DiscoDude: ---BEGIN SESSION---
DiscoDude: Session logging commenced
GM: - EXCHANGE 9/12 -
GM: Greto, satisfied with all the stuff he stuffed into the now-full plus-sized tureen, heads into Central Arena. "I'd normally feel nervous about the House Chef punishing people who went for the Lardertron this late, but... Haha, well, ya know. Anyways, I want to go for the raw stuff. None of that processed stuff." He attempts to be Clever in drawing up the right specimen of Abyssal Seaweed - Bitter.
GM: !f 2 (Clever)
DiscoDude: <@GM> rolled 4dF+2 for 2 [4dF = [+][-][+][-]]
Dovelia: has her main course; now to prepare the remainder. With the rice cooker malfunctioning, she grabs a pot and carefully attempts to prepare it to cook some rice manually.
Reality Glitch: ((Is there a house chef this episode?))
Dovelia: !f 3 (Careful)
DiscoDude: <@Dovelia> rolled 4dF+3 for 3 [4dF = [+][+][-][-]]
Dovelia: (FINALLY, GOT MY ASPECT)
GM: And he succeeds at drawing up the normal amount of the stuff! "IS there a 'normal amount,' Doctor?" Holly holds up a mic to Dr. Durian.
"There is, actually! Why, I could go in-depth on..."
Dovelia: (calling it [Carefully Prepared Rice Cooking Implements][!])
GM: (Unless I invoke one of the... Actually, nah, I'll throw you a bone since it's on the stove, not the countertop.)
GM: Cocoa throws together everything she needs for Cool Ivory Tail Bake (Value:4). "Okay, I see fish, I bake fish. Let's get this out of the way since I worked so hard for this oven anyways..."
GM: !f 1 (Cool)
DiscoDude: <@GM> rolled 4dF+1 for 2 [4dF = [ ][+][ ][ ]]
GM: (That's one invoke on the tail spent.)
GM: (Anyone contesting? She has an unspent condition.)
GM: (<@&492818331418755092>?)
Ratatoskr: (I'll Contest)
Hmmm, How to compliment this, Ratatoskr thinks, in which way could he help a soup with just another dish...?
GM: (With the condition, right?)
Ratatoskr: In the meanwhile, Out of habit [Yet More Sharp Knives] are being prepared...if only he could stop time...
(indeed, also, rolling for an aspect with Quick)
GM: (I'll counter that with a second free invoke on the tail.)
GM: (Also, roll it! Vs. +2, remember.)
Ratatoskr: !f 1
DiscoDude: <@Ratatoskr> rolled 4dF+1 for 2 [4dF = [-][+][ ][+]]
Ratatoskr: ( 💦 )
GM: (That's enough for the Boost version.)
Ratatoskr: ( PHEW )
GM: (Actually, wait... You're at Port Station, right?)
Ratatoskr: (....oh no)
GM: (I think Greto will invoke his -Stashed In the Oven- against you. Before you can sharpen stuff, you have to find it first! XD)
GM: (Any counter to this (assuming you have FATE points left)?)
GM: Cocoa winces as she pulls her bake out of the oven. "There we- Whuh-oh!"
GM: !f 3 (Careful)
DiscoDude: <@GM> rolled 4dF+3 for 4 [4dF = [+][ ][ ][ ]]
Ratatoskr: (Shhhhhiiiiittt.....I have one, not sure how to stop this.)
GM: (Yeah, it's pretty decisive. If you do concede the roll, I have an idea involving him wasting the whole exchange finding them, only to break the oven in rage when he does.)
GM: "T-there we go! Phew!" Cocoa sets down the bake. She frowns, knowing that this dish will be kinda bland on its own; she'll think of something to spice it up in a moment, she's sure of it.
Ratatoskr: (...I'll concede it, if only to see what unfolds of this.)
Ratatoskr: (Greto is a dead man after this, mark my words.)
GM: (Alright, describe it, and name your negative aspect.)
GM: Norstar senses the ship tilting, and uses it to power-slide her way to the Lardertron. "Greetings, suspicious nugget! See; I used your own catch-phrase against you."
"That's not-"
"Quiet! I must SCIENCE upon this pantry device!"
"You know the proper term; I've heard you call-"
"SILENCE! Aquaventus Flowers - Sour await the judges' pie-holes!"
