I wake up once more to find out that there are two unknown girls and that Matik is gone.

After a while I remembered from my MSU that one person wanted a vanilla cake and an Italian chef was blabbering that he can do it better, though he didn't bake any vanilla cakes. And that those girls were named...uh...K...Katie? And Sarah, it seems.

Still being drowsy, I asked, "Nguhhhh...ehhh...is Matik dead? Which one is...umm...Katie? And whoooooo's Sarah? And what does that guy with a crystal do? What happened since then?

Suddenly, I get told by nobody that Shade has struck down the shop with a curse that spawns robbers, Katie and Sarah are establishing their orange business in the cake shop, Horsey was hired, Matikclocker is in storage room fighting a robber and Pickles summoned a lamp that is known for being the "strongest thing in the universe" though it looks like a regular lamp, and that Nann was asleep all the time and didn't get any role at all.

And nobody told me something that if I fall asleep for 1 more day then it will convince Pickles to fire me.

I tell Katie and Pickles that I don't know what to do and that I am still rusted.

((Guess that the "nobody" will be Nann's invisible always-watching wisp telling him everything. Also, what are my stats and skills?))

The lamp teleports near Katie and Sarah when nobody is looking.

The Italian chef took Dee by surprise, as he was unaware that the cake shop had competitors. The revelation brings to his attention that the shop doesn't actually have a brand name, which is very necessary for survival in the free market.

