Camp Shenanigans, Wednesday, June 5, 2019

[sith_happened]

"Good morning!" Anakin blared through the microphone. "An essential skill of a camper is the ability to feed yourself over a campfire--BEAKER, GET AWAY FROM THE CAMPFIRES."

There was slightly charred sounding apologetic meeping as Beaker moved away from one of the two campfires that had been carefully set up in the park. There were rickety looking folding tables arranged nearby the fires with cutting boards, knives, bowls, and other moddable kitchen items nearby. There was, however, no power. Everything would have to be chopped and grated and opened from a can by hand.

"Today, you will be paired up and asked to feature one of two different sets of menu items," Anakin continued. "And then you will present them to our esteemed panel of judges: Summer, Hannibal, Peebee, and Vette." He pointed to the judges. "Your meal must be cooked over the campfire. We have an array of other ingredients--" he pointed to a pantry and set of mini fridges that Beaker was now standing near, so expect that to spontaneously fall over any minute now, "--for you to use to supplement your original ingredients, but you must use the three ingredients we give you." He took a deep breath. "Please don't give the judges food poisoning, and remember that presentation matters. Listen for your names!"

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Re: Come on Down, Contestants of Group A!

[geniuswithasmartphone]

"Uhh, two problems," Hardison said, jogging up to Ino. "One, I wasn't payin' attention to anythin' that happened before the Dean called my name, an' two, I'm allergic to peanuts."

This was going to go beautifully.

Re: Come on Down, Contestants of Group A!

[intraspective]

Well, beautifully was one word for it.

"… Well, one of those things is easier fixed than the other," Iris said, amused. "Skywalker's got us cookin' today over a campfire, only we got to use peanuts, gelatin, and tuna in our dishes, while the other team got to use hotdogs, tomatoes, and marshmallows in theirs. These ingredients are non-negotiable though we can add whatever else we want."

She considered him.

"Since I ain't in the mood to have to heal an allergic reaction I'm bettin' you ain't in the mood to have, I vote we just leave the peanuts out and add one or two on top of whatever we end up with. As a garnish."

Re: Come on Down, Contestants of Group A!

[geniuswithasmartphone]

"So our other ingredients are gelatin an' tuna?" Hardison asked. "Is it suddenly 1975 in here an' nobody told me?"

He would have avoided this place like the plague if he'd known. Set up his ambush somewhere completely different.

"Well...we ain't gotta use a lot of gelatin, right? Maybe just enough to kinda...shape...the tuna some?"

This was not getting much better.

Re: Come on Down, Contestants of Group A!

[intraspective]

"Shape the gelatin over an open campfire, no less!"

There was no getting better from that.

She made a face.

"You think gelatin would make an okay garnish? Maybe, like, we just make a tuna salad and add a sprinkle of gelatin and a peanut on top? For... presentation. That I'm definitely not eatin'."

Re: Come on Down, Contestants of Group A!

[geniuswithasmartphone]

"A'ight, but did he say those were the only ingredients we could use?" Hardison asked, holding up a finger. "Alternately, do we care if he did?"

Thief. Not so big on the whole 'rules' thing.

Re: Come on Down, Contestants of Group A!

[intraspective]

"To both your questions: no," Iris said cheerfully. "He were all like 'use the stuff here' but I ain't even fussed to do that if you want to add somethin' that ain't in those fridges."

She was a ninja and a Turk. Rules were just vague suggestions.

Re: Come on Down, Contestants of Group A!

[geniuswithasmartphone]

"I mean, we ain't all that far from Luke's," Hardison pointed out. "We could go, get some real ingredients, come back, try to make this into somethin' appetizing?"