GM: !f 3 (Clever)
DiscoDude: <@GM> rolled 4dF+3 for 5 [4dF = [+][ ][ ][+]]
Ratatoskr: ...Wait, where are the rest of the knives? He realized he was cutting veggies for a lack of sharp metal tools...and thus he started looking around the area, above the shelf, below the counter, even inside the- wait a minute...
They are all inside the Oven.
Ratatoskr is....insulted by this. "Who did this?" He asks, who the HELL puts METAL OBJECTS IN AN OVEN?! WHO IS INSANE ENOUGH TO BREAK THAT LAW OF COMMON SENSE?! "WHO DID THIS?!"|
in the end he didn't sharpen any knives.
GM: And she succeeds at procuring them!
"Ah, the humble aquaventus," says Dr. Durian. "Despite its intense flavor, the actual structure is quite delicate; perfect for letting the breeze carry them to fresh tidal pools to propagate."
GM: Ratatoskr only manages to succeed at Breaking His Oven {?} in the process. (Does that sound good as a negative aspect?)
GM: (<@!Ratatoskr>?)
GM: (Also, <@Reality Glitch>, I believe we're mainly waiting on you now.)
Reality Glitch: Rachelle whips up the lettuce into a nice Leafy-Green Burger Topping (Cool:2).
Reality Glitch: !f 0 (Create an advantage with Cool)
DiscoDude: <@Reality Glitch> rolled 4dF+0 for 0 [4dF = [+][+][-][-]]
Reality Glitch: ((Invoking Earthling Lettuce.))
Ratatoskr: There is no clue as how the Oven met its terrible fate, the Cameras were ominously ignoring Ratatoskr at the moment, so the world will never know how he Karate-Chopped the damn thing without hurting himself in the process.
Reality Glitch: ((>implying they didnt))
GM: - EXCHANGE 10/12 -
GM: (Second to last Exchange to get your second main dish aspect out, <@&492818331418755092>! BTW, was that plating, <@Reality Glitch>?)
Reality Glitch: ((Side.))
GM: (Figured, but I needed to make sure.)
Reality Glitch: ((Sorry about that.))
Reality Glitch: Rachelle grabs what remains of the whale meat and tries to her hand at making The Cetacean Equivalent of a Sloppy Joe (Savory:3).
Reality Glitch: !f 3 (Create an Advantage with Savory)
DiscoDude: <@Reality Glitch> rolled 4dF+3 for 3 [4dF = [-][+][ ][ ]]
GM: (Got any conditions?)
Reality Glitch: ((That's a tie, though.))
Reality Glitch: ((Tying on dishes succeeds.))
GM: (Which would make the dish aspect, assuming I have nothing to invoke.)
Reality Glitch: ((I've got a free invoke on the Nasby meat.))
GM: (Fair enough. Not invoking anything, then.)
GM: (She succeeds, then.)
GM: (Why do you guys have to torture me with these names I have to copy down...)
Reality Glitch: ((I thought it was suitably humorous.))
Ratatoskr: Well! No extra knives, so he is just gonna clean whatever he has and prepare some [Cut-in-Half Peppers - Spicy][Value: 5] to make do!
Ratatoskr: you were the one who invoked the oven against me, so consider it Karma >:V
Ratatoskr: (that said I am using my last Fate point to make this work, and the dice better not screw me over...)
GM: (Better not use it preemptively, just to be safe.)
Ratatoskr: !f 3
DiscoDude: <@Ratatoskr> rolled 4dF+3 for 5 [4dF = [ ][ ][+][+]]
Ratatoskr: (... h e h . )
GM: (So you're making stuffed bell peppers?)
Ratatoskr: (innndeeeed)
GM: (Oh, and roll an approach vs. +2 to keep them on the table.)
Ratatoskr: (Aggressive and Flashy are +3 instead, right?)
GM: (I think Aggressive should get a difficulty of +4. Flashy can go either way depending on how plausibly you word it. Clever is +4. Sneaky is +6. Careful and Quick are unaffected. Decided we'd be using more baseline rules for increased difficulty for unusual approaches.)
Ratatoskr: (H...hah...my best aspects suck for this, and Quick is at a +1....this is evil, Caillou, Evil i say! XD)
GM: (Hey, if your Flashy description isn't terrible, I'll give you the base +2 difficulty.)
