Chapter 7: Kitchen Nightmare 2
I closed the book on Nautical History and placed it on the corner of the table I sat at, I started tapping my foot and leaned forward onto the table, resting my head in my arms in the process.
"Where is my food?"
The Kitchen Staff weren't having a good time.
"Chef! Princess Celestia just ordered four meals of exactly what Blueblood asked!" One of the cooks ran in to inform the head chef, who couldn't help but sigh in despair as he looked at the ever-shrinking supply of Quail eggs.
"Why couldn't he just ask for normal Chicken eggs?" He asked himself as he thought back to the stallion that made this day the hardest workday of his life, Which is really saying something considering he had to cook for royal diplomats and Griffon guests.
He didn't know that some ponies ate meat at that time. Now he does.
"Get more Eggs!" He yelled to the cook in charge of stocking the kitchen before he threw a shiny golden card at him, "Go straight to a Quail farm if you must! Just get me those eggs!"
And with the cook running out of the kitchen on his sacred mission of acquiring more Quail eggs, the Head Chef turned back to the loud kitchen, grabbed a sharp knife, and started cutting the cabbages like a machine.
That Coleslaw wasn't going to make itself.
Raven Inkwell was an interesting figure to see in the castle.
She was the royal secretary, making her Princess Celestia's right hoof pony and her number 1 assistant.
But other than working as the Solar Princess's right hoof mare, not much was known about Raven Inkwell among the rest of the staff of the castle, seeing as she barely talked with the rest of the staff unless it was to deliver an important message.
And that enigmatic existence that Raven Inkwell had in the castle, led to a not insignificant amount of rumors to start about her.
Some rumors said that she was a vampire who never left the castle, others said that she was actually a descendant of one of the Earth Pony founders of the nation.
One preposterous rumor said that she was the secret lover of Princess Celestia, which in return started a rumor that she was actually the secret lover of Prince Blueblood instead, which further devolved into far more outrageous and simply slanderous rumors.
Enough so that the sightings of Raven Inkwell around Canterlot Castle stopped almost entirely, making her elusive existence in the castle much more mysterious, and prompted Princess Celestia to punish those who spread those false and harmful rumors about the White Earth Pony.
But the truth of the matter is...
Raven Inkwell isn't good at social interactions.
That was it. Ponies rarely spoke with Raven because she wasn't good at speaking with strangers. There was no deeper meaning.
And where did she go after the hurtful rumors spread about her?
Did she leave the castle? Quit her job and moved elsewhere? Did she truly become a vampire or a ghost and trapped herself it the deepest darkest corners of the castle?
No, She simply started using the hidden passageways of the castle to move around quicker.
Moving inside the walls of the castle was a much quicker way of travel, and she didn't need to speak to anyone as she did so.
So it was to her surprise, when she was walking in the passageway hidden above the dining room, that she spotted Prince Blueblood walking around the room, looking at the paintings on the wall.
"What is he doing?" She asked herself as she looked through the small, enchanted, one-way window of the hidden passageway, into the room.
She watched on as Blueblood walked towards one of the paintings on the wall, one which seemed to be slightly tilted, and straightened it out.
As Blueblood tilted the painting, however, a doorway appeared at the other side of the room, catching both Raven's and the Prince's attention.
Tilting the painting back to its previous position, the doorway disappeared.
Blueblood then let go of the painting and trotted slowly back to the dining table, where he sat and opened a book he left there previously.
Leaving the hidden voyeur confused as to how she didn't find that hidden passage beforehand.
"Move Aside!" The cook with the golden card yelled as he carried on his back a large crate filled with rows upon rows of Quail Eggs.
"You're back, wonderful! Take my spot and keep cutting the cabbage!" The Chef yelled at him the moment he entered the kitchen before he ran and took the crate of eggs away from him.
"Hurry up everyone! We need to finish this meal now! Put your work into overdrive!" Chef yelled over the sounds of the kitchen as he picked a carton of eggs from the crate and ran to one of the unicorns in the kitchen to hurry up the Mayo-making process.
