WHOSE CUISINE REIGNS SUPREME? [OPEN]

[tidesnpc]

Characters: Cooks, judges, spectators, and of course the MC
Content: WHO WILL BE THE NEXT LIGHTNING CHEF REIAL?
Setting: A field just outside of town, scattered with pavilions.
Time: Around mid-morning
Notes: As was mentioned in the OOC post here, each cook and assistant team will have a thread for food preparation. If your assistant is ICly

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CHEF: ANGEL, ASSISTANT: ???

[fangofjustice]

"Also joining us from the Serenity is chef Angel Starr!" Once again, he turned to the competitor, microphone ready. "Chef Starr, do you have an assistant ready?"

CHEF: ANGEL, ASSISTANT: ANTHY

[bustybentobabe]

[OOC: OKAY GETTING A BRIEF MOMENT OF PLAYERCEST OUT OF THE WAY SO I CAN FOCUS ON DOING THE NON-MC STUFF IN THE LOG]

Due to the large number of military in the audience, Angel had given herself a bit of a makeover. Not anything too drastic, just enough to throw off suspicion. Her beret was off, her bangs were pinned back completely, for once, and the rest of her hair was pulled back into a messy ponytail, held in place by a pair of chopsticks and decorated with pins that happened to look like sushi rolls. She was also wearing a small pair of librarian-style glasses that she normally reserved for reading in order to obscure her distinct case of heterochromia.

"I do," she replied calmly. "My assistant will be the lovely and talented Anthy Himemiya, also from the Serenity." Angel looked over her shoulder towards her chosen assistant, to see if Anthy was going to come forward to say something into the MC's microphone. If she did, Angel would gladly step aside.

[anthypants]

Anthy only inclined her head forward in a small bow.

Though she had noticed Angel's change of appearance, it did not occur to her that Angel might not want to be recognized. Anthy herself did not particularly want to be recognized, but it was too strange to think both of them might have reasons. Thus Anthy's long hair was bound neatly up and covered with a cap so that the color was not noticeable, and her small red tattoo was covered with powder. She had her own glasses on for more mundane reasons, while she didn't wear them most things, she did use them for reading and sometimes cooking. She hoped to look innocuous and unnoticeable next to the pretty Angel.

Then it was back to Angel she turned, waiting for the first instructions.

ONE LAST LIGHTLY PLAYERCESTY HURDLE TO CLEAR...

[fangofjustice]

Excellent, one less time he had to choose an assistant at random from the audience. "Well, then! I am sure we can look forward to an outstanding meal from a team of such well-prepared ladies. Good luck to the both of you, and remember to wait for the start signal before you begin!"

With that, he hurried off to set up the remaining competitors.

CHEF: KANJI, ASSISTANT: ???

[fangofjustice]

"Next up is our third challenger from the Amestris, chef Kanji Tatsumi!" No smiles for this one, he looked like a punk. Microphone was still held at the ready, though. "Chef Tastumi, do you have an assistant ready?"

Re: CHEF: KANJI, ASSISTANT: SOUJI SETA

[oh_sew_manly]

Kanji knew exactly what the look on Leo's face meant. Disapproval, suspicion...he'd seen that exact same look on the faces of more cops than he could count. "'Course I do," he said, mouth pressed into a thin line.

He was already nervous about this contest. It was showing a part of himself that he wasn't completely comfortable with to a lot of people. But this guy with the funny ears obviously thought he couldn't do it.

(Even if the ears were kind of cute. If the guy hadn't been scowling at him, Kanji would have wanted to touch them.)

It just made Kanji more determined to win this. Besides, he had the best damn assistant in the whole contest. "His name is Souji Seta, and he's gonna help me blow all these other punks out of the water. Got it?" Sure, he was posturing, but...one, he didn't like this guy, and two, Naoto was watching. So what if he showed off a little?

CHEF: KANJI, ASSISTANT: SOUJI SETA

[fangofjustice]

[OOC: Posting out of turn a bit, here, but I don't want you guys to get held up if I'm AFK when Souji does post.]

