DiscoDude: ---BEGIN SESSION---
DiscoDude: Session logging commenced
Ryusui|GM: "We're back, folks, and the competition is well into its second half!"
Ryusui|GM: EXCHANGE 8/12
Ryusui|GM: **ROULETTE STATUS 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 Bitter-> Cool-> Savory-> Sour-> Spicy-> Sweet->
JUDGE STATUS Chairwoman - 2 Durian - 4 Morinda - 6
Ryusui|GM: The roulette spins, and the judges continue their roundabout. The Chairwoman takes a look at your breakfast dish in progress, Vera - is it your imagination, or does she take a whiff of your work and smile? Dr. Durian, by contrast, seems rather flummoxed by Margen's chicken fries - almost as if he's completely unfamiliar with the concept. But then, given his pretensions, it is entirely possible he has never touched anything definable as "fast food" in his entire cybernetic existence, and even if he has, he would never confess to having done so outside of Kitchen Arena.
Vera: "Oh," says Vera, squinting over at the uncomfortably close Chairwoman, "hello there, omnipresent boss-lady. I'm just gonna chop these peppers I got with a touch of sugar on the pan to make Helio-Habenero Jam - SPICY:5 for your breakfast to-go. Cool? Cool."
Vera: (A side, if it wasn't clear.)
Vera: !f 0 (SPICY)
DiscoDude: <@Vera> rolled 4dF+0 for 2 [4dF = [ ][+][ ][+]]
Vera: (Neat, I only need to spend the invokes on the habaneros for the win.)
Vera: And the hissing juices of the habaneros positively boil with the sugar, making an excellent jam to carry the flavor of the breakfast sandwich.
"Just gotta make sure not to overdo it with this when it's time to plate..."
(Any reaction from the Chairwoman?)
Ryusui|GM: "Quite interesting," the Chairwoman says. Her tone of voice says more than the noncommittal statement - she does, in fact, seem intrigued by your move.
Ryusui|GM: Meanwhile, Dovelia is prepping some of her dark leafy greens to go on her burger.
Ryusui|GM: (attempting to make [Sauteed Selene Spinach (Bitter): 5])
Ryusui|GM: !f 2 (Dovelia's Bitter)
DiscoDude: <@Ryusui|GM> rolled 4dF+2 for 3 [4dF = [ ][-][+][+]]
Ryusui|GM: (and i spend one invoke on the greens FTW XD)
Ryusui|GM: Dovelia once met a traveler who was quite adamant about preferring spinach to lettuce on sandwiches. Having tried it herself, she had to admit it had its perks. This, she imagines, will add its own unique counterbalance of flavor and texture to the burger.
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: Tako-San quickly gets to work turning the peppers into a smooth **Searing Sun Sauce for their Tacos.
((Create a Spicy:8 Advantage))
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: !f 2
DiscoDude: <@;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾> rolled 4dF+2 for 2 [4dF = [ ][ ][ ][ ]]
Vera: (Gonna invoke anything?)
Ryusui|GM: (you're gonna need three invokes to win this)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: The Helio-Habanero Peppers are a little tougher to work with than expected, but with the help of his Mighty Fine Cultery they manage to safely dice and blend the pesky plants.
((Both invokes on the ingredient.))
Ryusui|GM: (pesky pants? XD)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((:sigh: Fixed.))
Vera: (You only need 3, unless you're sure you're going to use neither aspect again going forward.)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((I edited the out-of-character comment to reflect that I'm leaving an invoke on the prep aspect.))
Ryusui|GM: They're sliced, they're diced, they're julienned, and finally they're reduced to a tongue-searing spicy condiment. Holly zooms in on the fiery mixture, and the FX department adds some volcanic smoke and lava plumes for effect: this is some hot stuff you've got!
Ryusui|GM: ( <@!Margen>? )
Margen: Margen turns the Cherry Bomb Tomatoes into an Explosively Sour Ketchup (Sour: 5)
Margen: (Ack I need to bring that down to 3)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((I think you mean Implosively.))
Margen: (Sour is lower than I thought)
Margen: !f 1 (sour 5 3)
DiscoDude: <@Margen> rolled 4dF+1 for 0 [4dF = [-][ ][ ][ ]]
Ryusui|GM: (you got any invokes to spend? you'll need two)
Margen: (Urgk dangit still not good :{ I only have the 1 I think)
Margen: (not enough for either 3 or 5, I might blow up ketchup in my face here)
Vera: (If failure's the option you're ending up with, then describe it.)
Margen: Margen attempts to make ketchup from the cherry bomb tomato, but it hass far, far more violent of a reaction to being poked than he anticipates. The tomato ruptures, thoroughly covering Margen in juice and seed from head to tentacle tips.
