The adventures of Tokiya Mikagami and the cookie jar – redux
Tokiya sat down on the beach chair and stretched himself out. Armed with his sunglasses, a cold drink and a novel, he figured he was pretty well-prepared for his vacation at the Gold Coast in Australia.
It was a nice summer day. He looked at the scenery in front of him, contented. The warm rays of the sun. The sloshing of the waves. The soft cries of the seagulls. The flying ball getting bigger and bigger…
Eh? Wha-
Of all the Hokage, though Tokiya has arguably the quickest wits, the unfortunate fact that he was just too relaxed hampered his reflexes.
The ball went SPLAT right into his face, followed by the uproarious laughter of the rest of the gang. Obviously Fuuko laughed the loudest. Odds are 500 to 1 that she was the one who threw the ball in the first place.
Darn it.
Fuuko ran over, picked up the ball, gave her husband a smirk and quickly ran away, knowing that it was useless trying to persuade him to join in their game.
I'll show you. The cookies shall be mine!
Pleased with his thoughts of revenge, he prepared to read his book. Oh, with an eye open for more flying balls.
His mind went into overdrive. While shopping at the duty-free section of the airport, by chance he saw a store selling The Best Cookies in the World™. The store even had a video showing the steps of making the cookies. A mixture of butter and sugar (both white and brown) heated up and mixed together, eggs beaten in one at a time with a pinch of vanilla flavouring, followed by premium-grade flour and baking powder, it truly was fit for the gods. The dough was then carefully kneaded, with premium Hersheys© chocolate chips added in as the last step.
The video then showed the cookies spooned onto a baking sheet and placed in the oven. As the butter warms, it slackens and the dough begins to turn more liquid and slowly spreads out. The cookie edges, more exposed to the heat, it gradually sets, allowing the centre of the cookie to rise. As the butter melts even more, water is freed and dissolves the baking soda. As the soda reacts with the components of the brown sugar, gases are created as a by-product of the reaction that causes the cookies to rise up even more. One could almost imagine the smell.
Once the heat increases even more, the sugar melts to form caramel, which mixes with the melted chocolate, producing rich, sweet flavours. The cookies are then taken out and left to cool. As the cookie cools, the caramel-chocolate mixture hardens up, giving the cookie a crisp, toffee-like texture. Finally, the air inside the cookie cools, causing the cookie to deflate slightly, giving the cookie the soft-looking-on-the-outside-but-crispy-and-crunchy-on-the-inside-golden-brown look.
Tokiya and Fuuko decided to purchase some on the spot. The storekeeper produced a small non-transparent jar, claiming that light will cause some sort of reaction with the cookie. It did not really make sense, but Tokiya was beyond caring by then and watched, salivating as the storekeeper carefully packed some cookies into the jar.
Tokiya was so caught up in the memories that he failed to notice yet another flying ball.
SPOINK!
9999 damage! It's super effective! Tokiya faints…
"In heaven there is no beer, that's why we drink it here. And when we are gone from here, our friends will drink up all our beer!" sang Recca, using a beer bottle as an impromptu microphone.
"Ninety-nine bottles of beer on the wall, ninety-nine bottles of beer! Take one down and pass it around, ninety-eight bottles of beer on the wall!" Domon belted out, not wanting to lose.
Tokiya grinned evilly. His plan to get everyone drunk was proceeding well.
The drinking session lasted until 2am, leaving a huge mess behind. Everyone (except Tokiya) was dead drunk. It was amazing how Yanagi could manage to drag everyone else out.
My tactics worked totally fine!
Tactic 1: pretend to take a long swig but was in fact not swallowing
Tactic 2: enthusiastically refilling for others
Simple but effective, yes?
Whistling a happy tune, he carried Fuuko to his bed. He noticed that her already loose top was hanging low, exposing a fair amount of cleavage.
Damn. Why does she have such a hot body?
Not wishing to have his thoughts go in the wrong direction, he quickly averted his eyes. After pinching her a few times to make sure she was totally drunk, he went over to where the cookies were kept.
Rubbing his hands together with glee, he opened the jar, reached in with his hand and felt… nothing.
Eh? What the…
Confused, Tokiya looked into the jar. To his ultimate shock and horror, the jar was empty. Stunned, he failed to notice that…
Fuuko uses Flying Ball!
SMASH!
9999 damage! It's super effective!
As Tokiya sank down to the floor, he could only stare in amazement at Fuuko, who was… apparently not intoxicated at all.
"Did you think I would not notice anything?" Fuuko said, grinning at him. "I knew something was up when you tried so hard to keep refilling our beer."
Tokiya could only stare stupidly at her.
"Oh, and if you are wondering where The Best Cookies in the World™ are, it's here," Fuuko said, patting her stomach. "Oh, and I'm pretty good at holding my liquor."
Foiled… again…