turbo heaven 🌼 fidelio

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two tsuns walk into a bar

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Oh. Yeah, that shouldn't be too hard to do. They're actually a lot easier to make than they look, so I can show you.

...Your lucky charm is a rose?

[ it's not just a romantic thing? ]

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[ it's not. ]

Nah, it's actually what's called a sand rose. Things that form out in the desert over a long time as sand builds up and... I dunno, I guess crystallises? Anyway, it's basically a sort of grainy rock in the vague shape of a rose, and the white ones are said to give protection and good luck in paripus culture.

The real ones are rare, so people usually just have fake novelty ones anyway. Figured I could make one out of paper and just glue some sand to it or somethin'.

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[ what a weird yet fascinating story. do they even have good luck charms in the tower? huh. ]

Huh. Okay, I don't mind helping out with that. I think you can get, like, craft sand from the online thing if you really want to make sure it's really white, too, since the beach can get kind of gross.

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Oh, didn't know that was a thing. [ and this beach in particular has sure seen some murder, so... ] I'll have to check that out in a bit.

You feel like swingin' by the tavern and doin' that now, or do you want to take a break for today and do it some other time?

[ today was Bad but he's not sure if distractions are his preferred coping mechanism or not ]

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[ shrugs. ]

Now's fine. We'll probably be busy tomorrow if they really make it back, right? May as well be prepared for it now.

[ distractions are in fact good coping mechanisms yay ]

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Sounds good, then. Thanks.

[ off we go! just assigns the tavern as having paper since i guess they probably need it for menus and stuff. ]

You want anything?

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Yeah, it's the least I can do.

[ he has so little to contribute all the time lmao. ]

...Oh. I meant to try the, uh... poison thing? I have no idea what it even is.

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Oh, it's the meat from this big bird-like monster in our world. Sounds weirder than it tastes, it's real good fried. You want that?

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Oh, okay. Sure, it sounds good to me.

[ the "monster" part throws him a little, maybe, but otherwise... maybe it's like chicken. ]

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[ i just had to look up his follower bond to remember what kind of dish this actually was help all i remembered was bird monster. anyway he straight up calls it kokasados chicken there so i guess it IS like chicken. ]

All right, back in two shakes.

[ he'll go back to the kitchen and come back in a few minutes with a plate of really delicious looking meat. probably something like this, idk, becks isn't awake to tell me i'm wrong. ]

Here you go. Honey-glazed poison kokasados.

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Wow, it looks great. [ he'll gladly try it! but. hm. ] Why is it called "poison," exactly...?

[fending]

Well, the monster itself is poisonous, naturally. Salt curing before cooking gets that all out of the meat though, so it's safe.