DiscoDude: ---BEGIN SESSION---
DiscoDude: Session logging commenced
Ryusui|GM: The camera jumps several times around the Chairwoman, lending an additional sense of drama to her impending proclamation.
Ryusui|GM: "As you all know, Xanthophyll-9 is a planet of countless natural wonders. Tourists from all over the galaxy visit this planet to experience its rich and diverse plantlife in person." The holographic displays show a montage the planet's breathtaking natural scenery. "Some who travel through its vast forests choose never to leave. Others, well...they have no choice in the matter." She smirks, and the holographic displays change to images of several half-buried skeletons of several species, accompanied by a stock horror scream.
Ryusui|GM: "Those who wish to experience this world in full must be experts at wilderness survival. All the more, since all travelers to this world are expected to abide by one simple rule..."
Ryusui|GM: She snaps her fingers.
Ryusui|GM: In an instant, your stoves all go out.
Ryusui|GM: The macrowave ovens shut down.
Ryusui|GM: Even the little cosmopropane torches, the ones meant for creme brulees that no one uses, those fizzle out too.
Ryusui|GM: "...fire is forbidden. For light, for heat, and for cooking." She chuckles. "And so all of you must make do without any of the supplied sources of heat for the remainder of the challenge. Of course, you may find inventive ways to prepare your food otherwise...but the equipment at your disposal for heating food is entirely off-limits."
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: "****!" Rachelle blurts out when the food prossessor sezies up.
Ryusui|GM: (the food processor is fine)
Vera: Vera jabs a thumb at the microwave.
"Interesting definition of 'fire' you got there, chief."
Ryusui|GM: (To prepare a dish aspect that would require heat to cook, you must invoke an aspect representing a heat source you've created!)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: "Good (+3) thing we're makin' sushi." Rachelle quips.
"Ai." Tako-San affirms.
Vera: (Anyone want to compel a confessional against themselves here in response to the bad news? I'll pass since my plans aren't actually hurt all that much; I made the one thing that really needs heat already.)
Margen: Margen's eyes narrow in concentration
My old nemesis: spotty power. So we meet again.
Margen: (i need to double-check things )
Vera: (Sounds like you'll be able to compel a confessional here, <@!Margen>; gain a fate point and face off with Holly.)
Vera: (I'm not forcing the issue, though; I want to hold on to mine.)
Margen: (do I still have use of the stick blender?)
Ryusui|GM: (yes)
Ryusui|GM: (you didn't lose electricity, you just lost anything that can heat something)
Margen: (ok I think I'm good, but I will need to get instant potato and visit the Lardertron for hickory smoke)
Margen: (actually I don't know if I actually need the Lardertron for that because it's really flavor text)
Margen: (this might not change my plan too much)
Ryusui|GM: In the meantime, the Flerovium Chef grabs a cutting board and...stabs it with a metal skewer. His deranged grin unbroken, he plants his hands on either side and begins rubbing the skewer back and forth. A faint trail of smoke begins to rise up...
Ryusui|GM: (attempting to Create Advantage: [Cutting Board Campfire])
Ryusui|GM: !f 4 (Clever)
DiscoDude: <@Ryusui|GM> rolled 4dF+4 for 5 [4dF = [+][ ][ ][ ]]
Ryusui|GM: (and he gets two free invokes on it!)
Margen: "Are we all allowed to do that?"
Vera: (Not if I boost with SCRAMBLED [?].)
Ryusui|GM: (i'll allow that. still one free invoke XD)
Vera: (If there's one SWS to cancel, it's the one that allows more actions.)
Vera: "Wait, that's illegal." But Vera doesn't actually care. She turns back to her station. "A'ight, time to start on that piledriver. Juice the fruit, apply syrup and ice to shaker... We're starting with an Atomic Grapefruit Cocktail - SOUR:5 for this beverage."
Vera: !f 1 (SOUR)
DiscoDude: <@Vera> rolled 4dF+1 for -1 [4dF = [-][ ][ ][-]]
Vera: (Spending... hm... both invokes of the grapefruit, and one on the cocktail checklist.)
"Lemme double-check this... make sure I've got every last drop..."
Margen: (question: what exchange are we on?)
