02.Apr.21, 07:26 PM
C’dhin shook his head. He certainly didn’t hang out with anyone capable of mass-murder—or regular murder. V’ler had a glare that held potential but so far the bluerider had refrained and shown mercy. He couldn’t think of anyone that held a grudge against him either. “I’m sorry, sir. I’m… well, I’m kind of useless when it comes to this sort of thing. I’m really only known for my baking with the occasional losing at card games. I don’t leave my weyr much and I don’t have many friends so I hope I don’t have enemies but I guess I wouldn’t know if I did. I get caught up in my experiments and tune a lot out.” He gave a nervous laugh and rubbed the back of his neck.
His shoulders slumped and he nodded as he was essentially grounded. Although, like he said, he didn’t really go anywhere. Sometimes a trip to a Hold to find a missing ingredient but his closest friends were all in Telgar Weyr now so he had less reason to travel now. But at the idea of doing some baking science C’dhin laughed and shook his head. “If you want a roommate, sure. I taste test someone else’s creation and try to discern what ingredients were used and then I start messing around with measurements as I recreate it. And even if I can taste poison, I don’t know what each one tastes like to know what was used.” He stood now with a finger tapping his chin in thought. He’d have to taste the muffin, dissect each flavour, pinpoint anything off about it, and then sample poisons to compare. That didn’t sound fun but maybe in small and controlled doses it was possible?
“I suppose I could at least determine their skill if I saw how it looked and the consistency. Not that it would really help us find who baked them. Hm.” C’dhin had no idea how to help or prove it wasn’t actually him. He also didn’t like the idea that someone broke in and stole a recipe he was known for. Was he really so hated? His frown deepened and he was now itching to get home and go through his journals. “May I be excused, Weyrleader? I should start looking through my old logs for names and if anything was taken or seems wrong.”
His shoulders slumped and he nodded as he was essentially grounded. Although, like he said, he didn’t really go anywhere. Sometimes a trip to a Hold to find a missing ingredient but his closest friends were all in Telgar Weyr now so he had less reason to travel now. But at the idea of doing some baking science C’dhin laughed and shook his head. “If you want a roommate, sure. I taste test someone else’s creation and try to discern what ingredients were used and then I start messing around with measurements as I recreate it. And even if I can taste poison, I don’t know what each one tastes like to know what was used.” He stood now with a finger tapping his chin in thought. He’d have to taste the muffin, dissect each flavour, pinpoint anything off about it, and then sample poisons to compare. That didn’t sound fun but maybe in small and controlled doses it was possible?
“I suppose I could at least determine their skill if I saw how it looked and the consistency. Not that it would really help us find who baked them. Hm.” C’dhin had no idea how to help or prove it wasn’t actually him. He also didn’t like the idea that someone broke in and stole a recipe he was known for. Was he really so hated? His frown deepened and he was now itching to get home and go through his journals. “May I be excused, Weyrleader? I should start looking through my old logs for names and if anything was taken or seems wrong.”