Ratatoskr: Ratatoskr has a plan to deal with this, however...as soon as he finishes a set of peppers, he throws them into the air, when the next set comes, he is already prepared to juggle the ones he already threw back into the air, after all, if they are in the air, he only needs to make sure to catch them when they are going DOWN! not SIDEWAYS!
GM: (Okay, that's pretty cool. Roll it! XD)
Ratatoskr: !f 3
DiscoDude: <@Ratatoskr> rolled 4dF+3 for 1 [4dF = [ ][-][ ][-]]
Ratatoskr: (WHY)
Ratatoskr: (WHHHHYYYYY)
GM: (Gonna invoke anything?)
GM: (<@!Ratatoskr>?)
GM: (Also, <@!Dovelia>, it's a new Exchange.)
GM: Greto heads back to his station, seaweed in hand. He immediately starts layering it with bean-paste, crushed nuts, dark chocolate, and crispy rice. He pulls out that evaporator for the second time in the series, attempting to make a Bitter Abyssal Nori Baklava (Value:3).
GM: !f 2 (Bitter)
DiscoDude: <@GM> rolled 4dF+2 for 1 [4dF = [-][+][-][ ]]
GM: (And he invokes the seaweed.)
Ratatoskr: (I....Yeah, my Fate point on MA to make this work)
GM: (MA?)
Reality Glitch: ((Main Aspect; they mean their High Concept.))
GM: (Ah, got it. Yeah, that works.)
Dovelia: (sorry, hang on)
GM: Greto pulls out the oriental baklava. "Now it just needs to soak..."
Dovelia: Rice pilaf is not a dish native to the Chater - rice itself, in fact, is very much an interplanetary import - but her people have eagerly adopted both the grain and its many applications to the point the average layperson has no idea where it truly comes from. Dovelia has little interest in rice's history, but she does have a solid grasp of its preparation, and with this in mind she sets to work preparing a [Korentz-Style Rice Pilaf (Savory): 3] to serve alongside her main course.
Dovelia: !f 2 (Savory)
DiscoDude: <@Dovelia> rolled 4dF+2 for 2 [4dF = [+][ ][-][ ]]
Dovelia: (and i invoke the rice cooking prep for a clean win)
GM: (But what of the flaming countertop you've been ignoring? XD)
GM: (Which I am definitely invoking.)
GM: (<@!Dovelia>, got a response?)
Dovelia: (crap, my sheet says i still have one FATE Point but i can't remember if i've spent it already)
GM: (I think you still have it.)
Dovelia: (then i'm spending it, to save my rice pilaf from flaming doom XD)
GM: (On the same prep aspect?)
GM: Cocoa glances at some of her remaining conduits. "Seems as good a gimmick for the boring-as-squeak fish as any." She attempts to assemble some Spicy Cauterizing Laser-Utensils (Value:3).
GM: !f 2 (Spicy)
DiscoDude: <@GM> rolled 4dF+2 for 3 [4dF = [ ][+][ ][ ]]
GM: (<@!Dovelia>?)
Dovelia: (yes)
GM: (Alright, describe how you deal with the encroaching flames!)
GM: (Also, I take it nobody contests Cocoa's plating?)
GM: They click to life, with some conduits to spare! "How's this for some tangy char? Teehee!"
Reality Glitch: ((Only if there are free invokes to use.))
GM: (Nope.)
Dovelia: looks up from her work as it coalesces into a splendid pot of pilaf to realize - finally - that she's surrounded by roaring flames. She doesn't bother to wonder where they came from - she just hoists up the pot and lets the heat of the all-consuming flames finish the cooking for her.
GM: (Haha, nice.)
Ratatoskr: (oh god)
Reality Glitch: ((Pretty sure that'll need a fate point since there aren't any positive invokes on the fire, if memory serves.))
GM: (She used a FATE point to counteract Greto's invoke of his sabotage.)
GM: Norstar, meanwhile, starts freezing some flowers; she intends to have the faux-coral structure Adorned with Sour Aquaventus Buds (Value:3). (Gonna be a side, not a plating.)
