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victory_road2021-01-16 01:24 am
indigo_league) wrote in victory_road2021-01-16 01:24 am
Bakers, start your baking!
Who: Everybody!
Where: Riegfried and Soy's mansion
When: January 15th; day time for the cooking part, evening for the mingle part.
Summary: Come one, come all to the newest contest hosted by Riegfried and Soy. Today's theme: cooking!
[Daytime - The kitchens]
Throughout the day, the kitchens will be open to all contestants, though any casual onlookers --human, pokemon, or otherwise-- will be shooed out to prevent any cheating.
Each contestant will be directed to a gleaming counter, where they will be able to find everything from your basic whisk and spatula to gleaming kitchen machinery fancy enough to make any cook feel faint with envy. Each counter comes complete with a small fridge (should you need to chill any of your ingredients), an oven, a stove, a microwave -- really, anything you can imagine and it is there. Riegfried and Soy clearly didn't want anyone to run into the issue of not having the right equipment for the job.
At the back of the room are the fridges: tall, imposing fridges made of gleaming metal stocked full of every sort of ingredient you could possibly think of. And next to the fridges, contestants can find rows and rows of shelves, each nearly bowing under the weight of the products placed on them -- from fresh fruit, to spices, to rice and noodles. If you need it, you can find it.
Riegfried and Soy will be flitting around the room like a pair of extravagant Butterfrees, happy to engage contestants in small interviews. Everything for the camera, baby! Because those are also there; they are clearly trying to stay out of everybody's way, but small, Rotom-powered cameras flit around the room for close-ups, while cameramen and women with heavy-duty equipment get the distance shots. Hopefully, you haven't got an issue with stage fright.
[Evening - The show]
And when all is said and done, and the last dishes have been cooked, it's time for the actual show. There is some time between the actual cooking and this part of the evening, during which contestants have a chance to change their clothing and freshen up, but before too long, the mansion's doors open to the guests, who are herded by the cheerful hosts to an enormous hall.
The hall itself is set up with all manner of comforts. There are some small tables and chairs for anyone who wants to sit down for a while. Long tables line the sides of the room, absolutely laden with all manner of refreshments. There is even a special table set aside where the dishes the contestants made (at least the ones that made it to this part of the evening) are displayed and ready for tasting.
The schedule for the night is rather straightforward.
After some meet-and-greet and time for every last guest to arrive, the day's events (cut and edited by a very exhausted camera crew) will be projected onto a huge screen for all to enjoy. The votes will be tallied afterward and awards and prizes will be handed out. The rest of the evening will give the winners a chance to celebrate, the losers a chance to commiserate, and everybody else to clear the buffet of everything edible.
Where: Riegfried and Soy's mansion
When: January 15th; day time for the cooking part, evening for the mingle part.
Summary: Come one, come all to the newest contest hosted by Riegfried and Soy. Today's theme: cooking!
[Daytime - The kitchens]
Throughout the day, the kitchens will be open to all contestants, though any casual onlookers --human, pokemon, or otherwise-- will be shooed out to prevent any cheating.
Each contestant will be directed to a gleaming counter, where they will be able to find everything from your basic whisk and spatula to gleaming kitchen machinery fancy enough to make any cook feel faint with envy. Each counter comes complete with a small fridge (should you need to chill any of your ingredients), an oven, a stove, a microwave -- really, anything you can imagine and it is there. Riegfried and Soy clearly didn't want anyone to run into the issue of not having the right equipment for the job.
At the back of the room are the fridges: tall, imposing fridges made of gleaming metal stocked full of every sort of ingredient you could possibly think of. And next to the fridges, contestants can find rows and rows of shelves, each nearly bowing under the weight of the products placed on them -- from fresh fruit, to spices, to rice and noodles. If you need it, you can find it.
Riegfried and Soy will be flitting around the room like a pair of extravagant Butterfrees, happy to engage contestants in small interviews. Everything for the camera, baby! Because those are also there; they are clearly trying to stay out of everybody's way, but small, Rotom-powered cameras flit around the room for close-ups, while cameramen and women with heavy-duty equipment get the distance shots. Hopefully, you haven't got an issue with stage fright.
