The Snack Den

[Firox]

*Kim the Korean/Japanese Umbreon, that once in a while comes to make Japanese or Korean meals... this time Vay wanted some fresh Ramen*


*while eating, the play-fighters remain calmed*
*for dessert - Kim had left various Pocky snacks - chocolate, strawberry, green tea, and cookies n' creme*
*the six younger Vees got theirs - so did Ethan and Fiona*
*Vay asks ?* "which would you like?"


*Grace calls out* "I'll get Cookies N' Creme"
*Vay giggles* "will give you some in a moment"

[?]

*looks over* strawberry please 

[Firox]

*Vay passes a full closed box of Strawberry Pocky*
*then passes Grace the Cookies N' Creme*


*the one that I take, and Vay take, we seem to only like them, Green Tea flavored*


*Jyo comes up to Vay and asks* "how about something I haven't had in a while, for the next time.... tasty dumplings"
"great choice" *from pretty much everyone*

[?]

*happily noms n stretches* that sounds tasty

[Firox]

*after dessert*
*Grace leaps at Arval, as he was the first to finish eating*
*Joseph jumps from behind*
*all three roll around, having a good time, inviting the rest in*
*smaller Vees seem to rough for them due to smaller size and all three joining in*


*Jyo asks all what kind of dumplings they like*
*the ones who know what they are suggest the pork dumplings, and not to forget the dipping sauce*

[?]

*nods in agreement then settles down*

[Firox]

*Grace, Joseph, Arval... no with Firox and Jyo joining in*
*its a fun 5 part fun battle, they move on outside so not to bother anyone inside*
*the smaller Vees, Fi, and Ethan decide to instead play on the laptop area, and Sherrie joins them*


*Zoran, Iordan, and I go to the garden*
*Flower, and Aycan also head to the back of the garden area, to where the Flowers are and lay down on them for a quick nap*

[?]

*relaxes in sleeping area for now*

[Firox]

*Sherrie comes over and wishes the ?* "have a great nap"
*most of the den gets nice and quiet*
*as the one son the laptop have special made headphones on, low enough so the sound doesn't bother anyone, or hurt hearing*


*Sherrie lays down for a while with the ?*

[?]

night *rest after a bit*

[Firox]

*next day*
*as some rest*
*Jyo invited a friend over, his name is Zhang Jinyu 张金羽 as he is the expert at making dumplings, along with Jyo, Firox, and Flower helping out,

*they made five different kind of dumplings - Chinese-pork filled, seafood filled, crispy tofu filled, spicy Szechuan filled, and veggie dumplings*

*even Vay got to help, thanks to Zhang's direction, she made the dipping sauce for the dumplings*


*by the time rest get to wake - we have all the dumplings steaming basket, sauce in various bowls*
*while waiting for the dumplings to steam - Jyo introduced Zhang to everyone in the den*

[?]

*relaxes n greets Zhang and others*

[Firox]

*Zhang greets the ?*
*?, and Vees can tell - Zhang is a Jolteon, fast, and athletic - super friendly,, and thT it learned English from his accent*


*now with all up*
*Zhang passes ?, and the smaller Vees one of each, except for the spicy ones*
*showing what each is and passing some dumpling sauce for dipping*


*once all got a taste of the four*
"which one would you like? or mix of all?"
*? can hear the strong accent*

[?]

thanks ya there * happilly noms* mix would be nice 

[Firox]

*? can tell that Zhang is using chopsticks to arrange the dumplings in a neat pattern on plate*
*first four was one of each to try them*
*plate is about 6 of each - 24 dumplings in total, a dumpling dipping sauce in middle in a small bowl*


*dies tell all while organizing them*
"I'm from Shanghai in China, really love it here, so peaceful and calmed and friendly"


*passes the neatly arranged plate to ?, makes similar for other smaller Vees*


*rest of us? We are big and more careful, so we can do them ourselves*