Margen: He blinks, and laughs for a little while.
Vera: (This seems like a good place for a confessional, if Margen or the GM want to compel it.)
Ryusui|GM: (by all means. and since you have no FATE Points to refuse...)
Ryusui|GM: (-tosses you an FP-)
Ryusui|GM: "So about that laugh," Holly says after dragging you into her pocket dimension. "Was that the moment you realized all your plans were screwed up beyond redemption?"
Ryusui|GM: !f 2 (Holly's Clever)
DiscoDude: <@Ryusui|GM> rolled 4dF+2 for 0 [4dF = [-][ ][-][ ]]
Margen: "Oh, absolutely. I feel incredibly silly; I'm covered top to bottom in fruit pulp and out of tomatos! I'm going to keep working and see what I can do though."
(Careful 3)
Margen: (or would that be clever?)
Margen: (In which case I have 2)
Vera: (I'd say it's between CAREFUL and FLASHY, personally.)
Margen: (I'll go with CAREFUL if there are no objections)
Margen: !f 3 (careful)
DiscoDude: <@Margen> rolled 4dF+3 for 6 [4dF = [+][ ][+][+]]
Vera: (SWS!)
Margen: (yess)
Ryusui|GM: (HELL YEAH)
Ryusui|GM: (yeah, i rule you get a boost along with the win)
Ryusui|GM: (oh, hang on)
Ryusui|GM: (should that be a boost, or a free invoke on their Popularity Aspect?)
Vera: (Yeah, I'm pretty sure the latter is what we agreed on for SWS popularity rolls.)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((Free invoke.))
Ryusui|GM: (righto, then)
Ryusui|GM: (name the Popularity Aspect, Margen!)
Margen: Playing Ketchup
Vera: Vera walks over the Station 3, meanwhile, anticipating Margen's return.
Ryusui|GM: "Aren't you just precious?" Holly says, a little disappointed, before depositing you back in reality.
Ryusui|GM: (station 3? isn't that my station?)
Margen: (4 is Margen)
Vera: (Yeah, but Vera only has one move action.)
Vera: "Yo, Margen, if you're not gonna have time to use all those ingredients, mind passing one to me over here? I'll put in a good word during the final face-off."
Vera: (... Actually, I never checked if deals like this were allowed. I can take that back if you want, <@!Ryusui|GM>.)
Ryusui|GM: (what sort of deal did you have in mind?)
Vera: (Margen passes me an ingredient, and Vera promises to say something good about him in the final face-off.)
Vera: (Margen passes Vera an ingredient, and she promises to say something good about him in the final face-off.)
Vera: (Is that allowed, <@!Ryusui|GM>?)
Ryusui|GM: (if he agrees, i'll allow it)
Margen: "I actually have time for everything else, but I have some extra coffee need it"
Vera: "Yeah yeah, let me know if you got any extra afterward." Of course, Vera's end of the conversation is happening not five feet behind Dovelia's back.
Vera: (I've said my piece for this exchange.)
Ryusui|GM: EXCHANGE 9/12
Ryusui|GM: **ROULETTE STATUS 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 Bitter-> Cool-> Savory-> Sour-> Spicy-> Sweet->
JUDGE STATUS Chairwoman - 3 Durian - 5 Morinda - 1
Ryusui|GM: The Chairwoman walks right by Dovelia without any observation or comment. Morinda comes out of the "dead zone" at Tako's station. She nods at the tea and the taco dish, though neither seems to particularly capture her interest.
Ryusui|GM: Dovelia, meanwhile, pays no attention to Vera's deal-brokering: she's too focused on putting the finishing touches on her dish.
Margen: Margen's going to whip up some basic Black Hole Blend Barbecue for his chicken fries (Bitter: 2)
Ryusui|GM: One of the high-end Triplewheat Buns in the pantry should do it. Not flashy enough for a proper meal centerpiece, but perfect for a dish finisher.
Ryusui|GM: (is that a side or a plating, Margen?)
Margen: (Side)
Ryusui|GM: (attempting to plate the burgers with [Served on a Triplewheat Bun (Cool): 2])
Ryusui|GM: !f 1 (Cool)
DiscoDude: <@Ryusui|GM> rolled 4dF+1 for -1 [4dF = [ ][-][-][ ]]
Ryusui|GM: (DAMN, YO)
Margen: (actually I'm going to hedge, play safe, and say (Bitter: 1))
Margen: !f 0 (bitter vs 1)
DiscoDude: <@Margen> rolled 4dF+0 for 4 [4dF = [+][+][+][+]]
Ryusui|GM: (HA HA HA)
Ryusui|GM: (opposite luck)
Margen: **(oh)
Ryusui|GM: (dang, you even eclipse'd)
Ryusui|GM: (that's worth a popularity aspect, no invoke, right?)