[Evening - The show]
And when all is said and done, and the last dishes have been cooked, it's time for the actual show. There is some time between the actual cooking and this part of the evening, during which contestants have a chance to change their clothing and freshen up, but before too long, the mansion's doors open to the guests, who are herded by the cheerful hosts to an enormous hall.
The hall itself is set up with all manner of comforts. There are some small tables and chairs for anyone who wants to sit down for a while. Long tables line the sides of the room, absolutely laden with all manner of refreshments. There is even a special table set aside where the dishes the contestants made (at least the ones that made it to this part of the evening) are displayed and ready for tasting.
The schedule for the night is rather straightforward.
After some meet-and-greet and time for every last guest to arrive, the day's events (cut and edited by a very exhausted camera crew) will be projected onto a huge screen for all to enjoy. The votes will be tallied afterward and awards and prizes will be handed out. The rest of the evening will give the winners a chance to celebrate, the losers a chance to commiserate, and everybody else to clear the buffet of everything edible.
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Jaskier stares at Claude for a second before he bursts out laughing. Sorry (not).]
I never thought the day would come when I'd see you lose your composure. And over teasing, no less! [Deciding to give him a break, Jaskier comes closer and kisses Claude on the cheek before putting up his best charming smile.] The rice is good, I promise. But I'll be honest, the teasing was worth it if I got you to be a little less in control for a change.
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Oh, everyone has their limits. And it can get tiring, as I'm sure you'd understand, to catch a lot of criticism over something you know you've done poorly, but then feel like it's making people undersell your better offerings and other talents as well. I mean, imagine if you were required to present some experimental song you'd been working on that didn't come out well, and it came out so badly that people proclaimed you must be a terrible singer...and then, when you sang one of your better pieces to prove otherwise, they went "well, it's passable, I suppose". [He grins.] Of course, I'm sure you don't have any songs that come out poorly...
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[That happened twenty-two years ago, yet he remembers the day as clearly as it had happened yesterday.]
That said, what do you think of the local public? Who do you think will be my real competition for the big prize?
[Because yeah, he's confident enough to believe there's no doubt he's among the top five contenders, at the very least.]
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[He might not put money down on his impression, but he'd lay every pokédollar on the attitude read.]
As for your competition... [Claude rubs his chin thoughtfully.] Honestly, that's hard to say. Quite a few of the dishes are really good - especially all of the curries that aren't mine. [He's allowed to say it. He's also biased for spicy foods.] In terms of cooking, it could be anyone's game. On performance alone, though, there's no one to match you at all.
[That's not even flattery, in Claude's opinion. It's just an objective observation.]
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[He can't help the little snort that scapes him when Claude mentions the curries that aren't his - but it's an amused one, he promises. Besides, the whole curry deal is quickly forgotten when Claude keeps rubbing his ego like that. Yes, good, keep it coming. Both Jaskier and Regina raise their chins, looking extremely proud of themselves.]
There was a lack of actual performances, wasn't it? After reading and watching so many videos about contests, I had been looking forward to a marvellous show. Forgive me for saying this, my dear, since it technically includes you as well- [He doesn't sound sorry at all.] -but I must say, finding only normal cooking has been quite disappointing.
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[He shrugs easily at Jaskier's observation about his own performance.] I know it wasn't particularly extravagant, but I'm more of a strategist than a showman, after all. And the truth was that I could think of ways to perform, and ways to cook, but not too many ways in which to gracefully marry the two. And if I'd separated them too much, then would it really qualify as a unified whole? I personally thought the airborne slice-and-dice Blitz did was one of the more impressive displays next to yours, though! [He turns his head.] Right? You know you did great. How the food actually came out was on me.
[And, as Jaskier watches, a little bat head pops up over Claude's shoulder to peer at him, and Blitz lets out a small, shrill peep. Apparently he's just been...hanging on Claude's cloak this entire time, and at Claude's addressing him has climbed up into view.]