[Nexus] Mallside II

[Morty]

((Nope - two locations. But we can have Crissy and Dorota's stuff moved here if you want. Not sure Grace would want an alchemical lab in Mallside though. ))

"Um...no, not here, but we do, like, totally have some at the original place," Crissy says, still holding Alice's hand most likely. And smiling at the girl. "Don't worry dear, we'll find her quickly, I promise."

((I guess we'll post in Inside later.))
I guess... Dorota also looks down at Alice. Yes, we'll do what we can to find your mother soon. And until we do, we'll take care of you.

See? A waterfall-based power plant! She's not a filthy savage, Magtok, so stop waiting for the other shoe to drop and for her to admit to be the ankle-biting, spider-eating, uncomfortably foreign devil-creature that small corner of your paranoid mind expects her to be.

"That's too bad, I suppose."

He frowns at his water, as if expecting it to jump up and try to tear out his wimpy little human teeth.

"Oh, and I forgot to mention it a moment ago, but it's just Magtok. I'm trying to phase out the 'Lord' thing, cause I probably come off as vain enough without it. The lack of Mag in the casino's name is also sort of a step in that direction, but it's probably still not enough."

Well, Reelshka does eat spiders. They're delicious when smoked. She's exactly the same kind of goblin as Dipsnig.
Oh? Reelshka's ears perk up curiously. Well, what's fine Magtok. You can just call me Reelshka too. What made you adopt the title "Lord" in the first place?

[Shadowcaller]

Food Court

Dawn looks slightly uncomfortable as Julie starts picking up the food, that was far too much for a simple lunch. Did she want to ruin the poor man?

She's about to reach out and stop either the succubus or Justine from going through with this transaction when he suddenly pays up, to the Deva's obvious surprise. This was so wrong and yet he just smiled. He must be awfully rich, or a thief, who kept money around like that exactly?

"Was that really nessecary Julie?" Dawn whispers to her companion as Justine walks towards their table.

[The Bushranger]

[EE]

((I guess we'll post in Inside later.))
I guess... Dorota also looks down at Alice. Yes, we'll do what we can to find your mother soon. And until we do, we'll take care of you.

((Cool with me))

Crissy nods, in complete agreement.

[Lord Magtok]

Krikebulin's Kobold Cuisine

"The same conceited arrogance I'm trying to move away from, actually. It's a relic from an old time, back when life was more like the cheesy copper piece stories on the magazine rack in MagMart. Back when villains were throwing around evil laughs without irony, when dramatic scenes like violent wedding crashes and nefarious golden submarine lairs was the norm."

Magtok tries his best not to get too worried about the undoubtedly terrifying contents of the menu that'll be dropped in front of his face soon.

"Now everything's all about dumb political games, subterfuge, and public image, so that lordy bit's more of a liability than anything. That, and the stupid MagPimp allegations."

Oh gods, don't get him started on the MagPimp thing.

[Neon Knight]

((Nope - two locations. But we can have Crissy and Dorota's stuff moved here if you want. Not sure Grace would want an alchemical lab in Mallside though. ))

"Um...no, not here, but we do, like, totally have some at the original place," Crissy says, still holding Alice's hand most likely. And smiling at the girl. "Don't worry dear, we'll find her quickly, I promise."

((I guess we'll post in Inside later.))
I guess... Dorota also looks down at Alice. Yes, we'll do what we can to find your mother soon. And until we do, we'll take care of you.

[EE]

((Cool with me))

Crissy nods, in complete agreement.

[EE's]

Alice looks up at the two. "Thank you very much." Well, hey, maybe they should get her mother back. She seems to have raised a polite and properly grateful child.

[Morty]

[Krikebulin's Kobold Cuisine]

So I've heard. There are quite a few stories about your exploits back in the old days. It sounds like they were thoroughly different from the modern times. She decides to tactfully avoid the subject of "MagPimp".

[Lord Magtok]

Krikebulin's Kobold Cuisine

"They were." He nods. "So what does the GLoG council do, exactly? I've never really understood its purpose, and of the few times I've visited, it's usually been too awkward for me to hang around long enough to ask."

Awkward, or involving some sort of AMEN-sponsored attack on the campgrounds. Not sure which of the two came up more often.

[Morty]

[Krikebulin's Kobold Cuisine]

Reelshka shrugs. We make decisions that require someone with authority, whenever they appear. We have a council rather than a single leader for practical purposes. Back when there was a singe president of GLoG, they tended to be overworked.

[The Bushranger]

[EE's]

Alice looks up at the two. "Thank you very much." Well, hey, maybe they should get her mother back. She seems to have raised a polite and properly grateful child.

"You're welcome, sweetie. Are you hungry?" Crissy asks.

