The Great Targonian Bake-Off!

(Source: Star Guardian Zoe Skin)

"Good Morning Everyone! Today is the First challenge! I want to see everyone in the kitchen for the first briefing in 25 minutes max! Any later than that and it'll cut your time available in this challenge!" Zoe's voice rang out through the intercom. I tried getting up, still a bit tired, but you arrived, late, but still arrived. There were no signs of Aurelion Sol, good. Zoe also didn't seem to be here.

"Welcome everyone!" So Atreus is animating it. "Your first challenge will be to bake a pastry or cake of YOUR choice! You can't follow a recipe by the letter, if you do, you will lose 25% of the total points you were supposed to gain. The two-judge for this first will be, the Summoner and I. You shall all have 2 hours to make this pastry. Your timer starts... N-!

Atreus was interrupted by Zoe popping out of one of her portals. "You forgot something! THE WINNER OF THE POPULARITY POLL!!! DRUM ROLL PLEASE!!!"

The sound of drum rolls fills the room, but there are no drums in sight.

"NEEKO IS THE WINNER! With 35.71% of the votes! Unfortunately, Evelynn and Rek'sai got NO VOTES, so you two are at risk of replacement!"

"What? How! I'm the first one to please him!" Evelynn complained into the void.

"Hey, I don't make the rules, if you complaine more, one of the cooks will replace you."

She was about to complain more but she didn't say anything. Rek'sai only seemed sad that she wasn't voted for.

"So Neeko! Your buff for this challenge, you will have the cooking talent of a 5 Star Chef, but it won't come with the experience or knowledge. On that note, everyone will have access to their kitchen and a non-descript tablet. You will be close enough to each other to speak to each other or sabotage each other, BUT doing so, and getting caught, IS cheating. Three strikes cause replacement with someone else OR loss of every buff given to your greatest rival. Evelynn by the by, you already have one." Zoe continued. "Now you can take it back Pantheon."

"Thanks. Trickster. Like I said, go to your stations! AND MAY THE BAKE OFF BEGUIN!!!"

Everyone ran to their stations, Aurora assisted Neeko and showed her how to use the cooking instruments and appliances that she knew how to use. Evelynn went out of sight, Rek'Sai tried her best to even put two ingredients together. Until now, she wasn't truly a human in mind, but an animal. A borrower of sand, no more than a brilliant animal. For the first half hour, Morgana was in the lead, but once Aurora finished showing Neeko what Atreus showed her. She got to her side of the kitchen, and VERY QUICKLY started to work on her pastry.

Aurora summoned little spirit companions to aid her in her pastry. She is quite efficient. Something is off though... That's when I realized that all the ingredients were raw. No jam, they all had to do it. That might another level of difficulty, I think Rek'Sai doesn't have a chance, and Aurora has the biggest advantage, although Neeko's buff might help her quite a bit.

Speaking of Neeko, as I look at her, she isn't wearing anything other than an apron tied tightly around her waist. There goes the first hour gone, you look back at Neeko, as she takes something out of the oven giving an emphasis on her bare ass. My train of thoughts gets interrupted voice.

"HEY! EVELYNN DON'T TAKE MY JAM." Aurora screamed at Evelynn as she runs with the jam, but you only notice Evelynn when Morgana was able to restrain her with her chains.

"God damn! Why???" Complained Evelynn, only to be scoffed by Morgana, Aurora got her jam back. And then Evelynn dropped through a portal, and make a clang in a cage close by. "Ow! What was that for!"

"Well, you cheated, and got caught, so you will now face those consequences! BEING A REPLACMENT!" Zoe said as a dramatic sound played out of nowhere. "Now! WHO WILL REPLACE THE DEMON OF LUST!?!"