Quests & Challenges

((@Eialyne Hey I'm late in coming into this but I've been busy doing some of the other MJ threads this week (and of course grinding) but I hope my entry to today is still good! Please let me know if you enjoyed these two lovable idiots. Also please put me on the pinglist? )) --------------- [center][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=26817191][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/350/268172/26817191_350.png[/img][/url][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=18886024][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/350/188861/18886024_350.png[/img][/url][/center] Two unusual looking dragons entered the festival tents to begin the newest daily challenge. They made an odd pair. The quiet-looking speckled tundra and the chocolate covered skydancer seemed both at odds with each other while also seemingly able to guess what the other was thinking when they spoke. It was like they were each other's greatest rivals while also being each other's best friends. [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/268172/26817191p.png[/img]"Can somebody PLEASE tell me why we haven't participated in this thing until today? The Jamboree's nearly half over!" The skydancer spoke excitedly but with a hint of irritation. [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/188861/18886024p.png[/img] The tundra merely smiled serenely and replied calmly, "Between helping Cookie with the banquet for the annual Mistral Masquerade down in Twisting Lights and tending to the festivities up in Wysteria we both haven't had time sadly." [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/268172/26817191p.png[/img] "But this is the PERFECT competition for us! We should have [i]made[/i] time, hmph." His snoot rose into the air to form a rather haughty expression. [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/188861/18886024p.png[/img] The tundra stopped and pursed his lips, "It was [i]you[/i], Miko, who refused to leave until your Guardian sized chocolate statue was 'finished' wasn't it?" [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/268172/26817191p.png[/img] Miko's eyes narrowed suspiciously, "Its called a 'sculpture' not a statue, thank you very much. And just because you can't appreciate my level of detail, Bloodhound, is exactly why you'll never be a true chocolatier." Miko, pretending to be devastated for his poor unenlightened companion, sniffed loudly before glancing at Bloodhound with batting eyelashes and a deceptive grin, "Like me!" [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/188861/18886024p.png[/img] Bloodhound paused to think about this before replying with a smirk, "Oh good for a moment there I thought I was in danger of becoming like you. Whew, you've reassured me that that'll never happen. Clearly bakers are much more professional than chocolatiers." [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/268172/26817191p.png[/img] Miko's eyes widened at the insult, "WHY I OUTTA—" [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/188861/18886024p.png[/img] "Oh look Miko! Here are the secret ingredients for tonight! Let's get started!" [center][font=garamond][i][size=6]Sparkling Almond Cherry Cupcakes[/i][/size][/font] [font=garamond][size=5]With blue honey, golden moth frosting and candied beetles and wasps[/font][/size] [size=3]Suitable for anyone who likes plants and insects! Great for parties. [/center] [center][item=Sparkling Wasp][item=Luminous Almonds][item=Golden Coa Moth][/center] [center]Extra ingredients: [item=Aether Cherries][item=Blue Honeycomb][item=][item=Orchid Beetle][/center] [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/188861/18886024p.png[/img] "Grind up those almonds and pulverize those cherries (the juice is what you really want) and then toss them into the batter! Then make sure you have a fire dragon nearby..." ([img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/268172/26817191p.png[/img] "That's not me oops sorry Bloodhound I guess you can't cook your cup—") *THUDS* [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/188861/18886024p.png[/img] "Or a conveniently placed flamethrower works too! Heat it up to 10,000 degrees! Cooking time 15 minutes! " ([img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/268172/26817191p.png[/img] "Isn't that hotter than the sun's surface?!" ) *IGNORES* [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/188861/18886024p.png[/img] "Whip up that frosting until its bluer than the Tidelord's bottom!" ([img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/268172/26817191p.png[/img] "Wait you've seen the Tidelord's...? Nevermind, I don't want to know.") [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/188861/18886024p.png[/img] "Now add the moths for extra flavor!" -------- [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/268172/26817191p.png[/img] "Finally its [i]my[/i] turn. Now its time to candy up those sparkling stinkers and orchid beetles." ([img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/188861/18886024p.png[/img] "Hmm... I thought you only liked making chocolate?") [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/268172/26817191p.png[/img] "Shut up, you fiend! Uh.... I mean first you need to melt your sugar." ([img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/188861/18886024p.png[/img] "Here you can use my flamethrower.") [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/268172/26817191p.png[/img] "Thank you, my lovely assistant! Now make sure you don't burn the sugar....hey why does this flamethrower only have two settings? 'Hotter-than-the-surface-of-the-Sun' and 'BURNING INFERNO'?" ([img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/188861/18886024p.png[/img] "The hotter the fire the better the cakes.") [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/268172/26817191p.png[/img] "Heh...alrighty then. We're almost done now. Just pop those tasty bugs into the sugar then pull them out and let them cool and harden for a few minutes on some wax paper. " [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/188861/18886024p.png[/img] "The cakes are done now!" [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/268172/26817191p.png[/img] "Sweet! Let them cool first but then slide on that beautiful golden-blue frosting and lastly decorate your cupcakes with your fancy candied insects!" And with the kitchen area looking a little less for wear (what with all the flamethrower scorch marks everywhere) the glistening cupcakes are done and the famous baker and chocolatier have done it again. Together they have made another masterpiece for everyone's tastes-buds!

