DiscoDude: ---BEGIN SESSION---
DiscoDude: Session logging commenced
Ryusui|GM: "LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!"
Ryusui|GM: "WELCOME AGAIN TO THE MOST EXPLOSIVE CULINARY COMPETITION SINCE THE GRANOLA WARS!"
Ryusui|GM: "IT'S..."
Ryusui|GM: "URANIUM! CHEEEEEEEEEF!!!"
Ryusui|GM: The camera pans out to reveal the massive Kitchen Arena in all its soon-to-be-bloodstained (and sauce-stained) splendor.
Ryusui|GM: "We've brought in another band of competitors from all over the galaxy to compete for the honor of challenging the greatest chef ever built!"
Ryusui|GM: Cut to stock footage of pyrotechnics, sparks and explosives blinding as the Uranium Chef rises up from a hidden elevator.
Ryusui|GM: Once he's fully emerged, he strikes a menacing pose, with a titanium eggbeater in one hand and a endosteel cutting knife in the other.
Ryusui|GM: Cutting back now to a shot of our four contestants walking down the ramp from the official Mongongo shuttle.
Ryusui|GM: "These competitors, as always, are the cream of the crop - skilled chefs every one, hungry to win, hungry to unleash some carnage on the Kitchen Arena floor!"
Ryusui|GM: "First we have... <@!The Great Garuda>!"
Ryusui|GM: The camera's on you, Garuda. What do you do to introduce yourself?
Ryusui|GM: (Also, <@Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki>, you'll be up next!)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: (([Spongebob voice] IIII'M READY!))
The Great Garuda: The musclebound space-Peacock slides into the front and does a flexing pose, spreading his feathers in a bright display. “As a representative of my people, Garuda... shall not disappoint! Gracefully, and beautifully!” He winks at the camera, and one can hear the ladies swoon.
Ryusui|GM: (we'll see about that! Gimme a roll! 😉 )
The Great Garuda: (Flashy? XD)
The Great Garuda: !roll 4df+3
DiscoDude: <@The Great Garuda> rolled 4df+3 for 2 [4df = [-][ ][+][-]]
Ryusui|GM: Oh yes they do indeed, <@!The Great Garuda>. You are absolutely [Popular With The Ladies][!]
Ryusui|GM: Aspects
Garuda:
[Popular With the Ladies][!]
[Magnanimous][!]
Jren'Ki:
[Collected Confidence][!!]
[Predator's Presence][!]
Marcon:
[Aggressive Glibness][!!]
Cocoa:
[Too Adorable For Words][!!]
[Charming Child][!]
Ryusui|GM:
The Great Garuda: (So vs. +0, for the first episode?)
Ryusui|GM: (yeah)
Ryusui|GM: "Next we have... <@!Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki>!"
Ryusui|GM: Now the camera's on you! What do you do?
The Great Garuda: (CORRECT HERRRRRRRRR. XD)
The Great Garuda: (I can totally see him as being one to get huffy if not introduced in full title. XD)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: Jren'Ki, fully clad in a traditional J'Ra'Kin robotic encounter suit, steps down the ramp in tight, disciplined fashion, hand (or rather claws) held behind their waist, wings press tight against their back.
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: The H.U.D. on the visor pulling back to give the cameras a good look at their face.
Ryusui|GM: (-hums the Imperial March-)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: As they pass by Holly, they give a succinct, yet proud comment: "My Pleasure being here. Maybe I can finally find something to give me a challenge."
Ryusui|GM: (gimme a roll!)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: !roll 4df+3
DiscoDude: <@Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki> rolled 4df+3 for 3 [4df = [+][-][ ][ ]]
The Great Garuda: ([The Professional][!!]?)
Ryusui|GM: The audience loves it. You're totally pinging as [The Honorable Competitor][!].
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Placing the aspect Subtle Confidance.))
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Double invocation; remember.))
Ryusui|GM: (ah yeah)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((And generally, the player gets to choose the aspect.))
Ryusui|GM: (all right, it's just...normally people don't want to XD)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Though, I'
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Though, I'd like to change it to Collected Confidence.))
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((I enjoy doing so, though.))
Ryusui|GM: (like i know the way i run things is a little outside-the-book but generally in my experience people don't want to make things up for this kind of thing? ^_^; or rather it's hard to get them to come up with stuff and it bogs things down so i keep it rolling by pretending it's the GM's job XD)
Ryusui|GM: (so yeah, in your case totally)
Ryusui|GM: "Next we have the Dark Prince of Vino himself, the ever-mysterious Marcon!"
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Even if the G.M. normally would, I enjoy having the creative freedom.))
Ryusui|GM: The pale-skinned figure in his impeccably tailored outfit strides down the ramp with a scowl on his face. "If you ever call me that again," he says, coolly, "I will hunt down your CPU and pour a bottle of my finest all over it."
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Are you going to edit the pinned post to reflect the new aspects?))
Ryusui|GM: !roll 4dF+3 (Aggressive)
DiscoDude: <@Ryusui|GM> rolled 4dF+3 for 4 [4dF = [ ][+][ ][ ]] (Aggressive)
Ryusui|GM: (i will, i just wanna get through your opponents first XD)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Is Marcon a grey?))
Ryusui|GM: ((Vino is wine.))
Ryusui|GM: (The Dark Prince of Wine. XD)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Fixed the post; asking about their species.))
Ryusui|GM: Fortunately for Marcon the audience seems to take his threat as merely [Aggressive Glibness.]
Ryusui|GM: (he's a space vampire, according to the book! XD)
Ryusui|GM: "And last but not least, up-and-coming culinary star Cocoa Ramsey!"
Ryusui|GM: Cocoa bounds down the ramp at almost a skip, tail swishing behind her. "I hope you won't go easy on me," she says, disarmingly scratching the back of her head. "I'm tougher than I look!"
Ryusui|GM: On TV it looks good, but you three can clearly see how calculated it is.
Ryusui|GM: !roll 4dF+3 (Careful)
DiscoDude: <@Ryusui|GM> rolled 4dF+3 for 3 [4dF = [-][+][+][-]] (Careful)
Ryusui|GM: And the audience just eats it up. She is just [Too Adorable For Words.]
The Great Garuda: “Oh, the Great Garuda shall keep his eyes trained on you for sure, fine miss.” He blows a kiss at her, but steals another knowing look at the ladies at home.
Ryusui|GM: (I do think we have our first face-off! XD)
Ryusui|GM: (Gimme a roll, Garuda!)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: Jren'Ki gives a Vulcan-style inquisitive eyebrow raise to the gesture.
The Great Garuda: (Aaaaaaaaa Here goooooeeeeees! >m<;;;)
The Great Garuda: !roll 4df+3 (Flashy)
DiscoDude: <@The Great Garuda> rolled 4df+3 for 0 [4df = [-][ ][-][-]] (Flashy)
Ryusui|GM: !roll 4dF+1 (Sneaky)
DiscoDude: <@Ryusui|GM> rolled 4dF+1 for 1 [4dF = [-][+][-][+]] (Sneaky)
The Great Garuda: (UH. Reroll...?)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: (([Sad trombone]))
Ryusui|GM: (if you wanna spend a FATE Point now and not in the competition? XD)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((What aspect are you invoking to get the reroll.?))
The Great Garuda: (I mean, can’t I invoke my free Invoke on [Popular With the Ladies][!]?)
Ryusui|GM: (no, Popularity Aspects are purely for the final face-off)
The Great Garuda: (Or is that saved for something else too?)
The Great Garuda: (Ah. Hm...)
The Great Garuda: (Should I...?)
Ryusui|GM: (well, you get an extra FATE Point if you take the loss)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Curious that you picked Cocoa given that Jren'Ki is also a Careful specialist.))
Ryusui|GM: (but you will get a Condition)
Ryusui|GM: (well)
The Great Garuda: (Ah, very well. I’ll take that free FATE.)
Ryusui|GM: (yeah, come to think of it, the condition I'd give you would go away when this scene is over XD)
Ryusui|GM: (and there you go XD)
Ryusui|GM: "Thank you, but I think you're a little old for me," Cocoa giggles adorably. The exchange looks better for her than it does for you.
The Great Garuda: “Ah-! Shot down!” I make a grandiose display of swooning in dismay. My pride is cut a bit deeper than I let show, of course. Old?
The Great Garuda: (So what happens? I get a Condition and a FATE point?)
Ryusui|GM: (just the FATE Point; ignore the condition for now)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Seeing that Marcon and Cocoa each have a separate aspect for their true selves, I gave Jren'Ki the aspect I Wear No Mask for the Camera.))