"Yes, Chef!"
Princess Luna was on her way to the dining room when she spotted her Sister walking in the same direction followed by a group of old and important-looking ponies.
"Sister, Should you not be handling day court? What are you doing here?" She asked as she joined her sister in her walk.
"Hello to you too, Luna," Celestia said cheekily, pointing out that her sister didn't greet her before she continued, "I am taking a small break from my duties, I grew rather peckish and decided that a nice lunch would be good to have. It wasn't until I was near the kitchens that I learned that Blueblood made a unique custom order from the chefs, and I decided that I would also like to try some of it."
"Blueblood's meal? What a delightful coincidence. We just asked for the same meal from the chefs, would You like to join us in our meal?" She said, and Celestia nodded, leading the group of important ponies to the Dining room.
"Chef! Everything is ready!" One of the cooks shouted as he finished loading a cart with several plates and bowels of salads and soups.
"The Croutons?" The chef asked, receiving an affirmative response.
"The Leek and Onion soup?" He received the same affirmative response.
"And most importantly, is the Quail Egg Coleslaw ready?"
"Yes, Chef!"
For the first time in an hour, a smile spread on the chef's face, "Then get that food to their royal majesties!"
As the food finally arrived, I couldn't help but feel relieved.
"I have been waiting for nearly an hour, what took you so long?" I ask the chef as he entered with the cart of food.
"I apologize, your highness, We had some technical difficulties, but I assure you, The food we made here for you is just as good, if not better, than anything else we make here for you," He said as he placed the plates of food in front of me.
"Very well, you may leave," I shooed him away and started eating my lunch.
Just as he exited the dining room, the doors on the other end opened and Princess Celestia walked in with Princess Luna shortly behind her, followed by a small crowd of old ponies who I could recognize from the Prince's memories as several important ministers and advisors of Celestia's Day Court.
"Auntie, should you not be managing your day court right now? You barely worked yesterday and two days ago you didn't work at all, you must be very busy," I told her as she walked closer to my seat and took a chair in front of me.
"Nice to see you too, Blueblood," Celestia said and I heard Luna try to stifle a giggle, "But I am just taking a break for lunch, no need to worry too much," It was then she spotted the book I was reading.
"Nautical history?" She asked as she read the title, and I smiled as I started to explain to her my plan on getting a shipping license so I could manage a boat.
I didn't particularly like boats when I was younger back on Earth, but like any normal human, I wanted to be rich.
To do that, I needed to go to a university of higher education, something that was very expensive where I was from.
So in order to not need to pay for my education, I joined the Navy.
That was where I fell in love with the sea.
I was on my way to getting a master's in Nautical Sciences before I found myself as the Prince, I was going to be a ship captain.
Now with the Prince's pockets, I could easily finish my nautical science education here and get my diploma.
But, I can't really tell all of that to Celestia, can I? So instead I explained that I want to start my own business and get money that way.
Imports and Exports are a lucrative business, after all.
"Nautical Science you say? If you wish I could oversee your test personally, get it done quickly so as to not waste your time," One of the important ponies that joined Celestia says, and I recognize him as Chancellor Neighsay, the head of the Equestrian Board of Education.
"That would be delightful, Thank you, Chancellor, I will send a letter when I feel I am ready," I tell him and return to my food.
Soon the rest of the food arrives for all the ponies in the dining room, and I am humored to see several copies of the exact same meal that I ordered.
The rest of the day passes on without any major incidents.
But I couldn't help but think back to the secret door I found in the dining room, something to investigate later.
Sitting on the floor of the kitchen, their bodies covered in oil and egg yolk, The cooks and Chef of the royal family couldn't help but release a sigh of contentment as the horrible day that would later be known as "The Quail Egg Incident of 1001," was officially over.
"We did it..." One of the cooks whispered.
"We made all the Quail Mayo we needed..." Another said.
"I don't ever want to see a Quail Egg again..." A third cook joined.