A small hint of surprise crossed Leo's features. Not at this man's attitude, which was fairly predictable, but the fact that he had thought to choose his assistant in advance, since so many others had overlooked that detail. It showed an unusual amount of care and foresight.

In return, Leo would try to act hip for a moment by giving the man a thumbs-up and repeating back, "Got it!"

... okay, no more of that. Back to being the dorky MC. "Good luck to the both of you, and remember to wait for the start signal before you begin!" With that, he headed off to set up the rest of the challengers. There weren't many left, so hopefully they would be getting this contest underway very shortly.

CHEF: SNAKE, ASSISTANT: ???

[fangofjustice]

"Our fourth challenger from the Amestris is chef John Doe!" You guessed it: he turned to the competitor, microphone ready. "Chef Doe, do you have an assistant ready?"

CHEF: MEGAMAN, ASSISTANT: ???

[fangofjustice]

"Our final competitor, from the Convoy, is chef Rock Light!" He had it down to an art, now: he turned to the competitor, microphone ready. "Chef Light, do you have an assistant ready?"

CHEF: MEGA MAN, ASSISTANT: HEX

[morethanabot]

Rock gave the man a blank look, as if to say, he had no idea he needed an assistant.

"Um...No...sorry."

Re: CHEF: MEGA MAN, ASSISTANT: HEX

[fangofjustice]

"Right. Bring the hat back out here!" he called, signaling to one of the contest volunteers who was carrying a large, fancy hat full of scraps of paper. Each one had a number on it, which corresponded to ticket numbers distributed to every member of the audience. Leo reached into the hat, shuffled around a bit, and pulled out one of the slips.

"Will the person holding ticket number... 1-6-0 please step forward?"

[so_many_moods]

The owner of said ticket rose from her seat, but she did not so much step forward as she did... hover over in their general direction. Coming to view this competition had been a whim, as most things were to her. The Virus had decided to stay at least until she became bored, but now that she was a participant, it promised to be so much more fun! Cooking was always entertaining for a while, as was anything that had the opportunity for things to burst into flames.

With a mask of [Delight,] Hexadecimal laughed and moved over towards Rock. "Ooh goody! I'm so very excited!

PRESENTATION THREAD

[fangofjustice]

Leo continued walking to the long table at the edge of the 'stage', where the cooks would be displaying their final presentation.

"Each chef and their assistant will have three hours to prepare their dish. Thanks to the generosity of our sponsors, they will have the best kitchens and freshest ingredients found anywhere in Reial at their disposal. However, within these three hours, they must create a dish which is not only outstanding in terms of taste and presentation, but one which best captures the spirit of the Hanami Festival!"

KANJI'S ENTRY

[oh_sew_manly]

Kanji's head was held high, his shoulders square, his back straight. He carried his finished product on a black plate, setting it down in front of the judges with a glare, as if daring them to comment.

It was a cake with three layers, each one smaller than the last and covered in a layer of marzipan. The edges were shaped into waves, blending into the spun-sugar flowers that bloomed all over each layer, interspersed with petals plucked from the sky. While the marzipan was black, the flowers were all very brightly colored.

The cake was an explosion of flowers and color...and wait a moment, were those skulls? Yes, that's exactly what they were. In between the flowers and lining the sides of the layers at intervals were sugar skulls. If you looked closely, you might spot stylized flames done in frosting around them, as well

Re: KANJI'S ENTRY

[peoplenpudding]

"Oh, my, how detailed!" Millie (and, subsequently, Meg) grinned in awe at Kanji's cake. "How did you get all the little flowers and skulls to look so nice?" If she could, Millie'd give him a ten for sheer creativity!

And then she took a bite of the cake, chewing thoughtfully. "Hmm...it's very sweet, but not as sweet as I thought!" Overall, Millie gave the cake an eight, if only because it was a little too rich.

Re: KANJI'S ENTRY

[sockcapsoldier]

Link looked at the cake and its decorations, and spotted the skulls and flames. It was impressive, but he didn't really think it fit the theme of Hanami, in general.

A bite was taken and an eyebrow raised. It was sugary to say the least, but not oppressively so. "Hn. Well you certainly put a lot of effort into it!" He gave the cake a seven.