Ryusui|GM: (cool, cool)
The Great Garuda: (I should probably read up on them. XD)
Ryusui|GM: A flash of purple sparkles through the air, swirling around the four of you. It coalesces into a variety of forms - something weasellike, some kind of reptillian bat-creature, then a space elf, before finally coalescing into a multi-tailed foxgirl floating in midair.
Ryusui|GM: (She's a hologram. She can be anything. And I choose to have her be something cute. XD)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Still find it odd that you picked Cocoa given Jren'Ki's Careful +3; aside from her simply being one of the first listed pre-gens.))
Ryusui|GM: (yeah, i didn't think of that. but you know why i picked her. XD)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Cute animal or cute girl?))
Ryusui|GM: ((yes))
Ryusui|GM: "Hello, hello, one and all! I'm Holly Golightwave, and I'm both the host of Uranium Chef and your official liaison. Kitchen Arena is currently being prepped for your grand debut, so for now, we invite you to get acquainted with each other at your accommodations during your time on the show - the Kitchen Arena Suites!"
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((She looks like a character straight out of Chip N' Dale with the art style she's rendered in.))
Ryusui|GM: It's hard to tell if it's just a trick of the camera or some exotic teleportation technology, but the four of you find yourselves just outside a stylish multilevel structure which looks like it's made of slowly rotating metallic prisms - or that could be just a trick of the light, too.
Ryusui|GM: "Here you'll find each of you have your own fully-furnished bedroom and bathroom. The living area is open and available to all competitors - we hope to see you all get along!" She adds a mischievous wink aimed at the camera; the obvious hope is there will be some juicy drama.
Ryusui|GM: "Enjoy for now! Greatness and glory await!"
Ryusui|GM: And she twirls off in a spiral of purple sparks.
Ryusui|GM: (So interaction scene time! Each of you can try to accomplish one thing - well, <@!The Great Garuda> aside, since he already tried something and failed XD)
Ryusui|GM: (alternately you can just, y'know, interact with your fellow competitors)
The Great Garuda: (Aw.)
Ryusui|GM: (or vote to skip ahead XD)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Ooo... There's actually some interesting legal implications with what just happened.))
Ryusui|GM: (???)
The Great Garuda: (I would have held off if I knew it would count towards Free Time Events.)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Before you had Holly disappear, I was going to have Jren'Ki pull them aside remind them that certain kinds of teleportation are deemed murder under Arcnia law.))
Ryusui|GM: (ha ha ha ha)
Ryusui|GM: (i can assure you that it's purely space-warping technology)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((One of the few that J'Ra'Kin will enforce on foreign parties.))
Ryusui|GM: (no murdering twinmakers here)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Alright, but Jren'Ki doesn't know that yet.))
Ryusui|GM: (let's go ahead and assume most people would assume it's spacewarping stuff)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Unless there was a pre-show debrief.))
Ryusui|GM: (because Star Trek-type transportation gives most people the jibblies if they think about it properly)
Ryusui|GM: (let's presume Barclay Syndrome is a common universal factor XD)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Shoot! Did the contestants arrive by their own methods? If so, I missed an opportunity to some Good (+3) visual description.))
Ryusui|GM: ((You all arrived by the same vehicle.))
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Barclay Syndrome?))
Ryusui|GM: ((you know, transporter paranoia))
Ryusui|GM: (("people are rightfully scared as fuck of a device which takes them apart and puts them back together someplace else"))
Ryusui|GM: ((anyways Garuda I'm gonna give you a chance to redeem yourself XD))
The Great Garuda: (So wait, did she get a Popularity Aspect?)
Ryusui|GM: So while the four of you are entering the Suites and taking stock of the place, Cocoa bounds up to you, Garuda, grinning ear to ear. "No hard feelings, I hope? We can still be friends, can't we?" The way she's pushing this, it's clear you're going to have a tough time telling her "no" without coming off like a heel.
Ryusui|GM: (yes, she got one)
Ryusui|GM: (and she's trying to get another one off of you now XD)
Ryusui|GM: !roll 4dF+2 (Aggressive)
DiscoDude: <@Ryusui|GM> rolled 4dF+2 for 2 [4dF = [-][ ][+][ ]] (Aggressive)
The Great Garuda: (Hm... How to approach this... What happens if I try to accept?)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: Before the four part to their separate quarters, Jren'Ki gives another curt comment, "I do hope you all well in the competition; I expect nothing less than your best to pit my own against."
Ryusui|GM: (Well, you can try to spin this situation in a way where you come out on top)
Ryusui|GM: (not trying to do anything to anyone, Jren?)
The Great Garuda: (Hm, perhaps rolling Flashy to make her look like she’s looking up to me? XD)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Example: "Of course not! Plenty of other fish in the sea for me, anyway."))
Ryusui|GM: (either sounds good, but I think Garuda's is more in-character XD)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Wait; that doesn't work as well as I thought.))
Ryusui|GM: (also Jren if you're not gonna do anything I'm gonna have Marcon make his move)
The Great Garuda: (Alrighty...)
The Great Garuda: !roll 4df+3
DiscoDude: <@The Great Garuda> rolled 4df+3 for 3 [4df = [+][ ][ ][-]]
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Wait....))
Ryusui|GM: ((flavor it, Garuda XD))
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Did you not see the one-liner Jren'Ki gave?))
The Great Garuda: (You kinda did it in the middle of our exchange. ^_^;)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((I'm a slow typer; O.K.?))
The Great Garuda: (I get that, man. I’m assuming they immediately cut to the more personal scenes as soon as they showed the suites on-screen.)
Ryusui|GM: (right, but it wasn't aimed at anybody)
Ryusui|GM: (a face-off is between two characters)
Ryusui|GM: (like you were just like "good luck everybody")
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((It was aimed at everybody.))
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Right; alright.))
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Sorry; my improv isn't what it used to be.))
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((.implying it was Good (+3) to begin with))
Ryusui|GM: (but yeah you can't "face-off" against everybody)
Ryusui|GM: (i just posted the relevant snippet of the book)
Ryusui|GM: (like if you're trying to do something else i'd appreciate you explaining it)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Sorry.))
Ryusui|GM: (but if you're just wishing everybody good luck that's cool too)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((I'm trying to think of something.))
Ryusui|GM: Jren, Marcon gets in your face, grinning smugly.
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Jren'Ki isn't really the "personal attacker" type.))
Ryusui|GM: "So what's your specialty? Someone like you, I can't imagine cooking anything that's not...canned."
Ryusui|GM: !roll 4dF+3 (Aggressive)
DiscoDude: <@Ryusui|GM> rolled 4dF+3 for 3 [4dF = [ ][ ][+][-]] (Aggressive)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: "Heh; nice word-play, but I normally prefer my prey live; thrill of the hunt and all that."
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: !roll 4df+2
DiscoDude: <@Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki> rolled 4df+2 for 1 [4df = [+][-][-][ ]]
The Great Garuda: “Aha?” I preen for the second time. “I see! It’s only natural that such an aspiring patisserie would look up to her elders for inspiration! I’d be perfectly happy to teach you my own take on my people’s cuisine, perhaps even incorporate some spice into your own! Even if it would only pay off in a decade, it would make me proud!” He gives out a hearty laugh as he puffs out his chest.
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Invoking J'Ra'Kin of Tradditional Arcnia Cuisine for a reroll; they're basically trying to leverage their Dragonfear ability.))
Ryusui|GM: Cocoa stares for just a second too long as she takes in what you just said. "Er...of course! I'd be happy to be your protege in...in Ax-zan cuisine!" she says, mangling the pronunciation. It wins a few hearts but not as many as your gesture.
Ryusui|GM: You are definitely coming off as [Magnanimous] here.
Ryusui|GM: (roll 'em, Jren!)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: !roll 4df+2
DiscoDude: <@Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki> rolled 4df+2 for 5 [4df = [+][+][+][ ]]
Ryusui|GM: (SMACKDOWN)
Ryusui|GM: Marcon has nothing to say and sulks off.
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((It was a Success on a Defend action, so no aspect.))
Ryusui|GM: (feel free to name your aspect XD)
Ryusui|GM: (what? that was a Face-Off, yo)
Ryusui|GM: (you won)
Ryusui|GM: (so you get a Popularity Aspect)
The Great Garuda: (And Flashy applied, because at least half of my gesture was genuine. XD)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Right; sorry. I'm too forgetful.))
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Placing Predator's Presence.))
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Changed it; sorry.))
Ryusui|GM: (np; i caught :3)
Ryusui|GM: (so everyone ready to move on to the MAIN EVENT? :3)
The Great Garuda: (Is Jren’Ki not doing anything?)
The Great Garuda: (Doesn’t have to be a Face-Off, either, I don’t think?)