Ryusui|GM: (thank you)
Vera: (8.)
Ryusui|GM: EXCHANGE 8/15
Margen: (thx)
Vera: "And there we go; ready to pour into a glass, soon as I'm ready to plate."
Ryusui|GM: Dovelia scowls at the sight of the Flerovium Chef vandalizing kitchen equipment to make a campfire, of all things. She looks at her own dishes - one started, one near-complete - and decides to start work on her dessert.
Ryusui|GM: She has something cold and sweet planned, so she sets to work prepping the blast chiller!
Ryusui|GM: (attempting to create prep aspect: [Fired-Up Blast Chiller])
Ryusui|GM: (this will be her second, so it's at +2, correct?)
Vera: (Yeah.)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((Wait; we ended in the middle of an exchange last time?))
Ryusui|GM: (we didn't, we ended last session with the exchange completed, i thought?)
Vera: (Yeah.)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((Then why did only the house and Vera goget a turn before we ticked up to 8?))
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((Because I haven't gone, yet, at the very least.))
Ryusui|GM: (because i forgot to give the exchange number)
Ryusui|GM: (this session started on exchange 8 but thor reminded me i hadn't posted the "exchange start" banner)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((Oh! I thought you were moving to the next exchange.))
Vera: (Now roll, GM!)
Ryusui|GM: !f 2 (Clever)
DiscoDude: <@Ryusui|GM> rolled 4dF+2 for 1 [4dF = [+][-][-][ ]]
Vera: (You'll need to invoke, or take success at cost, or fail.)
Margen: Margen makes a move to the Lardertron to fetch some Tau Ceti Premium Instant Tater Flakes (Savory)
Ryusui|GM: (hmm. i don't think i've taken any conditions, since we haven't instated "conditions carry forward from face-offs" yet)
Ryusui|GM: (potatoes would be Cool, actually)
Vera: (What about instant baked potato, complete with vegan substitute filling flavors? XD)
Margen: (the salted dry instant flakes?)
Margen: (baked potato would be neat, but this is getting blended into soup :P)
Ryusui|GM: (honestly i'm fine with just rolling with it, just keep in mind that starches are Cool, not Savory in the future)
Margen: (starch=cool
got it)
Vera: (Also, GM, not sure you can just mark off a condition to beat a roll... unless that's what Feeling the Pressure actually does. >:3)
Vera: (Assuming that's where you were going with that talk of conditions, that is.)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((I thought they were talking about the invocation of the condition.))
Vera: (Well, <@!Ryusui|GM>? Where were you going with that?)
Ryusui|GM: (ah, whoop, my bad)
Ryusui|GM: (got briefly distracted)
Ryusui|GM: (right, so, i was thinking of taking a Condition as my "success as a cost")
Ryusui|GM: (but honestly i think i'll just take the L and move on)
Ryusui|GM: Dovelia opens the blast chiller door and it briefly breathes fire in her face. The Chairwoman chuckles. "Sorry, a little mix-up there," she says, explaining absolutely nothing.
Vera: "That... no." Vera rolls her eyes, trying not to chuckle.
Margen: (I could also go with Tau Ceti Instant Grilled Leeks instead, and use regular old potato flakes for body. Fits the flavor group with less gymnastics, too)
Margen: (^savory flavor group)
Margen: Margen (carefully) reconsiders his ingredient priorities and decides to retrieve exquisite Tau Ceti Self-Grilling Leeks (Savory) from the lardertron and use domestic potato flakes.
Margen: !f 3 (careful)
DiscoDude: <@Margen> rolled 4dF+3 for 4 [4dF = [+][ ][+][-]]
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: "Rachelle!" Tako-San barked, more out of haste than any particular emotion, "Prep some tortiasu."
"Doesn't those need to be cooked?" Rachelle asked.
"The Lard-o-Tron conjures it fully made."
"Right. -_-" With that, Rachelle bolts to the Lard-o-Tron and-
"And make a show of it!"
Rachelle sighs before selecring the tortillas and tossing them back to Tako-San at the station.
((Flashily Create an Advantage to place the Tasty Taco Tortillas (Savory) at the station without using additional movement.))
