Day 1, Holiday, Menu

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Snowflakes singled slowly outside of the cafe's window. Manfred cradled his warm cup of the Holiday Special drink. Through his clogged nose he could still smell the heavy, spicy scent of cinnamon and cardamom. Izzy sat down next to him, a sheet of paper held high in her hand. It read Susie's Holiday Menu with large cursive letters, a drawing of a pie next to it.

"Why did you bring the menu?" he asked, blowing slightly on his drink. Izzy rolled her eyes, thrusting the sheet in front of Manfred. When he looked closer he saw that on the bottom of the page there was a bright red text that read: Gingerbread house competition, best house wins a trip to the tropical island of Halua. Manfred glanced up at Izzy. "You... you want a vacation?" he asked dubiously. If there was anyone worse at boat rides, he had never heard of them. Odd and Roon sat down in front of the seated duo, Odd with a mischievous grin on his lips, and Roon with a mischievous glint to their eyes.

"We need to win this for Ms Opal and her girlfriend!" Odd said happily. Manfred sighed.

"I'm in!" he said.

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