[U4G - We're officially dead!] Quest for the Godwich

[animatedBlasphemy]

>Laila: Wink at him in a mischievous manner

OH BABY.
You've turned the "HOT" dial on the SEXY oven all the way up to ELEVEN by proceeding to give your rival a mischievous wink AND by throwing in a kiss.
This will surely perturb him! Oh what fun!

Your rival then proceeds to shove his middle finger up at you.

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Gee, that was rude.

>Laila: PUNCH HIM, PUNCH HIS SMUG STUPID FACE

That sounds like a good idea! You used to punch him around when you two were in grade school. You always got a kick out of it, but he never seemed to like it... It was probably something to do with your cold metal fingers- OH WHO COULD THIS BE?

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Oh it's one of your assistants who is going to be accompanying you on your journey for the GODWICH!
His name is SOUP.
SOUP likes to speak in some weird moon-speak language that you have never understood, and never will understand.

He's saying something over and over about... Clams? Clam chowder? Clam file? Oh! He's saying CLAN. ...You guess? Huh...
Oh... You know what he wants..

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Goood GODWICH, he wants you to HELP him again...
Just because you're some big super star Chef doesn't mean you've gotta help EVERY SINGLE SOLITARY PERSON with their STUPID STUPID FOOD RELATED PROBLEMS. (And in this city, it's ALWAYS food related)
It's enough stress to turn your ETERNAL SMILE to a THREATENING SCOWL.
It's also enough to make you wish you were your pathetic RIVAL. Even or just a second. He's so unpopular that he doesn't have to deal with this mess. A life of solitude... What a great thing that must be...
But that's not your life, and unfortunately it probably won't be for a while!
So, what do you do about this?

[98714123340]

Delegate the work to your rival he probably has loads of free time.

[Kíeros]

Delegate the work to your rival he probably has loads of free time.

Agreed. If you're nicer to him, then stuff will happen, and you can distract him and get to the godwich easier.

[OldManRupee]

Be the rival.

[Yako]

Delegate the work to your rival he probably has loads of free time.

Be sure to make it sound like the super specialest job a man could possibly have and emphasize how popular he will be doing this ultra-important favor for you.

[Solaris]

No wait! If we do it like that, then he will KNOW that something is up.
Let's use reverse psychology, going up and at first offering him Soup's quest then correcting ourselves, saying that he probably doesn't need to do such a ultra-important and notoriety gaining job nope, later, see ya.

[animatedBlasphemy]

>Laila: Delegate the work to your rival, he probably has loads of free time

That sounds like a good idea! You'll mention the popularity he might get and he'll be like pudding melting in your hands!

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"HEY."

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RIVAL: "You know as well as anyone that my door doesn't work."

He's right. When you two were children, your GRANDFATHER had beaten that door down with his MAGIC CANE shifting its dimensions and the reality of the house itself.
You think.

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LAILA: "Hey there~"
RIVAL: "What do you want?"
LAILA: "Nothing much! Just a favor!"
RIVAL: "...What kind of favor?"
LAILA: "It's nothing! I was just hoping you could help my friend SOUP with one of his problems! You see, I'm really busy! Trying to go on my Quest for the Legendary Godwich and all that... So I was hoping you could take care of this for me!"
Your RIVAL looks interested, but not impressed.

>Laila: Use reverse psychology

LAILA: "Then again... you probably don't need all that popularity that'll come from helping out not only a citizen, but from helping ME! I on the other hand could use the popularity..."
RIVAL: "Wait wha-"

>==>

LAILA: "Au revoir, love~"
RIVAL: "WAIT."

>==>

RIVAL: "Fine, I'll THINK about it."
LAILA: "Good enough for me! SOUP is over there if you need him, saying something about clams in moon-speak."
RIVAL: "He's saying 'CLAN'S COMING.' And it's not moon-speak, it's SPANISH, you idiot."
LAILA: "Whatever you say! Ta ta!"

>Laila: Be the RIVAL

You cannot be the RIVAL! You are too busy being you and he is too busy being him!
If you really wanted to be him, you should have chosen the BOY CHARACTER back at the CHOOSE YOUR GENDER station.
So instead of thinking what it would be like to be your RIVAL, you think of some places where you could recruit, or gather supplies for your QUEST.
The first two places that come to mind are the TAVERN and the MAGE'S HUT. You could go to either of those places, or you could think of another place to go to! The choice is yours!

