Location:Nexus Pavilion
Date/Time:24 Blazepeak, 9939 AZI (Day 334)
Realm:Pavilion Sub-Space
The first cake exploded at noon.
Not dramatically — not a wall-shaking detonation or a formation array rupture. The Hearthcore Oven, which Jayde had built specifically for this purpose and tested three times without incident, simply decided that the particular combination of flour, spirit-honey, and ground zharfruit was an affront to thermodynamics and responded accordingly. The batter expanded. The oven's temperature regulation — five settings, steady, reliable, the same dial mechanism she'd used on the commercial model — held for approximately ninety seconds before the batter reached a critical density and the beast core surged.