Ryusui|GM: The bun Dovelia selected falls apart as she attempts to assemble her burger, and it's all she can do to prevent her other ingredients hitting the floor.
Ryusui|GM: -VWORP-
Vera: (Yeah.)
Vera: (Went for the hard failure rather than the Value:-1 plating?)
Ryusui|GM: (yeah ^_^;)
Ryusui|GM: (but i'm taking the opportunity to confessional Dovelia)
Ryusui|GM: "Never made a burger before, huh? More like never made a sandwich?" Holly croons.
Ryusui|GM: !f 2
DiscoDude: <@Ryusui|GM> rolled 4dF+2 for 1 [4dF = [-][ ][+][-]]
Vera: (Makes sense; it has to be at least Value:1 to count for the Good Variety, anyway.)
Ryusui|GM: !f 2 (Dovelia's Aggressive)
DiscoDude: <@Ryusui|GM> rolled 4dF+2 for 1 [4dF = [ ][ ][-][ ]]
Ryusui|GM: (ah, and Holly gets a boost for the next confessional~)
Vera: (So what sort of drama does Dovelia hint at? XD)
Ryusui|GM: Dovelia fumes for a moment, and then gives Holly a quickly-censored cybernetic middle finger.
Vera: (BTW, <@!Margen>, describe your victory.)
Ryusui|GM: Holly can't get rid of her fast enough. But the -Emotional Pressure Cooker- has her intrigued!
Vera: (<@!Margen>?)
Vera: Vera heads back to Station 2 empty-handed.
"Okay, so; I need to make something for my other dish. Those tomatoes would have gone well with the lemons; could've done a mean Bloody Mary. A Hard Lunar Lemonade - SOUR:4 should be fine..." Vera starts juicing the lemons and rooting around for an alcohol, any alcohol to mix them with. Temporally accelerated fermenting would be nice, but she just doesn't have time to be that fancy.
Vera: !f 1 (SOUR)
DiscoDude: <@Vera> rolled 4dF+1 for 2 [4dF = [ ][ ][ ][+]]
Vera: (And I just need a single invoke of the lemons.)
Margen: (Sorry I got caught up in house things, loud room I gotta move)
Margen: (completely lost the plot for a minute there)
Margen: Margen makes a mean batch of smoky coffee barbecue, and as Vera starts to head out Margen meets her with the spare sack of beans
Vera: (Er, a little late on the draw...)
Margen: (D'oh)
Vera: (I mean, I guess I can put you first through some editing magic.)
Vera: "Thank~ you."
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: Tako-San turns to the space fish on the counter in front of them. "Sushi time!" With all seven intact tentacles in a flurry, they aim to add some Dice Pollock Guac to their growing taco ensemble.
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((Create an Advantage for a Cool:8 side dish aspect))
Vera: "Here we go..." Vera pours the lemon juice into a cocktail shaker with some sugar, ice, and a singular travel bottle of Lycaon Vodka she was able to scrounge up from the lower cabinets. "This can work as a 'the night before' or 'a hair of dog' in the narrative, depending on what order I'm presenting these in..."
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: !f 3
DiscoDude: <@;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾> rolled 4dF+3 for 1 [4dF = [ ][-][-][ ]]
Vera: (Got invokes?)
Margen: (oh, should I name the popularity aspect for the eclipse?)
Vera: (Sure.)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((Wait, I got one of those, too!))
Vera: (Do you have four invokes?)
Vera: (Oh, you mean a popularity aspect? When?)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: The Ort Cloud Pollocks turns out to not have as much edible mass as initially intended, forcing Tako-San to use up more of the fish than they'd like. Fortunately, their Mighty Fine Cutlery comes in handy once again; though, being a Fusion-Master doesn't hurt.
((All free invokes and last fate point.))
Ryusui|GM: (when he made the barbecue sauce!)
Vera: (... Mind if I swoop in with... BEATEN [?]?)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((Hanabero sauce.))
Ryusui|GM: (habanero)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((Yes!))
Ryusui|GM: (also Vera is invoking your consequence against you, dude)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((Not that such will stop you.))
Ryusui|GM: (er, condition~)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((I know, I was trying to be humorous about it.))
Margen: (Bitter-Barbecue Bounceback)
Vera: (BTW, <@!;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾>, what's the popularity aspect you gained last turn on the eclipse?)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((I'll spend the free invoke on Employs a Cadre of "Tank Girls".))
