Second Floor Common Room; Saturday Afternoon [01/25].

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On a whim (or, rather, on the wings of Graham's high-flying imagination and knack for loosely related tangential conversational yarns), Graham and Belle had not only acquired a book or two on making ice cream, but they'd also collected what they would need to make some, from the equipment to the ingredients, from the milk and sugar and fruit and other things, but especially a whole bunch of different flavors of jelly beans to start experimenting with.

Was it the best time of year to make ice cream? Probably not! But that wasn't going to stop them because they were on a mission to see how this might work out and they honestly really didn't have anything better to do that afternoon.

So let the ice cream making....begin!

...as soon as one of the ice cream makers stopped 'taste-tasting' jellybeans to make sure they were up to snuff, anyway!

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The ice cream making was going to be epic! But hopefully not too much of an adventure. This pair wasn't going to make horrible flavors and enjoy the experience. They wanted delicious candy in a delightful creamy base!

"If you eat all the jellybeans," Belle pointed out, "we won't have enough for ice cream and we'll have to go get more."

Oh no. A terrible fate indeed.

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"Oh, believe me," said Graham, with an emphatic gesture, full confidence, and an excited grin, "there's no way we're going to run out! I have got a bunch more in my pockets and there's always the emergency supply i keep in my room! For me? The biggest thing is just going to be trying to figure out where to even start!"

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"I should have known a knight would come prepared and that you would never be in danger of running out of jellybeans."

Yes, Belle, you really should have. Honestly.

"We can make a variety of ice creams, remember. We needn't stress over making a decision when we can make several!"

They had friends. They could unload some ice cream if needed. Plus the common rooms had plenty of freezer space!

"Perhaps if we think of flavors we definitely do not want to include that will help?"

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"But, you see," Graham explained, "sure, we can make plenty of flavors, but this is going to be the first flavor, Belle! So it should be something special! Or exciting! Maybe we should start with one of our favorites...especially since," he chuckled faintly, "I don't think there's a jelly beans flavor I wouldn't want to include at all!"

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"There's not even one flavor you wouldn't want in your ice cream?" Belle asked, a bit skeptical.

"I quite like the red ones, the fruity red ones, perhaps we can start there? Cherry and strawberry and pomegranate and fruit punch? The ice cream might turn out pink? We'll have to experiment."

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"Oooooh, fruit punch!" Graham said, and he immediately went to try and fish out a few of those from a bag. "Perfect! I've never had fruit punch ice cream before, so it'll be something new and different!"

He found he had two different, almost identical jelly beans in his hand and squinted at them as he realized a small hitch in their brilliant plan.

"Errr," he ventured, "I'm not actually sure if these are the fruit punch ones or not..."

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"They're red," Belle said. "So...we'll have red flavored ice cream that may or may not include fruit punch. Surprise red. Perhaps that can be in the name? Something about surprises?"

She reached for one jellybean to taste. "Should we taste these ones? Or have it all be a surprise?"

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"Well, we can't taste them all before we put them in," Graham reasoned, "so, yeah, maybe just put them all together! Most of the other red ones will just make the fruit punch fruitier, right? And we could call it...Red-y or Not!"

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"Oh, I like that," Belle said, beaming at him.

"Should we do others by color as well? Or are we getting ahead of ourselves? Perhaps focusing on the first flavor would be best for now."

They hadn't even started yet, after all.

She glanced at the book on the counter beside them. "We have all the ingredients we need. So we should begin the process."

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"Well, obviously," Graham chuckled a little more, "we'll have to do a little Orange You Glad! A little How Do You Blue! Maybe get ready for a Purple Reign and a Oh Yellow There!"

Graham? Getting ahead of himself? Never. Perish the thought.

"But you're right," he agreed. "We should focus," he put his hands bladed by his eyes and shot them out to emphasize his directed attention nod, "on one at a time! Starting with red. And....probably a small batch at first? To see how it goes and we can adjust accordingly."

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"Yes, a small batch. For scientific reasons."

This was a highly scientific process, after all.

"So, Sir Knight, are you ready for Red-y or not?"