{ HADES KITCHEN SEMI-FINALS } ENDS DEC 11th @ 11:59 PM PST

[Huni Pi]

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NAME OF CONTESTANT:
STAGE: 4
INGREDIENT: Luck Dragon Invisible
SCORE: 10 + 6

((AUGH! Used wrong dice, please ignore!))  

[Huni Pi]

Now came the plating portion, which wasn't as bad as she was anticipating given that, well, there was literally nothing to look at. As far as she was concerned, she did pretty good! When the plate was lifted there was no clatter, nor wet splat of a piece of the dish falling off.

When she served the judges, Ruth figured she would have to break her silence. Or she could steal a pen from one of the production crew running around and wrote in a near-typeface handwriting Allow me to present my dish: Adobo Style Luck Dragon. It is best accompanied with your choice of alcoholic beverage. I hope the results are adequate.

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NAME OF CONTESTANT: Ruth/"Blondie"
STAGE: 4
INGREDIENT: Luck Dragon Invisible
SCORE: 10 (prep) + 6 (spices) + 5 (plating) = 21

 

[Tasinei]

Semi finals. Well that was certainly quite the adventure! Now though Kaguya stared at the empty space as each contestant picked out invisible ingredients. When it was her turn, she almost made a face not really too sure on if she should put her hand into the unknown. But she did it anyway because she really wanted to make it to the finals. As she touched around, she grabbed something with a tiny body and pulled it out. Whatever it was she wasn’t too sure, but it would do.

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NAME OF CONTESTANT: Kushisake Kaguya
STAGE: 1
INGREDIENT 1: "You feel something with a tiny body" - Dragon Treat Invisible

 

[Tasinei]

The ghost still had to pick out two more items so in her hand went in again. This time though she amost took out her hand without grabbing anything and she did make a face! Whatever she had grabbed onto was slick and gross, she took it out of the box anyway, looked at the leash that was attached to what she figured was its body and she made a face again.

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NAME OF CONTESTANT: Kushisake Kaguya
STAGE: 1
INGREDIENT 2: "You feel something that is covered in saliva" - Invisible Dog

 

[Tasinei]

Only one more to go. Kaguya hefted up her sleeves and dug in once more and grabbed onto the first thing she caught. It jingled a bit as she set it on the counter and she wondered if this was the thing she’d probably use. Maybe, she hadn’t quite decided yet on which of the three would make the perfect dish. She stared at the counter, or well where she thought her three ingredients and took the invisible dog

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NAME OF CONTESTANT: Kushisake Kaguya
STAGE: 1
INGREDIENT 3: "You feel a slight jingle as you move the something" - Luck Dragon

 

[Tasinei]

Now it was time to work on this… What this was. She figured the limbs were through the hoops and she was pretty sure the judges would enjoy something with ribs… Finding the ribs though was a whole other story. She touched the invisible dog, making a face at all the darn drool until she found what she was looking for. She prodded the ribs until she had a few she wanted and sliced in. Kaguya had decided she was just going to cut out the chunk she wanted and then skin it. After she’d felt her way through a good amount of ribs she cut he chunk out. Then she began to skin it as carefully as she could, though she did nick herself a couple of times with the knife. In the end though she was sure she had a good portion of invisible dog ribs. Over all, the ghost didn't do such a bad job.

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NAME OF CONTESTANT: Kushisake Kaguya
STAGE: 2
INGREDIENT: Invisible Dog
SCORE 11

 

[Tasinei]

With her ribs cut now all she needed was a good rub to go alone with them before pressure cooking them. Tentatively, Kaguya tasted the first item and made a face. Salty! But at least it would be good use for a rub. The ghost took a small spoon of her next ingredient and her eyes almost burst into flames! Woah, she better not put a lot of this in her rub but it would go nicely. She had all her dry ingredients now all she needed was a sauce… Whatever she tasted next would have to do… Whatever it was… Kaguya put the items together and rubbed down her ribs.

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NAME OF CONTESTANT: Kushisake Kaguya
STAGE: 3
INGREDIENT:
Something salty, just salty +2
Something very, extremely spicy +0
Something oily in texture +1
SCORE 11 + 3 = 14

 

[Tasinei]

Kaguya placed her ribs in the pressure cooker and waited. It took a long time before they were done and she took them out, but as she removed the cover she cringed away. What was that god awful smell?! She could have sworn that she’d done such a good job, but that smell would not leave. She couldn’t redo it, so she took out the ribs and cut them piece by piece before placing them on a bed of greens and then presented her dish. IN front of the cameras, Kaguya bowed once. “I present to you…” She glanced at her dish. “Spicy invisible baby back dog ribs.” And that was it, she waited with baited breath.

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NAME OF CONTESTANT: Kushisake Kaguya
STAGE: 4
Name of dish: Spicy invisible baby back dog ribs
TALLY TOTAL 11(prep) + 3(spices) + 4(plating)= 18

 

[Chrystali]

Invisible.

Really?

Really?

She understood the concept of being blind folded for a taste test or even being handicap in the function of food, but...invisible? It was one thing to not see, and another entirely to just not be there. Ada clenched her jaw, listening to the instructions with furrowed brow. There was no time to sissy out of it now, she'd come too far to be daunted by something she couldn't even see.

