We need more magical science here. Before we get shot.
Or more cute Arizona and Jane!
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Jane tried to ignore Arizona as the battleship cleaned off her face with a warm wet cloth to get the icing off. Meanwhile, the little girl was examining their cake with a thoughtful nod. "Looks good! But now we need something to drink while we eat our cake..." Scrunching up her nose in a way that caused Arizona to fight back a coo, being as it would not be dignified for a ship of her standing to do so, Jane looked around before she turned to the much taller shipgirl. "Miss Arizona, do you like hot chocolate?"
Blinking at the seemingly random question, Arizona frowned a bit. "I don't... don't like it. Is that what you would like to have? Some hot chocolate?" At the nod, she began to reach for a can of powdered cocoa. "Then I suppose that would be fine."
A moment later though, Jane grabbed Arizona's wrist and shook her head. "Nope! Not that stuff, Miss Arizona, let's make some!" Then she pointed up at one of the cupboards. "There's a bag of chocolate bar squares there... could you get it for me? You're... um, taller then me..."
Softly smiling, Arizona easily took out the bag of chocolate bar squares and held up it. "Is this what you want?"
Nodding, Jane grinned back. "Yup! Oh! And we need brown sugar and cinnamon! Those are up there as well... I'll go get the milk and stuff."
Curious, Arizona turned around and grabbed the items in question and Jane placed some milk on the countertop along with a cutting board, butter knife, and a saucepan. Picking up the butter knife, Arizona frowned a bit. "A butter knife?"
With a huff, Jane crossed her arms across her chest. "Daddy doesn't want me using the sharp knives." Shaking her head, Jane turned back to the cutting board and opened one of the wrapped squares. "Now, first we cut these into tiny pieces..."
As she watched and listened to Jane's instructions, Arizona frowned a bit as she realized that Jane hadn't mentioned her mother nor had she even seen said woman around the base. 'I wonder where she is...' Joining in, the two made quick work of the chocolate squares and Arizona turned on the stove burner as Jane asked. "What do we do now?"
There was a large smile on Jane's face as she took the saucepan and filled it with milk. "Now we heat up the milk before we can add in the chocolate..." Once they began to add it, Jane stirred it for a little bit and then passed the spoon to Arizona. "Here, you try."
For several seconds, Arizona blinked before she looked at the saucepan and began to stir the now bubbling brown liquid while Jane added some brown sugar and cinnamon to it. Neither of the two noticed Mutsu hiding around the corner recording them...
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Sitting at the table with a large slice of the cake her and Jane had made with a mug of hot chocolate, with whipped cream on top as according to Jane you had to have whipped cream, Arizona picked up her fork. With a glance at Jane who was bouncing in anticipation, Arizona slowly took a bite sized piece and put it into her mouth. For several moments she chewed it before she stopped and Jane leaned forward. "Well?"
It was a slightly surprised Arizona who turned back to her. "It's... good." Taking a sip of the hot chocolate, Arizona licked the whipped cream on her lips and nodded. "And so is the hot chocolate."
Her eyes wide, Jane did the same thing before she closed her eyes and threw her hands into the air. "Then I pronounce our mission, a success!"
Softly smiling, Arizona turned back to her cake and continued to enjoy it as Jane chattered all sorts of things to her. Though the battleship did wonder exactly why it seemed to taste better then the ones she got in the mess.