Anubis [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=31705752] [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/350/317058/31705752_350.png[/img] [/url] Given ingredients [item=Sparkling Wasp] [item=Luminous Almonds] [Golden Coa Moth] [i]I can't be soft to them... I am a Shadow and the god of DEATH... How could I... But they're just so cute...[/i] *1 hour later* 'Ouch! This is the twenty thousandth time that pasty wasp bit me,' she shouted. 'Die you stupid thing!' She lost her temper and threw the wasps into the grill. 'Ha! You DESERVED it!' But did the moth? They didn't bite her, and she wasn't that allergic to moths. Should she kill an innocent, harmless creature? The years of killing mortals has not been of use now. And she was dying herself: 'Kill or not to kill, that is the question... Maybe I should... what is ten more kills added to my thousands of trillions of murders I did in me immortal life? Ok, fine.' She raised the huge knife, closed her eyes, and chopped down... several heads rolled off the cutting board. Unexpectedly, the bodies themselves weren't cute without the huge bulging dragon-like eyes, at all. That helped a lot, as she did not have to deal with the kill or not kill question anymore. They moths ended up with their wasp cousins- in the grill. 'Goodbye, you false gods.' The almonds... She admitted, they didn't require killing, and will probably not make herself break anyway. Therefore, she fried it with a lot, and I mean a LOT of salt. Tada Beautiful cute grilled insects with salty almonds wrapped in almond flowers

@CrazyRedFire Your entry is fine :3 I'm still a couple of days behind in judging so I likely won't be able to tell you what I think of our loveable idiots until I get to them, but until then have fun with the event!


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Day 9 is up!

[b][u]Day 9: Tiencan[/u][/b] [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=30744085] [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/350/307441/30744085_350.png[/img] [/url] Tiencan just stared at the ingredients for a second. “Heh. How mean!” At the mischievous glint in his eyes one could clearly see that he liked the prank. A sly grin spread on his face as he turned one of the mussels around in his claws. Today’s judge might want to watch out… The Skydancer started by mashing the [b]Soylent Red [/b] into a paste and adding [b]Grassland Grain[/b] flour and both [b]Golden Pepper[/b] and [b]Wild Catsup[/b] as seasoning. He took small portions of the paste and rolled them into little meatballs. While frying those in a pan with some [b]Fish Oil[/b], he pried open the [b]Hypnotic Scallops[/b] and removed the meaty insides. Smirking, Tiencan cooked the mussels in a concentrated broth he made from the [b]Incorporeal Dinner [/b] and [b]Coral Grouse[/b] meat (because the former alone would not be enough to give it any prominent taste). Tiencan worked extra fast so that hopefully none of the other dragons would finish before him and have time to see what he was doing. Especially not the judge. That would spoil the surprise! The Skydancer quickly fished the cooked mussels out of the broth with a ladle, let the liquid drip off and put the pieces of meat back into their shells. Then he added the little meatballs on top so that they almost looked like pearls …made from meat. Now to the fun part! The fish oil gave the meatballs the taste of fish and the broth made the mussels taste like poultry, which was definitely surprising. Tiencan’s only problem was that the judge he wanted to trick was a Tundra. The Skydancer mumbled a quick scent-masking spell and hoped that it – combined with the smell of all the other different dishes – would be enough to trick the other dragon. Then again: The risk of being discovered prematurely made a prank even more fun. Gambling was Tiencan’s speciality, after all. The last touch he added to his dish was a mean but fun little incantation. Right now the scallop shells were open wide to reveal the delicious food inside, but Tiencan charmed them to close as soon as someone attempted to take it out and eat it. Just for a few seconds; he still wanted his dish to be judged, after all. But he couldn’t wait to see the judge’s reaction. If it worked well, he would introduce the dish to his clan. [item=Hypnotic Scallop][item=Soylent Red][item=Incorporeal Dinner][item=Grassland Grain][item=Golden Pepper][item=Wild Catsup][item=Fish Oil][item=Coral Grouse]

