"And the group that had the most amount of food is...the Blackberry team!"
"We won! We did it!" Almond Cookie happily said.
Sitting in a group, the Cookies of the Blackberry team all high-fived with each other in this joyous moment, Almond Cookie once again teaching Roguefort Cookie how to high-five.
"Every other team performed amazingly as well! The food you collected was far more than we expected, so expect to have a feast today! Blackberry team, you now have an advantage in the next challenge."
Salt Cookie thought the advantage was probably going to help them in the challenge.
"It is now 1 pm, and you will have your next activity - preparing your jellies for your lunch and dinner. Now, you will have one and a half hours to prepare and cook your jellies. Look outside; each team has a cooking station, with all the utensils you will need. "
"Almond Cookie, have you ever cooked before?" Roguefort whispered.
"Not really, I've helped in the kitchen...how about you?"
"I've cooked a few meals."
"You now have 10 minutes to discuss with your teammates your duty allocation and what you are going to make. Your time starts now!"
All the Cookies immediately started talking, filling the hall with noise.
"Okay, what can we make?"
"We have bean jellies, "Buttercream Choco started off, "we can make something with that."
"What about Roguefort? What do you have?"
"Oh, me? Almond and I got a whole sack of Apple Bear Jellies."
"Nice, that's how we won...anyways, how about mixing those two to create an Apple Bear and Bean Jelly Salad?" Salt Cookie suggested.
"We can use the pink ones, those are sour, they will add a nice touch to the sweetness of those Apple Bear Jellies."
"So is that the final decision?"
All the Cookies looked at each other, everyone nodding in agreement.
"Then Jelly Salad it is, I know how to make that." Prophet Cookie confirmed.
"How about tonight? What do we have?" Buttercream Choco asked.
"Well, we can have the fish Salt and Prophet caught."
"Oh, and we can have those Jelly Frogs," Almond added.
"Huh?!"
All the Cookies of the group stared at Roguefort and Almond in shock.
"What? Didn't we tell you? We caught 2 Jelly Frogs."
"That's insane! They're really rare...I've never had any myself."
The other Cookies agreed with a series of "Yeah"s and "Me too"s.
"Actually, I don't think any of us have had Jelly Frogs. We can try them tonight."
"Nice! We're going to have a feast! We can also have the rest of the bean jellies."
"Alright then, time for duty allocation..."
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"Almond! That's not how you're supposed to slice Apple Bear Jellies!"
"Then how am I supposed to?!"
"You're not supposed to dice them all into cubes?! Have you ever handled these before?"
"Uh, no?!"
"Roguefort! Go help Almond out with the Apple Jellies!!"
"Alright!"
It was chaos in the Blackberry team's kitchen.
Despite being the best team in the search for food, only Salt Cookie was rather experienced in cooking, and to make matters worse, he'd only handled fish and seafood before. The others had little to no experience, only having bits of information on how to use the complicated machines.
Luckily for them, it was only a salad, so they didn't need to handle any electronic devices or stoves. Who knows what would happen if they were given stoves to handle?
"I told you to use the pink bear jellies! Those are orange!"
"Salt told me to use the orange ones as well!"
"Salt Cookie!!" Buttercream Choco shouted.
"You literally only have, like, 10 pink ones, okay?!"
The other teams, on the other hand, were doing fine; every team at least had one experienced member that could lead the other teams, which led the instructor's focus on the Blackberry team's chaos.
"Hey, uh, need some help?"
A female Cookie from the Cranberry team came over to the chaotic Blackberry team's kitchen, helping Almond and Roguefort slice the Apple Bear jellies, which they were evidently struggling on; they didn't even know how to hold a knife and slice correctly.
"Hey, aren't you that Cookie from before that shook the tree?" Almond questioned, admiring the quick slicing skills of the Cookie.
"I think you're Cream Cookie?" Roguefort Cookie asked.
"Yep," Cream Cookie answered while continuing to expertly slice the jellies, "my whole family are a bunch of foodies and some are very good chefs, so I learnt a lot from them."
"Woah, you're really skilled..."
"Want me to teach you two?" Cream Cookie asked, slicing the jellies in minutes that would have taken the two unexperienced Cookies hours.
"Sure. Okay, now watch me, you have to put your hand right here, hold the knife like this, and slice it like this..."
~♤~
"She sliced more Apple Bear jellies in 5 minutes than you two did in an hour."
The meal was finally completed with the help of Cream Cookie, and the rest of the teams also successfully made their meals. They were now sitting in the cafeteria, everyone was exhausted, but they had to listen to the instructors' feedback first before eating.
Soon enough, the female instructor appeared holding a mic.
"All four teams performed generally well, and the Cranberry Team finished first, Blackberry last. The team that performed best was undoubtedly Cranberry team, with an extremely appetizing dish. How many of you actually cooked a meal for the first time today?"
Multiple Cookies raised their hands, including Almond and Buttercream Choco, while the others murmured among themselves about how most Cookies from the Blackberry team haven't cooked before.
"We didn't tell you, but there are multiple advantages you can gain from this activity."
A male voice echoed through the cafeteria, and as if it were magic, a male instructor was standing next to the female instructor.
"When did he get here?" Roguefort asked Almond in a small voice.
"I have no idea," Almond replied.
"However, only one of you actually did something to gain those advantages. Cream Cookie, you helped the Blackberry team when they were in a pinch, correct?"
"Yes, sir." Cream Cookie answered.
"That was an admirable act. Because of this, you gained a personal advantage. Please stay behind after the meal so the instructors may tell you what it is."
Out of nowhere, Almond started clapping for Cream Cookie. Roguefort soon joined, and soon enough, everyone was clapping for her.
"Thanks, guys," she said with a smile.
"Now, I'm fairly sure you all are getting hungry."
"Let's eat!"
Almond and Roguefort started to eat, not noticing a deathly glare from a certain Cookie with glasses.
~♤~
[Originally published Mar 2020]
Author's note:
Chapter four is done!
Cream Cookie is a huge foodie in this story, and she's still not in Ovenbreak. :(
Anyways, we're just getting started, the bombshell hasn't dropped.
Drop a vote if you're excited for what's to come next~!
See you in the next chapter!
Next chapter:
"What happened, Roguefort? What in the world happened?"
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"Roguefort, catch up with him," the female instructor told him, "make sure he's fine, and you two are exempt from the next challenge if you wish."
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"That book, it contains information. Proof that all you Nuts are twisted and evil."
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