(voice muffled from stuffed cheeks) "Mmmmm...nice an' juicy fresh...mph?! Oh! Uh...h-hey there, little friend! Uh...wanna try a bell pepper? I gathered extra...heh..."
"Ooh? Checking in on my work, are we? Tell you what: if you let me take a tassste of you, I'll give you a sssample of what I'VE got cooking. Sss-sss-sss-sss!"
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These absolutely beautiful pics were the work of my dear friend @hooter-n-company, as part of a trade! AND IT'S HER BIRTHDAAAAAAY! GO SAY HAPPY HATCHING DAY TO HER! NOW! <3 <3 <3 Anyway...I wrote a two-part story featuring her crabby-boi for Twisted Wonderland, Taoka (chapter one of that trade is here, and chapter two is here), and in return, she made two fully rendered images of my two most popular OCs for the game: Billy Geant (based on Willie the Giant) and Nakoda Spivak (based on Kaa). I've always wanted to see some of my bois in Culinary Crucible gear, and this was my chance to see how that turned out.
The two of us decided that the Crucible these two are competing in would be largely focused on the use of fruits and vegetables: you can call it something like "Culinary Crucible: Superior Salad Slinging" or whatever. And yes, this idea entirely came out of her idea for Nakoda's pose up there with the eggplant. The concept made me cackle, and I sure wasn't gonna say no. XD Thank you for the absolutely spectacular art, Hoots. Well worth the wait. <3