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: !f 3
DiscoDude: <@;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾> rolled 4dF+3 for 4 [4dF = [-][+][ ][+]]
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((I'll also use Could You Do This for Me, Darling? to have Tako-San act.))
Ryusui|GM: (go for it)
Vera: (Didn't they already do that this cook-off?)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((Not, yet; no.))
Vera: (Must have been thinking of the quick-fire...)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: Tako-San scrounges through the cupborads for more Quality Equipment.
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: !f 3
DiscoDude: <@;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾> rolled 4dF+3 for 6 [4dF = [+][ ][+][+]]
Margen: The Lardertron thunks and dispenses an extra leek, an unexpected surprise and useful garnish
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: Hap-hazardly throwing it all into a pile on the counter top, the assortment of supplies manages to cushion the landing of the flying saucer Rachelle had launched.
Vera: (Hm, dumping a bunch of stuff haphazardly before something lands sounds more QUICK than FLASHY, but I'll let it go for now.)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((I felt it was Flashy under the logic of the controlled crash-landing being "All according to Plan."))
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((That should be the end of the exchange.))
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((<@!Ryusui|GM>?))
Ryusui|GM: (ah, righto, mb)
Ryusui|GM: (sorry, a little distracted with a convo)
Ryusui|GM: EXCHANGE 9/15
Ryusui|GM: The Flerovium Chef lacks a proper oven to prepare his intended dish, so he seizes a dutch oven-style cooking vessel, assembles layers of sliced Killer Eggplant inside, and props it up over his cutting board campfire with several knives stabbed straight through and into the countertop underneath.
Vera: (Going for some hot (SPICY) plating?)
Ryusui|GM: (invoking [Cutting Board Campfire] and attempting to make Killer Eggplant Parmigiana (Bitter): 6)
Ryusui|GM: !f 4 (Bitter)
DiscoDude: <@Ryusui|GM> rolled 4dF+4 for 4 [4dF = [ ][+][-][ ]]
Vera: (Oh, eggplant, not zucchini.)
Ryusui|GM: (going to invoke the Killer Eggplant for the win)
Vera: (Main dish?)
Ryusui|GM: (yes)
Ryusui|GM: He has further plans for this dish, but for now, it appears to be coming along nicely!
Ryusui|GM: Meanwhile, Dovelia finishes putting out the flames in her hair and whisks together the ingredients for her Atomic Grapefruit Sorbet. No special prep this time - she just has to hope the ingredients come together the way she wants them to!
Ryusui|GM: (attempting [Atomic Grapefruit Sorbet (Sour): 5])
Ryusui|GM: !f 1 (Sour)
DiscoDude: <@Ryusui|GM> rolled 4dF+1 for 2 [4dF = [ ][ ][+][ ]]
Ryusui|GM: (with two invokes on the grapefruit, that's a win!)
Margen: (Ooh direct dish competition)
Ryusui|GM: The blast chiller doesn't spit out flames this time - just cold, delicious sorbet.
Vera: "A'ight, for the next part of the piledriver..." Vera gets out a mason jar, a cutting board, a knife, the temporal accelerator, a coffee filter... and Flerovium Chef's hand, along with a bottle of tequila. "This one space-zombie at our bar, Craig, makes these awesome little treats to leave at the bottom of drinks for those who ask; and I'm gonna do the vegan version, I guess." Vera plans to make a side in the form of (Vegan) Tequila-Fermented Fingerbone Sinkers - BITTER:5.
Vera: !f 3 (BITTER)
DiscoDude: <@Vera> rolled 4dF+3 for 2 [4dF = [+][ ][-][-]]
Vera: (Oof, that's the cocktail checklist and flerovium chef arm bottomed out.)
Vera: She takes her cleaver to the severed hand's fingers, *plink plinks* them into the bottom of the jar, fills it with tequila, seals it, and pops it into the accelerator.
Vera: "Now I just need a glass to put it all in..."
Vera: (RYU, WE FORGOT JUDGES.)
Ryusui|GM: (i'll do that next exchange, whoop!)
Margen: (Margen will move back to his station with his bounty)
Vera: (No action?)
