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Do you need any help waging battle? [She is a decent cook but not well-acquainted with Midgardian ovens. How hard could it be?]

Well, the oven is a tricky opponent. It's crafty and temperamental. I could use a little bit of extra help. [Even the brand spanking new ovens are horrible creatures.']

I had better not let it out-wit me then. [If it does, her father would be the last to hear about it.]

Maybe you could start letting the oven warm up while you get the mixture ready? Then you won't have to wait later on. Is there a number we should set the temperature at?

[Darcy is fairly sure that Loki will be the last to hear of it if he hasn't tricked up the ovens, though he might want to sample the baking goods his daughter helped to make.]

That's the plan with baking. Can you set it to 350 degrees? In fact we'll probably let it warm up for longer than that so the oven regulates. They're funny to deal with.

[If the cookies were a success Loki would be able to sniff them out from another realm. The last time Hel had seen an oven on Midgard, it had dials but this one displayed digital numbers. After some fiddling with buttons and a menu, she sets it to 350 degrees.]

If this doesn't work I may be able to bake them with a spell but it could set the house on fire. Perhaps not. Besides, manually-cooked food tastes better.

[More than likely this would be the case. Darcy had this knack of intentionally summoning deities over the tritest things. Delicious chocolate chip cookies with cinnamon? That was a summoning spell if Darcy ever saw one.

She glances over to make sure the young goddesses got the temperature right, ready to help if Hel didn't get it. But Darcy grins wide with approval when Hel does.]

I'd prefer not to having the place set on fire, and there's a ton of more dough. If the cookies burn, we got more than enough to fiddle with. I'd say... ten minutes. Though I am surprised to hear spell cooked food isn't as good. "Be Our Guest" from Beauty and the Beast lied to me.

[All the deities come to Darcy because she takes everything in her stride, it fascinates them. She's a bit like Agent Coulson in that way. That last bit about Beauty and the Beast gets Hel's attention, she's just had a Disney movie marathon with one version of her father.]

That was a good movie. Who knows, maybe they use a different kind of magic in the enchanted castle?

Sometimes you can use illusions to trick people's senses, which makes the food taste better. I find my magically-made food has a funny aftertaste, it reminds me of those mothballs found on Midgard. [She screws up her nose in disgust then examines some of the Christmas-themed cookie cutters.]

[Darcy comes from the generation that's had sci-fiction popularized and thrown at her on big screens. It really shouldn't mean that much, but it's some of her nonchalant attitude comes from it. Mostly, it was her interaction with Thor. When a Thunder god eats all your poptarts? You learn Gods aren't so high above you.]

Oh, I loved that movie too. I'd watch it like a million times. That and Mulan. Perhaps it's Earth based magic compared to Asgard magic?

Oh, gross. No mothballs here. Mom wasn't much for most cooking, but she was all right with baking. Sugar cookies are like the one thing I can make without it exploring on me. [Peers over Hel's shoulder.] Did you want to make cookie people?