DiscoDude: ---BEGIN SESSION---
DiscoDude: Session logging commenced
GM: The room is tense as Araza puts in her answers. She occasionally pauses to think. Finally, she has her answer: "Of these chefs, I can say for certain that 5 of them are who they say they are. 7, I think I have the answer for. The remaining 4, I'm not sure of."
GM: "The chefs I believe to be the real deal are... Gwystan, Greto, Carmine, Norstar... and Rachelle."
Dovelia: raises an eyebrow, then gives a girlish little chuckle and victory hop.
GM: Araza raises her own eyebrow in kind at this. "The imposters, I believe, are as ahem follows: 'Ratatoskr' is actually Mimi - your act was good, but your dish was the only one with bubbles in it; 'Blobert' is actually K-Xac'l - your speech pattern was a dead giveaway; 'Cocoa' is Alexx - you tried too hard with a falsetto when your badge did the voice modulating for you, and I heard yowling as a result..."
GM: "Meanwhile, 'Alexx' is really Blobert - dropped a few too many 'hey heys' when presenting; 'Mimi' being Zicks is the one I'm most sure of - that jittering and grunting isn't really subtle; 'Princess Lithia' is Buzel - you carried the melodrama, but not the accent; and finally..."
GM: "'K-Xac'l', I believe, is actually Mz. Cozo - your dish was straight up gumbo, with I think fragments of devil's bloom you picked up off the floor? I'm thinking you really didn't want that particular ingredient to go to waste. Your speech was pretty good, though!"
GM: "Alright, folks! Let's see how many she got," announces Holly. Suddenly, the holo-disguises flicker out.
GM: All of Miss Mangosteen's guesses on who was disguised as whom were correct! The "real deals," however...
Ratatoskr: "Norstar" does a mixture of a sigh and a smirk, as if both expressions were competing for real state of her mouth before the holo-disguise disappears. Both heads try to avoid Norstar's eye-sight.
GM: Among the "unsure" crowd, it turns out that "Buzel" is actually Cocoa, "Dovelia" turned out to be Lithia, "Mz. Cozo" was really the good Professor, and "Zicks" was Rachelle.
Reality Glitch: Rachelle gives a ¯_(ツ)_/¯ as the hologram shuts down. “Party, party, party?”
GM: Among the "no disguise?" crowd, Ratatoskr and Dovelia have been revealed to be the faces behind "Norstar" and "Rachelle," of course. It turns out that "Carmine" was actually Greto, "Gwystan" was Carmine, and to round out this ring of three...
GM: "Greto Sleewa" flickers out to reveal Gwystan Lyzalba.
GM: (Your true opponent this cook-off is unmasked! XD)
Dovelia: "YOU!" Dovelia barks with an accusing finger.
GM: "Me?"
GM: (Technically, the chefs don't know the results yet.)
Dovelia: (oh, oh)
Reality Glitch: ((????))
Ratatoskr: "Oh! Before We forget, Can we taste the dish of our 'Impostor"?"
Reality Glitch: "I would like to know how Dovelia's take on my home recipe turned out." Rachelle adds.
GM: "Ah, I'm afraid that many of the dishes had no left-overs... Had to pop three digestion tablets to get it all down. Sorry about that!"
Reality Glitch: Rachelle cringes at the term "digestion tablet" as it reminds her of the trend when she was in high school were her peers were using medication to make themselves puke, so they wouldn't gain weight from what they ate.
Ratatoskr: "..." For once, Ratatoskr is pulling a proper poker face before grunting "Maybe if i punch...but that would get me expelled....And there are no copies of my sauce...."
Dovelia: "Rather a shame. I was hoping Rachelle would get to try out my burger," Dovelia chuckles sincerely. "That said, I can't imagine what that 'Princess' did with my precious all-purpose shaderoot..."
Dovelia: looks through the crowd, as if for an unseen perpetrator.
GM: "Anywho, according to this missive I just received, you are to form teams of four for the final cook-off. Drafting rules are the same as the last two times, starting with today's winner... Gwystan Lyzalba!" The spotlight points to him.
"Ah crap..."
Dovelia: gives him a murderous scowl.
GM: (Confessional: "I honestly wasn't trying to win there; low profile is what I like. I just thought to myself; what would an 'innovatuh' like Greto Sleewa do?")
GM: "Okay, uh..." Gwystan looks around, clearly uncomfortable with all the attention. "... You, I guess?" He points at Ratatoskr.
Ratatoskr: "Eh, me?" That seems to snap Ratatoskr back to reality.
GM: "I mean, sure. You seem to be everything I'm... not, so it makes sense? Can I be done now?"
Ratatoskr: "Oh, Sure, Count on me." Both heads try to do a one up with each hand then they walk up to Gwynstan's side.
GM: "Sure thing," says Holly. "Next available chef, and captain of the second team is... Dovelia Brise!"
GM: (I recommend Rachelle if you want to keep the playtime down to 2 teams, but it's up to you. Then again, I can work to keep it down myself if you don't want to pick her.)
Dovelia: doesn't hesitate: "Rachelle. You're on my team."
