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

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

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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Re: Taste the Rainbow -- No, the Cupcakes [CWC, 6/21]

[puppywithatutu.livejournal.com]

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

Re: Taste the Rainbow -- No, the Cupcakes [CWC, 6/21]

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

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

Re: Taste the Rainbow -- No, the Cupcakes [CWC, 6/21]

[puppywithatutu.livejournal.com]

"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.

Re: Taste the Rainbow -- No, the Cupcakes [CWC, 6/21]

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

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

Re: Taste the Rainbow -- No, the Cupcakes [CWC, 6/21]

[puppywithatutu.livejournal.com]

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."

Re: Taste the Rainbow -- No, the Cupcakes [CWC, 6/21]

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

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

Re: Taste the Rainbow -- No, the Cupcakes [CWC, 6/21]

[puppywithatutu.livejournal.com]

"Gasp!" The hand not holding a cupcake clutched at her chest. "How could I possibly be jealous about such a thing?"

Re: Taste the Rainbow -- No, the Cupcakes [CWC, 6/21]

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

"Because you think it's the best way to find out all the gossip," he raised an eyebrow at her. Did she seriously think he'd forgotten that?

Re: Taste the Rainbow -- No, the Cupcakes [CWC, 6/21]

[puppywithatutu.livejournal.com]

Caroline laughed, surprised he'd remembered that. "Only the seriously sordid gossip," she corrected. "Not that you'd ever share what you smelled." Such disappointment in him.

Re: Taste the Rainbow -- No, the Cupcakes [CWC, 6/21]

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, I did," he reminded her, he just was repressing very hard what he'd smelled because it was just wrong now.

Re: Taste the Rainbow -- No, the Cupcakes [CWC, 6/21]

[puppywithatutu.livejournal.com]

"I mean regularly, duh," she said, giving him a little shove, because she didn't want him remembering what she knew he was thinking about now. "Like here. Or back in the cabins."

Re: Taste the Rainbow -- No, the Cupcakes [CWC, 6/21]

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

"Because I don't think it's any of our business," he pointed out. It was probably a good thing he was the one with the super scent.

Re: Taste the Rainbow -- No, the Cupcakes [CWC, 6/21]

[puppywithatutu.livejournal.com]

Yeah. She abused the hell out of her super hearing as it was. A super sniffer would be very, very bad.

"See? No fun." Caroline sighed and shook her head before shoving the cupcake in his face again. "Which means you should totally try this mushroom cupcake. Prove me wrong."

Re: Taste the Rainbow -- No, the Cupcakes [CWC, 6/21]

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

Rolling his eyes, he grabbed the cupcake. "You're cruel, you know that?"

Re: Taste the Rainbow -- No, the Cupcakes [CWC, 6/21]

[puppywithatutu.livejournal.com]

"Yeah," she grinned up at him, wiggling her eyebrows. "But you like it or you'd have run off with your tail between your legs by now."

Re: Taste the Rainbow -- No, the Cupcakes [CWC, 6/21]

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

"I don't run," he pointed out, figuring she should know this. "Besides, you're scared of eating this cupcake so I"ll show you how it's done."

Re: Taste the Rainbow -- No, the Cupcakes [CWC, 6/21]

[puppywithatutu.livejournal.com]

"What, am I supposed to call it trotting or something?" she asked, not knowing a better word for running. "And I am in no way scared of that cupcake. I just want you to eat it."

Re: Taste the Rainbow -- No, the Cupcakes [CWC, 6/21]

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

"You are so scared to eat the cupcake," he laughed and took a bite at it. "It's okay, I still like you."

Re: Taste the Rainbow -- No, the Cupcakes [CWC, 6/21]

[puppywithatutu.livejournal.com]

"Good, because I'm not coming near you till you brush the mushroom cupcake away," she said smartly, giving his arm a pat.

Re: Taste the Rainbow -- No, the Cupcakes [CWC, 6/21]

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

He was going to do the mature thing here and no one could blame him for it. He was so sticking his tongue out at her, and she could deal with the mushroom cupcake.

Re: Taste the Rainbow -- No, the Cupcakes [CWC, 6/21]

[puppywithatutu.livejournal.com]

If he was going to stick out his tongue, she was going to smack him in the gut and roll her eyes. "You're such a kid."

Re: Taste the Rainbow -- No, the Cupcakes [CWC, 6/21]

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

"Said the girl making me eat a nasty cupcake," he propped the rest into his mouth, chewing purposely as he waited for her to deny it.

Re: Taste the Rainbow -- No, the Cupcakes [CWC, 6/21]

[puppywithatutu.livejournal.com]

"You don't seem to be hating it," she pointed out, hands on her hips as she waited for him to finish and not talk to her with his mouth full of food.

Re: Taste the Rainbow -- No, the Cupcakes [CWC, 6/21]

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

Why not? She was being mean, he could totes talk with his mouth full. "It's not good."

He just wasn't girly and making faces over it.

Re: Taste the Rainbow -- No, the Cupcakes [CWC, 6/21]

[puppywithatutu.livejournal.com]

She made a face and held up her hand to block the view of food in his mouth. "Gross. Does it taste like a mushroom?"

Caroline cringed, hoping he wasn't going to find some way to make her taste it now.