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Envelope Pâtissier
PRODUCE SKILL
Harmony☆March [3~2 COST] [VOCAL]
Activates a VOCAL 8~9.5 Appeal (skill can only activate when you have used 40 or MORE play points)
Massive Vocal Appeal [5 COST] [VOCAL] ※Awakening 2
Activates a VOCAL 6~6.8 Appeal
Harmony☆Fanfare [6~2 COST] [VOCAL] ※Awakening 3
From activation, decrease ACTIVATION COST of all VOCAL cards in your DECK by 1 (skill can only activate when you have used 45 or MORE play points)
Conditional Large Vocal Boost [2 COST] [VOCAL] ※Awakening 4
For 10 seconds, increase VOCAL appeal by 130~170% (skill can only activate if there is 1 or MORE VOCAL cards in your HAND)
Cotton☆Harmony [3 COST] [VISUAL] ※Awakening 5
Activate a VOCAL 2~4 Appeal for every card with 1 or MORE ACTIVATION COST that has been DECREASED
LIVE SKILLS
[COMBO BONUS]
When activated, notes will gain 80~150% more SCORE depending on your current COMBO for 5 seconds (+10% UP for every 50 COMBO)
[JUDGEMENT CHANGE&SCORE BONUS]
When activated, GOOD/GREAT notes will be treated as a higher level notes and will grant 70~100% more SCORE for 5 seconds
"Say Aah!" Cain SSR Card Story - The Pinnacle of Deep Frying
Cain: Whew, we sure have walked a lot. Master Sage, you're not too worn out, are you?
Akira: I'm okay. I am getting a little hungry, though…
Cain: I'm definitely feeling it, too. I'm pretty sure I saw a food stall back down that alley. Let's go check it out.
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Akira: Mm, is that smell oil…? Then this stall must be…
Shopkeeper: Welcome, welcome! Step right up!
Cain: Hey, whatcha selling here?
Shopekeeper: "What," you ask… Well, that's a bit rough to answer. Might as well say anything, 'cause I'll deep fry anything!
Cain: …Anything, you say?
Shopkeeper: Eeyup. I'll fry whatever you want, dear customers, and then give it to you. What do you two want? I'll fry it up for you!
Cain: So, really anything? You've got a hell of a business model. Then I'll take a nice juicy cut of bacon!
Shopkeeper: You got it. And for you?
Akira: Umm, I guess I'll take a veggie or two.
Shopkeeper: Gotcha, one nice cut of bacon and our finest vegetables! Both together will be 300 yen.
Cain pulled out his wallet, and as he handed it over, he very casually and naturally touched the stall owner's hand.
Shopkeeper: Alright, now sit back 'n watch!
The shopkeeper grinned and popped a thick slice of bacon and a nougat yam into his pot of oil.
Cain: Man, I love deep fried stuff. I totally get wanting to deep fry anything and everything you can.
Akira: You sure have done that whenever you got the chance, as I recall…
Shopkeeper: Oh, that right? I feel like you 'n me could get along, kid!
Here ya go, deep fried to perfection. Here's your bacon.
Cain: Thank you. …Well, don't mind if I do.
Damn, that's good! Gimme another!
Shopkeeper: Ahaha! You practically inhaled that thing. Well, gimme just a second. Here's your nougat yam.
Akira: Thank you very much. Now, let me try it…
Mithra: What is that?
Akira: Oh!
Mithra suddenly appeared next to me and snatched my yam out of my hand.
Mithra: Chomp munch.
How disappointing. My burnt charcoal has much more impact.
Cain: Hey man, you can't just show up and start picking a fight like that. And while I'm at it, that was the Sage's, not yours.
Mithra: It's their fault for letting their guard down.
Besides, they should have something much tastier, with much more impact. In fact, it's terribly inconsiderate of them that they didn't consider doing this.
Akira: (That's an absolutely wild thing to just say like that…)
Shopkeeper: Impact, you say… Well, I guess it's possible that focusing so much on my deep frying means I let flavor fall by the wayside.
I ain't as popular as some of the other stalls around here, and I don't get much in the way of feedback, so thank ya kindly for being so upfront about it.
Cain: Mister…
Hey, would it be alright if I helped you with your shop?
Shopkeeper: Huh…?
Cain: We're comrades in the art of deep frying. I want to learn whatever I can from you.
Shopkeeper: Well, I'd appreciate the help. Welcome to the team.
Cain: Nice! Well then, let's get right to it…
Do you think trying to put more flavor into the coating?