"...We still need to clean the kitchens..." The Chef said before he picked himself up from the floor of the kitchen with a mighty groan, his back releasing popping sounds as he does.
A collective sigh passes through the kitchen staff as they each start to clean up the mess that was made in the kitchen.
At least nothing bad could happen.
"Chef! Captain Shining Armor just asked for the same exact meal as everypony else!" One of the cooks ran into the kitchen and was promptly thrown out when an empty crate that previously held Quail eggs was thrown at him.
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Those quail eggs will be the death of Blueblood in about two hundred chapters. I have a feeling in my bones you're doing the one piece thing
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Exactly, since this is based on a Manwha, 300 chapters from now, some background character that had maybe three lines of dialogue will return as the main villain of an arc, and he will use the fact that Blueblood asked for mayonnaise made of Quail eggs as his evil excuse for why he needs to commit insurance fraud and burn down a section of the castle.
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I'm curious to know which manhua is, because I read the trash of the count family, and the essential developer ones and they haven't passed much.
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This story is taking inspiration from the whole genre of those types of Manhwa, The actual "Overarching Plot" of the story hasn't begun yet, and will also mostly be happening passively in the background, since this story is mostly Slice-of-life.
The "Adventure" Aspect of the story will start during the early moments of Season 2, till then I'm just building up the characters that make up the main cast.
I only really showcased Blueblood and Luna, barely had time to actually deepen Celestia, and Shining Armor and Raven Inkwell are still mostly in the background, not even mentioning the Elements of Harmony.
Some of my readers might know already how I love using underutilized characters, and one of those underutilized characters is going to be very important to the overarching plot that I have planned for the story.
I can't just start the story with a "Release that Witch" style of execution and town-building story, nor can I immediately throw at him debt collectors like in "The Greatest Estate Developer"
Although I do plan on getting the Starlight Glimmer issue from s5 done earlier, so that's kind of similar to those Webtoon protags getting rid of a problem before it could actually damage them.
There will be an actual story, no need to worry about that, but It will be mostly passive until then.
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I see you also included the most unpopular character... Chancellor Neighsay...
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UNpopular?! Excuse me?! He's the best villain in the show, his antagonistic presence could be felt for the entirety of season 8!
To be fair, I didn't watch season 8 and all I know about the guy is that he's the head of the EEA and is also a racist bigot.
But being the head of the EEA should mean he's important enough to be in meetings with Celestia, and by helping Blueblood get his license, he would be put higher on the list of "Good ponies that Celestia likes,"
Dude might be an unlikable asshole, but he didn't get to his position by just sitting around doing nothing, he is good at his job.
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Exactly, unpopular in fanfiction. I've hardly seen him anywhere as an interestingly written character... Only as a cardboard villain, a villain just because.
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I understand that, Those 2d carboard cutouts of characters are my favourite to write, Example being: Blueblood, Zephyr Breeze, Storm King. They're all basically charicatures and cardboard cutouts, that's what makes them so fun to write and expand, make them actual characters.
Neighsay might be a cookie-cutter villain in the show, but that's also ignoring the political power he has over the entirety of Equestrian Education.
He's not some villain you can blast with waves of friendship, rainbows and happiness. He's a powerful politician, one who for all intents and purposes, Won againt Twilight. Sure his justification for wantng to close the school was extremely biased, but seeing what Cozy Glow got up to in that school made his choice to close the school because of the danger it will bring to the ponies of Equestria, the correct choice.
Yeah, hes a terrible person, but the school had terrible security and I'm pretty sure nobody wo worked there had a real teaching liscense. They put children and teenagers, some of which from important foreign families, in close proximity to magical tools that almost spelled the end of Equestria.
Closing the school, at least until Twilight could get her shit together and make sure something like that wouldn't happen ever again, was the objectively correct choice, From both a moral and diplomatic standpoint.
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That's understandable. I'm just a little annoyed by the cardboard nature of the source material. It's understandable that you can't write everything about a character, but at least the main thing should be specified. After all, behind the character is the story of his formation. This is the key to understanding the motivation. Where does Neighsay get his racial intolerance? It threatens to cause an international scandal, doesn't it? Has Celestia not noticed this? And if she did, what were her plans?