Tako-San is used to having all eight tentacles while cooking so he doesn't realize it when he passes one of the utensils to his now missing grip. Lue-Anne manages to catch it in time and gracefully insert it back into Tako-San's rotation with little notice form him.
Vera: (Can I spend a fate point on BEATEN???)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((I just spent the free character invoke assuming you already had, since I didn't think any genuine objection of mine was binding in the rules.))
Vera: (No, I spent the free invoke on it.)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((Oh; got those confused.))
Ryusui|GM: (that puts you down to three, right, Vera?)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((Wow. Nothin' else.))
Vera: (Yep; a holder of extra points no longer.)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: Unfortunately, it's not enough as Tako-San furiously continues to hack at the fish, well past the clock cycling to the next time unit.
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((Will I need to roll again, or will the extra exchange act as a bonus to my previous roll for Tako-San?))
Ryusui|GM: (you'll need to roll again, and remember, you lost all the invokes you spent)
Ryusui|GM: (wait, hang on, Tako had one FATE Point, i think?)
Ryusui|GM: (did he spend that? i didn't catch)
Vera: (He did.)
Vera: (Though he can totally compel a confessional against himself, if he wants.)
Ryusui|GM: (righto. You want that, Tako?)
Vera: (Keep in mind that you were last episode's winner...)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((Confessional.))
Ryusui|GM: -VWORP-
Vera: (Don't forget Holly's stunt.)
Ryusui|GM: (yep, she has +2)
Ryusui|GM: "Think you coulda pulled it off if you'd had, say...one extra tentacle?" Holly says, raising an eyebrow as she holds up a hologram of the tentacle Dovelia impaled...complete with a holographic animation of Dovelia smashing it underfoot.
Ryusui|GM: !f 2 (Holly's Clever)
DiscoDude: <@Ryusui|GM> rolled 4dF+2 for 2 [4dF = [-][-][+][+]]
Vera: (Should be 4.)
Vera: (Her stunt grants +2 against last episode's winner.)
Ryusui|GM: (...ah dang, you're right!)
Ryusui|GM: (so yeah, you're gonna have to muster up something heavy here, 'cause with her invoke that'll be +6...)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: Tako-San pauses mid-fury and holds the freeze-frame pose as they look up to make eye contact with Holly, the DETERMINATION not leaving their "face" as the situation changes. After another hold, they perform a fancy flourish that end with all the knives stacked next to each other in the grip of a single tentacle before stabbing them all at once into the top of the interviewing desk. A third hold, then the instantly, pop into a cartoonishly positive demeanor as they squeak, "Of coursu! Who would be so foolish as to think they could lose a limb and not need time to acclimate?"
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: !f 3 (Flashily Defend)
DiscoDude: <@;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾> rolled 4dF+3 for 4 [4dF = [+][+][-][ ]]
Vera: (So that's two stress unless you have something to invoke.)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((Tako-San succeeded.))
Ryusui|GM: (ayep. i mean. you could spend that FATE Point you just got, but)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((Or, rather, tied.))
Ryusui|GM: (nuh-huh)
Ryusui|GM: (we just discussed)
Ryusui|GM: (you were last episode's winner)
Ryusui|GM: (she gets +2 to Clever on top of the +2 from the boost)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((Assuming the roll is before you remembered the stunt, that gives her a Great (+4) Attack, which ties with Tako-San's Great (+4) defense.))
Vera: (She has a boost from when she tied with Dovelia. (Though I'm not sure it applies if she didn't bring up the deets about Dovelia's outburst.))
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((Seems nontransferable. What was the boost, again?))
Ryusui|GM: (-Emotional Pressure Cooker-)
Vera: (Although she can bring it up now as a two-parter question as GM describes the invoke, I suppose.)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((Seems too Dovelia-specific to work here.))
Vera: (And yeah, normally when Holly ties, the chef in question is supposed to drop dirt about one of the other chefs that she can ask the next chef in confessional about.)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((Is that what happened to Dovelia?))
Ryusui|GM: (the book implies that the boost works against anyone so)
Vera: (Maybe try to actually work it into the question, though.)
Ryusui|GM: (i thought Holly being more pointed and snarky counted)
Ryusui|GM: (but heck if you're agreed her boost doesn't count, I guess it's a tie and -Emotional Pressure Cooker- carries over)
Ryusui|GM: (everyone okay with that?)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((Yeah.))
Vera: (I suppose, yeah.)
Ryusui|GM: "Well, don't you sound determined!" Holly giggles, returning Tako to reality.
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((The point was that Tako-San dropped the determined look in favor of his perpetually peppy act.))
Vera: (What boost does she gain for that tie?)