Akira: That sounds like it might be a good idea. Since deep fried food can be a little hard on the stomach, how about mixing in something nice and refreshing?
Like how karaage usually comes with lemon slices…
Shopkeeper: I see, I see… Well, let's give it a try!
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Shopkeeper: And done! Some lightly fried vinegar fish, ready to serve!
I added some ultramarine lemon juice to the batter. Here, try it!
Cain: Here we go…
Akira: Thank you very much.
The three of us took a bite of our respective fried fish.
Akira: (…Th-this is…)
Cain: Damn, that's sour!
Mithra: This is much more stimulating, though lightly frying it was unnecessary in my opinion.
Akira: It definitely packs a punch now, but maybe we could make it a little bit more…mellow…?
Cain: We're definitely going in the right direction. There's still something missing, but we're almost there…to peak deliciousness…
I know! Mithra, we top this with that secret sauce of yours?
Mithra: Secret…? Oh, you mean this.
Mithra pulled a bottled labeled MAGIC SAUCE out of thin air.
Shopkeeper: Wh-where'd you pull that from…?!
The shopkeepers eyes went wide, and Cain and I frantically exchanged glances.
Akira: (We're in Eastern Country, so it'd be really really bad if it gets out that they're wizards…!)
H-H-He's really good at sleight of hand type tricks! This guy, master of stage magic! He loves to surprise people so he always keeps a bottle up his sleeve, if you know what I mean!!
Cain: Yeah, yep! He always pulls it off so cool and casual, right?!
Mithra: What are you two talking about? This is basic magi--momph.
Cain: Anyways, moving on! The sauce he's got here tastes amazing on everything. Wanna give it a try?
Shopkeeper: On everything, you say? Is there really a sauce out there like that? Sounds downright magical.
Mithra: Of course it does. This is my handmade universal sauce.
Cain: C'mon, try it out.
At Cain's urging, we all put some of the sauce onto our fried fish.
Akira: (It's so good. Yakiniku sauce coming in clutch once again…)
Shopkeeper: Th-this flavor…! Y-you gotta tell me! How do I make this sauce?!
Mithra: You can't.
Shopkeeper: Why not?!
Mithra: Because you're nothing but a human--
Cain: Uhhhhhhhh hey! It's actually because the ingredients are really hard to get! It's a real specialty product!
Shopkeeper: Oh, I see… Then would you be willing to part with some? I'll pay you, I've got cash!
Mithra: I refuse. Making more of it would be such a bother.
Shopkeeper: No… It was such a vivid, perfect flavor…
Cain: Well, here's my thought. Why not try to make your own version of it?
You're a chef, and you've got a lot experience with, y'know, eating things and examining the flavors, right? I'm sure you can rediscover this sauce's flavor.
Akira: I'd like to help you in this endeavor, too!
Shopkeeper: Well, ya got me. Let me try my hand at it!
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Shopkeeper: I think I've gotten the base flavor pretty close… What do you think?
The sauce the shopkeeper made certainly looked like Mithra's universal sauce. As for the flavor…
Cain: Mm, something's missing, I think.
Mithra: Yes. Something definitely is.
Akira: I think maybe it's that it's not, like, thick enough? But just a little thicker might be perfect…
Shopkeeper: You sure are eloquent, kiddo. I want to keep you as my taste tester!
Akira: M-me?!
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We ended up trying several different variations of sauces on different deep fried foods in a lengthy process of trial and error.
At some point, Mithra got bored of stuffing himself with fried foods and wandered off.
Shopkeeper: Alright, next up is fried macaroni stalks! Still good to try it?
Akira: Yes. …Here goes.
(The sauce counteracts the macaroni stalks' bitterness, but it still feels like something's missing…)
(And I've eaten so many things, my stomach feels like it's going to burst…)
Cain: …
Cain glanced over at me with my hand on my belly, and licked a drop of sauce off of one of his fingers.
Cain: Why not add some kind of oil? Like, a climactic oil versus oil battle. You know, like how deep frying stuff plain in butter is really good.
Shopkeeper: No batter, just butter… Damn, I think you might really be onto something here!
Cain: I think the actual flavor of the sauce is spot-on at this point. Other than that, we just need to finish ironing out the proper mellowness and then we're done.
Akira: I think adding some extra oil would be good, too…
The shopkeeper added a few drops of his special, flavorful oil and mixed it in…
Akira: Alright, time for a taste… Mm! This is it!!