GM: !f 0 (Sour)
DiscoDude: <@GM> rolled 4dF+0 for -3 [4dF = [-][-][ ][-]]
GM: (Invoking the buds for a reroll.)
GM: !f 0 (Sour)
DiscoDude: <@GM> rolled 4dF+0 for -2 [4dF = [-][-][-][+]]
GM: (Abandon ship!)
As she moves around the structure, placing them as she went, the buds start falling off, one after the other, always on the opposite side of where she is currently.
"Sure is taking a while to get all these on..."
GM: (Eh, we've been playing long enough that lady luck was bound to deliver a gut-punch to the GM eventually. XD)
GM: (Is that everyone?)
GM: (Allow me to take a 20 minute break while I go use the bathroom and obtain dessert.)
GM: - EXCHANGE 11/12 -
Dovelia: (okay, big question: can Dovelia's "bitter for sweet" stunt work on a plating aspect)
Dovelia: (i'm assuming "yes" but i want to make sure)
Reality Glitch: Rachelle cooks up some Sloppy Joe Sauce (Side, Spicy:2) for her second burger.
Reality Glitch: !f 2 (Create an Advantage with Spicy)
DiscoDude: <@Reality Glitch> rolled 4dF+2 for 2 [4dF = [ ][ ][ ][ ]]
GM: (Unless it says otherwise, yes <@!Dovelia>.)
Reality Glitch: ((Eclipse!))
GM: (Indeed! Describe your victory, as well as how Rachelle gains a popularity aspect.)
Reality Glitch: While Rachelle is more than used to making this for her kids, everyone else on board is at risk of getting Lost in the Sauce from the aroma alone.
Dovelia: grabs her prepared dish components and as many ingredients as she can and moves them as far from the fire as she can before continuing. She then parlays everything she knows about complementing bitter flavors into preparing a [Tildane Coast Honey Glaze (Sweet): 3] to top off her dish.
Dovelia: !f 3 (Bitter->Sweet)
DiscoDude: <@Dovelia> rolled 4dF+3 for 7 [4dF = [+][+][+][+]]
Dovelia: (HOLY SHIT)
GM: (Which dish? Also, describe your path to a shiny new popularity aspect. XD)
GM: (I'm assuming it's the tailfin?)
Dovelia: (uh, yes? the rice is a side? or was i supposed to make more than one dish?)
GM: (You were supposed to make a second dish. I thought the pilaf was that. XP)
Dovelia: (nope, i didn't have time to properly make two dishes, i thought it was just the one, oops)
Dovelia: (i mean...we spent like 6 out of our 12 allotted exchanges bringing the beast down)
GM: (3 of them, actually. >_>)
Dovelia: (that can't be right)
Dovelia: (at any rate i wish i'd known)
GM: (I said it clearly at the beginning.)
GM: (This is why I ask if anyone has questions after presenting the cook-off parameters. To make sure they've read it and understand it.)
Dovelia: (of...the episode? several days ago?)
Dovelia: (look all i'm saying is i could've used a reminder after we killed the beast)
Dovelia: ('cause i can't retain all these details when our sessions might be weeks apart)
GM: (I think I did remind you.)
Dovelia: (and it got lost in the static)
Dovelia: (like i appreciate how much quicker these things go but i think this was a misstep on your part)
GM: (Honestly, I think "got lost in the static" is mostly on you.)
Dovelia: (i tune out most of the NPC chatter!)
GM: (It wasn't NPC chatter!)
Dovelia: (except when it's immediately relevant to Dovelia!)
Dovelia: (i know <@Reality Glitch> caught but <@!Ratatoskr> you tell me )
Dovelia: (did you know we had to cook two dishes?)
GM: (You guys even asked for a refresher before we started it back up! I gave you that refresher! Did you just forget?)
Dovelia: (look i have been under a lot of stress lately)
GM: (From Ratatoskr's actions, I can say with confidence that you're the only one who forgot.)
Dovelia: (i could not tell you with absolute certainty what happened in the first three exchanges at all other than we kill-stole Nasby Pike from Norstar and Rachelle delivered the killing blow)
GM: (What does that have to do with forgetting how many dishes you have to cook? I gave you a refresher (Like you asked!) before the next session after that.)
GM: (You're the only one who messed up here, it looks like.)
