Souped Up - Journey to the Top

Before we head off and do some collectin', let's see what's up with the snake first. It'd be a tad rude to ignore him, especially seein' as he's callin' out to us. Besides, maybe he'll be able to tell us somethin' we might not know.

You head down towards the snake, and he hisses at you more. Once you approach, he begins to speak in a language you can actually understand.

"'Sssssup? I sssssee you're a Pilot. Why elsssssssse would you be here? Me? I'm here becausssssssse my friend, another Pilot, went in one of thesssssse cavessssss... Ssssssshe ssssstill hassssn't returned. It'sssss been a day. I don't know you, ssssso thisss might be a bit much to asssssk, but if you ssssssee her down there, pleasssssse bring her up?"

You jiggle affirmatively, as you don't really... have a mouth, but he gets the message, and thanks you, before leaving you to go on your way (Quests added to Mechanics.)

Let's start our search in the west cavern.

You head into the West Cavern, and find that the entrance is completely smooth. You end up sliding down the ramp quite fast, and end up many feet below the ground. You attempt to slide up the smooth hard bread ramp, but you're just too slippery.

Well, you're down here now. May as well see what else this place has in store for you.

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Character SheetShow

Name: Morgan Starbrook
Primary Taste: Sweet
Weakness: Sour
Appearance: Dome-shaped blob composed of blue gelatin. Has tendrils that are made up of several highly flexible sticks of licorice bundled together that can be used for them to either get around places more quickly or to multitask. Has a 'core' in the center, which seems to be a rather large gumball.
Favourite Food: Rainbow sherbet with a side of sponge cake.

Equipment:
Spongy Shield - +2 to Defending Rolls in normal combat, +1 to Attacking Rolls in normal combat. Tastes Sweet. Soft and plushy, but bounces back fiercely.
Chef's Hat - +1 to Cooking Rolls, and any Sweet-tasting Recipes you cook are stronger. Pink, poofy, and looks like a big cotton candy.

Spellbook:
Summon Macaron - You harness Sweet magics to create a moderately large, sentient Macaron of varying color and flavor. It doesn't do much other than leap angrily at enemies, but it's cheap. Costs 2 BP.
Icing Sugar - A cold and Sweet blast of powdery sugar gusts into a group of enemies, dealing a little bit of Sweet damage. Costs 3 BP.

Recipe Book:
Leguette - Using 200 Baking Materials, you bake a giant Leg-shaped sweet pastry to attach to your Kitchen and provide it with motion.
Farm Fresh - At the cost of 250 Baking Materials, you shape an entire Arm for your Kitchen out of bread.

Inventory:
Spongy Shield, Chef's Hat, Spellbook, Recipe book, Map.

QuestsShow

SSSSS.O.SSSSSS. - Find and rescue the friend of Sssslithering Sssssammy.

MapShow

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You are now in a Cavern.

To your west is a pool of Sweet, Sugary Syrup (~), which you could Collect to use as a Special Ingredient later on. There are a few unknown (?) things lying around, but you could Investigate them further. A stalactite of Salted Caramel sticks out of the ground (^), and what... seems to be a gem made of... sugar? (<>). Mysterious. Of course, you can still venture to the North or South.