A Plate of Resolve

Facility Event: A Dash of Disaster

Episode 5

A Plate of Resolve

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After the Meal

Summary

Valerio overcomes Picaro's interference with a menu of sandwiches, and their brilliant taste and simplicity puts the pressure on his foe. But during the climax, the ever-hungry Nimis appears on the scene. *sigh* Why is nothing ever easy around here...?

Dialogue

And...finished! Deluxe, tongue-teasing sandwiches, with more to come in every stripe and shade! Dude, those are legit lookin' sammies, but are they really enough for this here fancy-pants competition?

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From an ingredient standpoint, this is the best he could have done. We'll just have to hope they taste as good as they look. OHOOOO HO HO HO! THIS is your plan? A sad smorgasbord of sandwiches? Ohoooo ho ho! This pathetic picnic fare stands no chance against my gourmet selections! I have top-caliber meals wrought by the hands of countless skilled chefs! Each dish is a journey into the heart of sumptuousness itself!

The vegetables are a radiant forest! The gravy is a veritable ocean! One sniff is enough to know you have found the epitome of flavor! It is a world that lives and breathes on my will alone! A world of a thousand perfect plates!

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Be quiet, make your food, and give it to people already. Silence! I've been waiting for YEARS to make that amazing speech! Ah, but I suppose it matters not. My victory is assured. See how the audience is snatching at my plates with their greedy, calloused paws? All that remains now is for me to win. The commonfolk have never even SEEN plates such as mine! But your meager offerings, on the other hand... You took your mishmash of ingredients and prepared them as they came, ending up with a sad smattering of sandwiches! I would have withdrawn before suffering the ignominy of putting up such pathetic finger foods against my offerings! Oh my gosh, will he EVER shut up?! Let him talk. He's forgotten the most important thing about being a chef. And what is that? You will know before long. For now, we're well on our way to a thousand happy stomachs!

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My plates aren't coming back! Why? Whyyyyyyy?! I'm sorry, chef, but a lot of these people say this food isn't, um...to their taste. The tongue of the lowly workman should BE so lucky to have this caliber of food! Why, I even stuffed caviar inside other, larger pieces of caviar! A chef must know their audience as well as they know the food. These peasants' tongues are broken! How else could they not enjoy such amazing, high-class cuisine?! Don't blame your guests when you're the one cooking up half-measures. From haute cuisine to home cooking, the number-one job of a chef is making sure the diner likes their food. Did you prepare your food with confidence and resolve? Were you certain that every patron's tongues would be satisfied? That is... Er... Good food gives people life. And if you would serve food, you must become one with your guest, support them, and share that life with them. Those who do not have such resolve are not fit to wield a kitchen knife! Strut and crow all you like, you sad little man—it is only jealousy I hear pouring from your mouth. Picaro is superior! Picaro will ALWAYS be superior! I wonder about that... We've only got 30 sandwiches to go. Once we give them out and they come back empty, we'll be at a thousand. By my beloved chafing dish! I still have 50! It's because we aren't trying to give people a full-course meal on one plate. I'm going to lose because your food IS EASIER TO EAT?! HMPH! Where's he buzzing off to? Just let him go. Now, what's in those 30 sandwiches that are left? They're dessert-type stuff. And like we planned, once a guest comes back who's finished their first plate... Hmm? What's that sound? It seems...familiar. Valerio, we've got trouble! Nimis is headed this way! What?! Cleo gave him some food so he'd behave, but then Picaro let him out! And the way it's lookin' right now, he's gonna bring down the Hungerdome! All of you should evacuate the guests. Mitsuba and I will manage here. Got it. Let's hurry, everyone! What's Picaro's endgame here? I have no idea what he's plotting unless... No. It couldn't be!