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>Be the boy

You are now the boy! A really disgusted boy!
As previously mentioned YOU are the best darn chef in all of Culinary Crossing.
Actually that's a total lie. You are actually considered the WORST chef in all of Culinary Crossing. However, that TOTALLY IS NOT YOUR FAULT. You would much rather be a FLORIST but you kinda fell into the whole baking thing...
The best chef is actually your STUPID STUPID AWFUL NEIGHBOR.
GOD she makes you so mad.
You just wanna scream!
Scream that, "I, BLANKITY BLANK, OF BLAKITY BLANK'S BLANKERY AM THE BETTER CHEF."
But you can't really scream that because your name isn't actually BLANKITY BLANK and your bakery's name isn't actually BLANKITY BLANK'S BLANKERY... Bakery.
You actually got so mad that you FORGOT the proper nomenclature of yourself AND your store.
Way to go, stupid.

Ugh. What were those names again?

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NOTE: The Boy has not received the quest from Laila yet, this is all the way back at the same time where Laila received her name. You have to get him to that point! As for what to command, you can command either character, or both!
This is why the mirror works better for casual reading, though, since it's divided into two separate adventures. Regardless, I'll continue to post here.

[Solaris]

Benson Rigby

Benson's

[supersinger472]

Chef Gordon Ramsey

Hell's Kitchen

[animatedBlasphemy]

Can we get a SHAMELESS SELF BUMP UP IN HERE?
YEAH WE CAAAAAAAAAAAN.

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why do all my adventures end up with little replies? What am I doing wrong? ;-;

[gloomyMoron]

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why do all my adventures end up with little replies? What am I doing wrong? ;-;

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It's not so much what you're doing wrong. Your adventure is adorable. The art is great and it's one of the favorites, in my opinion. But it's too good, in a sense. I've seen it before. It is too well-polished and it feels like suggestions aren't really needed to progress the story. Like you know where you want it to do. It's definitely a top tier adventure, but it also also done in the older style of adventures long past. These are just my opinions, but I think it's that doesn't allow speculation the same way other adventures do. Flaws or hooks. Intrigue. This way requires you to build the world and is slower to start. Adventures do better within established universes because they're established. Some are extraordinary, others are just familiar so they get more views and suggestions. Being in the cradle doesn't help. Comments always seem scarcer in the Cradle, even for good adventures. Original adventures take longer to build up the world and the characters, so they are slower to progress. Other adventures, including U4G ones, have had the same problems. Visio Umbrae has the same 4 or 5 suggesters and so do other adventures (I'm one of them for many). So, uh, point is... there are a variety of factors that are at play. It feels like we're not being given meaningful choices (names aren't that meaningful anymore) and the adventure suffers from needing to develop the world and characters which takes longer. Having the Flashes as the opening with a link to the mirror rather than a picture with a link to the flash might have off put some people. I don't know. I'm rambling.

> Alynn Godwich, named such after your great-great-great-great-granduncle who is said to have been the first to make the Godwich. The name of your shop is: "God's Own Brans and Breads Bakery" or "Gobb-ery" for short, though only since you became head chef. You suspect it to be called that in mocking, at least.

[Yako]

Your name is Morales "Muffin" Excellence.

Your bakery is called the Muffin Tin, despite its wide range of products-- it's where you got your nickname.

ETA:

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why do all my adventures end up with little replies? What am I doing wrong? ;-;

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gloomy hit the biggest points-- cradle doesn't get looked in often, original adventures take a long time to gain a readerbase-- but I'd just like to add a few more!
The time of day you are updating tends to be pretty important. I don't know where you live, but updating at night in the EST timezone tends to get a lot less replies than adventures that update in the morning or afternoon, EST. If getting a lot of replies is important to you, then this is something to think about.
Second, I'd like to add for to the names thing-- my new advice for U4G is "don't ask audience to name your characters." See, your biggest readerbase right now is probably going to be people that follow this whole contest. If they're like me, they'll have named close to about 30 characters. It's more than a little tiring and you're probably not getting a lot because of that.
As a third note, though I understand your disappointment, the most important thing to do is keep updating if your heart's in it! There have been times when I've only gotten one suggestion, but a single suggestion is still enough to move forward. And my adventure languished in suggestion-sparse slums for about 10 pages before my readerbase started commenting regularly. It took a lot of time and a lot of pain, but I can say it was worth it. I hope it is for you, too!