(This smell, this flavor, it's spot-on yakiniku sauce!)
This is it, this is it…! It's a little different from Mithra's magic sauce, but it's really close…this is the universal sauce!
Shopkeeper: Really?!
Cain: You did it!
Shopkeeper: I gotta thank that lad that let me taste this in the first place!
Cain: We'll be sure to tell him.
Shopkeeper: Thank ya kindly. I was so focused on perfecting the art of frying that I forgot to pay attention to the flavor, even though that's what I should've been thinking about if I wanted to make this place more successful.
Y'know, I was just about at the end of my rope, thinkin' there was just no helping that I wasn't getting customers since I only deep fried things, but as a fellow afficionado of all things deep-fried…you've given me hope.
Cain: I mean, what else was I gonna do? I'm already looking forward to the next time we come out to this neck of the woods and I get to drop by your stall again.
Akira: Same here. We'll be sure to remember you.
Shopkeeper: And I, you! I'll prepare a deep fried full course meal for you any day!
Akira: (But, my gosh, I feel full… I guess we went a little too crazy with the fried foods…)
Cain: You okay, Master Sage?
Akira: Yeah. Just thinking I might've overeaten a little…
Cain: How about we find something light to eat to give your palate a refresher?
Akira: ?! N-no, I'm okay! I feel like if I eat anything else, I'm going to pop… But thank you for the thought.
Cain: Haha. Don't worry, I was just joking. Sorry for making you part of that whole escapade.
Akira: Oh, no, I enjoyed it! Trying to figure out the ingredients for the perfect sauce was really fun.
Cain: I'm happy to hear that. Mithra's special sauce was a big help, but so was your spot-on food reviews.
Akira: I'm really happy that shopkeeper ended up pleased with the results, too.
Cain: Yeah. I hope the next time we come by, that stall's got a big line in front of it.
Akira: And I'll make sure that I don't eat too much…!
Cain: Ahaha, good plan!
****TL Notes: karaage is a type of fried chicken, but distinct enough from what most english speakers picture when they think of fried chicken that i left it as-is. squeezing a lemon slice over it or adding a few drops of vinegar really makes it pop. yakiniku is grilled meat that's typically done over a charcoal stove and topped with, indeed, a particular savory sauce.
Training Episode: The Deliciousness of Killing Two Birds with One Stone!
Akira: Cain? What are you doing in the kitchen?
Cain: Oh, Master Sage. I was craving some good ol' deep fried good and was just about to whip something up. You want any?
Akira: Fried food cravings…?
Cain: Ever since we helped out that fried food stand back in the Town of Blue Scales, I've been wanting to branch out and try deep frying more stuff.
Akira: We sure did eat a lot of fried foods then…
Cain: That said, I still haven't found anything that beats deep fried butter. So there's just this lack of satisfaction I can't get rid of…
Can you think of anything good to try? Something unexpected!
Akira: Something delicious, but unexpected…
How about ice cream?
Cain: Ice cream…? That's definitely out of left field. Wouldn't it melt if I tried to deep fry it?
Akira: I'm pretty sure there's something you can do to make sure it doesn't melt…
Cain: I see… Well then, let's embark upon a journey to fell the mystery of deep fried ice cream!
Eating something warm and cold at the same time is really efficient. Two birds, one stone!
Akira: But if I can't remember how to do it, it's going to take us a long time to figure it out on our own…
Cain: You don't need to force yourself to or anything.
Akira: Huh?
Cain: You know I like spending time with you, Master Sage.
🦋 Screwtio | Screwllum x Dr. Ratio (prerelationship)
🦋 2.4k~ | G
🦋 Pre-relationship, holiday fic, holidays alone, screwllum angst
https://archiveofourown.org/works/61505485
Day One of Abyss's 12 Days of Screwtio!
“...I was not aware you celebrated the holidays. I would not have scheduled my visit if I had known you would be busy with celebration.” Screwllum hums at the observation, nodding to a couple holding hands that pass him.
“Ah, yes. It is a newer affair, less than six hundred years old. The one they are currently celebrating is one of the oldest holidays that is on our calendar. It is called “Festival of Lights”. A sightseeing and gift-giving holiday.”
“I see.” Dr. Ratio nods and Screwllum can see his brow furrowing. They walk a few more paces before Dr. Ratio stops walking. “What do you mean by ‘they’ celebrate?”
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Screwllum, holidays, and changes. (Perhaps, in the future, he won't spend them along, in self-imposed isolation.)
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