Margen: (I'm just putting that out there while I work on what I'm doing)
Vera: (Got it.)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: Tako-San Gets right to dicing the Eggplant to salsa-appropriate sizes and lays them out on the tortillas as Eggplant Taco-Filling.
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: !f 1 (Bitter against Legendary (+8) difficulty to Create an Advantage)
DiscoDude: <@;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾> rolled 4dF+1 for 0 [4dF = [ ][-][+][-]]
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((Using both free invokes on the Quality Equipment, and the free invoke and a fate point on the Eggplant itself.))
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((Nevermind! Both free invokes on the Eggplant! I was looking at the wrong aspect!))
Ryusui|GM: (as a reminder, you'll need to do something to swap your side with your main)
Vera: (I thought that was a main?)
Ryusui|GM: (oh, whoop)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((It is the main.))
Ryusui|GM: (sorry, the fluff text had me confused)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((Salsa?))
Vera: (Also, all his dishes are +8 anyway.)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((GO BIG OR GO HOME!!!!))
Margen: Margen blends vegan creamer, corn, artificial bacon flavor, and quality potato flakes into a smooth soup, adding Ceti Alpha Savory (known to some as space lilac) and minced Tau Ceti Self-Grilling Leek in batches to make Savory Ceti-Cluster Creamy Spud and Leek Soup (Savory: 8)
Margen: !f 3 (Savory)
DiscoDude: <@Margen> rolled 4dF+3 for 0 [4dF = [ ][-][-][-]]
Margen: (Ok I'm going to need literally all of my invokes but I can do it :})
Margen: (+2 (×2) from the Leeks, +2 (×2) from the Savory gets me to tie)
Ryusui|GM: (woo!)
Vera: (Describe it!)
Margen: The leek sizzles on the steel cutting board as it is cut, sliding into the vat of churning vegetation particulate suspension. Bunches of savory fly into the pot, barely making the rim. The blender groans, threatening to give under the density of the fluid, but it survives. The soup is smooth. The roaring stops.
Vera: (Next exchange, I believe. Also, judge time.)
Ryusui|GM: "Chefs!" The chairwoman calls out once more. "Without further ado, it's finally time to introduce the judges you will be aiming to impress at the end of this competition!"
Ryusui|GM: !r 1d6
DiscoDude: <@Ryusui|GM> rolled 1d6 for 6 [1d6 = 6]
Ryusui|GM: Fireworks erupt from the judges' podium as a tall, lanky, unmistakably mechanical figure saunters forth. "ZIziphus 7!"
Ryusui|GM: !r 1d6
DiscoDude: <@Ryusui|GM> rolled 1d6 for 3 [1d6 = 3]
Ryusui|GM: !r 1d6
DiscoDude: <@Ryusui|GM> rolled 1d6 for 6 [1d6 = 6]
Ryusui|GM: !r 1d6
DiscoDude: <@Ryusui|GM> rolled 1d6 for 6 [1d6 = 6]
Ryusui|GM: (dammit XD)
Ryusui|GM: !r 1d6
DiscoDude: <@Ryusui|GM> rolled 1d6 for 1 [1d6 = 1]
Vera: (I believe that's Durian.)
Ryusui|GM: "Doctor Durian!" The cyber-gorilla's entrance is much more understated; his chair rises up behind the judges' podium out of a hidden trapdoor. He adjusts his glasses.
Ryusui|GM: "And finally..."
Ryusui|GM: !r 1d6
DiscoDude: <@Ryusui|GM> rolled 1d6 for 3 [1d6 = 3]
Ryusui|GM: !r 1d6
DiscoDude: <@Ryusui|GM> rolled 1d6 for 5 [1d6 = 5]
Ryusui|GM: "...Morinda Jackfruit!" The celebrity chef emerges from yet another hidden trapdoor, bows to the audience, and takes her seat at the end of the row.
Ryusui|GM: "Only five exchanges left, chefs! Make them count!"
Ryusui|GM: EXCHANGE 10/15
Ryusui|GM: The Flerovium chef throws open a drinks cabinet laden with enough exotic alcoholic beverages to give even Zaphod Beeblebrox pause. At first, it looks like he's going to sweep them all into his arms, but...no, he selects a very specific handful, and begins to concoct them along with some fresh-squeezed atomic grapefruit juice into a highball glass.