Dovelia: (look just forget it for now)
Dovelia: (i'm losing this round one way or another so let's just roll on and have it so Dovelia forgot, in-character)
GM: (Sounds like a plan.)
Ratatoskr: (...I thought i would have enough exchanges.)
(But I think I was wrong.)
Dovelia: (i'll admit i assumed it was one dish partly from the number of exchanges)
GM: (You're just one dish aspect away from being done yourself, <@!Ratatoskr>.)
Dovelia: (because reminder or no it does seem like foul play to ask for two dishes and kill a monster in only 12 exchanges)
GM: (I can say that there were at least 8 exchanges left after Nasby was done. Many quickfires ask for a dish in 4 exchanges, easy.)
Ratatoskr: (Except this dishes will probably be trash compared to everyone else's :V)
Ratatoskr: (I agree with Ryusui, I think it was mainly RG's Stunt which cost us time.)
GM: (Not sure I follow, but whatever, let's not get hung up on this any longer than we have already.)
GM: (Let's see... <@&492818331418755092>, who hasn't gone yet? <@!Dovelia>, describe how you get your popularity aspect.)
Dovelia: (i think he means "we didn't really get anything worthwhile out of RG insisting on the killsteal")
Dovelia: The footage of Dovelia carrying half a kitchen in her arms away from the inferno makes the rounds almost immediately. She is, in spite of herself, suddenly a [Viral Sensation].
Reality Glitch: ((I feel like the "reality tv" atmosphere might be getting to us.))
GM: (It was a single turn delay, and you couldn't collect until the next turn anyway if Norstar got the kill since you had used your actions already.)
Ratatoskr: (how many exchanges left, again?)
GM: (This is the second to last one.)
Ratatoskr: (So two...)
GM: Norstar is still at it, ready by now to make her now-diminished attempt at a Sour Adornment of Aquaventus Buds (Value:1) the plating aspect. "Any moment now... I'll reach the end..."
GM: !f 0 (Sour)
DiscoDude: <@GM> rolled 4dF+0 for -2 [4dF = [-][-][ ][ ]]
GM: (Might as well invoke the flowers one last time for a reroll.)
GM: !f 0 (Sour)
DiscoDude: <@GM> rolled 4dF+0 for 0 [4dF = [ ][+][ ][-]]
GM: (Not quite...)
GM: And she only succeeds at some Sour Plating (Value:-1). "Hoo! All done!" She slaps some tongs on the plate. "Seems a bit sparser than you'd think... but don't be fooled!"
GM: Meanwhile, Cocoa heads to the Lardertron one last time. "I'm uh... not great with bitter stuff, usually - #bleagh - so um... I'm gonna grab some Dark Matter Chocolate - Bitter to close some of that difference for what I have planned, teehee!"
GM: "Now, let's see..."
GM: !f 3 (Careful)
DiscoDude: <@GM> rolled 4dF+3 for 5 [4dF = [ ][+][ ][+]]
GM: (And that's a SWS!)
Ratatoskr: (...as a question, Can i invoke Twopetal's flavor on cooking rolls?)
GM: (They're used to boost the dish's score during judging where you think it's needed.)
Ratatoskr: (...good.)
GM: (Meaning no, not while you're still cooking.)
Ratatoskr: Ratatoskr will go to the laddertron in order to get a bitter ingredient , starved for ideas and an Oven, its the best choice...if he can make the journey back and finish the Dish in time.
GM: Greto, meanwhile, focuses on finishing a Cool Strato-Sake Aioli (Value:3) to plate his tureen with.
GM: !f 2 (Cool)
DiscoDude: <@GM> rolled 4dF+2 for 0 [4dF = [-][ ][-][ ]]
GM: (... HM... Gonna use my last FATE point to invoke his "Cold Fusion" HC to reroll.)
GM: !f 2 (Cool)
DiscoDude: <@GM> rolled 4dF+2 for 3 [4dF = [+][ ][ ][ ]]
GM: (fist-pump)
Ratatoskr: (hmmm, may I roll aggressive for this?)
GM: He turns the tureen upside down onto the plate and slides the stack out of it; the tower is still wrapped in plastic wrap when he drizzles the sake-based aioli around it, so when he finally removes the plastic, there's a square of white space between the immaculate tureen tower and the spattering of sauce.
GM: (Alright. Roll it!)
