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Now came the blind taste testing, which yielded very... unfortunate results for the shoe haunt. From spicy to moldy to extremely spicy, Beats was pretty much spinning in the air trying to somehow get rid of the horrible tastes from this tongue.

Said tastes which he was very much stuck with. Ah well, the contest was fun while it lasted and he would try to see this through until the end!

As he reached in again to feel up his ingredients, Soren thought he felt something give a little, a jingle as it were. He thought about it for a moment before deciding to give the basket one more try.

Honestly, Soren wasn't exactly sure what he was making. But regardless of that all game needed prepped, and he was going to get with it. He started off by feeling around for the creature's gut, then skinning it and working hunks of meat off of the carcass. It was hard to tell what the delicacy was in this one, but muscles tended to have more concentrated Fear in his mind, so he was going with what he had.

And considering that the meat really was winding up in hunks (which he carefully moved to one side so it wouldn't get confused with the rest of the muck) he was starting to think of a dish. A hearty stew perhaps, or maybe some kabobs. He could cook on an open flame, and skewers would give something for the judges to actually grab hold of.

If he was honest, Soren was looking nice. So if his invisible plate of food didn't do it for anyone, he would have to shine in it's place.

And that was the key right there. Thankfully he still had a bit of oil clinging to the bowl, and he had no qualms about rubbing blood onto his chest, invisible as it was. So stripping off his shirt he started rubbing away.

Unfortunately, it was invisible, so while his skin felt amazingly soft despite his rock hard abs, it still wasn't shiny. Then with a stroke of genius Soren tossed some water onto his torso. Just a little, not enough to run all over the place, but it also couldn't sink into his skin as the oil was already coating him.

Glistening slightly he went before the judges, standing cockily and with his hips jutting forward just a bit. "On the plate there's food."

Nailed it.

For her second attempt, Ri reached toward the opposite side of the box, being mindful of anything remotely dangerous. It took a short while to find her next ingredient, its body being so tiny and all. The small mini was curled in the corner of the box, seeming to be waiting for her. Rhiannon lifted the something and took a chance. 'Might as well use this one,' she shrugged.

Invisible spices for an invisible dish. The judges had a sense of humor that was nothing but evil. Ri rolled her eyes and, not even completely sure what she was going to do anyway, grabbed three of the containers at random.

The first spice wasn't too bad. In fact, it tasted pretty good! Kinda coppery, like blood, but she couldn't tell what it might be. Pleased, she set the spice down.

The next spice was almost too much for her to handle. Though the flavor was light, Ri couldn't stand spicy food. She thought the judges would like it, so she placed its container by the blood one.

The final spice sent her straight to the fridge to look for fresh Arpakassu milk. Her eyes watered uncontrollably and she thought she would suddenly gain the ability to breathe fire. Was that dragon's breath?? Once she managed to cool off, she returned to her station and placed the spice as far away from her as possible.

The two fiery spices along with the bloody one and the batty ingredient only made her think of one thing: screeole food. The kind they only serve in the swamps of Halloween. She started the cooking of her dish with bloody rice, adding the metallic spice with a heavy hand. While that was going, Ri decided to roast the bat thing in a casket-iron skillet, sprinkling salt and the slightly spicy spice all over the pan so she wouldn't miss seasoning it.

The super spicy hellweed/dragon's breath was all that was left. In order to not overdo the spice in her dish, Rhiannon found the tiniest measuring spoon she could find (also known as a toothpick) and scooped up the invisible spice, tapping it a few times and stirring it into her rice.

With some quick, last-minute thinking, Ri took the bowl of beads and added the bat wings to it. Next, she made a flour mix in a new bowl and mixed up a scrambled egg, coating her garnish with batter and then dumping it all into a nice, hot fryer.

"That should do it." She took a moment to step back and prided herself on her work.

Even though he couldn't recreate the three dishes perfectly, he did a not-so-bad job to his customers, just minor defects. The judges were not happy with that, but eliminating all would lose the purpose of the competition. Anyway, no matter what, he got into the semi-finals, which he didn't expect at all.

It was the Mystery Box time again, leaving the box up, AJ rarely tilted his head and made a bitter smile. He couldn't see anything but empty air. Invisible minipets? He immediately reached out, his hand floated - nope - was on something with a pulse. So it was like cooking when you're blind? Sounds challenging and fun, he's up to that.

One hour? He wondered if he was lucky to get something he would come up with a good idea. As Chef Gorgon Ramsay addressed them, he took advantage to fiddle across the invisible ingredients. When he announced the session began, AJ grabbed onto the first time his hand touched.

it was long and thin, tracing to another side, he got to one, two, three, four limbs. Normal minipets had usually four limbs, so it had a big chance to be exotic ingredient. He memorized the position and decided to check a few more before he decided.