25 Days of Egos

Day 2: Hot Chocolate

Hey guys, Butterlover328 here with Day 2 of Ego Christmas!! Now I've gotta tell you, this story kept me writing all day. I literally was writing this story for about 24 hours, except for sleeping and a few breaks. I started it late last night and just finished it about ten minutes ago. As a result, I don't know how well this turned out, but I'm glad that I finished it, so I'm posting it anyways. This story also includes a lot of my personal headcanons about the egos, so if you have any questions, feel me to ask me in the comments and I'll definitely answer them. Anyways, I want to get this out before midnight, so I'll see you guys tomorrow with Day 3: Snow. Bye!!

~Butterlover328

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"Dude, I'm so gonna kick your ass in this. I've been making this stuff for years."

"Not if I slit your throat first."

"You guys do realize this isn't a competition, right?? You're just making hot chocolate." Jackie stated, interrupting Chase's and Anti's squabbling as he pulls out the marshmallows they had bought specifically for this occasion.

Chase's eyes sparkle, and you can practically see a light bulb turning on above his head as he snaps his fingers.

"What if we did make it a competition??" He suggested, a smile tugging at the corner of his mouth. "We can all judge each other's hot chocolates, and then we can vote to find out who makes the best!!"

"I like the idea, Chase-" Schneeplestein says, placing the mug he just grabbed from the cupboard on the countertop in front of him. "-But how are we going to judge the hot chocolates without being biased??"

JJ waves his arms high above his head to grab their attention and points to his hat with a cheeky grin. All the others stare at him blankly as they try to decipher his movements, but since they're still trying to get used to his mannerisms, no one's able to figure out what he was trying to say.

Eventually, JJ sighs as he pulls out the little notebook he keeps in his back pocket and grabs the pen from behind his ear. He scribbles down his message on a fresh page and hands it to Marvin, the closest ego to him, to read out loud to the others.

"Oh, that's a great idea!!" Marvin exclaimed as his eyes perused the paper. "Guys, JJ suggested that we pick numbers out of his hat, and the number we get corresponds to the order we present our hot chocolate!!"

"But won't we recognized which cups belong to who when they're presented??" Jackie asked.

"Not if I make enough duplicate mugs to that they all look the same. We'll just leave our number by our mugs so that we can still identify who made what." Marvin explained.

"And what happens when it's our hot chocolate being judged??" Schneep wondered, pointing out the one flaw to this plan.

Marvin, Chase, and JJ exchanged glances, but none of them had any ideas, so Chase just shrugged his shoulders.

"Eh, we'll cross that bridge when we get there. So, are you in??"

Jackie nodded. "I think it'd be a cool idea, but we'll need to make another trip to the store to get the supplies we need."

"We can do that." Marvin said, turning to face the doctor. "Schneep??"

Schneeplestein still looked a little skeptical, but he knew that it was at lost cause as he glanced at the hopeful looks on their faces, so he just sighed in defeat. "Fine, I'll do it. But I still don't see how we're going to judge this."