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Jun 19, 2024 15:40:01 GMT -5
Post by Sophie Chang on Jun 19, 2024 15:40:01 GMT -5
Sophie was trying to be helpful so unless you could deal with a rough part of the city it was best to avoid it. “I believe it is only Gigi but there’s cooks as well. The older children do help and so do I. Mainly with my baking and looking out for others” she replied. “I make support dolls were a Barbie or GI Joe can be customised. Normally it’s not needed but they do get a second life”. Orson Ridge
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Jun 20, 2024 15:01:57 GMT -5
Post by Orson Ridge on Jun 20, 2024 15:01:57 GMT -5
"I like to live by the motto that life helps even if at sometimes it does not seem like it. Sometimes small things turn into bigger things and who knows maybe your dolls are doing more than you know. Sometimes people can not express things in words so I can see many ways a doll would help." Sophie Chang
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Jun 20, 2024 15:41:06 GMT -5
Post by Sophie Chang on Jun 20, 2024 15:41:06 GMT -5
Sophie could see how this could be as she checked the overnight again. Then poked the roasting vegetables with a fork to test them. “I think these are nearly ready. If you can help you should do so” she replied. They’d soon have dinner so she checked the hot oil for her tempura fish. Nearly up to temperature. Orson Ridge
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Jun 22, 2024 14:39:13 GMT -5
Post by Orson Ridge on Jun 22, 2024 14:39:13 GMT -5
He figured he'd get around to helping or at least the thought of helping but he had no idea what she would say. "I will keep you informed and yes I think they are. Shall we let them cool and then taste?" He knew that it might take him more than a short time to figure things out but he was going to be just fine. Sophie Chang
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Jun 22, 2024 16:01:15 GMT -5
Post by Sophie Chang on Jun 22, 2024 16:01:15 GMT -5
Sophie nodded and got down dinner plates for them. The tempura was quick frying and a careful eye needed kept on it but that was soon ready as well. So what you had was vegetable kebabs and fancy battered fish in miniature form. Even though she could handle chopsticks she still got a knife and fork for the both of them. “These look ready now. Let’s see what our experiment tastes like” she cheerfully replied. This was fun and informative for her. Orson Ridge
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Jun 24, 2024 12:27:41 GMT -5
Post by Orson Ridge on Jun 24, 2024 12:27:41 GMT -5
"Thank you by the way for doing this with me. I know we are strangers and maybe that will change over time if we see each other through here but even being strangers you were nice enough to help me out and that is something I will remember." He nodded as an agreement. "If it tastes bad then we know better for a possible next time." Sophie Chang
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Jun 24, 2024 13:49:49 GMT -5
Post by Sophie Chang on Jun 24, 2024 13:49:49 GMT -5
Sophie was getting more used to Orson as this cooking experiment and she cut open part of a kebab to taste it. A touch of salt would help and she replied “this is good. Just needs a touch of salt. I would suggest using the dipping sauce for the tempura”. She smiled enjoying this time and then went looking for the salt shaker. She was a helpful person anyway and that wouldn’t change. Orson Ridge
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Jun 26, 2024 7:34:02 GMT -5
Post by Orson Ridge on Jun 26, 2024 7:34:02 GMT -5
Sauces were good but he had not met many people who gave advice on how to use them more properly than just as a side dish but this was different. "I think that you are right." It was a refreshing idea honestly. "Chef in your future Sophie or do you not know yet." If someone was going to take the time to enjoy being a kid he understood that too. Sophie Chang
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Jun 26, 2024 14:09:45 GMT -5
Post by Sophie Chang on Jun 26, 2024 14:09:45 GMT -5
“I don’t know if I’ll end up as a chef but if I hadn’t learned to cook the dishes would have been limited. Neither my father nor aunt could cook that well. Then within six months they’d both died leaving me here. So my skills help the children round me too as I bake for the orphanage as well” Sophie replied. She wasn’t sure what she’d end up doing but right now she was enjoying school, cooking and adventures in engineering. Orson Ridge
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Jun 27, 2024 18:46:35 GMT -5
Post by Orson Ridge on Jun 27, 2024 18:46:35 GMT -5
He was slowly looking over his food still allowing it to get to cold honestly when she spoke about her aunt and uncle. "Oh I am sorry," he said. It did not seem like it bothered her but it was a bit of shocking news to him, not that people died but that they had sadly gone too soon likely. Sophie Chang
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Jun 28, 2024 5:13:37 GMT -5
Post by Sophie Chang on Jun 28, 2024 5:13:37 GMT -5
Growing up the way she did even before coming here she knew her papa might die on his job. It still hurt her a lot when it happened and this wounds had just started to heal when her aunt died in a most pointless way. So that set her back even further but right now she was better off given she had friends, a family of sorts, her mother back in her life and feeling useful with skills she could pass on. She wasn’t sad anymore. She had a purpose; several in fact. They’d need all the bakers they could find to help Rocco out for starters. “Thank you. I knew my father could die given his job but my aunt was killed in a small store in the old town when a robbery went wrong. I got shot too and was the only survivor” she quietly replied. Which left her future on this island. “I know I can do a lot to help others right here. It’s a family of a sort”. Orson Ridge
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Jun 30, 2024 20:01:18 GMT -5
Post by Orson Ridge on Jun 30, 2024 20:01:18 GMT -5
"Having purpose is good I am hoping to find mine. I think it might be easier here than the normal places that I am used to but sometimes being an adult you expect that things will be easy and they are not, you just learn to deal with it better in most cases," Sophie Chang
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Jul 1, 2024 7:37:28 GMT -5
Post by Sophie Chang on Jul 1, 2024 7:37:28 GMT -5
So being an adult was hard and even Orson was still looking for a purpose. "It should be easier to find a purpose here. It a new nation with problems but nothing is unsolveable" Sophie replied as she kept cutting up her vegetables that also were cooling off. "We share some of the same problems as the nations we came from but we know we can do better and make things better for the next generation" she added with confidence. Even in her limited time living here she was sure of that and felt able to fight back in return. Orson Ridge
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Jul 2, 2024 7:09:50 GMT -5
Post by Orson Ridge on Jul 2, 2024 7:09:50 GMT -5
"It is already having a better presentation for a place as a home other than other places." It was easy to get comfortable here and quick so he was not surprised. "So you are allowed to come as you please no time restrictions?" Sometimes he liked to go out at night but he did not want to step on any toes. Sophie Chang
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Jul 2, 2024 8:56:52 GMT -5
Post by Sophie Chang on Jul 2, 2024 8:56:52 GMT -5
"I do have a night time curfew while living here. Usually 11pm. I don't know if it applies to adults. Its best to mention it to Gigi if you need longer" she mused. That seemed reasonable to her given her late aunt had a curfew in place as well. Only she had to one am that time. "You get a key card to get through the main door and the door to your room" she added. Naturally Gigi's key card could open anywhere. Orson Ridge
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