fandomhigh | Camp Shenanigans, Wednesday, June 5, 2019

"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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Man, this whole where had he seen this girl before?? thing was going to bug him all day, wasn't it?

Because there definitely seemed to be...something about her...like his brain was jogging for something, but never quite getting there.

It was easier, really, just to focus on the dog, instead, though he probably would have done that, anyway.

"You got it," he assured the dog with a nod, pounding his chest a couple of times, then quirking up his chin. "Respect, dude. Think you can spare a moment, though, to offer some thoughts? On what you would do with...these? You know....from a dog's perspective."

Yes, Prompto, because that's what the judges wanted. Food from a dog's perspective.

...but he wouldn't be Prompto if there was a dog on his team and he didn't ask.

"I would eat them all," Ronin said with immense dignity. "Even though the white things would get stuck in my mouth and fur."

"No," Kathy said immediately. "No marshmallows for puppies."

Ronin sniffed. "Of course not. I am On Duty."

"Hmm, okay," Kathy said, trying to thing. "Aren't fire-roasted tomatoes kinda...sweet? Sun-dried ones are, anyway."

You're reaching, Kathy.

That was, really, a very dog-like answer, and Prompto firmly approve of it, especially since he was half thinking he'd just go for cut-up hot dogs on a bed of tomatoes and marshmallows and call it good.

With maybe some Sriracha, since Vette was judging.

"Kind of, I guess?" Prompto shrugged, wondering if it would be cheating to call up Iggy right now and ask for suggestions. "I mean, I see the tomatoes and I see hot dogs, and I automatically think: well, can we make ketchup? It doesn't seem like it would be that hard to make, y'know?"

"Well, ketchup has a bunch of other ingredients in it, like seasonings and vinegar," Kathy said thoughtfully. But maybe we could mash them down and mix them with melted marshmallow? To make, like, a sweet, kind of acidic sauce?"

"Is it...a bad thing that I kind of want to just do that, just to see how it turns out?" Prompto asked. "I mean, if it's terrible, we'll at least get the satisfaction of seeing the look on all the judges' faces when they try it, and, hell, that's almost better than winning!"

Seriously. Every single one of those people, he would enjoy subjecting them to that immensely.

Out of love, though, of course.

"I mean, it's gotta be better than, like, trying to make some kind of gross ambrosia salad and trying to feed them that, right?" Kathy asked. "We're at least taking the chance to try to, like, transform the ingredients."

Kathy, no. This wasn't Chopped. Please stop.

Camp Shenanigans, Wednesday, June 5, 2019

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