Dee alerts his coworkers of this fact, calling for brand name suggestions.

~~~~~

Dee prepares the Vanilla Wedding Cake, wondering just who that Italian chef was and why he was trailing the suited man.
He imagines the man in the suit to be a regular customer of the chef, who on this particular day had enough of the chef's 'chocolate elitism'.
Dee pictures childishly in his mind, the suited man flailing his limbs in an angry show before storming out of the chef's shop with the Italian yelling back in tow. The man then led an angry march across town which conveniently terminated at the Abnormal Cake Shop, the Italian chef cursing in scribbles and shaking his fist right behind him the entire way.
"Oh right, he has a car..." Dee bemuses out loud as he breaks out of his imagine spot.

Deciding to try something original, Dee grinds x2 Vanilla Cupcakes into crumbs and stirs them into the mix to give the cake a unique texture.

(...)
“Salutations, sir! Your vanilla wedding cake is ready for pickup; or delivery, if you prefer. But as this is a wedding cake you are ordering, I first would like to know if you want anything special to be written or decorated on the cake.”

The lamp has alluded me many times before.

I look at Nann, slightly confused and worried.
I back away slowly.
Should we be worried about this? Why is a robot falling asleep anyway?

After looking back through the posts, I remember that I have a bike helmet on my head.
I take it off because it looks stupid. (-1 defense)

Pumpkin looks at Tugarin, jealous that they don't have wings.

I point out that Shade is the second most powerful being in the universe, while the lamp is the first, so "Mechanolord" is probably not stronger than Shade.

I point out that I already stated few posts ago that it's not even close to number one at all, seeing as the only thing it does is to teleport, which is only a cheap trick. Not to forget that Mechanolord has access to the device that can reset an entire universe.

I take Tugarin as my familiar. Sorry Dee!

I return from the storage room, saying "The robber's dead! On my way I looted 30$ from him." He looks around. "What? Guards can loot too, can't they?"

I walked up to Sarah. "I know a legend about Mechanolord the Annihilator, the TRUE number one in the whole universe. Not like that stupid lamp which Pickles calls "the number one in the universe". It does nothing."
Then I whispered, "Sometimes, when nobody's looking, it teleports. But that's a cheap trick."

I continued then, "Mechanolord posesses the Annihilaser and the Comet Launcher. With the Annihilaser he can destroy planets (if he feels that it makes the universe unbalanced) and he can create new comets. He also has access to the universe reset device - the Null-Bomb. The person who can defeat him receives the title of the Annihilator. As for now, he's undefeatable. But if someone unresponsible takes his place...bad stuff can happen." Then after a short pause I asked Sarah how's her day been.

P.S. The thing you put on the cake is called a "topper".

I would like to mention that Mechanolord has done just as much nothing as the lamp.

Also, why do you suddenly have "the true number one" on speed dial?
 
 
 
 
 
This is stupid.

Let's all just say that "Makan the Anorith" is the most powerful being in the universe, not Mechanolord or the lamp or whatever.

Blaze never said that the lamp is only the most powerful being in the world, just that the board is only for the world.

If you're completely randomly friends with him, then you'd know if Mechanolord exists or not.

Also, Makan the Anorith is number one, not Mechanolord or the lamp.

I vote for Mechanolord!!!

P.S. Will Katie and Sarah be able to participate in the campaign?

I'm voting for Makan.

The lamp should also be on there, but whatever.

I vote for Makan just because we need a person who's stats and accomplishments are kept secret.
Imo I think [The Lamp > Matik's Randomly Generated Mechanolord].

I bound my way into the storage room to drag the body into the (Large-roomsized?) Cooler/freezer.
Never know when his corpse might come in handy. :L

I start to learn a New Skill: Transmute. (1/8)
> Transmute storyline or inventory items directly to Money through underground/shady deals.
Requires permission from Blazecat-Percival or Pickles in order to act.

Does that include selling a dead body?
Cause I'm letting Transmute do that since it doesn't fall in our inventory.

I feel like someone should do something about the body in our storage instead of arguing whether a lamp is stronger than a giant killer robot.
But what do I know.

Let's summon another lamp using a dead person as a sacrifice.
Then we'll have two strongest beings in the universe in the same room!

I decide to start learning Encourage (1/20)

I don't think we should be worrying about ranks right now.
Let's just say Makan and the Lamp and the Mechanolord or whatever are strong asfk because we have a cake shop to run.
Besides, I have no idea where I stand in the rankings.

I continue learning Transmute. (2/8)

I casually cut up the dead body.
...What. He was a robber. He probably doesn't have a family or anything so nobody's going to come looking for him, probably.
I don't mind more light fixtures or furniture for the shop from Pickles' circle.

Before the Italian Chef drives off, I taunt him by saying "Learn to bake, mister."

One person called Matik2002 laughs the Italian chef off. "dude, you look like a total wannabe. stop making choco-cakes and you will be a pro."

Can we make custom citizens? You know, we will have a controllable person (a citizen of Genericogsfield) that will sometimes order a cake in our shop. We can make him talk and whatever.

I attempt to cast M Shield on a feather, hoping to get some sort of enchanted feather.

I ask Matik to use Safety Scissors on the possibly enchanted feather to see what happens.

So I can make Matik2002 come to the shop? Ok. But I will use somebody else. Ladies and gents, get ready for sudden Robocraft, Undertale and other games references.

Cray comes to the shop. He wants a Purple Plain Slice for...$5.00.

(5 Internet Cookies for a person who guesses from what game he is and who is he)

Dee looks upon the check he was given.
"Wow. One hundred dollars. Powlalski must of been desperate."
Considering that it's the first check the shop has been given, Dee asks the wisp if the shop can automatically cash it or if he has to take it to a bank himself.

Afterwards, Dee searches for Pickles to talk to him about something that's been on his mind. But finding him and Matik arguing about power levels in the storage room instead of tending to more important matters (such as the random corpse on the ground between them, for an immediate example) really makes Dee wish he had opted for Expansion so that he doesn't have to deal with their grating incompetence anymore.

Dee calms down with a deep sigh and clears his throat to get Pickles' attention.
"Hey Boss, I've been wondering something about Charley," Dee says to Pickles. "He's a P-Imp, right? Don't you think it's kinda odd that he's a... bit of a loner?"
Dee pauses for a bit, searching his mind for how to phrase his next sentence to sound the least awkward.
"I mean, where are all his Impesses?"