Ratatoskr: !F 2
DiscoDude: <@Ratatoskr> rolled 4dF+2 for 4 [4dF = [ ][ ][+][+]]
GM: (Name your double-aspect!)
Ratatoskr: (in a moment...)
Ratatoskr: Ah, Ratatoskr picks up a strange jar filled with a viscous brown jelly, he then speaks a strange name that, be it not for the trusty translators that have to deal with Dovelia's repertoire of charter words, would have passed for quite a tremendous cuss for many watching, instead what comes out is [(Miracle Kiwi Berry****) - Sour][!!]...Ratatoskr then spends the following 10 seconds trying not to spill the contents of the container.
GM: (Alright, it's bottom of the 9th folks!)
GM: - EXCHANGE 12/12 -
GM: Norstar turns to her sundae. "Ooooooh snapparoony, I can't let you melt before you go into the stasis pod with your big-boned friend! Let's finish you off with a Cool Polar Ice-Cap (Value:3)!"
GM: She aims her frost blaster and fires it on the "low" setting.
GM: !f 3 (Cool)
DiscoDude: <@GM> rolled 4dF+3 for 2 [4dF = [-][-][ ][+]]
GM: (And she's gonna invoke Feeling the Pressure to eke out this last move!)
GM: The effort drains her suit's battery quite a bit, leaving her rather STRAINED [!], but she succeeds at topping off her sundae and slamming it into the stasis platter!
GM: (<@!Dovelia>, I take it your final move will be Aggressive in nature? Or perhaps Sneaky?)
Dovelia: (wait, what)
Reality Glitch: Knowing her time is limited, Rachelle manages to salvage the squished burger-bread for a couple of Sourdough Buns (Sour:0, x2) on each dish.
GM: (I mean, if your character thinks she's done... Unless you want to concede right now and wait for the judging? That is a valid move if you're done with your dishes.)
Reality Glitch: !f 1 (Create an Advantage to bulk plate with Sour)
DiscoDude: <@Reality Glitch> rolled 4dF+1 for -1 [4dF = [-][+][-][-]]
Reality Glitch: ((Would the final free invoke on the meat work here?))
GM: (Not unless it's Sour.)
GM: (You can succeed at a cost, since it's plating (namely, the plating's a ploppy -1).)
Reality Glitch: ((Then Feeling the Pressure marking Rachelle's Strained condition.))
GM: (I think the difficulty is the same number as the number of plates you're doing?)
Reality Glitch: ((Wait, is this the one where we'll be penalized for not using all the free invokes?))
GM: (Nope.)
Reality Glitch: ((Number of aspects minus one; I checked.))
GM: (Ah, got it; you succeed then. Describe it!)
Dovelia: (i really don't know what i can do at this point; if everyone else is done and i'm done i don't know what I can do with my last move)
GM: (Ah right; forgot we agreed on the rule that sabotages and conditions don't take effect until next turn... Maybe woo a judge?)
Reality Glitch: ((Can you use a create an Advantage action to place a popularity aspect on your own character?))
GM: (I guess you can, if you really wanna!)
GM: (... I realize that when judging comes around, there is a bone I can throw at least one of you in the form of having a certain someone fuck up their choice of presentation order.)
Dovelia: With her work done and the contest nearly concluded, Dovelia sighs. She looks to the bulk of the massive sea creature she helped kill. An odd sense of empathy overcomes her, especially in the wake of her dish not being even nearly a fitting tribute to such a majestic creature. She looks over it in search of something suitable to keep as a memento - something to remember it by. Something worthy to hold on to, to mark its passing.
Dovelia: !f 3 (Careful)
DiscoDude: <@Dovelia> rolled 4dF+3 for 2 [4dF = [+][-][-][ ]]
GM: (Is this for a popularity aspect?)
Dovelia: (yes)
GM: (Name a boost!)
Dovelia: A curious whimsy takes her as a particular sparkle from the beast's hide catches her eye. With effort, she pries the shape loose. Improbably, someone seems to have at some point carved a perfect likeness of the creature in gold, inlaid with precious jewels, only for it to end up embedded among all the other treasures on the creature's skin. She realizes the cameras are watching, and after being briefly startled, she holds it up for the audience to get a better look.
Dovelia: (-Finder of Lost Treasures- okay?)