Ryusui|GM: (attempting to make [Atomic Grapefruit Highball (Sour): 5])
Ryusui|GM: !f 3 (Sour)
Ryusui|GM: !f 3 (Sour)
DiscoDude: <@Ryusui|GM> rolled 4dF+3 for 3 [4dF = [ ][-][ ][+]]
DiscoDude: <@Ryusui|GM> rolled 4dF+3 for 1 [4dF = [-][ ][ ][-]]
Ryusui|GM: (oh what)
Vera: (?????????)
Ryusui|GM: !f 3 (Sour)
DiscoDude: <@Ryusui|GM> rolled 4dF+3 for 2 [4dF = [-][ ][-][+]]
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((Split the diffrence, why don't ya.))
Margen: (if it's a lot of booze for President Beeblebrox, I don't know if I'm comfortable being in the vicinity of that much flammable material :y)
Vera: (Invoking anything?)
Ryusui|GM: (i have two FATE Points left but if i'm taking the 2 here then I can't win this)
Vera: (Atomic grapefruit?)
Ryusui|GM: (i have no invokes on the Atomic Grapefruit and i need two invokes for the win)
Vera: (What are you talking about? Flerovium's grapefruit is untouched.)
Vera: (Flerovium's aspects are at the top.)
Ryusui|GM: (OH! My notes said otherwise)
Ryusui|GM: (thank you!)
Ryusui|GM: (welp, spending both of those now! XD)
Ryusui|GM: He takes a sip of what he's made. His lips briefly curl and brown. He flashes yet another wild grin; it's absolutely perfect.
Vera: "Oh, so Mr. Plant-Torturer wants to step to this?" Vera gestures to her own cocktail prepwork. "Sure, whatever... Okay, let's actually begin... eh, a third dish." Vera gets out a meat grinder and chooses the widest hole mesh. "Gonna make Vampire Zucch S'ghetti - COOL:1. It's gonna suck a little without boiling water, but then I don't really care about winning this particular point."
Vera: !f 2 (COOL)
DiscoDude: <@Vera> rolled 4dF+2 for 3 [4dF = [+][-][+][ ]]
Vera: "And into cold water you go. You'd better be soaking real good by the time I get around to plating you."
Margen: (Margen apparently has like 5 rounds to plate)
Margen: (gather, gather, prep, prep, cook, cook, larder, cook)
Ryusui|GM: Dovelia looks at the time. She's going to need to start hurrying on these dishes. Her planned syrup is off the menu without a heat source - instead, she's going to top her sorbet with a sweet fruit and nut mixture.
Ryusui|GM: (attempting to finish the sorbet with [Topped with Korentz Apple-Nut Mix (Sweet): 3])
Ryusui|GM: !f 3 (sweet)
DiscoDude: <@Ryusui|GM> rolled 4dF+3 for 3 [4dF = [ ][+][ ][-]]
Ryusui|GM: (bang, there we go <3)
Ryusui|GM: She sighs a little as she finishes assembling her dessert. At least this way she doesn't have to worry as much about it melting.
Ryusui|GM: ( <@!Margen>, <@!;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾>?)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((Just came back from grabbing dinner.))
Margen: (I'm still figuring out what to do, I can't remember how playing works)
Margen: (I'm still figuring out what to do, I can't remember how playing works)
Margen: (Plating)
Margen: (thanks, autocorrect)
Vera: (Like any other dish, except the dish is finished when you make it.)
Ryusui|GM: (yeah, you need a plating aspect to "complete" a dish; nothing further can be done with it once that's done)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: Rachelle returns to her employer's station as Tako-San pulls out some hot sauce that was in the pantry and almost smotthers the.eggplant in a Saracha Lather.
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: !f 2 (Spicy against Fair (+2) difficulty)
DiscoDude: <@;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾> rolled 4dF+2 for 5 [4dF = [+][ ][+][+]]
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((This is a side aspect.))
Margen: (I may need to end after this exchange, people are starting to ask things of me)
Vera: (SPICY:2, I assume?)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((Tell them you're busy.))
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((Yeah.))
