The Slayers Quest

[Merc]

Gourry enters through the door to find a huge but empty kitchen. At the end of the room appears to be a huge metal door, and as he approaches, from the cold feel behind it, he can guess that it's the fridge. As he is about to open it, his nose began to sense an aroma. Sniffing the air, he moves around the kitchen, slowly, searching for the source. Eventually coming to a stop in front of a trash can, Gourry stares. It is a plate of leftover dragon cuisine, half eaten.

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Lina and Ashford support each other up as they leave the cell, and slowly walk towards Amelia. Ashford's mind and sight seem to clear as they walk, and he recalls that these two aren't his real family, though he is appreciative of the rescue nonetheless.

[Corwin]

"Where is our Dragon Cuisine, Mr. Ashford?" Lina asks him, unable to curb her enthusiasm.

[Ebiris]

Gourry is utterly horrified that someone would leave leftover Dragon Cuisine. Especially after going through so much trouble to get it.

Not stopping to consider that more is likely in the fridge, he grabs the plate and stuffs the leftovers in his mouth, finally able to savour the exquisite taste of Dragon Cuisine.

[Merc]

Ashford blinks, and thinks before remembering, "Oh, I think the kitchen was to the right of the front entrance. It was kept there, in a huge vault refridgerator."

Lina and Amelia nod as they head up the stairs with Ashford. They slowly move towards the kitchen, the burnt wall in the dining hall and the ripped up tile garnering nothing more than raised eyebrows. Eventually, they arrive into the kitchen, and stare at Gourry rooting through the trash for more leftovers.

[Corwin]

Lina ignores Gourry, and rushes to the fridge, throwing its door open and glancing inside.

[Merc]

Cold air rushes out as Lina finds with glee that the majority of her dragon meat is present, cooked and safe for consumption, if unprepared. Apparently Ralcyon wasn't a too heavy eater (at least in the sense of sorcerers and mercenaries being heavy eaters).

[Corwin]

"Mr. Ashford, we're ready to taste your Dragon Cuisine!" Lina exclaims, pointing at the fridge. She takes a deep breath, shivering in anticipation. Frowning as the thought of a wounded Ashford messing up her food suddenly leaps into her mind, Lina walks over to him, casting Boost and then Recovery on the cook, just as she had done for Amelia previously.

[Ebiris]

Gourry finishes the leftover Dragon Cuisine, smacking his lips in satisfaction. If that was what leftovers tasted like, the freshly cooked stuff must be absoultely divine!

Seeing the open fridge, he gets up and takes a look inside himself, salivating at the prospect of getting to eat his well earned Dragon Cuisine.

[Merc]

As all the pain and aches of the cowboy-style dragon cook disappear under Lina's recovery spell, a glint fills Mr. Ashford's eyes as he grabs some large knives from the cabinets and heads towards the fridge. "Alright, you've got yourself a meal fit for the gods themselves, coming right up!" he promises.  He pauses to stare at everyone still in the kitchen.

"Now everybody out of kitchen!" he barks out. "Customers are supposed to be sitting and waiting for the meal!"

Ten minutes later, Lina about to storm into the kitchen from the dining hall is stopped as a tray pushes through the kitchen doors.

"Appetizers ready!" he says as Lina sits back down, in the seat where Ekanna once say, and he begins setting the plates on the table. Pulling off the covers from the plates, he reveals a number of dishes of Dragon Wine Souffle, Dragon Fried Crackers, and Dragon Salad.

As Lina, Gourry and Amelia begin to dig in with a frenzy and Ashford heads back to the kitchen, nobody wonders about Kizel, Zelgadis, or Ralcyon.

[Ranma_007]

Meanwhile...

Zelgadis continues to check out all the doors on the left hand side, searching for enemies, friends, or anything interesting.

[Corwin]

"Uwooo!" Lina exclaims, digging into her food even faster. "This exquisite taste," she got out between bites, "the ethereal texture of the souffle--" She turns to Gourry, tears coming out of her eyes. "The wait was worth it!"

[Ebiris]

Reaching over the table, Gourry stuffs several Dragon Fried Crackers in his mouth, making loud noises of approval as he rapidly consumes them, then he grabs a plate of Dragon Wine Souffle which vanishes into his gaping maw with alarming alacrity.

"This was definitely worth the wait!" he grins through a mouthful of food back at Lina.

[Corwin]

Mixing a generous portion of the salad with the fried crackers, Lina wolfs it down. "Just imagine," she chuckles, shivering as she tastes the wine souffle again. "We could've been on some wild goose chase in a desert right now!"

[Ebiris]

"That would have been awful," Gourry agrees, "That Ralcyon guy couldn't even finish off a single plate of Dragon Cuisine, it's an insult for this food to be wasted on him!"

[thepanda]

Alelia says nothing, fighting off Gourry and lina for some Dragon Salad.