The Slayers Quest

[Merc]

This little adventure starts in a lively tavern in a town some forty miles to the south-east of the capital Saillune.

Normally a quiet tavern, filled only with people wanting to drown the boringness of the day away or in need of a quiet meal, today it is full of excitement as people stare and cheer on what could only be called an incredible food battle.

Plate after plate disappear full of food only to reappear empty, piling one after another at one round table. The two responsible are a young redhead currently going through a deliciously herb-roasted chicken and a long haired blond fellow going through some roast beef he somehow managed to steal from the redhead. His pile of plates still remains lower by at least ten plates.

Besides them, surrounded by the cheers of the townsfolk, sit two awkward people, one a young girl with a horrified twitching grin, moaning about how much this would cost her and wondering what possessed her to offer to pay for dinner, and a robed and masked man, covering his face in his gloved hands, wondering why he was still here.

As the last of the plates with food within disappears down the redhead's throat in one satisfying gulp, a waitress approaches nervously, somewhat shocked at the sheer amount that has been consumed.

"Will...will that be all?" she asks, noting from the glint of their eyes that by far, it most certainly isn't.

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OOC: Since Corwin's wanting a food battle with Eb, here you go =p

I'll bring in Asrana and Bean later, once the tavern's emptied out some of the amused townsfolk. Rat, I'll want to chat with you before intro'ing you.

[Corwin]

Lina stabs Gourry with her fork. "That's for my roast beef, jellyfish brains!"

Turning towards the waitress, she smiles. "Seconds!"

[Ebiris]

"Ow!" Gourry moans, cradling his stabbed arm by reflex, but not really seeming overly bothered. "Lina, why did you stab me?" he complains before noticing A. there is no more food in front of him, and B. there is a waitress nearby.

"I'd like seconds, too!" he says cheerfully to the waitress, seeming to have already forgotten the brutal and undeserved stabbing he just recieved. "And can you give me some extra portions of roast chicken this time? I must have eaten mine so fast I never even tasted it..." he trails off, looking slightly confused.

[Corwin]

"You snooze, you lose," Lina comments, reclining in her chair slightly as she picks at her teeth.

[Merc]

"Seconds? Extra portions?" the waitress asks in amazement before regaining her wits. "I mean, comming right up!"

She turns and wades through the townsfolk as they give another cheer, shaking her head. They'd already asked for two pages of their menu, and they were asking for seconds with extra portions. What an inhuman appetite.

[Ebiris]

"I wasn't sleeping..." The dopey swordsman replies. "Besides, Lina, do you really think you should eat that much? It never seems to go to your breasts, only your stomach..." Gourry punctuates his statement by prodding Lina's flat chest followed by her rather plump stomach, seeming totally unaware of how badly his actions might be taken...

[Corwin]

Lina's face goes red, and she crashes with her seat backwards onto the floor. Twitching, she chants from the ground, "Source of all power, crimson fire burning bright."

Lina points at Gourry from her supine position, and yells, "FLARE ARROW!"

[Ebiris]

Hearing Lina's chant, Gourry's eyes widen with alarm, and he waves his hands frantically for a few seconds while giving sputtering apologies for whatever set her off this time. Then, as she completes the spell, he dives under the table in hopes of avoiding his punishment!

[Corwin]

As Gourry leaps under the table, Lina launches little, jellyfish-shaped arrows of fire at his hide.

[Merc]

At the cry of "Flare Arrow", most of the cheering townsfolk decide that amusement isn't worth getting caught in any possible crossfire. As most of them start to filter out of the tavern, most miss the sight of the "arrow" summoned being in reality jellyfished shaped arrows of fire, smacking against the blond swordsman's rump and causing him to hit his head on the bottom of the table.

[Ebiris]

Gourry lies insensate on the floor for a brief moment before he picks himself up, groaning and rubbing his head. "Ow, Lina! That wasn't very nice," he complains, standing up.

Sniffing the air, he is distracted from his complaint by the smell of cooking meat. "Hey, is our food nearly ready? That smells nice..." he says, not noticing the smoke coming from behind him...

[Corwin]

Raising herself from the floor, Lina palms her forehead. She moves to one of the recently-vacated tables, and snaps her fingers, casting Aqua Create on her dumb sidekick.

[Ebiris]

"Oh! Cold!" Gourry shivers slightly as the water cascades over his sizzled rump.  He then sits back at the table with Zelgadis and Amelia, picks up his fork and knife, and eagerly awaits the rest of his meal, seeming to have completely dismissed the violence that was just inflicted on him.

[Merc]

As if summoned by Gourry's desire, the waitress pops up from the back with four plates in hand, one dish on each of her hands, and one balanced on each of her arms. Gourry's desire is further sated by the sight of it being his roasted chicked request. With extra portions. "The rest will be right up!" she says with a smile as she sets down the four plates. While doing so, she blinks at the changes. "Hey, why's the floor wet? And where'd everyone else go?"

[Ebiris]

At the waitress' question, Gourry looks down and notices the water around him. He blinks in confusion for a moment before remembering what just happened. "I uh... had an accident," he cheerfully informs her before starting in on the food before Lina can get any.