Vera: (Also, mind if I correct the spelling on that in the notes?)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((Please!))
Ryusui|GM: (it's Sriracha, just FYI)
Vera: (Man, those funky Southeast Asian words. XD)
Margen: (ok, so I have 3 rolled dishes. Is there anything besides plating I can do to improve them now that they're done?)
Vera: (Side dish aspects?)
Margen: (Oh yeah, like fixings and dips. Dorp. Thanks.)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((I thought it was Mexican.))
Ryusui|GM: (nope, sriracha is southeast asian)
Margen: (Sriracha is from southeast Asia, but it's very similar to the Tabasco process and other south American spicy things)
Margen: (Salt, acid and heat 👍)
Vera: (Still works for your fusion-master image. XD)
Margen: Margen will go to the Lardertron and retrieve some Pink Scrambleberry to make a (sweet) drizzle
Vera: (Can you melt that crunchy stuff without heat?)
Vera: (Maybe with water or cream. Hmm...)
Margen: (ooh good point, they're crunchy)
Margen: (powder works)
Ryusui|GM: (gimme a roll!)
Margen: !f 3 (careful for sweet)
DiscoDude: <@Margen> rolled 4dF+3 for 2 [4dF = [-][-][+][ ]]
Vera: (Normal success.)
Ryusui|GM: Your search filters deposit a chartreuse scrambleberry which tastes faintly of lemon into your possession. Otherwise, it has all the characteristics you expected - the sweetness and the crunchiness.
Ryusui|GM: (remember, the fruits of a scrambleberry are supposed to be random - the colors i gave you were for that one plant for this one competition XD)
Ryusui|GM: (i'm not screwing with you; the point is you got what you wanted, it's just - naturally - slightly different from the one you used earlier)
Margen: (neat!)
Ryusui|GM: (next exchange!)
Ryusui|GM: EXCHANGE 11/15
Ryusui|GM: Perhaps emboldened by his powerful drink, the Flerovium Chef snaps his fingers. A winged terror swoops down from the ceiling.
Ryusui|GM: "Here it comes, folks! The dreaded Psyscreech Owl makes its appearance! Who will face its wrath?"
Vera: (Hm, is anyone in the same zone as each other?)
Ryusui|GM: Screeching loud enough to be heard across the arena, the Psyscreech Owl divebombs in Tako's direction!
Ryusui|GM: !f 2 (attack roll)
DiscoDude: <@Ryusui|GM> rolled 4dF+2 for 1 [4dF = [-][-][ ][+]]
Vera: (Huh! Guess he does have some of the scarier dishes so far.)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: Tako-San, in their native Japanese, shouts, <NOT AGAIN!>
Ryusui|GM: The Owl's shriek echoes through both physical reality and mental space, Tako. Gonna roll to defend?
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: To stave off the psychic assault and to help concentrate, they begin belting out the extended remix of their restaurant's jingle in Japanese. ((That's sufficiently Flashy, right?))
Ryusui|GM: (i love it XD)
Ryusui|GM: (go for it)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: !f 3 (Flashily Defend)
DiscoDude: <@;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾> rolled 4dF+3 for 3 [4dF = [-][ ][ ][+]]
Ryusui|GM: There is a clash of wills perceptible only by an eleventh-level esper. The Owl's assault slams ferociously into your psychic counterattack. There is a third eye-blinding flash of sheer psychic intensity, and then...the Psyscreech Owl is knocked backwards in physical reality, fluttering in lazy, confused loops as it tries to regain its bearings. There is, however, no getting your jingle out of its genetically-altered brain; the audience will be hearing it on in their dream-waves for weeks to come.
Ryusui|GM: The Flerovium Chef stabs a knife into the countertop in frustration, nearly severing one of his own fingers.
Ryusui|GM: In the meantime, Dovelia works to put a finishing touch on her salad. She sets to work grinding up a fresh dusting of Nova Pepper to sprinkle on top of the faux-meat.
Vera: (I wonder when he's going to pull out his stunts...)
