Premium contest/2021-02 - Scrumptious Slushes and Shakes

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Have you ever been craving a scrumptious slush or fruity shake? Well, now's your chance to design some! For this month's
contest, you are to design a fruit slush and a shake with taste messaging.

Here are the requirements:

1. Name the fruit, which must be found in elanthia, the drink is based around
2. Design the 15/15/15 description for the drink with a noun of shake (a something/something/shake)
3. Design the custom taste message for requirement # 2 (no more than 512 characters including spaces)
4. Design a second custom taste message for requirement # 2 (same rules as #3, but must NOT be a duplicate entry of 3)
5. Name the fruit, which must be found in elanthia, the drink is based around
6. Design the 15/15/15 description for the drink with the noun of slush (a something/something/slush)
7. Design the custom taste message for requirement # 6 (no more than 512 characters including spaces)
8. Design a second custom taste message for # 6 (same rules as # 7 but must NOT be a duplicate entry of 7)
9. Entries must not be of a "gross foods" type nature (nothing moldy, rotten, or with blood etc.)
10. Do NOT add "You take a drink... " at the beginning of your entry.

Example of a Submission:
1. a handful of blueberries
2. a dark/blueberry/shake
3. The sweet notes of blueberry mingle with hints of cinnamon that blend together with the smooth creaminess of the milk,
creating a mesmerizing flavor in your mouth.
4. Blueberries with a hint of banana and cinnamon combine perfectly with the cream in this delightfully refreshing shake.
5. a handful of raspberries
6. a red/raspberry/slush
7. Tart raspberries suffuse this refreshingly cold icy treat.
8. Brisk and exhilarating, the tart blended raspberries are perfectly balanced with the sweet creaminess of mango in this
icy slush.



Entries that do not include all ten requirements and follow the guidelines will not be considered eligible. Contestants have until
midnight PT on February 28, 2021 to get entries to me.

Winners

Top Ten Winners, in alphabetical order:

  • Daenamaryllis (Plat)
  • Darcena
  • Esana
  • Haezel
  • Laelithonel
  • Mellny
  • Palcron
  • Rohese
  • Traiva
  • Tsarmina

Entries

Obelin

1. wild chokecherry
2. a swirled/pink and black/shake
3. The sourness of chokecherries briefly overwhelms the mellower flavors of sweet cream and ripe dark berries.
4. Faint bitter notes drift across your palate, bouyed by the sweetness of mixed berries.
5. calamia fruit
6. a Soldiers'/Remembrance/slush
7. Once the cold passes, you are left with a strong grassy flavor with hints of citrus and light floral notes, reminiscent of a summer field.
8. An astringent, almost medicinal, note crashes across your awareness. Your focus drifts to the sites of old injuries, long since healed.

Arianiss

1. pineapple
2. a bright yellow/pineapple/shake
3. The sweet tartness of the pineapple tingles at your tastebuds while revealing a lighter tasting cream.
4. Pieces of pineapple contrast the thick liquid of the shake as they both melt against your tongue.
5. peach
6. an icy/peach cream/slush
7. An even mixture of peach, shaved ice, and cream have been blended together to form a smooth drink that clings to your tongue before evaporating.
8. Peach and cream are ice cold as they swirl together in a sweet mixture.


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