Dovelia: (are you kidding? you would have to force Dovelia not to pick Rachelle XD)
GM: Next is Carmine: "Zut alorres... sigh Fine, Alexx I suppose!" She casts a glance at Gwystan, then at Dovelia. "Iz ze next best sing to zem, I guess..."
Dovelia: snorts.
Reality Glitch: "Oh! O.K." Rachelle step to Dovelia's side.
Dovelia: smiles warmly at Rachelle. "I hope I didn't embarrass you too badly with my performance," she says.
Reality Glitch: "You definitely nailed my high school persona, that's for sure."
GM: "Well, Alexx would have been the next in line for the last captaincy after Ratatoskr and Rachelle," says Holly, "but I guess it now falls to... Greto Sleewa!"
"Wait... he beat me...?" Greto darts a look in Alexx's direction. Alexx proceeds to unceremoniously flip Greto off. "Augh... No, I'm fine... Very well; Mimi!"
"Ah?!"
Reality Glitch: ((Hold up; I'm confused.))
GM: (Howso? Following Greto's team in the final cook-off is optional.)
Reality Glitch: ((Alexx being after Ratatoskr and Rachelle as the reason why Greto is the next pick doesn't click.))
GM: ((The real) Greto's score hasn't been stated.)
GM: (It was Gwystan you were fighting.)
GM: (Alexx could totally have gotten 6th, with Greto in 7th.)
Ratatoskr: Rightatoskr can't but snicker at the exchange between Greto and Alex.
Reality Glitch: ((Trying to parse what you just said in character: Alexx would have been next in line for last captaincy after Ratatoskr and Rachelle means "Gwystan > Dovilia > everyone else > Rachelle > Ratatoskr > Alexx" then you say "but" meaning that because Ratatoskr and Rachelle are removed, Greto now gets moved to after Alexx somehow?))
GM: (Gwystan > Dovelia > Ratatoskr > Rachelle > Carmine > Alexx > Greto > everyone else.)
Reality Glitch: ((You said said last place, as in after Greto.))
GM: (Why'd you assume Ratatoskr, Rachelle and Alexx were in last place?)
Reality Glitch: ((I didn't; you specifically said last captaincy.))
GM: (There are four captains, determined by the top 4 chefs in the challenge.)
GM: (The last captaincy would go to 4th place, except 4th thru 6th are taken.)
Reality Glitch: ((I think I see where I went wrong.))
GM: Mimi looks around, and does a "you mean me?" point to herself.
"Yes, I mean you."
"A-ah..." She does a few hops over to Greto.
"Selection moves around to Gwystan's first choice," says Holly. "Ratatoskr!"
Reality Glitch: ((Three teams of four?))
GM: (Four teams of four.)
Ratatoskr: "...Wait, what? ...Any idea, Gwystan?"
Reality Glitch: ((Then is shouldn't be Ratatoskr's turn yet, since there are only three captains.))
GM: (No, there's four.)
GM: (Gwystan, Dovelia, Carmine, and Greto.)
Reality Glitch: ((Gwystan, Dovelia, and Greto or the only ones that made their choices so far.))
GM: (You missed Carmine's bit completely, I see.)
GM: (Who do you think picked Alexx?)
Reality Glitch: ((That definitely would have changed how I interpreted you use of the word "last".))
GM: (Moving on, finally!)
GM: (Available chefs are: Cocoa, K-Xac'l, Lithia, Blobert, Zicks, Prof. Norstar, Buzel, and Mz. Cozo.)
GM: (Still want advice, or is this sufficient aide?)
Ratatoskr: "... Cocoa, C'mere!" he points at the mouse.
GM: "YES, FINALLY! I mean- Thank you sooooooo much, 'Tosky!" She runs up and hugs you, Ratatoskr.
GM: "Next to pick is Rachelle!"
Ratatoskr: Ratatoskr is....taken a bit aback by the sudden hug, but hey, free hug!
Reality Glitch: “Shoot! Mimi’s already with Greto.”
Reality Glitch: After thinking for a moment, Rachelle loudly proclaims, “Norstar! Us humans have to stick together!”
Dovelia: rolls her eyes, as if to say "seriously?" but decides to defer to Rachelle's judgment.
GM: Norstar pales when she hears "us humans" (which you didn't think was even possible), but she manages to recover by the time she staggers up to you. "Uh... NOT a human, but sure, okay; whatever, you, say!" She practically hisses the last word out through her teeth as she gets up in Rachelle's face; you might even be able to make out a distinct look of fear in her eyes as she says this. She spins around and gives a double thumbs up to the camera.
Reality Glitch: “Right; sorry.” Rachelle says slowly, after have flinching hard enough to pull a muscle.
Dovelia: looks from Rachelle to Norstar curiously. Is there a history here she's unaware of?
GM: Alexx: "Okay, uh... the hot one." Lithia: "The what, I beg your pardon?!" Alexx only shrugs as Lithia huffs her way over. Carmine face-palms.