Ryusui|GM: (i feel like it'd be totally in-character for him not to confront anybody)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Yes; <@!Ryusui|GM>.))
((<@!The Great Garuda> Jren'Ki isn't really the "Social Aggressor".))
Ryusui|GM: (at any rate he's tied with Cocoa for Popularity, so he doesn't have much to gain XD)
The Great Garuda: (Are Face-Offs the only thing you can do?)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((So Jren'Ki now has four fate points, right?))
Ryusui|GM: (no, you can do other stuff, like sabotage your competitors)
Ryusui|GM: (or just...talk XD)
The Great Garuda: (Or just do prep-work?)
Ryusui|GM: (well, prep for cooking happens in the arena proper)
The Great Garuda: (I see.)
Ryusui|GM: So while several hours pass in real time, through the magic of television, the time between your encounter in the Suites and your arrival in Kitchen Arena takes no more time than a screen wipe.
Ryusui|GM: "Welcome, competitors, to Kitchen Arena!"
Ryusui|GM: Holly circles around in the air above you; the audience watching at home can see the camera view poised over her shoulder.
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Just realized, that Jren'Ki only has three F.P.; spent one gained one.))
Ryusui|GM: (actually spent one gained nothing)
Ryusui|GM: (you're down to 2)
Ryusui|GM: (losers in a Face-Off get a FATE Point as consolation)
Ryusui|GM: (so all told I have four to play with)
Ryusui|GM: (one for each of you by default, and two from failed Face-Offs)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Face-offs are compels, meaning the acquisition of fate points.))
Ryusui|GM: (speaking of)
Ryusui|GM: (...huh. i didn't think of that.)
The Great Garuda: (P’sure it works differently from a normal compel.)
Ryusui|GM: (let's roll with what Jren suggests)
Ryusui|GM: (you're at five, Garuda; he's at three)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Please still refer to me as RG, O.o.C.))
The Great Garuda: (Feel like that would lead to way too many FATE points.)
Ryusui|GM: (you'll be using those mainly for your dishes anyway)
The Great Garuda: (Ah, right; I suppose it makes sense for chefs of our caliber to truly “screw up” a dish only rarely.)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((And that earlier comment about Jren'Ki not liking the shortening of their title does apply to their actual name.))
Ryusui|GM: (that said the NPC FATE Pool is officially at five itself, then 😉 )
Ryusui|GM: (XD XD XD)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((The House Always Wins))
Ryusui|GM: "Kitchen Arena is home to the galaxy's ultimate test of culinary competence! Dr. Durian, if you please?"
The Great Garuda: (Other contestants aren’t the House, pretty sure.)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((True, but the Fate points can be used for any G.M.-controlled roll.))
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Unless they want to separately track Marcon's and Cocoa's individual fate points.))
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((So Holly's an informorph, right?))
Ryusui|GM: The camera cuts to a shot of a dignified-looking cyborg gorilla with Holly's camera on a holoscreen behind him. "Thank you, Holly," he intones. "Kitchen Arena consists of a ring of six Chef Zones surrounding the central Arena. The Chef Zones come equipped with all the tools and equipment our competitors need to prepare their dishes, along with condiments and basic ingredients."
Ryusui|GM: There's a montage of the Chef Zones, each of them identical, each of them a fully-equipped kitchen environment.
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((So they could technically appear on screen without appearing to the contestant's being filmed?))
Ryusui|GM: ((They could, but she appears as a hologram before you lot for convenience's sake.))
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((I was picturing real-time, C.G.I. post-production shenanigans.))
Ryusui|GM: "The Arena itself is where things get exciting," he says, in a way that suggests this is a gross understatement. "The secret ingredient for each cook-off will be placed on the altar in the center of the arena. Without the secret ingredient...well, your hopes of victory in this competition will be like a methane snowball on Ignis VI. The Arena is also home to the Lardertron, a wondrous miracle of culinary technology which can produce any ingredient a chef might desire..." He chuckles. "Anything except the secret ingredient, of course. That would be too easy."
Ryusui|GM: (so as a reminder)
Ryusui|GM: (obtaining the ingredient will be a challenge)
Ryusui|GM: (you can also obtain arbitrary ingredients from the Lardertron, for making prep aspects)
Ryusui|GM: (that is also a challenge but less so than obtaining the secret ingredient 😉 )
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Basically, the fate rule of: you have all the tools you need to take action unless it's interesting for them to be abscent (like with the secret ingredient).))
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((When do they reveal the secret ingredient?))
Ryusui|GM: "Thank you, Doc!" Holly's voice rings out again. "And now, the moment you've all been waiting for...Chairman Miris, supreme ruler of Kitchen Arena!"
Ryusui|GM: The camera pans to what the four of you can already see: the tall, imposing, masked figure of Chairman Miris standing beside the altar at the center of the arena. A sheet of metallic purple material bearing the Uranium Chef logo is draped over it.
Ryusui|GM: "Welcome, contestants, to Kitchen Arena," she declares.
Ryusui|GM: "You have been brought here because you are the best of the best - the finest chefs in the galaxy. This has earned you the right to test your mettle in my Arena, and perhaps - if you demonstrate your worthiness - challenge my Uranium Chef to the ultimate culinary battle."
Ryusui|GM: She crosses her arms. "But enough talk. Your challenge today will be to produce a single dish using the secret ingredient. That ingredient is..."
Ryusui|GM: She snaps her fingers, and the sheet vanishes in a flash of light and a puff of smoke, revealing a tank full of enormous pink mollusks with red-and-white-striped shells.
Ryusui|GM: "...Vbothian sugarsnails." She smiles imperiously. "These are not an ingredient for everyday chefs. Only masters have the right to work with such rare and exotic flavor. Will you prove worthy of such a privilege? We shall see."
Ryusui|GM: "You will have five standard time units to complete this challenge by preparing a dessert that includes these sugarsnails. Now, begin!"
Ryusui|GM: Chairman Miris snaps her fingers, and she herself vanishes in a flash of light and a puff of smoke.
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: Before the smoke clears for the second time, Jren'Ki rushes the altar with speed begetting his predatory heritage.
The Great Garuda: Garuda surges forward (shift Zone to Central Arena), and attempts to smash through the glass directly to get at the snails!
Ryusui|GM: (oh wow XD)
Ryusui|GM: (Garuda you're gonna get the first roll of this)
Ryusui|GM: (grabbing an ingredient, BTW, is a Create Advantage roll)
The Great Garuda: (Difficulty?)
Ryusui|GM: (+1)
The Great Garuda: (Alright. Does Flashy apply?)
The Great Garuda: (GM?)
The Great Garuda: (<@!Ryusui|GM>?)
Ryusui|GM: (you're talking about charging in with brute force)
Ryusui|GM: (this is Aggressive deffo)
The Great Garuda: (Alright, alright. XD)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((If you're physically smashing it, Aggresive (with your stunt) would make more sense.))
The Great Garuda: (OOH.)
Ryusui|GM: (i cannot think of any situation where "breaks through the glass" isn't "Aggressive" XD)
The Great Garuda: (I ALMOST FORGOT, TBH. XP)
Ryusui|GM: (well yes, but that's for Overcome)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((I can, but that' not what <@!The Great Garuda> is doing.))
Ryusui|GM: (though i'll let you rewrite it to Create Advantage if you like XD)
The Great Garuda: (Sure.)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Right; I was thinking that they were Overcoming the glass itself.))
The Great Garuda: !roll 4df+4
DiscoDude: <@The Great Garuda> rolled 4df+4 for 6 [4df = [+][ ][+][ ]]
The Great Garuda: (I forget, can I get a SWS by a factor of 2+?)
Ryusui|GM: (yes. there is, however, one place where the SWS rules don't apply - making dishes)
The Great Garuda: (Got it.)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Success with style is on a 3 or better.))
Ryusui|GM: (for dishes, invokes count as a multiplier, and you generally only get one except in special circumstances, like if you have a Stunt)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((3 or more shifts))
Ryusui|GM: (also yeah he's right it's gotta be 3+ difference)
Ryusui|GM: (anyways that's a [Sugarsnail][!!] get for you, man 😉 😉
The Great Garuda: ([Explosively Sweet Snail Grab][!!], BTW.)
Ryusui|GM: (flavor your result)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((FLYING "CRANE" KICK!!!! XD))
The Great Garuda: The glass shatters, and Garuda already has a snail in hand by the time the water can react in this [Explosively Sweet Sugarnail Grab][!!]!
The Great Garuda: (And you know if it’ll make a difference, I will totally invoke this against anybody trying to get it themselves. XD)
The Great Garuda: (Get dumped on, son. >:3)
Ryusui|GM: (hey, what the hey, i'll let Schrodinger's Cat run free here)
The Great Garuda: (Assuming everyone went at once, of course.)
