Daycare 2

Day 5: Cooking Competition!

(Pt. 2)

"She turned into a freaking sword?!" Maaci exclaimed. "That's cheating!" Randi yelled at the judges. They merely shrugged. "I see no rules against magically turning into swords." Jacque remarked with a somewhat smug look. Maaci stared at Aspen and Razi as he used her to cut up what looked like octopus. Ace laughed. "They're making Pulpo A La Gallega. What's funny is that Aspen actually really hates seafood, so she's probably trying not to turn back now." He snickered.

"Oh, wait!" Maaci suddenly remembered as her attention snapped back to the large counter she and Randi were using. What they hadn't noticed, right next to where they place their tray when they're done. A small blue button was there. "What?" Randi questioned, following her gaze. "Right there, that must be the bonus Will mentioned earlier!" Maaci remarked, quickly walking over and pressing the button. It made a loud buzzing sound and Will almost fell out of the chair she seemed to be dozing off in. "What was that? Someone used the button??" She questioned, looking around frantically. "Someone used the button." Jacque nodded, unnamused at the loud buzzing. "Someone used the button!" Meika cheered.

"Alright!" Will quickly slipped out of her chair and stood up straight. "Finally! Now, what this button does! Well-- it doesn't do anything. It tells me that you need assistance, so my job now is to distract the team in first for five whole minutes!" Will cheered, jogging over to Aspen and Razi. She leaned over Razi to see what he was mixing up. "Ooh, what's this?" She hummed, sticking her finger in and licking it off. "Raw egg and olive oil." Razi simply stated, Will immediately spitting out the ill-tasting mixture.

"Pft." Meika looked to her side to see that Jacque was covering his mouth with a light blush on his cheeks. She let out a loud gasp and pointed to him, earning a glare in return. "Shut your piège." He hissed. She smiled and zipped her lips.

"Anyway..." Will glanced at Aspen, who was frying the octopus pieces with a slightly disturbed face. Will snickered and grabbed a fork. She picked up one of the pieces with her fork and held it closer to Aspen's face. "What, you don't like them?" She hummed. She wasn't able to enjoy Aspen's slightly panicked face due to her smacking it out of Will's hand. Will gasped and gave an offended look. "You...!" She took a deep breath and turned around to find something else to mess with.

Suddenly, she felt something hot and...slimy on the back of her neck. "Ah!!" She let out a squeak and immediately tried to wipe it off. The substance landed on the ground and she noticed that it was a piece of octopus. She looked back to the fork she had used earlier and noticed that it was the specific piece that she had picked from the pan. Will gaped at Aspen. "Aspen, don't play with your food." Razi stated simply, still working on his own side of the counter. "Oops." Aspen giggled.

Will looked back at her fellow judges, who were desperately trying to hold back laughter. She looked at Aspen, then Razi, then the judges again in disbelief before a loud buzzing sound came from the button that Maaci had previously pressed, signing that the five minutes were up.

Will huffed and stormed back to her seat, her neck still burning slightly. "She's slick." Gabby remarked, looking back at Ace, who nodded knowingly.

In the end, Aspen and Razi still won the round. And the next. Maaci and Randi still getting second place both times. "Now then!" Will looked at the two remaining teams. "The last challenge is my personal favorite. Pie!!" Will cheered. Jacque gave a look. "Your favorite food is pie? Of all things?" He grumbled. "Yes!" Will hummed. "I agree. That's quite simple." Meika remarked with a wry grin.

"Whatever.." Will huffed. "Anyway, this round will have no bonus' or anything of the sort. Instead, create a neat yet simple pie of any flavor! And it definitely won't be judged by favorites! Anyway, get started, mini-bakers!!" Will quickly cheered. "I'm not fond of pie anyways." Jacque sighed. "Si, yo tambien. Not my type." Meika remarked. "You monsters..!" Will exclaimed, dramatically.