The Contest Begins

Facility Event: A Dash of Disaster

Episode 1

The Contest Begins

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Passionate Rivals

Summary

The Orichalcum Chef is a grand contest to find the world's greatest culinary artist. But when the venue for this festival of flavor is attacked by a hungry dragon, the prince and his friends offer to hold it at the castle. Now it's out of the frying pan and into the fire for everyone!

Dialogue

Orichalcum Chef Contest
The Hungerdome
Epicureans, foodies, and devotees of flavor alike...the moment you've all been waiting for is here at last!

Your taste buds will trill with delight as our culinary warriors throw down their oven mitts in a contest to find out who is the greatest. This is...Orichalcum Chef! Our competition sees first-rate culinary artisans from lands near and far come to the most sacred of gourmet battlegrounds: THE HUUUUUNGERDOOOOOME!

(I swear on my honor as a Nanakusa that I'm NOT going to lose today.)

(I've gathered top-shelf ingredients, and it's time to prove I'm worthy of being called the world's greatest chef.)

(I must see my dreams made reality... And to do that, I must be the champion!) What manner of mouth-watering meals will our chefs create, and who among them will return home with the honor of being crowned a culinary master?!

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Hot damn, I thought that guy would never shut up. The only kinda gum-flappin' I like is the one where I'm eatin' a turkey leg! Yes, but we sure had an eventful couple of days leading up to this, didn't we? A few days earlier...
Nimis HUNGRY! Nimis need to EAT! Nooo, stop! Stop eating all the food! You're making an absolute disaster of the storehouse! Waaaah! He ate my paaaancakes! That giant thing can't actually be a DRAGON, right?! Hungry Hungry Dragon

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Nimis
Hang on. I came here for a cooking contest, not to watch some big fat dragon get bigger and fatter! Well, we need to stop it before we don't have two graham crackers left to rub together. C'mon, everyone! Gwargh! Oh no! It caught me! NOOOOO! IT'S GONNA EAT HIM! *sigh* Good night, sweet prince. I'll make sure there are always pretty flowers on your grave. Hello there, friend. You talk Nimis? I talk Nimis indeed. You do realize that you are gobbling up all the ingredients for the cooking contest, yes? Now then, if you could be so kind as to put that gentleman down and behave yourself, I will prepare you a much tastier treat. Nimis want treats! Whew! Thought I was a goner there. Thank you very much, er... I am Valerio. A chef. Genius Chef

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Valerio
Buddy, you better be some kind of crazy SUPER chef if you're planning to whip up a treat that satisfies Ol' Gutbomb here! Allay your fears, good faerie. For I wear the mantle of chef precisely that I might create tongue-dazzling meals for guests! These scattered vegetables will make the basis of a fine meal. Then a bit of this... And for the final touch... He's...he's incredible. Bon appétit, my hungry friend.

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Mmm... Look tasty... *nibble* TASTY! SO TASTY! *chomp* *horf* *snorfle* I can't believe you stopped a rampaging dragon with the power of COOKING! We owe more than we can say, Valerio. Oh, I'm Prince Euden, and these are my friends. Are you here to compete in the cooking competition that's happening soon? Indeed. And as you do not appear to be chefs yourselves, might I assume you are patrons of the gastronomic arts? I ain't sure what that word means, but I'll tell ya who's got two thumbs, a grumbly belly, and wants to watch some cookin'! THIS GUY! ...Oh, and my pals, yeah? But how will they ever hold such a competition when that dragon ate a full half of the ingredients? Leave it to ol' Ranzal, 'cause I gots me a plan. What say we have 'em sling hash back at the Halidom instead?! That's a fine idea, Ranzal; the nearby woods should provide us with more than enough ingredients. Oh man, I can't wait what to get all them fancy chefs under our roof...and then eat EVERYTHING THEY MAKE! While we are grateful for your proposal, the Orichalcum Chef competition has a long and storied history. Our contest has always been held within the hallowed halls of the Hungerdome, and there it must remain. Oh, come on! We got a freakin' CASTLE! Perhaps there is yet a way for us to make this work. You there! Dragon most voracious! You talk Nimis? I do indeed. Do you see this stadium? If you can uproot it from its current spot and carry it to the castle, I will personally see to it that you receive a banquet fit for dragon royalty. What say you? Nimis do anything to eat! Well, there can be no eating without honest work, so if you would be so kind? Nimis...lift...FOR FOOOOOOD! Holy refried beans! He yanked the whole stadium right outta the ground! Could he really be intending to carry it all the way to the Halidom? Are you kiddin' me? I'D carry the damn stadium if it meant I got to chow down. Now hurry up and follow that dragon!

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...What an unexpected series of events. Still, I'm glad things seem to be going off without a hitch now. I can't WAIT to see all this chow, and I can't wait even MORE what to eat it! ...Oh, and see who wins, I guess. And now, our gastronomic virtuosos will let fly spatulas and sous-vide steaks in the battle to be named the Orichalcum Chef. Good luck to all, and...ALLEZ CUISINE!