Ryusui|GM: (you can totally invoke that ingredient aspect to screw over others)
Ryusui|GM: (but remember, you'll need those invokes yourself to make a decent dish)
The Great Garuda: (So, who else is attempting to grab the ingredient in the first exchange?)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((How does this have anything to do with superpositions?))
The Great Garuda: (I was thinking I could invoke this against people by effectively dumping an aquarium of water on them. XD)
Ryusui|GM: (what i mean is, "if he wants to hold onto those invokes instead, we can pretend like the chaos created by his unexpected DYNAMIC ENTRY wasn't so much of an issue")
The Great Garuda: (So, who else is grabbing these things in Round 1?)
Ryusui|GM: Cocoa shrieks as the tank explodes - it's hard to tell if it's in fear or frustration. She struggles past the mayhem you've caused and tries to grab one of the gigantic sugarsnails herself. (They're bigger than her own head!)
Ryusui|GM: !roll 4dF+3 (Careful)
DiscoDude: <@Ryusui|GM> rolled 4dF+3 for 2 [4dF = [ ][ ][ ][-]] (Careful)
The Great Garuda: (Hm... To invoke, or not to invoke...)
The Great Garuda: (Am I allowed to wait until everyone has rolled?)
Ryusui|GM: (if you're gonna invoke, invoke now)
The Great Garuda: (Will she get a negative aspect?)
The Great Garuda: (Or just waste a Round?)
Ryusui|GM: (I'll have her succeed at a cost if she fails)
Ryusui|GM: (she gets the ingredient but no helpful invokes)
The Great Garuda: (Got it. Invoking in that case. That oughta hurt.)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: With the glass container completely smashed, Jren'Ki (Already in the air from the rocket assist from their suit) swoops down and gracefully and delicately snatches up as many mollusks as can fit in their feet/talons. Instead of U-turning to return to their starting position, they continue forwards to the empty Chef's area across from them, dropping the snails on the counter and plants with a thud as the 7'6" flying dinosaur sticks the landing and immediately gets the rest of the ingredients.
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: !roll 4df+3
DiscoDude: <@Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki> rolled 4df+3 for 0 [4df = [-][-][ ][-]]
The Great Garuda: (short fart noise*)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Spending a Fate point to reroll; invoking Calm and Calculated. (i.e. They've trained and practiced this maneuver to rote.)))
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: !roll 4df+3
DiscoDude: <@Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki> rolled 4df+3 for 3 [4df = [+][ ][-][ ]]
The Great Garuda: (Are you trying to move 2 Zones?)
Ryusui|GM: Cocoa leaps through the shattered tank, whimpering angrily to herself as she snags one of the sugarsnails. She then shrieks again as she realizes the damn thing is still wriggling.
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((We all are.))
Ryusui|GM: (each chef station is adjacent to the center)
Ryusui|GM: (the altar counts as part of the center)
The Great Garuda: (I thought we’d move there, grab the thing, then move back during the next round?)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((One zone to move into the center and another to move back.))
The Great Garuda: (Yeah, I thought it was 1 Zone per turn, maximum?)
Ryusui|GM: (yeah, you move back next turn, but you can immediately act)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Then it's a preemptive description, since I right better like that.))
Ryusui|GM: (also that "?" on Cocoa's Secret ingredient aspect is an invoke against her XD)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((I'll change it as the circumstance do.))
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Anyway; placing the Graceful Hunting aspect.))
The Great Garuda: (Hm... Should I spend a FATE point on the smashing grab instead of the Free Invoke?)
Ryusui|GM: (1 sec)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((One mississippi.... 😃 ))
Ryusui|GM: (bear in mind your aspect should actually mention the fricking ingredient XD)
Ryusui|GM: (so no, i'm not gonna put that down in the list XD)
Ryusui|GM: (give me something that lists what you scored XD)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Woops! I was thinking of it as a popularity aspect.))
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Sugary Prey; No Worse for Wear.)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Is that sufficient; <@!Ryusui|GM>?))
Ryusui|GM: (works for me! :3)
Ryusui|GM: Marcon in the meantime is pointedly ignoring all your shenanigans and making ample use of the Lardertron unmolested.
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((That's a relief. 😅))
Ryusui|GM: !roll 4dF+2 (Sneaky)
DiscoDude: <@Ryusui|GM> rolled 4dF+2 for -1 [4dF = [-][ ][-][-]] (Sneaky)
The Great Garuda: (Pfft.)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: (([The Price is Right failure SFX]))
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Sending one of those G.M. fate points?))
Ryusui|GM: (he's got nothing that'd work XD)
Ryusui|GM: (I'll just have him Succeed at a Cost)
The Great Garuda: (OOF. Not a good night to be an NPC. XD)
Ryusui|GM: He looks stoically at the [Bitter Gamma-Grapes] the Lardertron produces. They're not the best bunch any of you have seen by a long shot.
Ryusui|GM: ROUND #2
Ryusui|GM: Undeterred, Marcon slinks over to the tank and attempts to grab a sugarsnail for himself.
Ryusui|GM: !roll 4dF+3 (Aggressive)
DiscoDude: <@Ryusui|GM> rolled 4dF+3 for 3 [4dF = [+][ ][-][ ]] (Aggressive)
The Great Garuda: (Think I will spend a FATE point instead of a Free Invoke after all. No need to edit that Aspect, then.)
Ryusui|GM: (okiedoke; good thing I forgot, then XD)
The Great Garuda: (Yee)
Ryusui|GM: (you gonna try and sabotage Marcon's attempt?)
The Great Garuda: (Nah, the water’s spilled already, and it would only result in a tie, besides.)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: (("What? Is the quantum carborater busted?" "Morty; you can't just add a science word to a car word and think it'll make sense. Great (+4), the microverse batter is broken."))
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((That was my first thought at reading "Gamma Grapes".))
Ryusui|GM: (XD XD XD)
The Great Garuda: (Can I use the special ingredient as a side Aspect?)
Ryusui|GM: (yes! the only two requirements are 1. you must make a dessert, and 2. you must include the sugarsnails somehow)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: With the key ingredient secured, Jren'Ki boots up their Lardertron hoping that the organizer got the specialty ingredients necessary for their native cuisine.
The Great Garuda: (Dessert?? Didn’t see that requirement...)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: !roll 4df+2 Clever
DiscoDude: <@Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki> rolled 4df+2 for 2 [4df = [ ][+][ ][-]] Clever
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: What's the difficulty on the Lardertron?
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: <@!Ryusui|GM>
The Great Garuda: (It’s +0, IIRC.)
Ryusui|GM: (+0)
Ryusui|GM: (also you can basically just conjure up whatever ingredients you want at your prep station, but you can't use them as aspects)
Ryusui|GM: (like if you want to make a cheese dish, it's presumed to just be there at your chef station)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((So that wasn't just a Create an Advantage roll?))
Ryusui|GM: (but if you want to have a cheese aspect you can invoke to help you)
The Great Garuda: (How many rounds do we have, by the way?)
Ryusui|GM: (you need to use the lardertron)
Ryusui|GM: (five)
Ryusui|GM: (also i just edited the introduction to mention the dessert part; i forgot it XD)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((I remember the book saying it can't be an aspect without a roll.))
The Great Garuda: (Alright... And do we have to include a different flavor for each aspect we add?)
Ryusui|GM: (right. if you make a side, it has to have a different flavor.)
The Great Garuda: (Got it.)
Ryusui|GM: (like, to be clear, lardertron lets you make ingredient-based prep aspects)
Ryusui|GM: (you can make non-ingredient based prep aspects at your chef station)
Ryusui|GM: (there's a tradeoff in play here)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Placing Fresh Fruit Ferret as another ingredient aspect.))
Ryusui|GM: (ingredient-based prep aspects are easier to make)
Ryusui|GM: (what's its flavor?)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Savory.))
The Great Garuda: Garuda pops over to the Lardotron to get his own ingredient with due haste.
Ryusui|GM: Cocoa, meanwhile, ignores the Lardertron entirely and sets to work firing up her ovens.
The Great Garuda: !roll 4df+2 (Quick)
DiscoDude: <@The Great Garuda> rolled 4df+2 for -1 [4df = [ ][-][-][-]] (Quick)
Ryusui|GM: !roll 4dF+2 (Quick)
DiscoDude: <@Ryusui|GM> rolled 4dF+2 for 3 [4dF = [ ][+][+][-]] (Quick)
The Great Garuda: (Ah! What can I invoke...)
Ryusui|GM: And she's got her [Ovens Preheated].
The Great Garuda: (Can I succeed while taking a Condition?)
