Twisted-Wonderland: Our Precious Treasure (Part 1)

(22) TCT: Seven-Colored Deliciousness

"Yosh! Everyone!" Cater waved to his phone scene. It was on selfie mode, recording live for his magicam account. "We're here, live at the Night Raven College Kitchen!" He walked backward toward Trey and put his arm around his shoulder. "Tell me, Masterchef Trey, what are we doing today?"

Trey chuckled as he tied his apron behind his back. "Special mont blanc with some tutty-fruity topping!"

"Oh~ Sound delicious!" Cater then moved the camera to the group of first-years who are preparing the chestnut on an oven tray. "And these are our mini helpers! Say hi, boys!"

Grim was excited, waving his paws to the camera, while Ace threw up a peace sign and he threw his arm around Jonah himself looked confused. Glancing at his friends, he decided to give an awkward wave. Meanwhile, Deuce was sulking in the background.

"Hey, what's happened to him?" Cater asked, turning the camera to Ace.

Ace visibly winched. "Chick shock..."

"I've been lied to for sixteen years..." muttered Deuce. Lucky for him, it didn't get caught by the camera. Cater focused the camera on himself again.

"We'll be recording bits by bits through the process. So stay tune~!"

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"We have two teams here!" Cater said, as he shot the two occupied counters with normal camera mode. He walked toward Trey and Ace. "What's going on here, boys?"

Ace was busy drawing a large size circle on a piece of parchment paper. This was the first time they had ever seen Ace in complete focus.

"We'll be making the meringues." Cater moved the camera on to Trey who just spoke. "The oven is pre-heated and now for the ingredients." Trey took out a large bowl and cracked the eggs before adding the salt and started beating it.

"Ace, help me put the tartar cream for a second," he said, still focusing on beating.

"Gotcha!" Ace said as he put down the pencil for a moment and put in the cream of tartar in the bowl. Trey said his thanks and Ace went back to his drawing. Taking out another parchment paper, he started to draw some smaller circles of the same size.

"We'll be moving the other side~" Cater walked toward the other counter where Deuce, Jonah, and Grim were on the chestnut peeling duty. "How is it going so far~?"

"Look, look!" Grim suddenly flew so close to the camera that Cater needed to step back. "See how clean they are? I'm the best at these. Compare to those two!"

Deuce stopped, looking so offended. "I peeled them cleanly, too!" He raised the peeled chestnut in his hand. "Take a look for yourself!"

Cater zoomed in to the chestnut. "Oo~ Those are good!" He then turned to Jonah who was very focused. "Whoa! Jonah! Look at that!" Cater picked up the nearly full bowl of peeled chestnut and Jonah was still going. "You're good at this! So quick."

Jonah raised his head. "What?" He glanced at his chestnut. "It was easy." Awkwardly, he gave the camera another wave, making Cater laughed.

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"Look at these guys!" Cater raised the whisk from the bowl of stiff meringue. "Perfectly whisked!" He then moved to Trey who just finished putting the meringue into a pastry bag. "Now, pay attention! You're about to see a masterpiece!"

Trey piped the meringue slowly onto one of the small circles that Ace just drew. It fit perfectly into the circle and Cater cheered. "Like a master!" Trey pushed his glasses up to his nose. He then gave the pipping bag to Ace who followed Trey's example, nearly as perfect as his senior. "Whoa! You're good at this!"