The Digital World

In the distance noises of a television playing could be heard. From the sounds of it, it was a child’s cartoon that Monty had picked out to watch while von was in the kitchen. It was quiet and peaceful, even if for the rider he was making sure what he was creating was perfect. A deep and chocolatey cake was layered together, white whip cream in between each cake layer and seen as the cake was left bare. Who he was making it for wasn’t fond of frosting or overly sweet and messy outer layers so he decided to forgo it. Adding dollops of whip cream from the piping bag in hand around the final top layer of cake, he then pressed whole strawberries for the final decoration. It was a grand piece of work, 4 layers of cake with each layer under the top bigger than the layer above it. He had to stand on a chair to get to the final top layer and make it as perfect as he could manage.

Back to the safety of the ground floor, he made a mental note to get a stool or at least get the chair he was standing on fixed as it wobbled as he stood on it. That was an issue for a future him to fix, for now he reached for his phone that was laid resting on the counter. He had decided it was a good place to keep the phone as he was busy, in case he received a message. If it was out he could still see who was calling or texting and decide if it was worth it to stop the process he was going through. Aiming it at the tower of a cake, the stats of the item popped up on screen.

Crafter: Vonius Argyris

Item: Consumable (dessert)

Quality: SSS

An extravagant chocolate cake decorated with strawberries and whip cream.

Effect: UNCOMMON

Happiness- Consuming this cake will give you feelings of bliss.

Effect: COMMON

Well Fed- Eating this sweet treat leaves you feeling full.

Smiling, Vonius was glad that Kaiser’s birthday cake turned out as perfect as could be. He felt he could have made it better but maybe he was just being harsh on himself. He made sure to make Kaiser’s favorite type of cake, chocolate with strawberries, so the day was full of nice things for his dragon.

Pushing the ‘add to inventory’ button, the cake vanished from the counter. He made sure there were no glitches that would for one reason or another return it, but once it had been a solid minute there was no chance of it coming back out. Checking the inventory system, there was the cake with a blue colored heart by it as a reaction. It seemed Kaiser already loved it even if no taste was had yet.

Putting the apron on the hook dedicated for it, with all preparations done it meant it was time for him to go see the dragon that usually stayed hidden. He made sure his outfit was perfect as well, even if he doubted the dragon would care. A plain blue sweater with a high collar was being worn inside, sleeves being unrolled as Vonius returned it to its resting state. Under that was his usual white tank top for layering purposes, not wanting to be too warm and regret his life. An equally plain pair of darker blue colored pants were his only bottom layer, with socks covering his pale feet. He wondered for a moment should he change, but Monty gave him a squeak that said he looked nice as is.

“Alright, Monty. Be safe and keep an eye on things. Call me if anything happens or needs my attention.”

“Okay! Tell Kaiser I said happy hatch day!” Settling himself into a rat bun shape, the blond colored rat watched TV, nose wiggling. Vonius wondered was it okay to leave Monty, but he didn’t see why not. It had just been so long since he went into the Digital World, how much had changed?