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They were at one of the final ports before departing fully to Kahikina. The very thought filled Emiyn with excitement and the usually more reserved man found himself actually smiling more so than usual today. He wasn't even bothered when he turned the corner and rammed himself into a rather solid wall of....muscle? Blinking, the much more petite mage stared at the lightning before slowly taking a step backwards. "I'm sorry." He began before pausing once more and looking over the stranger. This man wasn't part of the crew, was he? Emiyn tilted his head before just blurting out his thoughts. "You're not on the crew, right? Is there a reason that you're loading things onto our ship?" The Matori was completely baffled before he caught sight of some of the crew walking rather quickly away from sight.

Oh don't tell me....

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"It's fine, really." Replied Emiyn with a flush as he studied the other man. Emiyn realized that he was smaller, almost too feminine for most to consider him a man, and he usually didn't mind since he was adverse to most physical work. However, seeing someone so large standing before him was definitely throwing him off. Did they even have someone this huge on their crew? But the startling thing was hearing that he was a baker! What type of dough needed so much kneading for all of those muscles? Emiyn's gaze snapped back towards the lightning's face before a faint chuckle left his lips. "You just took the bag and started working?" He questioned with amusement before shaking his head. "Either way I'm sure they were thankful for your help though it was supposed to be their responsibility." Emiyn called out, almost hoping the crew would hear him, before he thought a moment longer. If it was Ephrym...how would he handle this situation? Surely he wouldn't just let the guy go after doing so much work for them.

"If you put the bag down then maybe I could help you look for spices? It's only fair since you got roped into doing work for us." If anything maybe they even had the spices that the guy wanted considering their recent haul came from merchants that traded between Belrea and Oba. Ephrym had wanted to get some trading finished before they ventured into the unknown after all.

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"Trust me." Emiyn shook his head. "They'll ride on your mercy all day so that they can hit the pubs harder tonight." The elementalist commented with a small grin before the acceptance of his offer made him stand up straighter. "A pleasure to meet you, Aurick. My name is Emiyn." While he didn't hold out his hand for a shake or anything like that Emiyn at least gave a nod of greeting, nothing too formal like bowing but acknowledgement nonetheless. Now that they had been introduced it was more of a question about what spices a baker would be looking for. Surely it had to be something fresh and exotic for him to leave the city and come all the way to a port town. The very thought made Emiyn pause thoughtfully. "You said you were looking for spices but anything in particular?"

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"Oh." Emiyn found himself blinking, his expression twisting with sorrow for the other man. "I see." If anything he recognized that feeling all too well when he thought of losing his grandmother who was basically more a mother to him than anyone else. Actually the thought of his grandmother had him thinking and the Matori twisted around so that he could study the pile of cargo that Aurick had helped to stack. Traditional recipes? Maybe he could help somehow? Either way Emiyn found himself glancing back towards Aurick with sympathy. "I'm very sorry for your loss. I know I can't say much to ease the pain but at least I can try to help with this matter." If anything he knew the feeling of working as a distraction against pain and healing like that would take time, if such scars could ever fully go away. "When you say baker is there anything that you specialize in? And have you heard of curry?" Already a thought was forming in his mind and Emiyn started to hope that the galley was both clean and clear of crew for now.

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"A cake master then." Emiyn mused. If only they could use one of those on the ship! He was very fond of sweets and it would be awfully tempting to visit Aurick's bakery one day, that is if he were as good as Emiyn hoped. "So how do you feel about more savory things? Curry kind be both sweet and spicy. That's why I enjoy it so much. There's even a family recipe to bake it within bread like a treat." As he spoke Emiyn started moving so that he could look through some of the bags. Surely Ephrym would be fine with him taking a couple of loose ends, especially if his plan worked out well and the lightning man wanted to purchase some spices. Eventually he found the correct bags and held them out towards Aurick. "That's some spices from Oba and Matori there. We have a kitchen if you'd like to try them out?"

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"Bake it until....wait, really?" Emiyn gave another chuckle before motioning for Aurick to follow him across the deck. "Well if you'd like to try selling some foreign ideas then I do truly hope that you enjoy it." Perhaps he was just a bit homesick but Emiyn was eager to play around with some recipes as he recalled them. Did he have parchment and ink? Of course he did. Emiyn smirked as he patted the small satchel bag swinging at his side. Perfect. He could write down what each of the spices were and the actual recipe if the other man enjoyed it. If only his grandmother had written down recipes rather than simply repeating them verbally over the years. Though admittedly it did help him now when he was going to try to make everything from memory.

"I don't mind at all. Unlike everyone else I prefer to enjoy my evenings sober so I have plenty of time to prepare for a voyage on my own." Emiyn started down the stairs before pausing to grin towards Aurick. "Plus, the captain owes me a favor or two already so use of the kitchen should be a fair request." The Matori quickly walked into the fairly decent sized galley and started to go through the shelves for ingredients and utensils. "I actually had the cook make some curry just this morning which should be perfect...add some starch to make it less soupy and all that's left is to make the bread to stuff it inside."

Emiyn rolled his eyes at yet another pun from the other man. Is this what he had signed up for today? Perhaps staying with the crew had made him a bit too friendly in this case. "Careful with how often you do that else it'll grow stale." Even he had to swallow his own groan at the fact that he had actually made a pun too. Was this like some sort of contagious disease? Either way it wasn't the worst sort of thing to deal with he supposed. A bad pun or two here and there still made much better company than others he had interacted with before.

"Chef? Not me." Emiyn replied as he started setting everything out on the solid counter built into the middle of the room. "I'm the navigator. I handle all the maps and deal with any stray winds and the like." He twisted his hand as he spoke, a little wisp of magic swirling around his finger for a few seconds, before he continued on. "It comes in handy when you're traveling through deeper waters." Emiyn chuckled at the observation from the other man. "One thing you can learn about ships is that they'll all come in different shapes and sizes. We don't have the largest of crew and focus mostly on cargo but our galley is decently almost middle sized if not a bit bigger than necessary all things considering." Most ships would just do with enough space to make gruel, a thought that made Emiyn shudder.

"Let me grab the curry..." Emiyn dropped the final ingredients onto the counter before reaching into a small metal contraption that let out some cold air when he opened it. Dry ice did wonders when one went to sea, especially if it allowed them to keep fresh produce longer. Emiyn removed the cloth covering from the bowl and then gestured towards Aurick. "It's cold now but if you'd like to try go ahead." It was a sweet and spicy curry with peppers and spices from his own country which Emiyn dearly loved.

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