EVENT #04: SEA MONSTER HUNT AND FEASTING

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EVENT #04: THE GREAT SEA HUNT

With sharpened blades and loaded rifles, the Corsairs fan out across the Eternal Ocean. The Great Sea Hunt has begun once again. As the seas froth angrily from the horde of sea monsters, Corsair ships cut a path through. As the din of battle erupts across the Ocean, the Vault is undergoing heavy activity as other Corsairs begin preparing their grand feast.With the defeat of an Imperial Legion in their belts, all Corsairs are eager to make this hunt and this feast one to remember.

There will be open logs for each major category, as well as a wild card option for players to make their own. While these logs are roughly broken into roles, characters are free to tag in and out of whichever posts suit their fancy. The missions from planning and descriptions are repeated here for convenience:

MISSIONS

Monster Investigation: Characters will investigate where sea monsters are gathering for easier and more efficient culling.
Open to: Infiltrators
Hunt Monsters: Characters will go out on ships, and cull the raging sea monsters in the Eternal Ocean
Open to: Combatants
Prepare for the Parties: Characters will need to arrange and organize for the post-hunt celebration. There will be parties held in all major Corsair cities.
Open to: Negotiators
Provide for the Parties: Characters will need to prepare food, drink, and accomodations for the post-hunt celebration. There will be parties held in all major Corsair cities.
Open to: Suppliers

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[tisfinished]

Senshi is in his element and having the time of his life as he prepares a menu and acts as a chef, supervising himself and others in cooking. It’s a tremendous amount of work, but it’s work he enjoys - though he’ll ask for an army of helpers.

“Here’s what we’re going to need to do,” he says. “We need folks peeling and chopping vegetables - more onion, celery and carrot than you think we’ll need, with taters, cabbage, tomatoes and fruit besides.”

“We’ll need folks assembling salads and cooking vegetables. Green beans, braised cabbage, and mashed roots will go great with our mains.”

“We’ll need folks churning ice cream - a lot of ice cream. Take turns at the crank, we’ll make a few flavors. We’ve got loads of honey and fruit.”

“There’s bread and pies. We’ll need a lot of bread and pie, and to keep the central oven roaring hot. We’ll also put our soup and stewpots in that oven, sealed into iron pots with lids. Need a lot of charcoal and wood for that operation too.”

“And then there’s our pieces de resistance if you will - pot roasted Leviathan, and Kraken and vegetable tempura. Gonna need expert knifework for both of them, strong folk to sear a huge cut for the Leviathan shoulder and carrying the pot, and someone patient and observant to fry the kraken just right.”

“We got a huge job ahead of us, but we have a plan and everything we need. I know we can do it. Who’s with me?”

[upupatomway]

Atom's arm immediately shoots up in the air, and he squeezes past some of the gathered cooks who are taller than him. "Let me take the ice cream crank, Mr. Senshi!" Any opportunity to crank out ice cream was well worth the time.

Atom lowers his arm halfway as he gives the situation more thought, however. "Er. Should I start on ice cream or would I be more useful chopping onions? They don't make me cry."

[tisfinished]

"Tell you what," Senshi says, deliberately omitting the kid he's tempted to add; looks can be deceiving, as an old friend from the locksmith's union taught him. "Fill that crate with onions, then wash your hands again - you did wash your hands first, right? - and I'll get you cranking out a few gallons of ice cream plus a pint to take home for being a good sport."

[upupatomway]

"Yes, Sir! Washing hands is vital to the cooking process!" If he sounds like a cookbook for beginners, that's because he has the text from one he read before floating around at the forefront of his electronic brain for reference.

Atom goes to the counter where some of the volunteers had already started to peel onions, and he looks over the available knives. A reference to the cookbook memory suggests a chef's knife, and he picks one of the available blades without the serrated edge. It resembles what he had used the last time he tried cooking during a camping trip with friends where everyone pitched in to prepare a curry dinner.

While the memory of the last time he chopped vegetables is as photographic fresh as the day he recorded it, Atom hovers over the chopping board for a moment in hesitation. He had mostly chopped carrots and potatoes last time. How much pressure was required for onions exactly?

He bites his lip as the grabs the first onion and positions the knife, checking his finger position, regardless of the fact he couldn't be cut so easily.