GM: (Yep!)
GM: Cocoa gets out a big bowl and begins affixing the ship-cake to be suspended in the middle. "Okay, so my idea is this; a ship cake. Floating in a Bitter, Shark-Infested Drinking Chocolate Sea (Value:6). How. Awesome. Is that?" She's gesturing wildly, and gets to work making rice-crispy fondant sharks to suspend while she has some milk boiling off on the side for the drinking chocolate.
GM: !f 0 (Bitter)
DiscoDude: <@GM> rolled 4dF+0 for 2 [4dF = [+][-][+][+]]
GM: (And that's two invokes on the dark matter chocolate!)
GM: (Anyone contesting?)
GM: (Alright, gonna roll for balance now.)
GM: !f 3 (Careful)
DiscoDude: <@GM> rolled 4dF+3 for 2 [4dF = [-][-][+][ ]]
GM: (And for the clean win, I'm invoking Feeling the Pressure.)
GM: "Okay... No pressure..." She pours in the finished drinking chocolate with shaking hands, filling up her "ocean" with a deep, dark brown. She then picks it up... "Okay... A-ah!" She nearly drops it, only losing a few drops as she catches herself on the counter, she takes a moment to hyperventilate and readjust her grip on the smaller of the rocking ships before finally getting it into the stasis platter. She's left a bit STRAINED [!] from the whole affair, and she's relieved when she's done.
GM: Greto, meanwhile, seeks to finish his baklava by having it Soaked in Sour Dimple Berry Syrup (Value:1) to be safe; better use what you know, and all that.
GM: !f 3 (Sour)
DiscoDude: <@GM> rolled 4dF+3 for 4 [4dF = [+][+][-][ ]]
GM: "There we go; an afterthought, if anything. I bet it can beat the weaker dishes though... And if the focus of the competitors today was on the desserts... Hm..." He eyes his two dishes as the timer ticks down, reconsidering his presentation order.
GM: (<@!Ratatoskr>, I believe we just have you left, and then we're done; do that Bitter plating aspect I think you're planning done!)
Ratatoskr: (...WHOOPS, sorry for that.)
Ratatoskr: With Ratatoskr back in his station, He starts stirring the ingredient he secured from the laddertron, and after spreading it carefully over the peppers he evenly and carefully...
...starts to wait. Seriously, he is just making sure the thing doesn't spill, waiting to finish [(Kiwi Kiwi Berry Berry Kiwi Kiwi) Extra Filling- Bitter][Value: 5].... which starts to solidify itself on contact with open air outside the container! What an strange way to full half-cut peppers!
Ratatoskr: (my everything goes into this roll, wait for it to be 2 or more [-]...)
Ratatoskr: !f 0 (Bitter)
DiscoDude: <@Ratatoskr> rolled 4dF+0 for 1 [4dF = [ ][-][+][+]]
Ratatoskr: (....that's actually WHAT I NEEDED, Boosting it with my 2 boosts!)
GM: (Alright, that's a success!)
Ratatoskr: (And now...To roll over the FINAL OBSTACLE!)
GM: (... Also, what the hell is that name. XD I mean, yeah, it's funny, but I have to go back and forth copying this stuff down. XP)
Ratatoskr: (Do you want me to name it Karmic Retribution instead?)
GM: 🥝 🥝 🍓 🍓 🥝 🥝
GM: (Welp, copy-pasting emoji, didn't work...)
Ratatoskr: (Be glad i didn;t mix 'n match!)
To Finalize, Ratatoskr starts...spinning the plate around, since the top of the pepper's filling is already solid, there is no risk of letting the contents spill out, which means that he only needs to assure himself of keeping them all on the table.... this really shouldn't work, should it?
Ratatoskr: (...wait, let me reword that)
Ratatoskr: (Rolling two +0s in a row is inciting bad luck...)
GM: (There, I transcribed it. Made me die a little on the inside, especially knowing you did it specifically to spite me, but it's done.)
GM: (No Flashy justification this time?)
Ratatoskr: ((I'll out-do myself next time, don;t worry... and i mean, I could but too much flashy gets a bit boring?)
GM: (If that's the approach you really wanna go with (as opposed to Quick), be my guest...)
Ratatoskr: (Alright Alright, let's try flashy again...)
