An Automation was stationed in the kitchen as a cook.
When Isolde and Leonel entered the kitchen, a collection of revolting smells assaulted their nostrils. The automation cook buzzed and whirred as it spun in place, preparing the meals of the monsters in the mansion.
The pots were full of unknown body parts and organs partially submerged in some purplish-greenish-dark fluid that was overflowing.
In exchange for candy points, the automation would cook a player a meal. However, it was limited to one meal per player. It could restore the player's HP and MP to full — only if they manage to finish the meal.
There was an option to attack the automated cook, and it would earn them 500 candy points, but no one else would serve the meal until the automation was replaced.
"Want to eat one?" Isolde asked Leonel with great enthusiasm. She was teasing him, of course.
Isolde gently shook her head and answered with a soft voice, "No. I was just caught off guard is all. And I hesitated because he was someone I know."
Leonel finally faced her with a grin on his face. "Is that so? I guess that's what I would feel if I suddenly saw my classmates here and had to kill them. Understandable."
He then went ahead without looking back, while Isolde was left baffled by Leonel's reaction. He was smiling, but it also seemed like he was angry.
Or was she just overthinking?
- END -
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Sources:
The Mad Lab
- by Matthew David