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Cupcake War Crimes, Week 7 (Tuesday, Period 1)

The classroom was set up in the usual fashion. And the alien boys were up front as usual.

"This is our last week together," Stark said, a little sadly. He would miss them. Or possibly he’d miss having a captive audience to talk about cupcakes with. Perhaps, and most likely, it was a combination of the two.

Anders patted Stark lightly on the shoulder, and if he was betting on the answer to Stark’s narrative he’d bet on "a combination of the two." Which he wasn’t doing at the moment. (Maybe later.) "You’re not getting away without a final," he put in, "but it’s a final where you get to eat. That’s okay with you guys, right?"

On the trays behind the aliens was an assortment of cupcakes. For once they weren’t clearly divided between what your teachers considered scary cupcakes and delicious ones. Today the cupcakes were all mixed in together. There were cupcakes with mushrooms next to chocolate ones with peanut butter frosting. Ginger and molasses cupcakes next to ones made with okra and fennel. There were Meyer lemon and raspberry cupcakes cavorting with olive oil cupcakes with lemon, thyme, and a balsamic vinegar whipped cream. And toasted ravioli cupcakes snuggled innocently up to some sugary, bacony, decadent looking breakfast cupcakes. (It was the final, after all. Nobody said it was going to be, well, a cupcake walk.)

"Your task," Stark said, gazing longingly at a chocolate glazed mocha cupcake, "is to identify the cupcakes here. Not ingredients," he quickly clarified.

"They’re not separated today," Anders added, giving the students a look like he was trying to impress the Seriousness of this on them. "It’s up to you guys to figure out which is which using only your wits. And tastebuds."

Stepping to one side, he gestured to a large picture of the Cupcake Wars hosts put up across one wall, with a tarp on the floor beneath it. "And if you get the bad ones, you can use ‘em for target practice."

Stark nodded his approval, though he was somewhat concerned that the good cupcakes might end up flying as well. That would be such a terrible waste. "Before we begin though, we should congratulate Rilla Blythe. You win for last week." After 5 winners, Stark still wasn’t sure how they were chosen or by whom. Neither was Anders; he was blaming it on gremlins.

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Notice how Anders and Stark are being all non-judgmental about the cupcake flavors this week? ~~IT'S A TRAP.~~ You really are on your own guessing.

Though if you want to team up with your classmates, they won't stop you.

Bod took awhile trying to figure out which cupcake he wanted to try. Eventually and maybe unfortunately, he chose the toasted ravioli cupcake. When he bit into it, the taste wasn't bad but it definitely was unexpected since he'd thought he'd be biting into either cheese or meat.

The cupcake was actually pretty good. The apple cinnamon was a good choice and Bod finished the cupcake easily. "It's good whatever it is."

Raven had to look beseechingly at her teachers. "Can you please tell me which ones contain meat?" she said. "I cannot eat those, even for a taste test."

"Vegetarian, right?" Anders, a little chagrined, grimaced. "Frak me, I forgot -- man, I am so sorry. C'mon," he said, gesturing her over toward the tray, where he squinted at the baked good for a few moments before pointing out a half dozen different varieties of cupcake.

"You wanna stay clear of those."

Raven took note of the monstrosities he indicated. Meat had no place in a cupcake.

"Thank you, Professor Anders," she said in relief. "It goes against my beliefs to consume the flesh of animals, end I would not wish to do so even by accident."

Anders groaned and rubbed at the bridge of his nose with one fingertip. "I don't think me and Stark want to make you do that, either. Just don't call me Professor, will you? I'm not that old."

Sure, sound whiny about it, Anders. That'll really make your case.

"I am sorry," Raven apologized. "I do not understand why you and Professor Stark are so adverse to being addressed by your titles. It is a sign of respect."

Deal with it, Anders. Deal with it.

"Because it's enough of a mindfrak that I'm teaching here now, when I was one of you guys not that long ago," Anders told her, not looking any less horrified by the prospect of being OLD, OH GODS.

"Mind...frak?" Raven repeated, unfamiliar with the word.

GOOD, ANDERS. TEACH THE CHILDREN BAD LANGUAGE. (Reno would be laughing at this narrative.)

"Oh, gods. Don't go around repeating that," he said quickly. "It's bizarre, that's all."

SHE WAS GOING TO TELL ANAKIN, ANDERS. AZAR.

Raven's brow furrowed as she figured that out. "That is a swear word?" she said. "I am unfamiliar with it."

"It's pretty similar to one in this galaxy," Anders said, deadpan, giving her a look as if she was going to have to figure it out for herself. (Because it was so hard.) "There's a lot of things from the Colonies that're just --"

He held both hands up in front of him, fingers pointing upward, then rotated one a few degrees to the left.

"That much off from stuff here."

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"EW. Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!"

Guess who found the okra and fennel one.

While her nose was not so advanced as others, Caroline was not above sniffing the cupcakes to avoid disaster, selecting an herb-y one that turned out to be thyme. She decided it was a little strange, but not unpleasant and okay, maybe she wanted to try something a little scarier and so she reached for another taste test.

Juliet went safe; She picked a cupcake with visible fruit, and was more than pleased with her choice.

Lindsay reached for a cupcake randomly which happened to be the cupcake with vinegar whipped cream. "I think this is what evil tastes like."

Was it cheating to just use your nose? Jake grabbed the chocolate and peanut butter ones and maybe he'll grab another one when he was finished.

It was totally cheating, which was why Caroline bounced up beside him with a mushroom cupcake. "I figured you could use an actual challenge to taste considering you're such the baker yourself."

Okay, maybe she was jealous he'd won and she hadn't.

Jake eyed the cupcake warily. "Yeah, I think I'll pass."

"Oh come on, if someone baked it, it cannot be all that bad," she reasoned, giving the cupcake a sniff. "It even smells sweet."

"So why aren't you trying it then?" he asked, since she seemed to think it was so great.

"Because I totally saw you go after the peanut butter one," she said. "I'm taking away your advantage." Mainly because it was fun for her.

"Hey, it's not my fault you all have stuffed noses," he was just going to smirk now.

Caroline's eyes had this automatic reaction to that smirk where they rolled back as she groaned. Weird. "My nose works perfectly fine, it's just not hyper sensitive to the point of picking out deodorant brands."

"Yeah, that's the not rude version," he pointed out. "You're just jealous."