[happyturtle]

Erin's Emporium

Ummm... right.
*totally doesn't see the relevance*

"That'll be fine."
Ilpholin says, looking over at Darcy to see if she wanted to get anything as well.

Because Ilpholin was thinking about metaphorical and literal nudity in her OOC text.

Darcy buys some silver daggers. Boring.

[Earl of Purple]

Krikebulin's Kobold Cuisine

Starters

Battered Cave Fish & Fungus Sauce
Breaded Fungi
Small Cave Crickets (Salted, Spicy, Plain or with Ketchup)
Dessicated Woodlice
Lizard Soup
Deep-fried Bat Wings

Mains

Dire Rat Haunch- The leg of a dire rat, honey drizzled & slow-roasted over an open fire, with a variety of fungi.
Roast Dire Rat- Whole & served with a variety of fungi. Head available at request. Available rare, medium rare, medium & well done.
Puffball Fungus- Stuffed with secret spices, other mushrooms & BBQ brown rat.
Cave Lizard Steak- served with a variety of fungi.
Large Cave Cricket- Choose from the selection at the back, served with a variety of fungi.
Mushroom Soup- Bracket fungi, cave lichen, puffballs and mushroom soup. Spicy hot.
Rat Soup- Brown rat, bracket fungi, cave lichen and puffball soup. Medium hot.
Bat Pie- May contain bones.

Variety of fungi may be swapped for chips at no extra cost.

Desserts

Ice Cream- Choose from banana, vanilla, chocolate & roast mushroom flavours.
Centipedes- With sprinkles, chocolate sauce, or toffee syrup.
Chocolate Dipped Cave Crickets- White, Dark & Milk chocolate available on request.
Sweet Mushroom Tart- Custard optional.

[Lord Magtok]

Krikebulin's Kobold Cuisine

"True. I probably contributed more than my fair share to the workload of those presidents, so I can certainly see why a Council would be better..."

Magtok bites his lip, and then peers at the menu. Oh gods, he can't find something even vaguely close to something he'd actually eat. Does cave lizard taste like chicken? Will roasted rat give him some kind of plague? What the hell is with cave-dwelling races and fungi, anyway?

"So umm...what are you getting?"

If it's something big, maybe they can split it! And by split it, I mean Reelshka gets to eat way more than half while Mag tries his best not to vomit the three teensy mouthfuls of foodstuffs he spends the entire evening trying to get down his throat.

[Morty]

[Krikebulin's Kobold Cuisine]

I think I'll get something light. Breaded fungi and mushroom spup. I can imagine all of this is a little strange to you. Reelshka smiles a little.

[Earl of Purple]

Krikebulin's Kobold Cuisine

A kobold waiter wanders over. This one is also wearing a suit, but has white scales and black irises. "Sso, you ready order now?" This kobold's accent is thicker than the last waiter's.

[The Bushranger]

[EE]

Ummm... right.
*totally doesn't see the relevance*

"That'll be fine."
Ilpholin says, looking over at Darcy to see if she wanted to get anything as well.

Because Ilpholin was thinking about metaphorical and literal nudity in her OOC text.

Darcy buys some silver daggers. Boring.

"Well then dear, it'll be ready this time tomorrow."
Ms. Boring rings up Darcy's dagger purchase!
"Could I interest you in a returning enchantment on these dear?"

[happyturtle]

EE

"Er, sure. Okay, except for one. I want to take one with me today." Darcy says.

[Slii Arhem]

Spoiler

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Food Court

Dawn looks slightly uncomfortable as Julie starts picking up the food, that was far too much for a simple lunch. Did she want to ruin the poor man?

She's about to reach out and stop either the succubus or Justine from going through with this transaction when he suddenly pays up, to the Deva's obvious surprise. This was so wrong and yet he just smiled. He must be awfully rich, or a thief, who kept money around like that exactly?

"Was that really nessecary Julie?" Dawn whispers to her companion as Justine walks towards their table.

Justin nods in agreement with Julie. "She's absolutely right, I insist." He returns her smile, but with less teeth. At her order Justin raises an eyebrow in surprise for a noticeable second, but only a second. After that he's back to cucumber-cool

"Well," the vendor says just a little bit smugly, and a little bit too smugly for someone wearing a paper hat, he pulls out a mini calculator and begins crunching numbers. "That's two small, meduim, and large, Salted, Unsalted, and Cinnamon pretzel bites, two Salted, Unsalted, and Cinnamon regular pretzels, two cheese dipping sauces, two Jalepeno cheese dipping sauces, two frosting dipping sauces, and of course two Small, Medium and Large lemonades. Your order will take just a minute Ma'ams. Here are your cups." He places six cups on the counter, before turning Justin. "That'll be <n; in which n is an obscene amount of money for mall food> Will that be caps or charge?"

