5th Floor Common Room, Monday Afternoon

[soniaroadsqueen]

It was almost Valentines Day, and just like last year, that meant Ringo had taken over most of the fifth floor kitchen to make chocolate. Unlike last year, though, Ringo had actually picked up quite a bit of experience in the kitchen.

Not that she'd even attempted to make chocolate in the past year, but she'd gotten a lot more confident about her ability to follow a recipe. She'd also learned to be a little more prepared, and had actually made sure she had a candy thermometer on hand (which had involved figuring out what one was) for today.

She'd also learned that if she had a deadline, she should have a backup plan, so while she was actually going to try to do some kind of complicated stuff later on in the day, she was starting with very simple chocolates, mostly just melting pre-made chocolate into molds and adding some little decorative flourishes. That way if her more ambitious plans later turned out to be a total disaster, she'd still have gifts to give out the next day.

So Ringo was humming, enjoying the rich, sugary aroma of warm chocolate as it filled the common room, and finding herself unable to resist the urge to steal the occasional spoonful of melted chocolate while she worked.

[ooc: Open, of course.]