

[backpacking]

I don't think I've really got a favorite, so...whatever you have is fine with me. [ Now she's excited! Homemade soup!! ] Maybe I can find some stuff and bring it to you for, uh - future soup-making. If I get my hands on anything exciting.

[ Like, uh. Mushrooms? She isn't sure what would be good in soups, but she'll do her best! ]

[soups]

Would you really be so kind? I've gone through the woods for ingredients, but so far it feels so sparse.

❰ it was so convenient, being next to such huge lakes with fish, lotus, plants...other ingredients easy to come by. this climate and topography are so different, and it can be so hard to determine if what she does find is edible or not. ❱

If you'd like, we can continue the exchange. I'm not used to bartering, but whatever you might think is fair.

[Text, @atlas]

[theprezident]

[ Is that actual food aaaaa ]

That looks amazing! I'd love to have some.

[soups]

❰ is no one feeding you in that sex dungeon of yours??? ❱

thank you. tell me where you would like it delivered then, please.

❰ just...please not the sex dungeon ❱

[theprezident]

[ tbf Klaus can cook so maybe he has but also idk.

Anyway, Rhys will give her directions not to the sex dungeon but just to their cabin. ]

I don't know how much you made but there's four of us the cabin total and I'm sure the rest would love some soup too if there's enough!

[soups]

i have just enough left, but it's a very simple soup and easy to make. it won' t be any trouble to make more if you need more than this. i'm not sure how big of eaters any of you are.

it is always good to have extra around.

but it may take me a while to deliver it with so many bowls, i am sorry.

[theprezident]

That's okay! Do you want help? I can come to you first and help you carry.

[soups]

if you would be so kind.

i usually wouldn't impose on a stranger, but iwould also hate to drop so much soup and deprive you.

@girl.albatross; text

[enchangement]

yes
where is a good median
between your fraction of the world and hers?
she's near the lake's edge

[soups]

i think i might have misunderstood something.

who is the she you speak of

[enchangement]

the albatross girl
named River
a speechifying in third person