Ratatoskr: !f 3
DiscoDude: <@Ratatoskr> rolled 4dF+3 for 4 [4dF = [-][+][+][ ]]
Ratatoskr: (I already feel i have to boost that to win)
GM: (Nope! Describe it!)
Ratatoskr: (Already did above :V)
Ratatoskr: (Either way, this should be it for the dish...)
GM: (Yep!)
GM: BZZZZZZZZZZZT!
GM: "Utensils down, chefs! Time for the judges to decide who will swim, and who will sink!" There's a shudder as the ship escapes the oceanic loop and settles on a calm course back towards the camp. while it does that, chefs will be expected to bring their dishes forward.
(PM me the order you want to present your dishes, <@&492818331418755092>.)
Dovelia: (uh. in the sense of "the order we want to go," or the order we want to show our individual dishes off on? 'cause i've only got the one XD)
GM: (Then decide which slot you're not presenting in. XD)
Dovelia: (slot?)
GM: (First or second course.)
GM: (Throw-a-bone hint; there's some scary-looking desserts this time around.)
Ratatoskr: (May i go last...regardless?)
GM: (Last in the overall order each course? Sure.)
Dovelia: (well obvs i only have a main course so)
Dovelia: (i'm fine presenting in the middle)
GM: (What I meant is that everyone presents their first course. Then when that's done, everyone presents their second course.)
GM: (Remember, the courses are judged individually now.)
GM: (Why is nobody PMing me their dish order?)
Reality Glitch: ((I just assumed Rachelle would present in order of making.))
GM: (Well, the book suggests that this decision be done in secret so that players can strategize trying to guess where to put their dishes to most efficiently beat out the competition, in turn trying to guess where their opponents will present their stronger or weaker dishes.)
GM: (If you don't like that, that's fine, we don't have to do it that way.)
GM: (Anybody want to go first?)
Dovelia: (wait, how does that even work)
Dovelia: (i thought the idea was we present our dishes in turn, one after another, like always)
GM: (You do. It's just that the courses are separated into different rounds and judged separately. This is how it worked in the third episode, remember? With the courses being divided up?)
Reality Glitch: In the same motion she buns the burgers, Rachelle scoops them up and dashes over to the judges' table to present, starting with her Beluga Lettuce Burger.
GM: "Okay..." says Dr. Twopetal. "Can ya... erm... tell us whatcha got there?"
Reality Glitch: "Rather than being pure meat, I added some fresh vegetables to make a more nutritionally-balanced burger."
GM: "I see..." The chairwoman doesn't look impressed, but Dr. Durian seems into it.
GM: RACHELLE: 1ST COURSE - BELUGA LETTUCE BURGER
Savory Bountiful Beluga Burger (Value:5)
| Cool Leafy-Green Burger Topping (Value:2)
^ Sourdough Buns (Value:0)
Reality Glitch: ((I specifically gave the dish a name different from any of its aspects.))
GM: (Really? Shoot...)
GM: | DD: "Sourdough? A beautifully unique bun for a burger!" |
GM: !f (Impressions)
DiscoDude: <@GM> rolled 4dF for -1 [4dF = [-][+][-][ ]]
GM: "Hm..." The Chairwoman chews her burger thoughtfully. "I've had a few of your burgers now... Tell me, is the choice of meat the only thing you plan on changing up? Lettuce and tomatoes, then bacon, lettuce, and tomatoes, now this; truly, you are inspired."
"Personally, I think the sourdough is a nice touch! Simply beautiful!" Dr. Durian gets back to his manic chewing.
Araza Mangosteen says nothing; you can't tell if she's frowning because of the burger or if there's something else on her mind.
Reality Glitch: "Well, I've never had to compete before."
Reality Glitch: "And worrying about my children you separated me from isn't helping."
Reality Glitch: ((Half expecting that latter line to prompt some sort of reaction from Manosteen.))
GM: (Honestly, I'm struggling to stay awake, so I might have to pause here before you can get a reaction... (Sorry about that; I don't usually get this sleepy this early.))
GM: (You guys cool with that?)
Reality Glitch: ((Yeah.))
GM: (<@!Dovelia>? <@!Ratatoskr>?)
Dovelia: (sure)
GM: (Then for now, let us...)
GM: !end