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I understand it's a fairy tale. I'm just trying to relate a little bit to a possible reality.
Cozy Glow...Well, at least it was fun.
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That's just how things are in cartoon shows, some characters are just mean for the sake of being mean, the five-year-olds watching the show wouldn't think about it too much, so why should the writers?
Also, Celestia has been making bad decisions and questionable choices since the first episode of season 1.
In s3 she releases Discord because "Fluttershy can redeem him," Like hes some wild animal, and then he betrays them in the s4 finale!
The only reason Tirek lost was because of some Deus Ex Machina revolving the Elements of Harmony and the tree giving the main 6 special powers that were NEVER SEEN AGAIN.
Celestia might be a good role-model and teacher, but as a Princess she's just about the worst one in the show.
Cadance is a better leader, HECK! Prince Rutherford is a better leader.
Celestia had 9 seasons to show us that she is a wonderful princess, and she did.
She's a Disney princess, with singing animals and tea parties, but as an actual ruler of a nation?
She kind of sucks at it.
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Celestia is a Disney princess-absolutely (Or maybe she's just nuts and that's it?). Speaking of Disney, even as a kid when I watched Aladdin or The Lion King, I immediately understood the villains. They just wanted power, wanted to Rule. And no subtext. Especially ones that were so charismatic. I wanted to root for them. Scar and Jafar, I wonder how they would work together...
It used to be better, and the plots were more interesting and the villains were more charismatic and cunning. Like that meme, I'm even beginning to understand and sympathize with Richelieu... A statesman who gets the nerve of 4 alcoholics, 3 prostitutes and a degenerate in the crown...
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Well, wait...really?!
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Is quail mayo good? I've only ever had normal store bought mayo.
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No Idea, I never had Quail Mayo, and when I looked it seemed like theres nowhere to buy it, only recipes for Homemade mayo.
But Newblood needs to act close enough to Blueblood in order to sell the fact that they're the same person, so he ordered something that is insignificant yet expensive.
Quail Mayo should taste the same as normal Chicken egg mayo, just has a different nutritional value.
I got the Idea because I just started replaying Stardew Valley recently and you can make Duck Egg Mayo in that game.
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Ah... okay!
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I decided to look it up and nutritional differences is right. Quail eggs contain double the iron and riboflavin by weight along with a significantly greater amount of fat and protein. In general quail eggs are just better especially for horses/ponies given the low protein diet. The difference in taste would be negligible considering the oil and water covering most of the taste. But overall for Celestia of whom requires four bowls to be satiated quail eggs would probably improve her heath dramatically and make her feel more energized than she has in ages.
Can't wait to see where the secret passage goes, in both location and plot wise, and also can't wait for when Cadence is introduced to the plot. I wonder if we'll get a chance to have Newblood interact with her before Chrysalis impersonates her or after. Who knows, maybe Newblood'll be the one to blow the whistle on the Changling koo (maybe he's the one that sends the anonymous tip!
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Hahaha. I can totally see Shiny interrupted by a servant asking for his order and just absentmindedly going, “Hmm? Uh—oh, lunch? I’ll just have some of whatever everypony else ordered,” and going back to whatever he was doing, leading to this final staff freakout.
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Your mention of where you got the idea reminds me of playing Harvest Moon: Tree of Tranquility, where you can also raise ducks, plus as a higher-end livestock you can raise ostriches. Both of them produce eggs that can be turned into mayonnaise. Speaking of the ostrich specifically, I could've sworn I'd read somewhere years ago that the game actually called it 'Ostrinnaise', but my decision to look it up to be sure seems to have returned the conclusion that I was mistaken. Not sure how I could have made that kind of mistake unaided....
The true tragedy is the apparent low output...
The hidden door leads to Celestia secret ice-cream and cake room!
Everypony has their limits
Now i wonder how egg meals taste with different eggs types.