[tisfinished]

“Good form,” Senshi observes. “Clawed hand presenting nothing to slice off. Just remember, it’s not an up and down motion; you rock the knife along the curve.”

[upupatomway]

"It's not up and down?" Atom had been chopping ingredients like any other beginner so far, and it occurs to him that he might have escaped correction because he was normally cooking alongside human children who did the same thing. "Can you show me what you mean?"

[tisfinished]

“Sure thing,” Senshi says.

He puts his hand over Atom’s to guide it, making a smooth, flowing forward motion - from the point of the knife all along the length of it’s blade.

And it does indeed cut through the onion much more quickly and cleanly that way.

“-got the hang of it?” he asks, releasing his hand.

[upupatomway]

"Thanks!"

Atom observes, storing away both the visuals and the position and movement of his hand under Senshi's guidance.

"That's what you mean by rocking," he realizes, as the knife slices easily through the layers of the onion. "It's so much easier! And from a calculative point of view, it's obvious now that I see it!" He chuckles, realizing Senshi might not be aware of what he can calculate as a robot. Another habit from home, where everyone knows what to expect from robotkind.

"You must be so used to chopping ingredients, you could do it in your sleep, huh?" Even living at The Vault, Atom had heard talk about Senshi's meals for the Flotsam troops.

[tisfinished]

"Had to learn from an early age how to cook for myself," he said. "Spent a lot of time in the wilderness and in Dungeons as part of my job - buying all your food gets expensive fast, so I foraged and hunted, and had to clean my own kills as well as cook it. Some of the best years of my life doing that," he says.

"You're a fast learner," he adds, a note of approval. "That bin will be full in no time. Did you tell me what kinda stuff you like flavoring your ice cream?"

Atom did not, yet, but Senshi thinks he'll need to get his proverbial mise en place.

[upupatomway]

"Wow. You must know how to make all kinds of things completely from scratch then!" Beyond what most people would consider scratch, for that matter. Straight from the source.

"I haven't come across an ice cream flavor I didn't like," Atom muses as he starts cutting the onions, slowly at first. "But... I guess I have a soft spot for vanilla, if we have any of that. A lot of people consider it plain and boring, but it was the first flavor I ever tried, and I think it's more delicious than people give it credit for..." He catches himself rambling. "Otherwise, a fruit flavor should be fine!"

[tisfinished]

“What kind of wealth were you born into, lad, when folks can call vanilla ‘boring?’” Senshi asks, in sincerity; he’s plain astonished at the thought.

“We haven’t got a fleck of it. We do have plenty of fruits to choose from, and honey besides - what d’ye think of plums? How about apple - we’ve some cinnamon to go with.”

raiding an imperial import ship full of food would be a fun player plot >_>

[upupatomway]

"My world has very fast transportation. Ingredients can be shipped anywhere in the world and arrive within days. And there are thriving international ice cream companies too."

If his flight was working like it did at home and there was no empire keeping watch over borders, Atom would try grabbing some far away ingredients to deliver to Senshi to try. Maybe an opportunity would come eventually; surely the wealthy aristocrats of the empire desired imported foods and such things were closer than they realized.

Atom nods enthusiastically at Senshi's flavor suggestions. "How about apple and cinnamon? I've never had that flavor in ice cream before. Only baked goods."

Yes. Yes it would be. :/g

[tisfinished]

“Alright then. Let me get everything together.”

He gathers his ingredients, and explains his methods:

“Pour this cream and the sugar into a well-frozen churner, and start it going. Meanwhile, skin the apples, and cut them into large dice.”

His gnarled, callused hands are surprisingly deft and graceful as he speedily does so, sweeping the half-inch cubes of apple into a large mixing bowl.

“Cover with sugar, grated cinnamon bark, nutmeg, and a squeeze of lemon juice; stir until completely coated…”

He brings the bowl to the ice cream maker. “…and once you think the ice cream is solid enough, add this, then churn it until it’s evenly distributed.”

We'll have to think about the details! Maybe invite a few more characters if it's a big ship

[upupatomway]

Atom watches Senshi's demonstration and all the fine details that he names off by memory. Atom's chopping slows as he gets to the last onion of his crate, also in awe at the art of ice cream making.

"Mr. Senshi... Have you ever thought of writing a cookbook?" he has to ask. If Senshi was from Atom's world he could have his own cooking show. "You explain it all so clearly!"