Ryusui|GM: (attempting to finish the grilled neo-seiitan with [Dusted with Fresh-Ground Nova Pepper (Spicy): 1])
Ryusui|GM: !f 0
DiscoDude: <@Ryusui|GM> rolled 4dF+0 for 3 [4dF = [+][+][+][ ]]
Ryusui|GM: (WHOA XD)
Ryusui|GM: The spice nicely complements the dish.
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((Bit dramatic for a normal success and no eclipse, but I won't argue with the result.))
Vera: "Okay, let's get a Honey BBQ Sauce - SWEET:6 for this burger. Not quite ready to plate, yet, but it'll be getting there."
Vera: !f 1 (SWEET)
DiscoDude: <@Vera> rolled 4dF+1 for 0 [4dF = [+][-][ ][-]]
Vera: (Using all my Carnivore Burger Recipe [!!!] invokes.)
Margen: Margen hoofs it to his station, cradling his Scrambleberries for powdering
Vera: Some tomatoes, sugar, vinegar, and 11 herbs and spices in a blender later...
"There we go."
Margen: !f 1 (sweet 2)
DiscoDude: <@Margen> rolled 4dF+1 for 3 [4dF = [+][+][-][+]]
Vera: (Er, you forgot to outline your target dish aspect.)
Margen: And the berry invoke for Sweet Scrambleberry Sprinkles
[D'oh]
(It's a Sour dish)
(Oh dangit did I drop the ball again)
Vera: (Er, yeah, in several ways. You tried to roll Sweet for a Sour dish, and failed to outline what you were even attempting.)
Margen: (Gaaah sorry I got tapped to do a touch of real-world cooking and multitasking is a bad idea)
Margen: (somehow I thought sides could be a different flavor)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((They have to be a different flavor from the main.))
Margen: (No, like, extras on the dish. I think I see where I got things crossed up.)
Vera: (Oh, wait, I think I know what you meant.)
Vera: (Sides do have to be a different flavor from the main.)
Vera: (You announced you messed up when you thought - whoops - you were supposed to roll SOUR because the main dish was SOUR, which confused us.)
Margen: (so to make sure everything is clear: I had a Sour dish with Sweet sprinkles rolled with a boost from a Sweet berry. Does that fly?)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((Yes.))
Vera: (You have a sour dish. Are you trying to add sweet sprinkles?)
Margen: (yes, that was the original intent, assuming it's a valid option.)
Vera: (Then yes, you roll Sweet for that.)
Margen: (Excellent, I was shooting for 2, and I got 3.)
Vera: (Side, right? Describe it.)
Vera: (Also, name the dang dish aspect. XD)
Margen: The Sweet Scrambleberry Sprinkles twinkle in a crystalline manner atop the the Scintillating Citrus Sorbet
Ryusui|GM: ( <@!;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾> still needs to make their move, i think? the defense doesn't count XD)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((Oops!))
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: Tako-San decides to sprinkle some of what's left of the Zuchini into the the filling to give it a Bloodsucking Aftertaste.
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: !f 3 (Cool against Great (+4) difficulty)
DiscoDude: <@;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾> rolled 4dF+3 for 2 [4dF = [-][-][ ][+]]
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((Spending last Fate point on Zucchini aspect.))
Ryusui|GM: (flavor it, then i'll wrap things up XD)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((Flavor? Cool.))
Vera: (Side, not plating? Also, not what he meant by flavor.)
Ryusui|GM: (yeah, i mean, describe the win XD)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((Side.))
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: Tako-San gives a mock chef's-kiss (his suckers are quite adept at mimicking the sound), as they can already feel the new concoction of a Taco accelerating his desication, even at a distance. "Best if Ai take a short dip." he says as he climbs back into his tank.
"Overexerted yourself again, huh?" Rachelle quips with a smirk.
Ryusui|GM: "With only four exchanges left, the chefs are really feeling the heat! Who will win? Will one of our contenders bring down the Greengrocer, or will they all fall prey to him?"
Ryusui|GM: (last lines?)
Ryusui|GM: ( <@&627978553669058562> )
Vera: "I think I have a real shot with at least one of those points, but other than that... Hmm..."
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((I'm fine.))
Margen: Mmm, sorbet...
Ryusui|GM: "We'll find out soon...but first, another word from our sponsors!"
Ryusui|GM: !end