"Cash," he responds simply, rifling through a small opening in the zipper of his duffle bag (that his player has idiotically neglected mentioning thus far). Pulling a thick roll of hundreds out of his bag and zipping it back up, he sets his food down on the counter and begins to count off the bills he needs. The bills are old, dirty, and tattered, but they would still be legal tender. "Would," as in the govt that backed them died 200 years ago and even then hyper-inflation makes it more useful as toilet paper than actual currency. Not that many peole would know that. "Oh and," he slaps a final bill on the counter on the flabbergasted vendor, "bring the order to our table, would you?" This time he gives Julie as toothy a grin as he can. If she is aware of their game, and she be an idiot not to be, this seems like the perfect way of saying, "This isn't about money."

Food Court

Julie's eye widen as the amount is stated and offered without fuss. Dramatically, she lays a hand over her chest and swoons.

"I simply can't allow you to do something like that for us without any compensation. It just wouldn't be proper. I'll tell you what, I have an appointment to make soon, I'm entertaining and will have to tidy up before my guests arrive. However, if you were to come to the casino in a few weeks, I'll make sure the men at the door let you in to see my show for free. Oh, and you too Dawn, you and your boyfriend would absolute adore the place. Magtok has done wonders with the color scheme."

Is Julie pulling a dine and dash? I think she is. But first, something to remember her by. Justin may find one of her hands under his chin and, unless he resists, she'll turn his head slightly to lean in for a big wet kiss on his cheek.

Oh no, the last time someone was affectionate like this in the mall, the Kopz showed up...

[OrchestraHc]

Oh no, she's not leaving his sight just yet, even if they do leave the mall. He can come up with something. "The thought is appreciated, but I do this out of the kindness of my heart. If you do this for me I simply couldn-" And then his chin is grabbed. And then he is being kissed. And then... then... Ah. I. she. wallet. NO! Maintain cool! I have to get her wallet. My pride as a man depends on this. Manly pride must outmatch teenage stu- pi- di-

"Ah, uh. What. Huh?" and he's back to blushing and babbling. "I, ah, it, lunch. Lunch! Right, you couldn't possibly leave without your lunch, right?" *Ahem* Coolness levels returning, he pulls his head back from her hand. "After all you were so famished as to order everything on the Menu. And it would be a shame to let it go to waste." He turns to the vendor, "Hey! Can you make at least half that order to go?"

The vendor tries to make the order as manageable as possible, but three different sizes of three different items and more make for a pretty hefty number of bags.

"Bon apetite." he says, giving her a Maitre D-like bow.

[Gullara]

[Food Court]

A Mall Kop whizzes up behind Julie on a red segway and steps off. He grunts to get her attention. "If ya wanna face eating contest, go outside or 'ave a propah wun." The hulking greenskin bears his rather large and pointy teeth in a large grin.

These orks really need to learn what kissing is. >.>

[The Bushranger]

EE

"Er, sure. Okay, except for one. I want to take one with me today." Darcy says.

"Alright then, it'll be ready tomorrow too dear," she says, every bit the good-natured matron. Really. You might almost picture her patting Ilpholin on the cheek and telling her to eat her vegetables.

[Reinholdt]

EE

She'd be dead before she finished the word vegetables even without the whip.

Ilpholin nods in agreement with Darcy's choice about the daggers. "Take the same." She says, before pocketing the potions after paying. Then heading out with Darcy and taking a look around.

"Any place you wanted to go to while we were here?" She asks Darcy.

[happyturtle]

EE

"We could wander around a bit and look for interaction with other players and see what's here." Darcy says.

[Reinholdt]

Concourse

Ilpholin shrugs a little.
"Works for me."
Wandering. It happens.

[ThePhantom]

Concourse

A crow-like bird flies towards the wandering ladies, trying to get their attention.

[happyturtle]

Concourse

"Aww, poor guy got caught indoors," Darcy says, noticing the bird. "I wonder if we can help it find the door?"

[Reinholdt]

Concourse

"Since the windows would be hard to open." Without her whip. Darn flying rat.

"This way birdie." Ilpholin says sweetly as she moves towards the door while facing the bird.

[ThePhantom]

Concourse

Krow

The bird flies towards the fountain, pausing to keep an eye on the two ladies.

[happyturtle]

Concourse

"Or it might be nesting indoors. I imagine there are plenty of treats to scavenge," Darcy says, following the bird.

[Reinholdt]

Concourse

"Spoiled bird." Ilpholin says, following Darcy now.

[ThePhantom]

Fountain

Sitting on the fountain is a man wearing light colored clothes. As the ladies get closer, the bird lands on the man shoulder.

Mur.

The man turns and looks at the ladies with one eye, as the other is under an eye patch.