Once they were set loose to their invisible goods, Addie put her hands in and immediately grabbed something that...jangled? A dog, perhaps, with a dangling collar? The Nightmare frowned, fingers working over the coarse fur and something sharp near the head. The jangle happened again near the neck, thumbs rolling over something that felt like beads, bumping into an oblong pendant that was responsible for the noise. Jambalawwa! She quickly continued her inspection, finding a flat, fleshy nose and wings. Of course she got the invisible bat Jambalawwa, why would she have possibly gotten something she could work with easily? Ada took one hand off in preparation to grab another handful of invisible, but hesitated. What if the other options were worse? What if she didn't at all know what the others were, and she couldn't find this one again? Pursing her lips, she decided she'd take the challenge of the bat.

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NAME OF CONTESTANT: Adelaide
STAGE: 1
Name of dish: Jambalawwa...something. She doesn't know yet.
TALLY TOTAL

 

[Chrystali]

Now...how to prepare a writhing, invisible bat for consumption?

She didn't want to risk damaging the body (or her hand), so rather than stab the bat through the skull, she moved her fingers over the small body until she found the beads again, and in a quick twisting motion, broke the bat's neck. No muss, no fuss. Addie carefully put aside the crown and necklace, putting a napkin over them so she could find them again later, before she set about very carefully using a sharp knife to remove the wings (putting them in a bowl for later) as well as tenderly feeling out the eyeballs, fangs and clawed feet to just as carefully remove. It wasn't perfect, feeling eyeball juice leak down her fingers and knicking the stomach in a splash of invisible blood, but she was not deterred, using napkins to sop up what she could and continue her work. Removing the fur was hell, certainly not coming without rips and tears, but she wasn't trying to save the skin. Usually she'd try to burn the fur off, but...y'know. Being invisible and all. Thank Jack.

It was plump, so gutting it was rather simple, most of the innards spilling out with the incision. De-boning it was much more a challenge, and thanks to her experience in the bone usage with her contestant in the previous round, she was able to figure out the structure of the bat with some sense of familiarity, satisfied when she had just a bunch of meat. Now...now she could move on and prepare her dish, though she wasn't so sure she was excited about this next part...

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NAME OF CONTESTANT: Adelaide
STAGE: 2
Name of dish: Bat. Bat. Stew? Yes, a stew would work! And what would go with a stew...?
TALLY TOTAL 14

 

[Chrystali]

Time to cook. Or try to.

No, she told herself. There is no try. Only do.

Ada took in a deep breath and used a small spoon to taste the first spice she could 'find.' It was oily, quite thick, and when she dabbed her finger on the spoon, it lost its consistency to something softer, melted. She decided she'd use this one to cook the bat in, adding a healthy dose to the pan and cutting up the meat in to manageable cubes. Putting the heat on and tossing the meat in, she tried the second spice, making face at the rather sticky and sweet concoction. Honey? She could use that as the garnish. Stirring the meat, she tasted the third - oh Jack, that was spicy as hell! She loved it! Running her tongue over her teeth, Ada grabbed the wings in the bowl and dashed them in the spicy spice. Setting a separate pan to heat, she put the wings in it, cooking her meal carefully.

The meat produced a fair amount of juice, which she poured out intermittently for the broth. She gathered the giblets on the side of the cutting board (or what she assumed were the giblets) and added those to the pan with the meat. Once she could take in the odor of something a touch sweet, she dumped the contents into a pot boiling with stock, letting it simmer as she attended the wings. The Nightmare gingerly poked and prodded the pan's contents with a wooden spoon until she heard a crispy sound, only then removing the wings from the heat.

And now, the finishing touches--!

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NAME OF CONTESTANT: Adelaide
STAGE: 3
Name of dish: Sweet and Savory Panic-y Stew with Spicy Jambalawwa Wing Garnish
TALLY TOTAL 17

 

[Chrystali]

Ada grabbed a few plates and put a bowl on top of each one, carefully dumping the pot's contents into the four bowls (using her thumb as a measure - not smart, but she couldn't see the stuff) - the fourth for her, and only keeping the left overs at that for a sample. A quick sip and chew of the stew, and -- well hot knickers! That wasn't half bad! Hell, it wasn't a quarter bad!

Extremely pleased, she used her digits to feel the finger-like lengths in the wings, tearing each one off so she had six. Two went in the three bowls for the judges, pressed towards the 'back' of the dish, as if her presentation would somehow be seen. Adding her second spice as the drizzle on top to put some sweetness over the whole thing, the Nightmare felt positively giddy finishing the meal with the crown set on the plate to the side, the beads wrapped around the base of the bowl. She'd done it!

That was it! The round was over, and Addie could not have been more pleased with her efforts. Invisible or not, she'd done it, and as far as she could tell - which wasn't much - she did a damn fine job.

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NAME OF CONTESTANT: Adelaide
STAGE: 4
Name of dish: Sweet and Savory Panic-y Stew with Spicy Jambalawwa Wing Garnish
TALLY TOTAL: 14 (prep) + 3 (spices) + 6 (presentation) = 23