COOKING SHOW - 5PM PST - pep!pep!

[idolpro]

[ Your unit-colored kitchen has all the basic necessities for cooking, but strangely, there's no refrigerator. There's just a table full of pebble-sized crystals. . . There are candies available in bins next to the crystals as well.

Though you can technically turn the stove on, you can't actually hurt yourself on it. It's like the flames are illusions. Huh.

Upon entering your unit-colored kitchen, you'll find that you can't see or hear anyone from any other kitchen. You're aware that this whole area is magically sight- and sound-proofed; no other unit will hear or see any conversation you have. ]

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INSTRUCTIONS & RECIPE

[idolpro]

Today, you are making Salmon Quinoa! You will need the following ingredients:

• Quinoa (1 salty, 2 savory)
  
• Tomatoes (1 sweet, 1 sour, 1 savory)
  
• Salmon (1 salty, 2 savory)
  
• OPTIONAL: Cilantro (1 sour, 2 bitter)
  
• OPTIONAL: Cucumber (2 sweet, 1 bitter)

(Optional ingredients are there in case people show up late—they will otherwise not affect your score.)

Total Required (not including optional):

• 1 Sweet (happiness/excitement)
  
• 1 Sour (embarrassment/shame)
  
• 2 Salty (sadness/regret)
  
• 0 Bitter (anger/bitterness)
  
• 5 Savory (adrenaline/fear)

On the tables are pebble-sized crystals. Hold a handful of the crystals and share your memory (through talking or memoryshare candies) and the crystals will turn into that food!

Characters are aware that the cooking process will be done with guidance, so all they need to worry about are the ingredients. Tasteless ingredients such as flour and cornstarch will be provided for them, so those ingredients are not listed.

There are no rounds, nor any discussion headers. Please make a toplevel with every new memory/memory discussion. At 4 hours, please turn into the comment below.

TURN-IN

[idolpro]

For every shared memory, please give a 1-4 for how open they were about it, with 1 being cagey as fuck and 4 being as open as they could be:

# of candies consumed:

For every unitmate, please give a 1-3 for how much they learned about them/how much they were affected by this new knowledge, with 1 being a little/unsurprising and 3 being a lot/shocking:

<b>For every shared memory, please give a 1-4 for how open they were about it, with 1 being cagey as fuck and 4 being as open as they could be:</b> HERE <b># of candies consumed:</b> HERE <b>For every unitmate, please give a 1-3 for how much they learned about them/how much they were affected by this new knowledge, with 1 being a little/unsurprising and 3 being a lot/shocking:</b> HERE

[we_meet_again]

[Looking at the rules and instructions]

Oh my gods, what

[quickpersuader]

This doesn't seem too difficult.

[They don't even have to put everything together themselves!]

Which ingredients would everyone like to handle? I can add some savory I'm sure.

[worldlyafflictions]

Maybe this is my punishment for complaining that the truth games didn't have worthwhile rules...

[worldlyafflictions]

It's so heavy on savory stuff...

[quickpersuader]

I've been in some life-threatening situations before, so those should work.

[romanticlove]

[Oh no... why this? She just wanted to cook.]

I hate this already.

[send_noods]

This one time? My dad died.

[This first part is a bit muffled, as Gladio's busy taking off his shirt. That done, he takes a kitchen apron and ties it on, taking a few of the crystals. His tone is fairly unbothered, probably due to Cloud Nine]

Kind of a bummer, but I didn't wanna whine about it. I mean, a lot of people in the city died, imperial invasion and all.

[send_noods]

[hello. He's C9'd, shirtless but wearing an apron, and might be flexing a bit for the audience??]

Really? It's one of the nice ones!

[we_meet_again]

At least we have some agency over which memories we share...

[His apprehension has mostly dissipated now that he's had a chance to read the rules. Whew! This is much better than what he was expecting!]

Are there any nice ones you'd want to share? We can get something "sweet" from it.

[romanticlove]

[She thinks for a moment.]

Something from when I was little. My sister and I watched my father practicing at the shooting range near our house. Do I just play it for everyone on my phone, maybe?

[send_noods]

[Hellos he is C9d. Nods at that.]

Savory should be easy. I'm used to almost dying - and actually dying - a lot by now.

[we_meet_again]

[Cobalt appreciates the shirtlessness a little, but he's also kind of concerned about this attitude.]

It's not whining. You're allowed to grieve about the loss of a parent. That's perfectly normal.

Healthy, even.

[we_meet_again]

[Looking at his phone for guidance]

The rules say you have to hold one of these crystals and then share it with the group [in its own toplevel.]

[quickpersuader]

It's unfortunate how common it is, isn't it?

[we_meet_again]

Is there any in particular that people don't want to do?

I think I can probably come up with something that will work for most of these, so I don't mind doing one of the less desirable ones.

[romanticlove]

[Ren picks up a handful of crystals, smiling to herself. She has stopped using Cloud Nine for now.]

When I was younger, my sister and I were playing house together and our father was passing by on his way to the shooting range. My sister was hesitant to let me go watch him, as I was very young, but he allowed it anyway when I asked. While we were watching him practice, I told her of my desire to protect other people and her, just as my father did for other people. I've never lost that desire to be like him.

[worldlyafflictions]

[Is 'Naked Apron A+' an emotion? Probably. And he's C9'd right now also so he doesn't feel embarrassed about it. We're having fun.]

... [Puts a handful of pebbles in Gladio's hand] Ya might need ta like actually feel your feelings about it if we want the food ta taste good.

But also I think we're feeding ghosts, so.

[send_noods]

[has Cobalt ever been the recipient of headpats?! He is now. Right between the antlers]

Aww, that's nice. You're a good bean, Cobalt. Good job. [pat pat]

Wasn't time for any of that, though.

[romanticlove]

It wouldn't be whining about it. When I regained a memory about my mother dying... it was horrible. There's nothing wrong with feeling grief not just over your father but the other people who died too.

[worldlyafflictions]

We get inta a bunch here too... We could see if that works?

[send_noods]

It's kinda terrible. But at least we can use it for the game.

[only good vibes here]

[romanticlove]

Oh, of course.

[Gonna just pick up some crystals and talk about a memory then!]

[romanticlove]

[....]

Do I want to ask why you're flexing and taking off your clothes?