Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie

Oh gosh...Tinka was crying. Kurumi always felt really REALLY awkward whenever one of the house elves began to cry over something she did or said. At least this time they weren't doing so because they were punishing themselves for something. Kurumi could still remember the first time she insisted on baking herself. It had been awful.

"Well, I could use a large mixing bowl," Kurumi said with a small wink.

"Vivi," Kurumi repeated with a nod. Although it came out sounding more like Bibi since the seventh year still struggled with V sounds. Kurumi watched for a moment as Vivi interacted with Tinka. Wait, wasn't this the Ravenclaw's first term at Hogwarts? So how did she...

Kurumi realized just how little she knew about the girl, despite Selina talking about her often in the common room. Time to fix that, yes? Especially since it seemed like the two of them shared an interest in baking.

...even if Kurumi wasn't entirely sure what a pasty was.

"Oh! I've only ever had them in the Great Hall," Kurumi nodded once the pieces fell into place. "I've never made them though. I haven't actually ventured out of sweets territory when it comes to baking to be honest..." Her mother had never taught her proper cooking...just cookies, pies, and cupcakes as it were. And breads. "Are they...difficult?"

Originally Posted by Silver Ninja

"No, sorry Tinka. I'm truly sorry, I didn' mean te yell. I jus' don' want ye te..." Nodding, "Yes food." Watching as she just disappeared with a pop, he turned eyeing Ed his eyes wide. He opened his mouth to speak when suddenly Tinka appeared as fast as she'd disappeared! "Thet sounds perfect! Thank ye!" he said kindly with a bright smile, "Tea and cookies would be lovely."

Beaming at her, his eyes widened again, and the beam slid from his face as she spoke to Ed. "No Tinka! "Ye did good, righ' Ed?" Yes she did good, she wasn't a bad elf. "Ye were very very fast, and got us lots of lovely food." Shaking his head, she couldn't hurt herself! "Tinka, don' let me cry, please. I'll cry if ye punish yerself."

Originally Posted by Becky

EEP. Isaac had scared the elf! Ed scowled at him until he apologised, but then looked back to the flustered elf. He raised his eyebrows at her disappearing to get food, looked at Isaac and before either of them could say anything, she was back! He was impressed.

His expression fell to one of concern at the mention of punishment though. "You did really good." He nodded, agreeing slightly desperately with Isaac. The threat of crying made Ed raise an eyebrow though. Isaac? Cry? Baaaahaaaa. Oh, wait, he was doing something, right? He looked back to the elf. Ah! "Tinka, it would make us very happy if you didn't punish yourself. You're a busy elf and we understand, plus you weren't more than a minute or two." Play on the positive, right?