Ryusui|GM: (sticking with -Emotional Pressure Cooker-, because to me, that's mechanically the way it makes the most sense - Holly picking up on a heated vibe, and pressing it)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((Probably something she learned from this that she can apply to future confessionals, like "seeing through masks", or something.))
Ryusui|GM: EXCHANGE 10/12
Vera: (She didn't spend that boost, though, so what's the second boost that she gains?)
Ryusui|GM: **ROULETTE STATUS 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 Bitter-> Cool-> Savory-> Sour-> Spicy-> Sweet->
JUDGE STATUS Chairwoman - 4 Durian - 6 Morinda - 2
Ryusui|GM: Dovelia sets the half-finished burger aside and sets to work incorporating her sweet ingredients into a dessert.
Ryusui|GM: (attempting to make [Hypervanilla Soft-Serve Parfait (Sweet): 6])
Ryusui|GM: !f 3 (Sweet)
DiscoDude: <@Ryusui|GM> rolled 4dF+3 for 2 [4dF = [-][ ][+][-]]
Ryusui|GM: (spending the invokes on the Hypervanilla Extract and the Tenuously-Calibrated Blast Chiller FTW)
Ryusui|GM: The blast chiller accedes to Dovelia's dessert demands. Out of the spigot comes a lovely decorative spiral of cold, sweet ice cream.
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: As Tako-San is returned to normal space, a befuddle Lue-Anne shakes the feeling of having just witnessed a frame skip in real life, and points out to Tako-San that the sour ingredients are next on the conveyor belt.
"Eksellento! Right away, then."
Lue-Anne carts Tako-San to the fast-moving ring of food products and Tako-San leaps out of the tank with a flip lands on some **Fresh Lunar Lemons, and vaults over his own rear back into the tank.
((Flashily Create an Advantage))
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: !f 3
DiscoDude: <@;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾> rolled 4dF+3 for 4 [4dF = [-][+][+][ ]]
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: And upon inspection, they appear to be in mint condition. .... Or would be in citrus condition?
Vera: "Okay, now I need something to actually put these eggs and peppers on; wouldn't be 'fast food' if it isn't portable." Vera gets to sizzling screaming bacon and assembling flour and water. "I'm gonna use the run-off fat from this bacon as the fat in my Screaming Bacon Simlish Muffins - SAVORY:7. Gonna be tricky since I can't bring my line-cook experience into this; we never did our own baking..."
(Another side for the breakfast; also, "Simlish" is replacing "English" in that equation, in case you couldn't tell. XD)
Vera: !f 2 (SAVORY)
DiscoDude: <@Vera> rolled 4dF+2 for 0 [4dF = [-][ ][-][ ]]
Vera: (Spending both invokes on the breakfast blueprint, and the one on the bacon... plus a fate point on the bacon.)
Ryusui|GM: (down to 2 now)
Margen: Margen is going to begin work on the slicing of spuds in the provided One-Crank Potaterator® frencher (conspicuously conveniently sponsored and bolted to the station in camera-view) for his Crispy Plutonian Potato Stick (Cool: 2) accompaniment
Vera: "Looks a little light..." Vera chops up the cooked bacon bits and folds them into the batter to make up for lost mass. "Into the oven you go..."
Margen: (not implying a bonus or anything, I just wanted to add a bit of scene flavor and that seemed like something they'd do)
Margen: !f 2 (cool vs 2)
DiscoDude: <@Margen> rolled 4dF+2 for 5 [4dF = [+][+][ ][+]]
Margen: Margen expertly throws 🥔 into the machine with one tentacle and cranks the lever with another, sluicing veritable heaps of spud straws directly into a massive vat of boiling oil.
Vera: (Side or plating?)
Margen: (Whup it changed to a potato emote in the autocorrect :l
Side)
Ryusui|GM: (wait, hang on, margen, you know you need to make two dishes, right?)
Margen: (Oh snap that should be a main then)
Ryusui|GM: (okiedoke)
Margen: (I wish I'd shot higher XD)
Ryusui|GM: "Almost to the end, folks, and the roulette is merciless! Lady Luck is not on these chefs' side today! Don't touch that knob, though - the climax of this competition is just a commercial break away!"
Ryusui|GM: (any last lines?)
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: ((Nah.))
Vera: "I mean, I was done with that thing like 4 exchanges ago, so..."
Margen: "everything really smells like tomato now but other than that I'm intact"
;}"÷™+╎®♂★█¬ˇ¾: Rachelle, watching from the guest rooms, quips, "Really, the Rowdy Roulette, Right?"
Ryusui|GM: (then let us...)
Ryusui|GM: !end