Ryusui|GM: (i'm marking that as (C) for "cooking prep" because (P) is already taken XD)
Ryusui|GM: (hell, if you wanna! XD)
Ryusui|GM: The Lardertron sparks as you try to use it, Garuda. You still get what you want out of it, but you are a bit [Scrambled].
The Great Garuda: Garuda has to start over a few times with the settings, but he finally has his [Cool Tsubarian Cream], and he dashes back over to his station with his two ingredients.
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((I think that's everyone, then.))
Ryusui|GM: ROUND 3
Ryusui|GM: Marcon slinks off to Chef Zone 3 (Cocoa has taken Chef Zone 5, on that note), casually cracks the shell on his sugarsnail, and begins slicing up the sweet flesh into thin strips.
Ryusui|GM: (Marcon attempts to make [Sweet Shredded Sugarsnail: 2])
Ryusui|GM: !roll 4dF+0
DiscoDude: <@Ryusui|GM> rolled 4dF+0 for 3 [4dF = [+][ ][+][+]]
Ryusui|GM: He makes it look effortless. You could almost swear he sparkles in the spotlight.
The Great Garuda: Back in Chef Zone 1, Garuda fires up the fryer and gets to work cutting, battering, and dunking the meat of the Sugarsnail. Many people prize the candy-like composition of the shell, but the delectable sweetness of the meat itself is far more balanced. (Attempting [Sweet Sugarsnail Fritters: 4].)
Ryusui|GM: (remember, the value you choose will be the difficulty of the roll)
The Great Garuda: (Right, right.)
The Great Garuda: !roll 4df+2
DiscoDude: <@The Great Garuda> rolled 4df+2 for 1 [4df = [-][ ][-][+]]
Ryusui|GM: (remember, you can use your double-invoke for the win)
The Great Garuda: (Double invoking [Explosive Sugarsnail Grab], for a result of +5.)
The Great Garuda: (Any invokes on your part?)
Ryusui|GM: (you're gettin' the hang of this :3)
Ryusui|GM: (nope!)
Ryusui|GM: (that said, don't forget that both Cocoa and Marcon have invokes against them 😉 )
The Great Garuda: (Ah, shoot. If I knew you weren’t going to mess with it using [Scrambled], I’d have gone for 5 or even 6 with my extra FATE point.)
The Great Garuda: (Well, at least I keep my FATE point. XD)
Ryusui|GM: (ayorp!)
The Great Garuda: ((Flavor wise, it would have been easy, too.))
Ryusui|GM: In the meantime, Cocoa has made a puree out of the sugarsnail, mixed it up with some eggs and butter and flour, and made a little tart out of it. It goes into the oven...but what will come out?
The Great Garuda: (Er, can I retcon my ingredient to [Cool Tsubarian Yoghurt]? Works better flavor-wise for what I’m doing.)
Ryusui|GM: (yes)
Ryusui|GM: (Cocoa attempts to make [Sweet Sugarsnail Tart: 5])
Ryusui|GM: !roll 4dF+3 (Sweet)
DiscoDude: <@Ryusui|GM> rolled 4dF+3 for 2 [4dF = [-][ ][-][+]] (Sweet)
The Great Garuda: (OUCH.)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: Jren'Ki quickly and messily eviscerates the fruit ferrets (which Holly, no doubt, tries to get close-ups of), and precisely organizes them into patterns design for optimal heat distributions as they use a lower intensity version of their breathweapon to thoroughly cook them.
((Going for Giblet Saute: 3 with Savory.))
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: !roll 4df+3
DiscoDude: <@Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki> rolled 4df+3 for 3 [4df = [ ][ ][-][+]]
Ryusui|GM: (Okay, gonna use the free invoke on Ovens Preheated, and she'll spend two FATE Points on both that and the Sugarsnail)
Ryusui|GM: (anyone want to invoke that negative aspect? XD)
The Great Garuda: (Ayep!)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((How?))
The Great Garuda: (The invoke against her on the ingredient she grabbed.)
Ryusui|GM: (yep)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((I'm wracking my brain as to how Jren'Ki could directly intervene.))
The Great Garuda: (Also, remember <@!Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki>; we’re supposed to be making dessert.)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Now that I type that out, I realize I don't need that justification.))
Ryusui|GM: (yeah, basically, it was a ticking time bomb XD)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Meat can be Dessert.))
The Great Garuda: (Pfft, okay. XD)
Ryusui|GM: (Cocoa still wins, but it costs XD)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Ever heard of Sweet Meet? (I think that's right.)))
Ryusui|GM: (two plus six, then subtract two)
The Great Garuda: (Wait, huh?)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((I'm probably also missusing "Saute".))
The Great Garuda: (Can I spend a FATE point on that too? Where was her third invoke?)
Ryusui|GM: (free invoke on the ovens, FP invoke on the ovens, FP invoke on the snail)
The Great Garuda: (Ah. I’ll invoke the Ingredient a second time with FATE.)
Ryusui|GM: (ha ha ha ha ha)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((I don't think free invocations and fate points can stack.))
The Great Garuda: (Need to deal a blow early, y’know?)
Ryusui|GM: (the book gives an example of it happening)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((O.K., then.))
Ryusui|GM: Another high-pitched shriek comes from Cocoa's direction. Something has gone terribly wrong with her tart.
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((But I'm pretty sure it's still no more than one of each type, save for S.w.S.'s double free invoke.))
The Great Garuda: (BTW:) In the end, the [Sweet Sugarsnail Fritters: 4] come out crispy (but not crunchy), golden, and perfectly sized. He sets them out on the dripping rack to dry.
Ryusui|GM: (also Jren'Ki you're tying and you need to succeed)
Ryusui|GM: (so you need to spend an invoke)
Ryusui|GM: (gonna presume you're gonna pick the one for your Fruit Ferrets)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Right; Succeed at cost: They are now Strained for having to sustain such precise control of their fire.))
Ryusui|GM: ((ooh, saving your invoke, then? fine :3))
Ryusui|GM: All right, then. Your [Savory Giblet Saute: 3] comes out perfectly!
The Great Garuda: (That just leaves...)
Ryusui|GM: (i think everyone's had their turn?)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Cocoa.))
The Great Garuda: (Markon?)
Ryusui|GM: (Marcon had his action first XD)
Ryusui|GM: (he made Shredded Sugarsnail)
Ryusui|GM: (and Cocoa's tart blew up in her face)
The Great Garuda: (Oh yeah, he had a go on the machine too.)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((The aspect isn't on the board.))
Ryusui|GM: (what isn't? Sweet Shredded Sugarsnail?)
Ryusui|GM: (anyways)
Ryusui|GM: ROUND 4
The Great Garuda: (I like the idea that the ovens didn’t quite kill the snail bits she used. XD)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((I meant Cocoa's aspect.))
Ryusui|GM: (there's no aspect; she didn't make it XD)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((You said succeed at a cost.))
Ryusui|GM: (Garuda invoked with a FATE Point to finish the job)
Ryusui|GM: (eh, i'm just gonna let her eat the loss and try again this round XD)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Alright.))
Ryusui|GM: Macron seems utterly disinterested by his Shredded Sugarsnail. He seems much more enthralled in what he's doing with those grapes, as clearly battered as they were. He's attempting to make a [Bitter Gamma-Grape Compote: 6] as a side.
Ryusui|GM: !roll 4dF+3+2 (Bitter + Bitter Grapes stunt)
DiscoDude: <@Ryusui|GM> rolled 4dF+3+2 for 4 [4dF = [ ][+][-][-]] (Bitter + Bitter Grapes stunt)
Ryusui|GM: (well, now)
Ryusui|GM: (anyone want to make that even worse for him by invoking the aspect against him?)
The Great Garuda: (No cost for the Free one, so yeah, throw that at him, then let’s see.)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: Flipping the snails onto their backs, Jren'Ki sets to roast them in their shell. The selectively permeable membrane forming the bubble around their head that is their suit's helmet allowing the fire out, without letting the air in.
((Going for Scorching Caramel Broth: 3 (Spicy).))
Ryusui|GM: (roll 'em!)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: !roll 4df+3
DiscoDude: <@Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki> rolled 4df+3 for 2 [4df = [+][-][-][ ]]
Ryusui|GM: (okay bear in mind)
Ryusui|GM: (you don't have any Sweet aspects so this will get you dinged by the judges)
Ryusui|GM: (also you are masking the flavor and not embracing the flavor)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Don't worry, I will.))
Ryusui|GM: (so you cannot invoke the secret ingredient for this)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Having to use his fire once more, Jren'Ki is Drained from the experience.))
The Great Garuda: (Didn’t you already use that?)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Strained and Drained.))