GM: Mimi: "U-um..." She looks at the unstable Zicks, the twitchy K-Xac'l, the actively cackling Cozo, and Buzel with a predatory stare that has the rest all beat. "UH..." She looks at Blobert. Blobert does a friendly wave with a "hyey!" "H-him...?"
GM: Blobert: "Wah-hey! You made the right choice! Hey, ain't it great we're on the same team again, Mr. Sleewa?"
Greto: "In... Indeed..."
GM: Next is Cocoa: "Hm... Mz. Cozo?" The croc perks up. "Mz. Cozo, I guess! Okay, I'm like... actually picking you. Okay!"
Mz. Cozo: "You get to live another day, my friends..."
Cocoa: "Yeah-ha-hahhhh definitely made the right choice. Yyyyayyyyy..."
GM: (Wait, crap, wrong team.)
GM: Cocoa: "Uh... Zicks, c'mere!"
Zicks: "YAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
Cocoa: "O-okay! Don't get too excited little buddy- I said GET THE SQUEEK OFF ME! Welp, okay, this is my life now."
GM: Norstar: "YOOOOOOUUUUUUUUU!"
Cozo: "YOOOOOOOUUUUUUUU!"
Norstar: "Me!"
Cozo: "You get to live another day," she says to Dovelia and Rachelle.
Ratatoskr: Ratatoskr laughed at Cocoa: "Hahaha, lighten up, little girl, if I could survive with him - at the expense of my hand - Then maybe you will just lose your tail!"
Reality Glitch: Rachelle narrows her eyes at Cozo through her gas mask.
GM: The princess looks at the praying mantis. "... Ew." She looks at the bee with a smarmy enough look for 4 red light districts and 5 used car dealerships. "... Ew." She turns back to K-Xac'l. "I am probably going to regret this, but... you. The one with the... claws. Eeeeeeugh."
GM: "Very. Well." K-Xac'l skitters up while Carmine could only pinch the bridge of her nose.
GM: "Well now," says Buzel. (Alexx: "Yeah, get fuuuuuuuuucked!") He glides up to the last team, giving a hard glare to Mimi, who is trying her best to disappear behind Blobert.
GM: "With that, the teams are joined!"
TEAM ??? (GWYSTAN, RATATOSKR, COCOA, & ZICKS)
TEAM ??? (DOVELIA, RACHELLE, PROF. NORSTAR, & MZ. COZO)
TEAM ??? (CARMINE, ALEXX, LITHIA, & K-XAC'L)
TEAM ??? (GRETO, MIMI, BLOBERT, & BUZEL)
GM: (Got any ideas for team names, <@&492818331418755092>?)
Ratatoskr:Furfest
Ratatoskr:I refuse to issue apologies
Reality Glitch: ((Rachelle will submit "Girl Power" for consideration.))
GM:It's fine; despite being scaled (or perhaps because of it), Gwystan would approve. XD
Dovelia: "Might I submit 'Team Ladies First'?"
Reality Glitch: "Even better!"
((Let's just assume Rachelle already did her submission; I didn't realize we were supposed to do that now.))
GM: Cocoa: "Okay, uh..." She casts an odd glance at Gwystan as though to say 'really, we're going with that one?' "We've decided on Team... Furfest."
GM: Alexx: "We're Team Like a Boss!"
Carmine: "Aleks, non."
Alexx: "Alexx wee!"
facepalm
Reality Glitch: ((oui))
GM: (I'm aware. XD)
GM: (Alexx is just a doof sometimes. XD)
Ratatoskr: "So, We can either be Team Furfest, or any idea you all come up with." The Left head said rather coldly.
GM: There's some deliberation, until...
Cocoa: "Okay, uh..." She casts an odd glance at Gwystan as though to say 'really, we're going with that one?' "We've decided on Team... Furfest."
GM: Buzel whispers into Greto's ear, who in turn glances at Blobert and Mimi, smirks, and shrugs.
Greto: "That leaves us; Team Terrible Plan." It looks like he's trying hard to keep a straight face as he says this, which he would surely fail if he saw Buzel literally twirling an imaginary handlebar mustach behind him. But no; face forward, don't let any of them see your face... maintain dominance and feigned suggestiveness.
Dovelia: "I cannot disagree with that name."
GM: "I'm... I'm glad to hear it." Don't let voice crack, I SWEAR TO GOD IF MY VOICE CRACKS...
Ratatoskr: "...Oh." They actually went with it. Ratatoskr Shrugs.
GM: (Ongoing theme; Greto pretending really hard* to take Buzel seriously. XD)
GM: "With that, the masquerade quick-fire is over," says Holly Go-Lightwave. "You can return to your rooms, head back to the casino, what have you! The final cook-off comes tomorrow morning!"
GM: (Last lines?)
Dovelia: smiles at Rachelle: "I look forward to working alongside you. As for you two..." She gives Norstar and Ms. Cozo a stern look, then softens: "I can't wait to see what you two have to contribute to our team."
Reality Glitch: "Who's up for a Girl's Night?"
Ratatoskr: "Ah, I suppose I won't be gambling tonight, Ha...ha...!"
GM: (Then let us...)
GM: !end
