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Day 16: Pixis
Dot Pixis wanted to host a contest, so he visited the Survey Corps. "I have an announcement to make," he told Commander Erwin, who called together everyone else. When everyone was present, he said, "I am going to be hosting a gingerbread house decorating contest! Everyone who wishes to participate will have two hours to decorate a gingerbread house; afterwards, I will judge which one is best."
Everyone who wanted to participate headed to the Mess Hall, where there were gingerbread houses set up at the tables with plates of candy and icing on each table.
"Everyone will either decorate their own gingerbread house or you may form a group of two." Pixis explained, and there was a scramble as everyone ran to a gingerbread house. "Begin!" he shouted as everyone reached their places.
Sasha and Connie started by decorating the roof. They first covered the roof with white icing, allowing some to drip off the sides like icicles. They then added a line of gumdrops to the very top of the house, where the two roof pieces met. They added lines of colored icing along the roof, with small, spherical hard candies to look like Christmas lights. Sasha cut up some green gumdrops and made a small wreath which she placed on the door. Then she used icing to make outlines of windows, which she then filled with slices of yellow gumdrops so it looked like there was light coming from inside. Meanwhile, Connie was making a snowman with marshmellows and colored icing, which he placed to a side of the house as though created by the inhabitants of the house.
On the other side of the room, Krista was cutting gumdrops which she placed on the roof using icing so it looked like a patchwork quilt. Ymir carefully added white icing to the edges of the roof so it dripped down like icicles. While Krista added windows, Ymir used red frosting to cover the rest of the house. Krista used some frosting to make it look like there were bricks here and there, which made it look like the house was made of bricks.
Elsewhere, Armin was making intricate designs to look like decorations on the roof while Eren decorated the rest of the house. Mikasa was next to them, decorating with whatever random candies she grabbed. It actually was turning out rather nicely for not having any real plan.
Hanji and Moblit had teamed up, and Hanji had decided to have the house's door open. She carefully cut the door out of the house and reattached it with frosting so it would be partially open. Then, she made a person using candy and propped it up against the door as though opening it. Meanwhile, Moblit was adding candy around the house to look like strings of lights. The pair also cut out windows on the sides of the house and replaced them with some hardened sugary syrup that looked like glass.
Jean was spreading icing over the roof of his gingerbread house, before using candy to create reindeer which he placed on the roof.
Isabel and Farlan did not have a set idea in mind, they just decorated randomly using whatever ideas they thought of. While some of their plans worked out and ended up looking great, others did not turn out how they had envisioned it. However, they did not mind as the point was to have fun.
Levi, who hadn't originally wanted to participate in the contest but finally agreed to when Isabel had bet him he couldn't beat her and Farlan, was off to one side, decorating meticulously. Every piece of candy was carefully put in place, and even when someone accidentally bumped into the table while running by to get some more candy, none of them so much as moved a centimeter. The downside of decorating so perfectly was that it took a very long time. By the time the contest was over, Levi had only succeeded in decorating the roof and two sides of the house.
"Time is up! Everyone, stop decorating so I can begin judging." Pixis announced, and everyone froze, setting down candy and icing and stepping away from the gingerbread houses. Pixis then began walking throughout the room, inspecting all the gingerbread houses and occasionally making comments. Finally, he came to a decision and returned to the front of the room. "And now for the winners! In third place - Sasha and Connie!"
Sasha and Connie cheered, high-fived each other, and then turned their attention back to Pixis so he could continue.
"In second place - Hanji and Moblit!"
"Yeah!" Hanji said excitedly, high-fiving her partner.
"And in first place..." Pixis paused for dramatic effect, though a minute later people were feeling less in suspense and more impatient. "Alright, alright. In first place - Ymir and Krista!"
Krista's eyes widened. "Really? Yay! Great job, Ymir!"
"You too, Krista," Ymir replied, looking amused at her friend's reaction.