Ryusui|GM: (bear in mind you still need to make a plating aspect)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((I know; that'll be the Sweet aspect.))
Ryusui|GM: (okiedoke)
The Great Garuda: Garuda gets to work on the yoghurt now, beating and folding it with some whole-milk, a small drizzle of Bzz’tecca honey, and a dash of a mint equivalent native to his homeworld. He’s working on a tight schedule, but hopefully he’ll be able to serve the fritters [... with Cool Tsubarian Dipping Sauce: 3].
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((The ingredients aspects can be invoked on the final judge roll, right?))
The Great Garuda: !roll 4df+1 (Cool)
DiscoDude: <@The Great Garuda> rolled 4df+1 for 2 [4df = [ ][-][+][+]] (Cool)
The Great Garuda: (Is that true, and will we be stopping and refreshing after this cook-off?)
Ryusui|GM: (only if you figured out the judge's preferences in advance 😉 )
Ryusui|GM: (and yeah, we're only doing the initial cookoff tonight)
The Great Garuda: (Got it, but will the invokes on the raw ingredients count towards anything?)
Ryusui|GM: In the meantime, Marcon manages to salvage his compote, but the effort clearly leaves him [Drained]. You didn't know a space vampire could sweat before.
Ryusui|GM: (nope. only the invokes on the dish aspects.)
The Great Garuda: (Got it. Invoking [Cool Tsubarian Yoghurt], then.)
Ryusui|GM: And it comes out perfectly, Garuda.
The Great Garuda: (So that’s a total of +4 then, for the victory. (Unless someone wants to invoke...))
Ryusui|GM: Cocoa has thoroughly blended what's left of her sugarsnail this time. She's clearly succumbing to frustration at this point; her tart is a little less ambitious now.
Ryusui|GM: (Creating Sweet Sugarsnail Tart: 4)
Ryusui|GM: !roll 4dF+3 (Sweet)
DiscoDude: <@Ryusui|GM> rolled 4dF+3 for 4 [4dF = [ ][-][+][+]] (Sweet)
Ryusui|GM: (oh wait)
Ryusui|GM: (she has a stunt that gives her +2 to Sweet when making pastries XD)
Ryusui|GM: (welp)
The Great Garuda: (No retcon! We’re talking number crunch here, not flavor! XD)
Ryusui|GM: (ha ha ha ha ha)
Ryusui|GM: (well, in that case i'll spend a FP on the Sugarsnail)
Ryusui|GM: She visibly breathes a sigh of relief as the tart finally comes out without a hitch this time.
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Bump it to a +6, though.))
Ryusui|GM: ROUND 5
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Technically not a retcon since it's to the roll you (justt* made.))
Ryusui|GM: "One standard time unit left, chefs! Pick up the pace!" Holly says, materializing briefly in the air.
Ryusui|GM: very nice
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((The invokes on the Dish aspect are used in the judging, though; right?))
The Great Garuda: (So I take it failing the plating roll could prove particularly disastrous?)
Ryusui|GM: (pretty much!)
Ryusui|GM: Marcon languidly pops a plate in the zero-degree blast chiller. It comes out nice and frosty, the perfect accoutrement to his dessert.
Ryusui|GM: (Attempting to make [Cool Frosted Dish: 3])
The Great Garuda: (Get ready for freezer burn, jackass. XD)
Ryusui|GM: !roll 4dF+2 (Cool)
DiscoDude: <@Ryusui|GM> rolled 4dF+2 for 4 [4dF = [+][+][+][-]] (Cool)
The Great Garuda: (Can I invoke anything? XD)
Ryusui|GM: (if you want to try XD)
Ryusui|GM: (i'm also spending a FATE Point for one other thing)
The Great Garuda: (Your last one, I presume?)
Ryusui|GM: (i think i have one more after this)
Ryusui|GM: You can see the gears turning in Marcon's head - but then they've been turning this whole time. He's not serving it as Shredded Sugarsnail with a Gamma-Grape Compote - he's serving it as Gamma-Grape Compote on a bed of Shredded Sugarsnail.
Ryusui|GM: (now this is another concept)
Ryusui|GM: (a side can't have a value higher than a main dish)
Ryusui|GM: (however)
Ryusui|GM: (you can spend an exchange or a FATE Point to swap your side dish and main dish)
The Great Garuda: (Read that part already, I’m afraid. XD)
Ryusui|GM: (sorry, i'm trying to demonstrate game mechanics as I understand them in action XD)
The Great Garuda: (I get that.)
The Great Garuda: (How many judges are we serving, BTW? Single or plural?)
Ryusui|GM: (one judge for the quick cook-off)
The Great Garuda: (Got it.)
Ryusui|GM: Unlike Marcon, Cocoa has no special tricks in mind for the plate - she's hastily whipping up some [Cool Whipped Nebula Cream] to serve atop her tart.
Ryusui|GM: (attempting [Cool Whipped Nebula Cream: 2])
Ryusui|GM: !roll 4dF+1 (Cool)
DiscoDude: <@Ryusui|GM> rolled 4dF+1 for -1 [4dF = [ ][-][-][ ]] (Cool)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: Jren'Ki tosses the Saute into the Broth and carefully mixes them to allow for the high fructose diet of the ferret to complement the natural cane sugar of the snails. This also renders the perfectly intact snail-shells into convenient bowls to eat from. With some clever thinking, they also fashion spoons from the Fruit Ferrets' bones.
((Going for the plating aspect Using Every Part of the Animal: 7 (Sweet).))
Ryusui|GM: (that's pretty high; you sure you can make it?)
Ryusui|GM: (at any rate Cocoa is going to succeed at a cost XD)
The Great Garuda: (Versus +2?! Damn, she has a long way to go. XD)
Ryusui|GM: You can see that Cocoa is not nearly as cool as the whipped cream she's trying to make. She's red-faced as she tries to get it congeal just right. Finally, utterly [Drained], she puts a perfect little dollop atop her tart.
Ryusui|GM: (also, if you need to succeed at a cost on this, Jren'Ki?)
Ryusui|GM: (given what you're trying to make here)
Ryusui|GM: (i'm ruling you have to take a lasting condition)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: !roll 4df+8 Invoking Fresh Fruit Ferret (Savory), Sugary Prey; No Worse for Wear (Sweet) , Powerful Psion, and J'Ra'Kin of Traditional Arcnia Cuisine
DiscoDude: <@Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki> rolled 4df+8 for 7 [4df = [-][+][-][ ]] Invoking Fresh Fruit Ferret (Savory), Sugary Prey; No Worse for Wear (Sweet) , Powerful Psion, and J'Ra'Kin of Traditional Arcnia Cuisine
The Great Garuda: (You know I have to call for an evoke on those Conditions. XD)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Go ahead.))
The Great Garuda: (Actually, never mind; remember how the GM just said that your main Aspect on the dish has to be the highest?)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Make Jren'Ki's day. :evil_smile:))
Ryusui|GM: (wow. uh. i'm not sure what to say here.)
Ryusui|GM: (like)
Ryusui|GM: (my instinct is that this is utter and complete bullshit, what you've done here XD)
Ryusui|GM: (but)
Ryusui|GM: (the book only says)
Ryusui|GM: (that ingredient aspects can only be used to make a dish aspect of the same flavor)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((You have no free invokes on them, and only a fate point left.))
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Ohh....))
The Great Garuda: (I meant the point value.)
Ryusui|GM: (...i'm reading this actually and uh)
Ryusui|GM: (it seems the plating aspects don't even need a "flavor" assigned to them)
Ryusui|GM: (i mean it's more or less, well, flavor in the fluff sense XD)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((<@!The Great Garuda> I was in the middle of that.))
Ryusui|GM: (oh wait)
The Great Garuda: (I meant; side and plating dish aspects can’t exceed the main dish aspect.)
Ryusui|GM: ((OH WAIT))
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((I thought that was just side aspects.))
Ryusui|GM: (i'm gonna have to rules lawyer you back here)
Ryusui|GM: (the book says a plating aspect is a dish aspect)
Ryusui|GM: (and you can't invoke ingredients to make a dish aspect of a different flavor)
Ryusui|GM: (so my GM sense is perfectly sound)
The Great Garuda: (... That wasn’t even the issue I was highlighting?)
Ryusui|GM: (i'm talking about Jren'Ki's +8)
Ryusui|GM: (so yeah i made a mistake)
Ryusui|GM: (a plating aspect totally needs a flavor)
Ryusui|GM: (it counts as a dish aspect)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Then Marking Beaten instead of invoking Fresh Fruit Ferret.))
Ryusui|GM: (so the rules about invoking ingredients apply)
The Great Garuda: (I meant that he can’t even try for 7, because his main dish is value what, 3?)
