it's time for the WHO (who) PUDDING (pudding) COOKOFF (cookoff)

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Username/Display Name: un: vierge // dn: odette
Server Channel: #general
Time: Early afternoon, probably closer to the 18th don't look at me

Aight, I'm about to enlighten a whole helluva lot of you so buckle up.

Le Réveillon is a holiday feast far and away proving the superiority of French. You'll never doubt who's on top of the ladder after a taste, so Giselle if she's still talking to me and I and anyone else who gets it are gonna school the rest of you on real food.

Normally we'd do that kinda thing for Christmas Eve and New Year's, but seeing as god and I aren't exactly on good terms and that means nothing to most of you besides, let's push it closer to the end of the year. Let's say [CONVENIENT DATE HERE]. Get the feeling some of you sad sacks are just as used to being alone for the holidays and need some kinda excuse.

Course, if you think you've got the superior recipes in your corner, you can always challenge us in the kitchen. Gauntlet? Consider it thrown. There's an industrial kitchen floor big enough for a full iron chef brawl or two.

Or we can duke it out the old fashioned way, if you wanna go for the real brawl.

((OOC: I'll throw a log up for cooking challenge, feasting, brawling, etc. after the holiday weekend, so around like the 26th or 27th. This way we can dodge overlapping with celebration plans and ICly the log can fit somewhere between xmas and new years. Unless someone else has an actual new years thing planned, I'll try to fold NYE stuff in there somewhere maybe?

Also it's close enough to the Figue and Ringo adventure that I think it's more than fair that characters can still be blasted with the truth beam for this post if you want. Go nuts.))

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un: elderflower, dn: SH.

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[ she is sensing an opportunity to organize an event and therefore make work for herself... count her in! ]

Do you need any assistance with planning and coordinating, Ms. Odette?

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Huh, maybe.

Kinda figured people'd come alone, cook for their side, duke it out, then eat and drink when we're all worn out.

[Being a rather shrewd person, it's unlikely that Odette really thought so little about the planning - but she's deliberately not making a very public show of hosting, for whatever reason.]

[airdnd]

We'll need to make sure that everything's stocked! And if the floor is an industrial kitchen, perhaps it would be good to set up tables and chairs for the guests who are there to simply partake in the food. And so forth...

[ she's getting activated. ]

If you'd like, I can take care of all of these details for you!

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[Bruh... She's just going to take some time to stare at this one with the same expression as Keanu Reeves' face in "i'm not reading all that but i'm happy for you or sorry that happened."

odette is typing...

odette is typing...]

Sumina. You wanna deal with decorations?

[airdnd]

I most certainly can! More of the same sort of festive decorations I've been seeing around, yes?

Hopefully the mistletoe won't be much of an issue by then...

[ narrator voice: the mistletoe and mistlefoe will last till the end of the month, said the event post, unbeknownst to our intrepid guests ]

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You got it. Warm lights, sparkle and shine, silver and gold. Think like a guiding star, tiger.

We can prolly skip the greenery on account of recent events. [Or there will be greenery regardless and the mistletoe will have an even easier time sneaking in.]

Put your own little twist on it, go crazy. [Will having An Assignment stop Sumina from going into unhinged management mode? Who knows. Odette's not sure she can handle not having her thumb on the pulse of what's going on or her nose in the spine of the guestbook.]

[airdnd]

Noted! I shall see what I can do.

And no greenery, on account of recent events.

[ having An Assignment is a small part of unhinged management mode. She's going to show up with scoring cards and pens and little labels so that everyone knows what food is what and perhaps what's in each dish.

What if someone has food sensitivities and doesn't know that something is full of garlic? That would be terrible! ]

What about music, Ms. Odette? Any preferences?

me with my 101 fever forgetting about sumina's scorecards... i hate it here FORGIVE ME

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[Contrary to Shay's dumbass sick behavior, we can simply assume that allergen placards and scorecards could be brought to the dinner and added during Sumina's unhinged management bender. I may be mortified, but Odette is not.]

Well, tiger, how much you believe in whole good will toward man kinda deal? How bad do you think the company's gonna want to hear each other talk? Distracting if you wanna drown out the tables, smooth instrumental if you wanna encourage chatting. You like jazz?

shhh i just want sweet shay to get better soon!!

[airdnd]

Ahaha. A fair point. A tune often has to be a bit jaunty to distract from growing tensions in the tavern and such...

[ smash cut to Sumina and Vaer curbing tavern brawls at the inn with the power of MUSIC, ]

I do quite like jazz! That seems like the perfect backdrop for a lovely evening of dining and sharing food with one another, doesn't it?

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On the one hand: Way harder to hear yourself think in a fight if the music's blaring in your brain. On the other: Sets the stage pretty neatly, too.

You're right, sounds like we've got a winner for ambiance. And if someone takes me up on the combat-over-culinary challenge, I'm trusting you to have the right track picked. [It's likely she's only saying this because it will give Sumina a spot of anticipatory anxiety - which is way more than worth it. She isn't always thinking about fighting, and she isn't really expecting anything of the sort to break out here. It's just her parting gift for Sumina in this conversation.]