Anubis finally got Kvothe so come with her to this contest. Anubis: [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=31705752] [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/350/317058/31705752_350.png[/img] [/url] Kvothe: [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=31556111] [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/350/315562/31556111_350.png[/img] [/url] Given ingredients: [item=Hypnotic Scallop] [item=Soylent Red] [item=Incorporeal Dinner] One dragon gets a paragraph, starting from Kvothe Kvothe: Hey An,you are a Shadow dragon, right? What do you think? How about a typical Jack-in-the-box? Anubis: *evil smirks* Ok, let me cut this scallop open and put a wire trap on it... *works on shells* Kvothe: Hmm... the turkey can be bait and the soylent Red, or whatever it may be, be the spitball... now, where goes the spit... Both: Snakes! *Anubis gets some [item=Onyx Cobra] and stuffs them with mashed soylent red.* The red matter tasted particularly disgusting and it looks were revolting enough. That will do quite well. Kvothe: I'll combine all of this stuff together and maybe add some gears and a crank. Finally p, they made a scallop shell with the fake turkey on it. An innocent Dragon walks over, tries to bite on the turkey, but found it incorporeal. Then saw the Scallop shell, but couldn't pull it open. Suddenly, he found a crank, looking quite pleased with his cleverness when he was cranking it open, and WOOSH, up comes a snake that smells horribly of soylent and smacked the unfortunate dragon in the face. What a meal!

[url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=22321846][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/350/223219/22321846_350.png[/img][/url] [Item=hypnotic scallop][Item=soylent red][Item=incorporeal dinner][Item=withered rose][Item=hooded hen][Item=honeycomb fragment] ButtsPie just stared in disbelief at the ingredients for a few minuets. A ghost turkey. [i]A ghost turkey! How are you even supposed to eat that?? It's not corporeal! Does it even have a taste? Can you even cook it??[/i] And the other ingredients were "meats" too. The Nocturne eyed the soylent warily and sighed. He wasn't a gourmet chef, he was a baker, and not even as highly skilled as some of the dragons here. He just enjoyed making treats for his clanmates. "I wish I could just make one of my snail pies right now," he thought aloud. He had to pause for a few seconds after he realized what he said. [i]Of course! I can try a meat pie![/i] Sure none of the ingredients were snails, which was the closest he had ever come to working with meat, but the scallops and soylent were weird and slimy enough to be similar right? With renewed energy he set about his task. ButtsPie figured his first order of business was the soylent. The stuff didn't actually taste that bad when you couldn't smell it. He wanted to mash it up into a paste so it could fill in between the scallops, ghost turkey, and whatever else he decided to add. But what to do about the smell? He dug around in his bags for something that could make it a bit more appetizing. He triumphantly pulled out a withered rose. The smell was just as strong, but just a petal or two should be enough to mask the smell of the soylent without being overpowering. He ground them into the soylent. Next the scallops. They were raw so ButtsPie decided to cook them a bit first. He separated the meat from the shells, saving the shells for later, and got them started. Now the incorporeal dinner. ButtsPie sampled a bit of it first to determine what he was dealing with. It was, at least, physical but it didn't really have a taste. And it wasn't filling at all. Well, he had to use the ghost turkey in his dish but he felt like the pie needed another meat that actually had [i]matter.[/i] He decided to use a roasted hooded hen, strip the meat, and add that with the ghosty stuff. To make it a little sweet ButtsPie added a light honey glaze to both the dinner and the hen. When his meats were done he added them with the soylent and poured the whole thing in a pie crust. He prepared a plate for the finished pie, carefully arranging the pretty scallop shells around the edge. As ButtsPie stared at his oven nervously he prayed to Earthshaker that this idea would turn out alright.

