They know the fate of the world is lying in their hands

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Characters: Guy Cecil (guyexplains) and YOU
Location: Everyone's fairy tales
Time: Solstice Event
Summary: The Wonder Chef wanders the land, imparting the joy of cooking to all.
Warnings: Silliness.

There's an object you don't recall being there yesterday. Maybe it's the fact that it's a giant yellow rubber duck sitting in Robin Hood's base in Sherwood, or the fact that it's a green pumpkin in the Princess's chambers. It could be because it's a large bus stop sign leaning on the wall of the evil witch or wizard's labratory. It could be a lucky waving cat on the wicked queen's vanity or a statue of a wooden bear in the fairy godmother's cottage, in any event, the object is new and out of place.

It clearly needs to be investigated.

((OOC: Okay, so this is how I decided to do it. One log for everyone. Post a comment with your fairy tale character interacting with the new mysterious object in their setting, and they'll get to meet Guy the Wonder Chef and be magically taught a recipe. Feel free to have this interaction at any point in your character's fairy tale--right before the happily ever after wedding, or in the middle of the dramatic fight scene or just in some down time, any sort of situation and scenario is fair game!))

((Any format is fine with me, action spam, formal third person, past or present tense. WHATEVER FLOATS YOUR BOAT.))

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[clinical]

Jade took in Guy's reaction as if it was absurd. As if there was nothing at all wrong about the situation. "Is there something I can help you with, Guy? I must say, I didn't expect you of all people to barrel in unannounced." He expected the Wicked Witch instead.

Or the Wizard.

Not for the first time, Jade decided that it was in his best interests to have nothing to do with his childhood friends.

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The pun was terrible, and Guy let his head sink into his hand for a moment. Jade really would be unflappable in any situation wouldn't he? And why the hell were both Jade and Asch in glittery frilly things when he met them? He wasn't sure he wanted to ask, and yet morbid curiosity compelled him.

"If you're stuck in a story too, I'd have expected you to look more like the Evil Fonist. What are you supposed to be anyway? And who were you expecting?" He'd only really caught a few glimpses of other people's fairy tales, and sometimes they were amusing, and sometimes disturbing--for a variety of reasons--but just by sight alone he couldn't decide what category to put Jade in. Maybe both.

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"I'm injured. I'm Jade the Good, Witch of the North. Or the South. The script hasn't decided yet." Of course it was the normal order of things that Jade would most certainly be the Good witch. What else could he possibly be? His smile was overflowing with benign magnanimity.

That was one way to describe it.

Jade actually recognised what Guy was meant to be, which came as something of a surprise. Most of what he'd seen didn't resemble Auldrant's legends and fairytales. But how could he not recognize the Wonder Chef? His smile twisted a little; being forced to serve others by offering up knowledge seemed a nice position for Guy to take for several reasons.

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"I've never heard of a Jade the Good." Guy says quite flatly. But he's kind of interested in whatever scenario Jade's gotten stuck in--and worried too. In the same way he worries a bit about everyone. Jade can take care of himself regardless of his powers, but Guy doesn't like that he can't stick around and watch his friends, or help those who seem to be in a tough spot.

That and Jade's smile is the opposite of reassuring. He's not sure if he'd be watching out for Jade or whatever poor souls The Good Witch is supposed to be helping. They might end up finishing their fairy tale, sure, all the way to the happy ending he hoped it was a happy ending, but not before being subjected to, well, Jade.

"Just for the record, what does your tale lead to?" He wanted to know before he was forced into that cheerful chef's demeanor again.

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"You know, I haven't any idea," Jade replies. As this is Jade, 'I don't know' has to be taken with a certain amount of scepticism, but it is, in this case, the truth. Jade has no familiarity with the story and can't predict how it ends. "I have a few suspicions, though. Evil witches are usually killed by the end of the story. His Majesty and I simply need to wait that out."

But it is Dist and some part of Jade, a part he attributes to Nephry and Peony's influence, insists that he can't simply leave Dist to die. Jade insists to this part that not dying is more or less Dist's only ability of any worth, and so he should help the adventurers to make certain the job is done properly. It isn't exactly an argument he enjoy having with himself, and it isn't one he wants to let Guy in on.

Which may be why he threw in a casual mention of the Emperor.

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"So His Majesty is in this one too?" It does effectively distract Guy for a moment. And as well as he can read people, Jade's on another level entirely, usually. Even when he is dressed up in something pink and glittery.

"I wish I could give you a hand but I am the mysterious gourmet, the Wonder Chef!" There he went again. "You have done well to find me--though could you not kick me next time?"

He adjusted his hat, as the Wonder Chef urge passed. "Maybe your fairy tale doesn't end that violently?"

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"I doubt it. It seems like a very good fairytale." Jade's grin was the grin of a very good witch. You see, as certain witches has theorised, Good is not Nice. Indeed, being good gave one a lot of leeway not to be nice. How could he justify sending Dorothy off when the answer was right on her feet? It wasn't nice, but the Witch had to be stopped, and Dorothy couldn't get home if she didn't appreciate its value.

Oh, and at his age, sometimes things just slipped his mind.

"And I hope you won't surprise any more witches. It isn't very nice to give kind old ladies a shock." Because they might be inclined to shock you right back.

Jade had his own way of looking out for his 'friends.'