Summer Shenanigans, Wednesday, July 18, 2018

[sith_happened]

Today's shenanigans had been redirected into the community center--there were signs in the park to herd everyone into the correct place, and the food vendors had set up their rickshaws out front in anticipation.

"Today," Anakin began once everyone had taken seats, "we will take a break from physical acuman and see how good you are at following directions. Since I've taught most of you, I'm betting on...less well." He gestured at the tables, baking ingredients, and ovens that had been set up. "Today you will be working in pairs to complete two cooking goals. We have guest judges to grade your attempts: Dr. Lecter, who teaches culinary courses, and Mr. Eliot Spencer, who runs the diner. Listen for you names, please:

Ahsoka and Cristina; Aphra and Kanan; Amaya and Aloy; Zack and Hernando; Tip and Reno; Theron and Uma; Karla and Beaker; Jaina and Sidon; Astrid and Jono; and Mitsutada and Kitty."

"Those who come in second place will receive the glory of the singing fish," Anakin said, calling the terrifying beastie back to his hand with an indolent wave. "The rest of you get...sleep without nightmares, I guess."

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Baking!

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...oh God.

TASK NUMBER 1: SUGAR FACES

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In front of Hannibal and Eliot are beautifully decorated sugar cookies that all look uncannily like the faces of the teachers at the high school.

YOUR JOB: follow the sugar cookie directions on your tables! Make sugar cookies! Decorate one to look JUST LIKE one of the teachers! DO IT ALL IN 45 MINUTES.

DO NOT TRAUMATIZE THE JUDGES.*




*This part is optional.

Re: TASK NUMBER 1: BAKING

[sith_happened]

Pair up and bake. Or be set on fire. BEAKER.

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[meepmeepmeep]

"Meep meep meep meep," Beaker muttered to himself, dragging a stool over so he could even reach the table.

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[glacial_queen]

Karla had been feeling confident about her chances--after all, she was a great cook now--and then she saw her partner. "You're...huh. Well, okay then."

At least she had Craft.

This was going to be fiiiine.

"What do you think? Anakin?"

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[solo_sword]

Jaina was cursing whoever put her in for this, but sighed and came over from looking at the actual pretty cookies. "So, this is going to be a disaster."

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[in_sidon_we_trust]

"Oh, come now," said Sidon, with a chuckle, as he passed a look over the ingredients. "It shouldn't be too difficult..."

Even he didn't sound very convinced, though, and that wasn't a good sign.

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[battlewithstyle]

"Is it cheating if we make the cookie look like me?" Mitsutada wondered out loud. "That seems like it would be quite vain, though it has a certain sense of style."

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[throughaphase]

"Depends, Kitty said. "Are you cool with your image probably being mangled by us?"

She, for instance, would probably cry if someone made her look like a blob.

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[uncertain_dume]

"Hell, why not?" Kanan rolled up his sleeves and looked at the ingredients list. "I've done a bit of baking over the years, too."

Not necessarily well, but he was willing to give this a shot.

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[jedigrammarians]

"It's basically chemistry," Aphra cheerfully agreed.

Let's not examine her chemistry marks too closely, guys.

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[furnaceface]

Jono had, fortunately, wrapped up for this one. Whatever the thing was meant to be this week, he didn't want his flames to get in the way.

He was facepalming so hard, though, when he realized what it was and who was judging.

So. Hard.

//Right, then. Might as well get this done.//

Re: TASK NUMBER 1: BAKING

[raspberryturk]

"Full disclosure," Reno said pleasantly as he looked over the ingredients, "I ain't never baked shit in my life."

So he was expecting this would be fun. Disastrous, maybe. But fun.

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[puppy_fair]

It.... was a really good thing Zack had decided to leave the dog at home today. He looked around for Hernando - that was a new name! - and considered the ingredients as he did so.

Maybe they could make Ino! He did know Ino's face pretty well, after all.

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[deaddadsclub]

"Where's the part on the instructions that says 'go to the store and buy a cookie like a grownup'?"

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[special_rabbit]

Amaya was just going to pass a glance over to her partner and say, "I'm just gonna apologize right now. Actually, no, I take that back. You're I lick, because with me trying to bake, there''s no way we have to worry about getting that fish.

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[midichlorianfail]

Well, this was certainly a thing that Theron had never done.

Re: TASK NUMBER 1: PRESENTATION AND JUDGMENT

[sith_happened]

Describe your amazing cookie, either in words or in a Very Terrible Paint picture, and leave it for Hannibal and Eliot to get judgey over.

[OOC: The RNG states that the winners are in this order following task #1:
Zack and Hernando;
Tip and Reno;
Ahsoka and Cristina;
Karla and Beaker;
Astrid and Jono;
Mitsutada and Kitty;
Aphra and Kanan;
Theron and Uma;
Jaina and Sidon;
Amaya and Aloy.]

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[intotheout]

Tip was rather pleased with how her and Reno's creation came out. Sure, the cookie was on the dry and crumbly side, and the royal icing was not setting correctly. But it was a solid first try, and the art. . . .

Well, slowly melting lines aside, Tip was rather proud of the art. It was a lovely cartoon rendering of Fandom's noble dean, complete with bathrobe, shaggy hair, and bemused scowl.

Being assaulted by a deformed fish.

TASK NUMBER 2: CAKE ART

[sith_happened]

Once the amazing cookies are taken away, a giant stacked and carved cake emerges: it's the Fandom castle, at least five tiers high, surrounded by realistically painted and molded chocolate alots, teal deer, and gremlins. Hovering atop the castle is a fish that doesn't sing, but does emit dry ice smoke.

It's huge, it's complicated, but relax, right? Anakin has given you the directions for making cake batter, has provided the fondant, the Rice Krispie treats and the modeling chocolate, and has given you all of...well, two hours to make this thing.

Super reasonable of him!

Re: TASK NUMBER 2: BAKING

[sith_happened]

Or burning and tipping over, because that's funny, too?

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[intotheout]

"Um," said Tip, looking at the demo cake. "Um."

And it had to all be edible?

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[deaddadsclub]

"Whoever made that is in serious need of a life."

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[puppy_fair]

"So... our biggest enemy in making this one is going to be the clock, right?"

Leave it to Zack to have an optimistic outlook on this one.

Then again, he'd built several different flower carts for Aerith, once, all of them different and varying degrees of impressive craftsmanship. How hard could a stack of cake and a smoking fish really be?

Re: TASK NUMBER 2: PRESENTATION AND JUDGMENT

[sith_happened]

HOW DID YOU DO? Be sure to paint us a word picture of your artistic endeavor. And the judges have to taste your cake too, so if you switched up salt for sugar, mention that, too...

[OOC: And the RNG says that for this round, the winners look like this:
Aphra and Kanan;
Zack and Hernando;
Amaya and Aloy;
Karla and Beaker;
Jaina and Sidon;
Tip and Reno;
Ahsoka and Cristina;
Theron and Uma;
Mitsutada and Kitty;
Astrid and Jono.]