[url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=72316] [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/350/724/72316_350.png[/img] [/url] Hikaze thought about the ingredients carefully, then set out to work. She started by taking some nice torta rolls and toasting them until they were lightly browned. Next, she took out some flour, eggs, butter, and a little bit of salt, mixing it up until she got a nice batter consistency. She set that to the side and took a large frying pot out, filling it with lots of oil and warming it up. She took out the scallops and popped them out of the shells, before dipping them in the batter and putting them into the pot to fry. Next, she mashed up the soylent red and mixed it with ketchup and some paprika and salt, hoping that it would taste good instead of like what soylent red USUALLY tasted like... She poured some of the mixture into a rammekin. She took out the fried scallops and set them on a towel so the excess oil could be absorbed, then moving them to a plate for presentation. She set the rammekin next the scallops and took a taste. Seemed alright to her, so she was moving on. She took out a block of pepperjack cheese and sliced it up, laying each slice on the bottom of a torta roll. She sliced the incorporeal dinner as well and laid it on top of each cheese slice. Finally, she took the rest of the soylent red sauce and spread it on the top bun of the torta roll, before putting it all together and toasting it in the oven for a few minutes each. She set them all on plates and took one of the sandwiches for herself to eat. She was hungry! "This is a turkey-cheese sandwich with a little bit of some spicy kick in it, along with some fried scallops and a nice dipping sauce on the side," she said proudly to the judge. ----- ----- @Eialyne If we missed a challenge, can we make it up at all? I wasn't feeling up to writing this past few days... ;^; Sorry for the ping!

[url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=23111612] [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/350/231117/23111612_350.png[/img] [/url] Well, this would be interesting. Snickerdoodle was worried about how the ingredients would taste. While the Hypnotic Scallop was actually quite tasty once you reached the actual meat, the Incorporeal Dinner was nearly flavorous. Not to mention the Soylent Red, which was infamous in her clan (thanks to the alchemist Moonslight) for its clay-like texture and questionable taste. Still, a challenge was a challenge, and Snickerdoodle wasn't going to back out of this one. [item=hypnotic scallop][item=vegetable oil][item=salt][item=Soylent Red] First Snickerdoodle scooped out the innards of the [b]Hypnotic Scallops[/b] and placed them in a frying pan with vegetable oil and some salt. While the scallops simmered, she chopped up the [b]Soylent Red[/b] into small chunks and placed then in the pan. Hopefully they would soften up and soak up some flavor from the rest of the dish. [item=Incorporeal Dinner][item=dried jerky][item=stubby squid] While those were cooking, Snickerdoodle added chunks of [b]Incorporeal Dinner[/b] along with dried jerky and stubby squids to add flavor. She stirred the mixture around until everything was fully cooked, and then placed the food onto a plate for the judges to try.

[center][b]Day 9 Entry -[/b] [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=8861723] [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/350/88618/8861723_350.png[/img] [/url][/center] Daria had taken a break from training up Eudoxia and Purl to relax and have fun cooking. She grinned as Ursus announced the region they'd be cooking cuisine from. Her very own flight! She scooped up the ingredients she needed: [item=Hypnotic Scallop][item=Soylent Red][item=Incorporeal Dinner] Interesting. Tricksy, too. But that was okay- she herself could be tricksy. Slicing the [b]Soylent Red[/b] in little jelly cubes, she placed them aside and began stirring together some [i]Flour[/i], [i]Butter[/i], [i]Milk[/i], and a sprinkle of [b]Salt[/b]. Then, she scooped out the insides of the [b]Hypnotic Scallops[/b], and pounded them into a paste. Adding in a bit of diced [b]Wild Onion[/b], [b]Fish Oil[/b], and slices of [b]Incorporeal Dinner[/b]. She mixed everything together, poured the mix it into a cake tin, and put it into the oven. While it baked, she set about making a gravy from the rest of the Incorporeal Dinner, and some flash-grilled meats. Gingerly adding a bit of [i]Purple Food Colouring[/i], she was delighted to see it turn a delicate lavender. She took the "cake" out of the oven, and let it cool before "icing" it with the gravy. For a final touch, she sprinkled [i]Salted Caramel Violets[/i] over the entire thing. She giggled mischievously, imagining the judge would bite into the cake, expecting it to be a fluffy, sweet, pastel, concoction lacking all the ingredients, and be prepared to disqualify her. But no! Hidden in the deceptively pale purple cake was a rich combination of savoury, hearty, flavours. Smiling, at the thought, she chuckled and waited with anticipation.