THE GUS BRIGADE (1)

Little Sage placed her new iron toys back in the box and carefully placed it inside the kitchen.

As she scurried back outside, she told Gus, "We can play later! Let's cook first!"

Little Sage waved her spoon and placed it inside her nearest pocket. She thought if she put it there, then she can take it out anytime to taste everyone's work.

Gus remembered his old chef garbs back on earth. There are small pockets in the shoulders of his uniform. Cooks use that pocket to place their tasting spoon inside, so they can taste their dishes anytime they need to. Maybe it's about time the kids need cooking garbs. thought Gus

"I also want to help, Gus." said Sarah as she showed up from behind, she tied her hair back and rolled up her sleeves. Gus nodded at her and also gave her a chef's knife of her own.

Gus divided the work into several stations to make them work more efficiently. Holding his own personal knife, Gus has demonstrated to everyone how he dismantled One Minotaur carcass and One Orc carcass. Everyone was amazed at Gus' knife skills as he cut the carcass flawlessly. All of them thought that blade arts can only express its beauty on the battlefield. But Gus has proven them wrong! All of his movements were swift, decisive and clean as if Gus was dancing. All the organs and intestines were taken out quickly and neatly.

The kids have started copying his hand movements as they observed and memorized where to cut the carcasses.

Piece after piece, Gus placed the different cuts of meat on the kitchen table for everyone to remember what the different parts are called. Sarah and kids suddenly got all nervous, because they are afraid to ruin Gus' cooking.

Gus collapsed his body and morphed each part of him into multiple Gusford juniors!

"A Gusford jr. will guide you on what to do, if you ever get confused with your work! The Gusfords also has the ability to assist you. Everyone! Don't you want to learn how to cook? Don't you want to feed delicious food to your hungry neighbors? This is the time to show them what you guys can do! Remember! I'm always by your side!"

After Gus encouraged his Kitchen Brigade, their fear melted away and was replaced with their eyes burning with excitement!

The most laborious part of cooking has begun! The First Station is called The Vegetable Cutting Station. They are responsible for doing the prep work for vegetables such as Onions, Potatoes, Garlic, and tomatoes.

These responsibilities went to the Ladies. Sarah, Gretel, and Cindy has a Gusford Jr. of their own. Each Gus has taught them how to use their knives properly and told them the different cuts and sizes of the onions and potatoes needed.

Each Gusford Junior jumped into the ladies' dominant hand and transformed into a thin armored glove. They were surprised as their hand moved and cut the onions sticks for Minotaur teriyaki, the thin onion slices for the onion soup, and finally the ring slices for the onion rings.

The gloves also demonstrated the different sizes and cuts that will be done for mashed potatoes, french fries and potato chips. After Gus demonstrated, The glove gave back full control to the wearer to let them cut for themselves. Gus figured, they should give the least attention to garlic and tomatoes for now, as crushing them was not as laborious as the other prep work. Gus' creative teaching method amazed Sarah and the girls. They realized they can actually learn a lot and finish on time if they keep this up!

With Gus' "Valued Patron" Passive in effect, the girls didn't get tired and they prepped the vegetables with ease! Anybody who wears the armor will enjoy Gus' stat bonuses! Cindy instantly fell in love with her paring knife as she can meticulously cut the vegetables precisely to the sizes as she wanted. Gretel loved her knives as well. She told Gus, that she wants to learn Cleaver techniques the next time they cook.

The Boys were in charge of the Butchery Station. They handled The Minotaur and Orc meats which Gus has primarily cut for them. Griffin was being taught how to dismantle the 2nd Minotaur Carcass while Ray was dismantling the Orc Carcass. They Cut the Carcasses with ease, as Gus' "Valued Patron" passive is in effect. They Dismantled the Luscious Fresh Meats as if they were cutting butter with a hot knife. They were able to dismantle the meats quickly and even moved on with marinating the meats with soy sauce and garlic for the minotaur teriyaki and soy garlic porc.

Next, Gus has instructed Ray and Griffin to Roast the bones in the oven. The bones will be turned into soup stock for the onion soup and sauce base for Porc balls in tomato sauce. Griffin loved mincing the Meat for the porc balls and Minotaur Salisbury steak as he was able to go all out on his cleaver. Ray also loved slicing the different slices of meat for porc chops, teriyaki minotaur, and orc bacon. Ray was able to cut the slices for teriyaki minotaur effectively, as his fillet knife can bend!

The brothers even let Little Sage help, by giving her the 6 tenderloins and the mounds of Orc belly cuts from the carcasses to marinate for herself! Gus taught little Sage, to cure their favorite meat dish, the ever-popular bacon! It was adorable seeing Little Sage shouting "Ya! Ya!" As she massages the marinade in the tenderloins, the ribs, as well as The Salt in the Orc Bellies, to become Bacon!

While everyone was busy hustling and bustling, a childlike size Gus' paused and took a good look at Sarah and the kids as they work in the kitchen. It's as if time slowed down. The difference when he first met them compared to the present is like Day and Night. Gus can see the sparkle in their eyes, as they prepare the food. Gus saw Griffin asking Cindy the garlic slices he needed for his marinade, He even saw the quiet Ray asking Gretel if the minced onions are ready for him to mix in the Salisbury steak and Porc balls! Gus was really satisfied to experience a busy kitchen once again. Gus snapped out of it and realized he has to get back to work as well. He was in charge of making the sauces, off all dishes, and baking unleavened bread.

Now that the prep work is finished, Cooking can now finally start!