Failure
An hour later, Aria, Damon, Bible, KJ, Bryan, and Luna all came back with their own cups of coffee. Miss Eiko sat, her face filled with disappointment at how long each of them took.
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Coffee one, Aria.
Miss Eiko took a long hard sip. She looked up at Aria, her face filled with disgust.
"Where did you get this? It tastes like trash."
Miss Eiko threw the coffee across the room.
"I got it from Starbucks," said Aria with a look of confidence.
"Really Starbucks?"
"I get that one all the time, it's good!"
"Uhhhggggg... Well, there's your problem, your taste is trash! NEXT!"
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Coffee two, Damon.
Miss Eiko took a sip. She swirled it in her mouth.
"It's ok, mixed flavor, I can taste the roughness, but there is a certain sweetness to it, kinda homey. Is this handmade?" she asked.
Damon leaned forward, "yeah, I have some training. But I'm not a master."
"Ohhh. Makes sense. It has promise, but... I just don't feel the determination and heart in it. Like a bland robot made it. Ok, NEXT!"
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Coffee three, Bible.
She took a sip before immediately pulling the cup far away from her mouth.
"Yeah it's Starbucks again..." She took another sip, "actually it's worse, did you add extra milk and sugar?"
"Yea-"
"NEXXXXXXXTTTTTTT!!!"
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Coffee four, KJ.
"What is this?" She asked looking at the cup of chocolate milk.
"I don't like coffee so I got you chocolate milk," he replied with a straight face.
"Well yeah, I can see that. You failed. But at least chocolate milk is better than..."
She looked at Bible, "...than that trash!"
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Coffee five, Luna.
Miss Eiko stared into the plain white cup.
"What is this..." she gagged.
"It's coffee," smiled Luna.
Miss Eiko looked at Luna, she looked at the cup of coffee, she looked back at Luna's straight face, her confidence in her cup of coffee.
"Ummm... Your name is Luna right?"
"Yes."
"Well, Luna. This is not coffee. This is raw coffee bean barley crushed in a cup, filled with soda."
"Well can't you taste how good it is? I bought the most expensive one from the nearby brewery."
"Yeah but you just put it in a cup. And poured soda on it. Soda?! Really? No-just-no. You didn't make it. You failed!"
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Coffee six, Bryan.
Miss Eiko took a sip of the coffee he brought her.
She immediately jumped back in ecstasy.
"What is this?! How did you?! This is the perfect blend with the perfect ingredients, a true combination with perfect balance... How did you...?"
Bryan smirked, "well I went to the nearby brewery and bought their most expensive beans, then I personally asked their head barista to brew the coffee to the specifics of well... I explained your personality to the barista and they brewed the coffee to how you act and look."
He looked at the five people behind him, their faces of jealousy. He turned back to Miss Eiko, her face of joy.
"Welp, that's it, you all lose and Byran gets one point!" she said writing his name down in her notebook. "Now then, on to our next mission, tomorrow you all will be transported to the Diamondhill Woods for your sixth test."
"Wait, the coffee challenge is just over like that?" asked Aria.
"Yup, these tests are purely made by me and me only. I have all the say in how these things go. And if you rub me the wrong way, I will kill you and kill all of your friends here. But if you rub me the right way I will let you pass." She pointed at the ceiling, "now that we got that out of the way, you all can rest here in this building. You will be locked in your own separate rooms for the night and you will be transported to the forest tomorrow morning. Ok bye."
She left as the six remaining contestants sat on the three couches not knowing what to do next.