Ryusui|GM: (i'm also putting down my GM hammer there, too)
Ryusui|GM: (because like i said)
Ryusui|GM: (i will let you make this plating aspect have a higher value than anything else just to keep things moving forward)
Ryusui|GM: (but you will need to take a lasting condition if you want to succeed at a cost here)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Then no Beaten and no Powerful Psion invocation.))
Ryusui|GM: ((it's either Burned or Chopped for you))
The Great Garuda: (I’m totally being robbed here... XP)
Ryusui|GM: ((also i should add that even though it's not in the book here))
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Oh!))
Ryusui|GM: ((this is not going to fly in the future XD))
Ryusui|GM: ((like i think Garuda will agree that a plating aspect should be subject to the same limitations as sides))
The Great Garuda: (The main dish aspect is supposed to set the cap for the side and plating dish aspects. XD)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Alright; 😓 sorry.))
Ryusui|GM: ((i.e. you can't make a value: 3 main dish and a value: 11,000 playing aspect))
Ryusui|GM: ((i will let you have these shenanigans but you will pay for them XD))
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((I get it already!))
Ryusui|GM: ((and you won't get to do this in the future XD))
The Great Garuda: (Alright, so what’s the current total?)
Ryusui|GM: So in conclusion, somehow, you have a [Sweet Using Every Part Of The Animal: 7] plating aspect.
Ryusui|GM: <@!The Great Garuda>, it's time to finish your dish!
The Great Garuda: (I was thinking I could still negatively Invoke him...)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Burned instead of Beaten or the Powerful Psion invocation.))
The Great Garuda: Garuda wastes no time in plating his dish, mixing a special blend of spices and dusting each layer of the pyramid stack as he goes. (Going for [... and Dusted With a Hot Spice Blend: 3].)
The Great Garuda: (I can say “Hot” instead of “Spicy” to avoid saying “Spicy Spice,” right? XD)
Ryusui|GM: (if you want XD)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: All the access heat from the dish, combined with Jren'Ki's haste to present it, causes their suit to overheat. Fortunately, they don't spill any of the dish.
The Great Garuda: !roll 4df+3
DiscoDude: <@The Great Garuda> rolled 4df+3 for 3 [4df = [+][+][-][-]]
The Great Garuda: (Invoking [Ax’zian Fusion Peacock] for the seafood critter fritter, yoghurt dip, and/or the sweet-spicy combo?)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Edited my i.C. post.))
The Great Garuda: (<@!Ryusui|GM>?)
The Great Garuda: (<@!Ryusui|GM>?)
Ryusui|GM: (totally works for me)
The Great Garuda: (FATE Point well spent.)
Ryusui|GM: And an air horn goes off.
Ryusui|GM: (Garuda, if you wanna describe your plating process, go ahead XD)
The Great Garuda: As he finishes dusting the top piece, he just barely manages to place the ramekin with the Tsubarian dip on the plate as the contest ends.
Ryusui|GM: "That's it! Time's up, people!" Holly says, spinning through the air overhead.
Ryusui|GM: The lighting changes, and the arena transforms: the altar descends into the floor, and the judges' podium rises up on the far end.
Ryusui|GM: Dr. Durian is already sitting behind it, looking at all four of you expectantly.
Ryusui|GM: "A spirited competition," he announces. "For some of you, the high cuisine this arena demands seems to come effortlessly. Some of you, of course, have clearly struggled..."
Ryusui|GM: Cocoa keeps up a smile for the camera but there is a distinct impression she's ready to kill.
The Great Garuda: (Poor girl. XD)
Ryusui|GM: "Of course, there is an old saying. I believe in its original language it is h'nahg whagh t'ar mahak s'chech madur; roughly translated, 'the proof of the pudding is in the eating.' It is time to determine the winner of this round. Holly?"
Ryusui|GM: "We'll start the judging with <@!The Great Garuda>. Garuda! Tell us about your dish!"
Ryusui|GM: The camera zooms in on your plate, Garuda, already transferred to the judge's podium.
The Great Garuda: (Ah, my turn.)
The Great Garuda: “Gladly!” Garuda presents the rectangular plate with the impressive pyramid of fritters, and preens as he steps back. “You see before you a splendid stack of Sugarsnail meat, fried. Now, an experienced chef such as myself knows that while these creatures are mostly sought out for harvesting the sugar in their shells, it is the meat that one in the kitchen will find more immediately appealing for a dish. I have prepared them in the style of seafood fritters often sold in various fish markets in parts of my homeworld, arranged in a modern style.”
The Great Garuda: “You’ll note that they are dusted with a delicate, yet delightfully spicy blend of powders and spices, invoking the flavors commonly used by the Savastarti people on said planet.” He flexes. “This is a local blend, in particular, to the country where I was raised before we united and reached the stars but a few scant cycles ago.”
Ryusui|GM: (lemme know when you're done 😉 )
The Great Garuda: (Let him try one without the dip, first. Then I’ll explain that. ;3)
The Great Garuda: (It’s often customary to try one bite without the accompanying stuff in a dish first, then one bite with, IIRC?)
Ryusui|GM: Dr. Durian takes up a fork, lifts one of the fritters to his mouth, and takes a bite. He immediately coughs. "Yes, an intense flavor you have here," he says, though it's hard to tell whether he enjoys it or not yet.
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((I've never heard of it, but it makes sense.))
Ryusui|GM: ((i've seen it happen on Iron Chef America, I'm p'sure))
The Great Garuda: “Ah- Of course, I’m told that the flavors presented by our culture and those like us can be quite impactful. You will find reprieve from such intensity by using the yoghurt dip I made using ingredients from the Tsubara system, which houses a very similar cuisine! Try it with the dip.”
Ryusui|GM: He dips his half-eaten fritter in the dip and raises it to his mouth once again. He seems to find the change in flavor and intensity interesting, at the very least.
Ryusui|GM: !roll 4dF
DiscoDude: <@Ryusui|GM> rolled 4dF for 1 [4dF = [+][-][ ][+]]
The Great Garuda: (So 11, total.)
Ryusui|GM: "This is quite unexpected. But I have to say I rather enjoy it overall. It rather reminds me of a dish I had in a place called...'Me-hee-ko,' I think it was?" He smiles: "I understand they call you a fusion chef. True to form, this reminds me of several good things I've had at once. The only thing I will suggest in the future: don't allude to seafood preparations. This is a fantastic dessert, and most cultures do not associate seafood with dessert. The Varanax of Elbaran IX being a noteworthy exception, of course, but I digress..."
Ryusui|GM: "Next," Holly announces, "<@!Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki>'s dish! <@!Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki>, tell us about the dish you prepared!"
Ryusui|GM: Like before, your dish is already on the judge's podium, Jren'Ki.
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: Jren'Ki, having overheated their encounter suit in their hurry to present the dish to the judge, cleanly places both shells in front of the Doctor ((No pun intended.)) and giving a speech of a length unusal for the otherwise terse dragon, "I present to you an admittedly unorthodox concoction that caters more towards your omnivorous sensibilities, yet still conforms to Arcnia traditions: both the meat an other organs were used, as well as the less edible hard tissues being converted into the contains and utensils used in aiding with consumption of soup-like meal; no part of any of the specimens has gone unused."
Ryusui|GM: (anything else you wanna say about 'em before the judging? :3)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((They aren't much of a talker, and I can't think of anything else this late past my bedtime.))
Ryusui|GM: (ha ha)
Ryusui|GM: (we're almost done, don't worry)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((No; I'm serious.))
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((I'm glad I don't have class tomorrow.))
Ryusui|GM: Dr. Durian takes a look at the utensils you've made from your ingredients, gives them an amused look, and starts eating.
Ryusui|GM: !roll 4dF
DiscoDude: <@Ryusui|GM> rolled 4dF for -2 [4dF = [ ][-][-][ ]]
The Great Garuda: (... Another 11. Interesting!)
Ryusui|GM: (oh my god you two are gonna tie XD)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Ohh....))
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Oh? I thought negative was, well, a negative thing?))
Ryusui|GM: (it is!)
Ryusui|GM: (but he was at 10 and got a +1 on the judging roll)
Ryusui|GM: (and you were at 13 and got a -2 on the judging roll)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Oh, right! The value from the aspects!))
Ryusui|GM: (so you both came out to 11)
The Great Garuda: (Let’s hear his opinion, first.)
The Great Garuda: (Wait! There’s a condition for ties!)
