GAME 10 - SAGE

[teamposts]

[You are ushered into a small cave. Once you're there, bars drop down in front of the entrance. You can't see any of the other teams, but you can still speak to Dragon.]

Comments

[lackspresence]

[ ... this is a lot more tame than I thought it would be. ]

[appleofhiseye]

...With this, we can make...a few things.

[lackspresence]

Yes.

I'm not knowledgeable in cooking, but this seems to be a simple enough recipe.

[appleofhiseye]

Is it? We could make a drink, right?

[lackspresence]

.. Ah. Yes, hot cocoa is a drink.

[appleofhiseye]

Do you know how to make it?

[lackspresence]

Vaguely, yes.

[appleofhiseye]

Then we'll do that one.

[noyolo]

[ummmm]

... Well.

[appleofhiseye]

Do you know of something we could make with this?

[noyolo]

The recipe seems to be... a drink, yes? A hot drink.

If we were to combine sugar and the unsweetened cocoa, we could then stir it into warm milk, correct?

[appleofhiseye]

Oh, that sounds like it would work nicely.

[noyolo]

Ah, but... milk can burn, I believe, so heating it slowly is important.

[appleofhiseye]

We aren't going to be heating it, correct? So as long as we say so in our instructions, it should be fine.

[noyolo]

I hope so.

[lackspresence]

It seems we were given an easy recipe.

[noyolo]

So it would seem, although I am not sure I understand the purpose of both cream and milk in our recipe.

[lackspresence]

I know there's milk in hot cocoa.. but the cream, I'm not sure of.

[noyolo]

We could add it at the end, I suppose, to return the hot drink to a cooler temperature?

[lackspresence]

I have never heard of hot cocoa like that, but it could be possible.

...

Perhaps it's a topping...

[havesomedecency]

Aster, a moment?

[noyolo]

Yes?

[havesomedecency]

Do you understand the implications of this game and the rules that have been set before us?

[noyolo]

I understand the implication is that only half of the teams will live, and that the means of deciding the half that lives will be the cooking contest.

[havesomedecency]

Then you know that the burden that's been placed in our hands is to fight not only for our team's survival but also to ensure that one of the other teams will be denied their own?