[OldManRupee]

Matthew Baker

Baker's Bakery and Flower Arrangement Establishment

[TwoKillerMockingbirds]

Matthew Baker

Actually, You're Matthew Baker Jr, the same name as your great father, a ridiculously well-known chef. You never really knew him growing up, but with a name like that, you were practically forced into the buisness

[OldManRupee]

Also, you look like this

[animatedBlasphemy]

>Heck's Kitchen

"Heck's Kitchen" huh? That might be a good place to start!
The owner of that restaurant, GORDON (pronounced gore-DOn, with emphasis on the O. He always emphasized the emphasis...) was a foreign exchange student from the universe HEXTRACK 7 (formerly known as the UNDERWORLD) who camped out on your college dorm's courtyard during his stay in your universe, CULLRITE 23.
He loved to sit out back and grill sausages on his sickle, but his specialty was always Soulcabobs.
With his Major in Culinary Artifacts and Minor in the Soul Stewing, GORDON seems like a wonderful candidate to join your quest!

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You pick up the phone and decide to call him right away!

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"Hello?"

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Oh no... It's his WIFE. Your former room-mate in college and current hatred.

"Hello? Do you have the wrong number?"

You murmur what could possibly be considered a mix between the sound someone makes when a cake has been smashed into their face and the sound of receiving an electric shock.
You literally have no idea what to say.
What should you say?


AUTHOR NOTE:

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Thanks everyone for their kind words and suggestions! I'll take every bit of advice to the fullest of extents that I can. Hopefully I'll work out a better schedule, AND I'll get out of the Cradle soon! (half way there!) Thanks again!
Also, I improvised this since I haven't picked out a good name for the boy yet. I took the "Hell's Kitchen" idea and swapped which character it was directed towards. I also changed it to "Heck's Kitchen" to avoid copyrights and blah blah. TOMORROW I will name the boy!

[suomynonAyletamitlU]

> Make the noise someone makes when their tongue is caught in an eggbeater. It helps.

[Loather of Irk]

Scream "I WISH" and hang up the phone.

Wait a few seconds and call again, hoping that GORDON will pick it up instead.

[supersinger472]

Step 1. Hang up and call back
Step 2. Rinse and repeat until GORDON picks up

[Yako]

Mask your voice, make it really deep or something. Pretend you're your rival looking for some help. You can figure out the details later.

[OldManRupee]

Laila: Be courteous to the point of satire.

[gloomyMoron]

> "Is your refrigerator running?"
- If Yes, "Then you better go catch it."
- If No, "I know, we're sending a technician out as soon as possible. This is a service call."
- If any other response, PANIC!

[animatedBlasphemy]

>Enter Name

That's right. UNFORTUNATELY, the name given to you at birth is ALYNN GODWICH. You were able to remember because that is one of the MANY THINGS that it takes you FOREVER TO TYPE on your ancient digital-typewriter.
Stupid, lousy, awful AZERTY style keyboard... Why couldn't it have been something more convenient? Like ABCDEF, or... QWERTY? No wait that's stupid too...

You were, of course, named after your GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDUNCLE who was the FIRST CREATOR OF THE LEGENDARY GODWICH.
You would like to tell people that's the reason you fell into the Culinary business, but the real story behind it all is far more tragic than that, and if you were to tell it you would feel even more hideously hopeless than you feel now. SO LET'S MOVE ON.
Even though your original name is ALYNN, you've been going under the pseudonym of MATTHEW EXCELLENCE (hus naming your store "EXCELLENCE'S EXCELLENCE") ever since you were 7 (Thirteen years ago to be exact!). You adopted this name because you believed that if you were to have true success as a CULINARY MASTER, you wouldn't abuse your heritage.
You would instead use your TRUE SKILLS.

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YUP, AS MATTHEW EXCELLENCE, YOUR EXCELLENT SKILLS OBVIOUSLY KNOW NO BOUNDS! AHAAAA.

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Except not really.

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Yeah, remember how you said you were going to use your TRUE SKILLS to become a CULINARY MASTER? Yeah. Too bad your skill level is at ABSOLUTE ZERO. The temperature at which EVERYTHING FREEZES.
Actually it's more like -3 degrees... KELVIN. That's like, the temperature where even EMOTIONS begin to freeze.

Maybe abusing your heritage would have been a much better idea... Instead of it helping you, it's just been looming over you, telling you that you won't ever accomplish anything as great as the great men that have come before you.
God, why couldn't you have just buckled down and been a GARDENER like you always wanted?
Your skills with plants is like, 208 Celsius or something... That's higher than Fahrenheit, right? Yeah okay.

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Anyways... You've got a good feeling that today's the day that all your heritage stops looming over you...

There's still some time to kill before your daily window watching, so...

>==>

Which of your family heirlooms will you BURN first?

[supersinger472]

> Guide to the godwich

[Kíeros]

Those shades which had a bite taken out of them.

If not, then

> Guide to the godwich