MDZS X TWST

Eggcident

They're still in the kitchen but now the first years, with a little bit of Trey's help and of course wei qi help them to peel the chestnuts.

Ace struggled for a while, but after getting the gist of it, he started working at it. Wei qi took no time at all to start peeling so fast. When you learn your way around a knife, peeling was a little easy.

Grim just snacked on the chestnuts, and didn’t contribute much at all.

She swiftly peeled each chestnut until she started taking from everyone else’s pile.

"Whoah?! Oi! Wei qi! Slow down!!"

"Wei qi, how did you learn to peeled so fast? It look so easy on you!" Deuce asked and complimented her.

"Oh, im just really good at knive. But there's a trick for that!" She answered deuce question.

"Really?"

"Yeah but it a secret."

"Aw, c'mon wei qi! My arm is killing me!!"

They are done preparing the chestnuts.

"There! Finally got 'em all pureed!" Ace exclaims, exhausted same as deuce.

Trey chuckles for a second about how they're acting. "Nice work. It'll be all the sweeter for your pain!"

"This smell alone already has me droolin'..." Grim said.

All of the other first-years agree silently that it just might seem sweeter for the pain and effort they put into them.

Trey then tells them all about the rest he needs to do. "I just need to add butter and sugar to the chestnut paste, and a sensible splash of oyster sauce – that's my secret ingredient!"

"Oyster sauce?!" Deuce and ace shouts at the same time.

"Yep. The umami of the oysters gives the cream a deep, savory flavor. I use this one here, Walrus-brand Young Oyster Sauce." Trey then showing the bottle to them before continuing. "All the best bakers use it in their tarts."

Deuce thinks about it and asks.. "Really? But isn't oyster sauce like, super salty?"

'Oyster sauce is salty...Isn't weird to combine sweet and salty? I mean, we're making a sweet treat...' Wei qi thought as she look at trey face.

Ace then seems to have an idea about why. "Some folks put chocolate into curry, don't they? Maybe it's the same idea."

Wei qi stares at trey as she said. "You're joking, right? I can clearly see your face is telling a lie."

Then Trey suddenly bursts out laughing. Which got him a couple of weird looks from the first years. He wipes a tear from laughing so hard says. "You're right, wei qi! I'm totally lying! No one in their right mind would put oyster sauce into a pastry."

Ace, upset how easily he fell for it asks. "What?! So you were just yankin' our chain?"

But Trey just laughs again. "Ah ha ha! I mean, if you'd used your brain, you'd have realized how ridiculous it was!"

Now done with the teasing, he gives them a word of advice "Let that be a lesson to you. Don't believe everything you hear."

Grim then grumbles. "Feh. And here I thought that human was actually somewhat decent."

Trey chuckled at grim commented. "By the way, wei qi. How did you know i was lying?" Trey asked her.

"Your face, i realize you're lying." Wei qi said.

"Yeah, i know that. But how?"

"Just a feeling."

"Alright then. Next, I'll put in the cream…Oh!"