Soup's on, but who's cooking it?

[greatcleavage]

[After a productive day out in the fields earning money, Roy heads back down the streets of Mac Anu, his arms laden with sacks and piled high with -- groceries. Did he really expect to eat them all by himself? Of course not -- he had guild members to feed!]

[But the fighter Edge Punisher had a faint frown on his face as he made his way carefully to the @Home...]

I hope someone can figure out some way to cook all of this...

Comments

[tank_sniper]

[Shinon's chilling at the guild by the time he arrives, having decided to take a break before she became too fatigued to go on. She's dedicated to her level grinding, but she's also not totally reckless about it.

...Just a little.]

-Ah, got the groceries?

[greatcleavage]

Yes!

[And he sounds so proud about it too. Well, being a good guild leader is another new challenge entirely for him. Also he's hungry.]

[tank_sniper]

What kinds of things did you get?

[greatcleavage]

The basics, of course. Bread, cheese, eggs. Rice, I developed a liking for that in Azure City, which may or may not have anything to do with it being my last meal. A few different kinds of meat and fish, I figure even if we can't do anything with those we can just cook them on a fire or something. That's within an untrained check at least. Some wine that probably isn't incredible. It's not much, but it's food, and it sure isn't iron rations.

[tank_sniper]

Last meal...?

[...Actually, she might regret asking, so let's focus on the food instead.]

If we had sauce and vegetables, we could stir fry the meat and fish. But as it is... If we fry it, that might work too. At least the rice is easy enough to prepare.

[greatcleavage]

Right, I ended up dying in the siege.

[No big deal, right?]

Sauce, huh? You have some ideas?

[tank_sniper]

[...Just gonna go ahead and ignore that for the sake of her sanity.]

Yeah. I don't know if they have anything like soy sauce here, but if we had some as well as cooking oil, I could make at least a simple meal of flavored meat to go along with the rice.

[greatcleavage]

Do you think they do? I still have some money left for just this sort of thing. We should go look.

[tank_sniper]

...Sure. I haven't looked too closely at the ingredients they offer here, so I'm really not sure.

[She'll go ahead and rise from her seat, giving a small stretch.]

[greatcleavage]

[He'll give her a moment to get herself back in order as he tromps up the stairs to put away the groceries. That doesn't take much time at all, though, so it's only a couple minutes later that he heads back down the stairs.]

[tank_sniper]

[And she's ready, waiting with her arms crossed at the door. Though her stance is really less out of impatience than it is her simply being the type to be somewhat closed off.]

Ready?

[greatcleavage]

Yes. It's surprisingly nice to have a home again. I didn't really realize I'd missed it...

But I can reminisce on my own time. Let's go.

[tank_sniper]

[She raises an eyebrow at this, looking... questioning. Those three sentences certainly sounded like there was a story behind them. But then again, that's not really any of her business, so she won't ask.]

Uh, alright then.

[glassworkgenius]

[Oh! That guy looks like he needs help carrying those groceries through the streets of Mac Anu. Well, not really, he looked capable and wasn't some frail old guy, but it didn't hurt to offer.]

Mind if I assist you~?

[greatcleavage]

[While it might be a trick to steal his stuff, Roy isn't prepared to write off people here so easily. They've all been pretty good to him, really!]

I wouldn't say no. Not that this is a hard Strength check, but it'd make it easier to get my guild ID out when I get there...

this took forever I'm sorry!;;

[glassworkgenius]

["Guild"...? He goes ahead and takes some of that stuff of Roy's hands before going ahead and asking.]

What's a guild?

S'okay!

[greatcleavage]

Thanks! A guild is an organization of people working for a common purpose.

[glassworkgenius]

Oh... that sounds fun! What kind of purpose?

[greatcleavage]

Well, whatever the guild leader chooses. Mine, for example, is about working together, sharing experience, and giving people help if they need it.

[glassworkgenius]

How cool~! You're like one of those hero types on TV!

[greatcleavage]

I prefer to think of myself as 'a hero' more than 'like one of those heroes', but thank you anyway.

[glassworkgenius]

Oh, sorry!

[He laughs faintly.]

I just don't know many people confident enough to call themselves that. What's your name, Hero-san?

[greatcleavage]

I don't know about confidence. It's just a matter of standing up against evil and villainy when it rears its head.

[As the conversation hangs on that somber note, Roy realizes the fact and shakes himself out of that mood.]

Roy Greenhilt. I'd shake hands, but, you know.

[glassworkgenius]

[Evil and villainy still exist...? The boy briefly wonders if this has anything to do with their worlds' differences. Like in his comment with heroism, it's not something he usually hears so casually mentioned.]

It's no problem. I'm Amemiya Taiyou!

[greatcleavage]

Should I take it from your questions, and comments, that you're interested in guilds?