Ryusui|GM: "This is two dishes now that, on the surface, remind me more of seafood entrees. The preparation with the shells is...it's quite charming," he says, between mouthfuls. "You're saying it's common in Arcnia cuisine to prepare utensils on the spot from bones and the like? Fascinating. There are some planets where that would be forbidden for health concerns, but of course the Chairman has ensured most galactic food laws are...relaxed in the confines of Kitchen Arena." He laughs. "High marks to this one as well."
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Yes; an additional cooking scene.))
The Great Garuda: (Nope.)
Ryusui|GM: (yeah, unfortunately for you, Garuda, it looks like the tiebreaker rule is "whoever had the highest score before the judge's roll" ^_^; )
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: "We do take care to sterilize and be hygenic."
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: "Just not wasteful."
The Great Garuda: (Oh, whoop. Thought that meant highest Main Dish Aspect. XP)
The Great Garuda: (Guess you take it, then.)
Ryusui|GM: "Next is - " "Pardon me." Marcon eagerly interrupts Holly as she prepares to introduce his dish. The camera switches focus quickly to the dessert on the judge's podium.
Ryusui|GM: "I'll confess this dish is a bit of an experiment. I've combined several different flavors and textures and even temperatures in the hopes of creating something new and fantastical. I have, of course, made use of the secret ingredient, but I do believe the gamma-grape compote is truly the shining feature of this dish."
Ryusui|GM: Dr. Durian gives the plate a suspicious look, then digs in.
Ryusui|GM: !roll 4dF
DiscoDude: <@Ryusui|GM> rolled 4dF for -2 [4dF = [ ][-][ ][-]]
Ryusui|GM: (that's an 8 overall XD)
The Great Garuda: (I forgot: We get to laugh at the NPCs now, <@!Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki>. XD)
The Great Garuda: (Or, we get to laugh it up this time, at least. >;3)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Eh?))
Ryusui|GM: "I do rather enjoy it," Dr. Durian says, politely. "I'm not sure I entirely understand the combination of gamma-grapes and sugarsnails, especially when gamma-grapes are such a...well, rather common ingredient. Don't misunderstand me; this is some of the finest gamma-grape compote I've ever tasted, but it seems like rather a wasted opportunity to focus on it instead of at least attempting some interesting preparation of your sugarsnails."
Ryusui|GM: Marcon bows stiffly and utters a cold "Thank you, sir," before sulking away from the podium.
Ryusui|GM: "Finally," Holly giggles, "we have Cocoa Ramsey and her dish. Tell us all about it, Cocoa!"
The Great Garuda: (And now for the real show. XD)
Ryusui|GM: The camera focuses on the sugarsnail tart, which really does look quite delicious even if it didn't turn out even remotely as elaborate as Cocoa planned. She strides up to the podium, eyes coyly rolled to the side, hands folded behind her.
Ryusui|GM: "Well, this is a sugarsnail tart with fresh whipped nebula cream," she says, and you could almost swear she's somehow slipped a charming bit of Southern twang into her voice. "It's based on my mama's recipe for sweet potato pie, which got passed down to her by my grandmother. I really think the sugarsnail has taken this dish to the next level, and - " that's either a genuine sniffle or some damn good acting there " - I'd like to think my mama would be proud of what I've done with her recipe, rest her soul! Excuse me!..."
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: "Interesting how you've decided to adopt a more disciplined posture. Though, it's a bit late if you expect the sudden change in demeanor to help at this point."
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Jren'Ki is addressing Cocoa.))
The Great Garuda: Garuda seems to tear up, genuinely taken by the display (or at least acting the part).
Ryusui|GM: She turns away from the podium and makes sure the cameras get a good look at her little emotional breakdown. After a few loud sobs, she shoots you an unmistakable deathglare and hisses: "can it, tin man!"
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: "The theatrics were a bit much, though."
Ryusui|GM: !roll 4dF
DiscoDude: <@Ryusui|GM> rolled 4dF for 1 [4dF = [+][ ][-][+]]
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((I just realized, that Holly might not be able hear what Jren'Ki is saying. They aren't speaking, they're using telepathy. Why am I not remembering these things earlier? Would save me a lot of trouble.))
Ryusui|GM: Dr. Durian seems genuinely affected by Cocoa's story and takes a bite. He nods solemnly, and takes another bite. "Young lady. This would be...nothing short of the most fantastic sweet potato pie i've ever put in my mouth." He shakes his head. "I would eagerly ask for more. But I'm afraid that...that heartfelt home cooking is simply not the kind of cuisine we aim for in Kitchen Arena. I will treasure this dessert you have brought me, Ms. Ramsay, but sad to say, it is not the caliber of dish I was expecting in this contest." He bows his head, as if his inability to score the dish higher was a deep personal failing.
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((But that goes double to some of the cameras; granted, Jren'Ki probably would have provided some way to circumvent that to the film crew.))
The Great Garuda: Garuda seems to tear up and thump his chest where his heart should be, genuinely taken by the display (or at least acting the part).
Ryusui|GM: "I-I understand," Cocoa says, tearing up a bit for the camera. "Thank you." She turns away and walks past you, Garuda, and you can her her grumbling angrily to herself.
Ryusui|GM: "So! This round has been quite the, ah, 'rollercoaster ride,' I believe the expression is?" He looks over all of you and declares: "I must confess it was difficult picking a winner for this round, but in the end, I must hand the victory to ingenuity. The winner of this cookoff is <@!Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki>."
Ryusui|GM: Marcon visibly rolls his eyes as the audience's applause suddenly rings out across the arena.
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: Moving their left arm behind to in front, they fold over in a bow in the doctor's general direct.
The Great Garuda: Garuda seems to have recovered from Cocoa’s display and is now silently poised up straight with his arms crossed, nodding his head. This was a loss, but he would not let it get to him.
Ryusui|GM: If you look, Cocoa vanishes briefly into a dimensional portal, and reappears seconds later.
Ryusui|GM: CONFESSION CAM
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: Upon returning to their original posture, they notice Cocoa's grumbling; such swift emotional gearshifting was a red-flag to keep in mind for the future.
Ryusui|GM: "So this was a bitter loss for you and your sugarsnail tart, Ms. Ramsey. How do you feel about it?"
Ryusui|GM: !roll 4dF+2 (Holly's Clever)
DiscoDude: <@Ryusui|GM> rolled 4dF+2 for 1 [4dF = [-][-][+][ ]] (Holly's Clever)
Ryusui|GM: !roll 4dF+0 (Cocoa's Clever)
DiscoDude: <@Ryusui|GM> rolled 4dF+0 for 0 [4dF = [+][ ][-][ ]] (Cocoa's Clever)
The Great Garuda: (Caught off-guard, I presume? XD)
Ryusui|GM: Cocoa is silent for a moment, then utters a single word at ear-piercing volume: "MOTHER@#$%ER!"
The Great Garuda: (OOF.)
The Great Garuda: (Consider that illusion; shattered. XD)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((For the audience and crew, maybe.))
Ryusui|GM: "Of course, this battle isn't over yet!" Holly says, spiraling through the air overhead. "This is just the first challenge!" "Indeed," Dr. Durian chimes in. "The Chairman would like to have a word with all of you."
Ryusui|GM: A massive holoscreen materializes behind him, the Chairman's masked face on display.
Ryusui|GM: "Congratulations on your performance in this round. Though you have confronted difficulties, you have done well for newcomers to the arena."
Ryusui|GM: "Your next challenge will present what may be an even greater obstacle than anything you have faced so far. Thus far, you have been rivals, but for the next round, you must learn to work as teams." She smirks. "That's right. The next challenge will be undertaken by you as two teams of two. And there will be other surprises in store, I promise. Until next time..."
Ryusui|GM: The holoscreen goes dark.
Ryusui|GM: (Last lines, everyone?)
The Great Garuda: (Hm... Right here and now? Can’t think of anything to squeeze in between Holly’s lines. XD)
The Great Garuda: (Oh, wait, we already cut to commercials?)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: "May the best of you have the honor of comparing themselves to me."
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((And with the commercial break, I highly suggest we end the session.))
Ryusui|GM: (absolutely)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((I'm assuming the two player characters will be paired together.))
Ryusui|GM: "You heard the Chairman, chefs! Get ready for your next challenge! And as for you all out there..." She winks at the camera. "We'll be right back after these messages!"
The Great Garuda: “You all fought well this time, but you should prepare yourselves for the Great Garuda, as I get serious...”
Ryusui|GM: (The winner actually gets to pick their partner XD)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((Let's. Get. Dangerous.))
Ryusui|GM: (or i can pick them if you prefer :3)
The Great Garuda: (I’d like it if you considered me “the other competent one.” XD.)
Chief Culinary Officer Jren’Ki: ((I'll make my decision after I've had some sleep.))
Ryusui|GM: And with that, let us...
Ryusui|GM: !end
