Just Another Ordinary Day...
Dashe: Man this day looks boring already! HEY ELBIE! HEY TRAVIS! WAKE UP!!!!!!!
Elbie and Travis: O_o
Elbie: Dashe, don't yell like that! You're giving me a headache!
Travis: *Is staring at a spot on the floor in horror* Sp-sp-sp-sp...
Dashe: What is it already, Travis? Spit it out!
Travis: SPIDER!!!!!!!! *Points to the spot and hides under the covers*
Dashe: What? *Squints and kneels down on the floor, straining to see the spider* But that tiny little thing's practically microscopic...
Travis: KILL IT!!! KILL IT NOW!!!
Dashe: *Sighs and stomps on the spider*
Travis: ^o^ Oh thank you sooooooo much! You're the best most wonderful person on the face of the earth! I am eternally in your debt!
Dashe: (Hmmmm...I should give her something to do that will keep her out of the Inn for the day. She's really getting annoying.) Okay then, you and Elbie have to go to the bakery and get me a bottle of pie!
Elbie: Hey, who said I was in on this?
Dashe: *Glares at Elbie*
Elbie: All right, all right, I'll go!
Dashe: And be quick about it!
They leave for Town Square and come across a Townsperson going about his business.
Melissa: Hey, do you know where I can find a bottle of pie?
TP#6: Are you insane? *Leaves*
They go to the bakery. When they enter, they witness a horrifying sight too terrible to possibly imagine...
Elbie: ACK!! THIS LINE GOES ON FOREVER!!!
Clerk: Take a number.
Travis: *Takes a number* Hmm...we're #7,864 1/2...
Elbie: Looks like we're going to be here for a while...
Back inside the Inn, Dashe has gone downstairs and is currently in the lobby trying to weasel an all-you-can-eat breakfast buffet out of the Innkeeper.
Dashe: But Mr. Innkeeper, most hotels and inns are supposed to serve you breakfast every morning!
Innkeeper: Sorry, not my problem. Shut up and go away!
Dashe: But I haven't eaten since I got here in Tikea! I'm starving!
Innkeeper: Look kid, if you want a buffet so badly go to the Tavern! Their prices are reasonable and they actually serve FOOD!
Dashe: *Looks at him suspiciously* Sure they do...*Leaves the Inn* Now where the heck is that Tavern? It's not in Town Square, and I can't risk going back into the Business District cause El Microorganism has been going there a lot and I don't want to get into any more trouble...I'd better start in the Executive District, then!
You go up into the Executive District and decide to ask around about the Tavern.
TP#7: Huh? A Tavern? I think you might find one in the Entertainment District.
Dashe: Geez! Sounds like El Microorganism would tear that place apart! Thanks.
You press SELECT to bring up a map of Tikea, and follow the quickest route to the Entertainment District without cutting through the Business District. You spot the Tavern right away and head inside. There are about two ar three people inside, and one of them happens to be the somewhat-helpful Creepy Guy from earlier, who invites you to sit down with him at his table. You accept the offer, hoping to weasel more information out of him.
Creepy Guy: Ah, so you've found the Tavern at last, Dashe, Master Thief of Yenro...
Dashe: Wait a second, how did you know my...
Creepy Guy: Oh, I know a lot of things. However, this is not the matter at hand. You see, the other day I received word that you had disobeyed my warning and confronted El Microondas. I must know, why did you go looking for trouble like that?
Dashe: I wasn't! It was an accident, and I...
Creepy Guy: The waitress has arrived. Let's order, shall we? My treat. We will discuss this matter later.
Waitress: What would you like to order, sir?
Creepy Guy: One platter of sushi and some water, please.
Waitress: And you?
Dashe: ^_^ Three helpings of everything on the menu!
Creepy Guy: O_o Oh crap...you're one of those crazy adventurers who eat like a pig but never get fat, aren't you??? *Shudders, thinking about all the money this is going to cost him.*
Waitress: Anything else?
Dashe: Well...
Creepy Guy: ^_^ No that's fine! Please, run along! *To Dashe* God what are you trying to make me go broke or something?
Dashe: But that's just a light snack, and I haven't eaten in days...wait a second! You called me an adventurer, didn't you? The Innkeeper called me that too! He said it was like a player-controlled character. Is that a compliment or an insult?
Creepy Guy: It's whatever you wish to make of it. Anyway, it turns out my suspicions were right. I recently traveled in the Business District and about half the booths had been searched and shut down. This is definitely the work of El Microondas.
Dashe: Yeah. I saw some kid's comic book stand get shut down yesterday!
Creepy Guy: What's more, I've noticed a pattern: his victims were all selling art-related products.
Dashe: That's weird...
Creepy Guy: Anyway, what you did two days ago was very stupid. Now El Microondas has marked you as a potential hazard to whatever he's planning to do in this kingdom. It is imperative that you not make any contact with him whatsoever! Doing so can endanger your well-being. I highly advise you to return to Yenro Village before this gets out of hand, but you probably want to spend a bit more time here on your vacation, right?
Dashe: Well, yeah. I haven't even been here a full week yet!
Creepy Guy: I have also been informed that you and Supreme Magister Cid are going to meet in about a week. I'm just as surprised about it as everyone else is. Hopefully he isn't going to behead you or anything.
Dashe: What I'm surprised about is that everybody's afraid of him and he's such a nice guy! He's just...uh...shy...I think.
Creepy Guy: Well hopefully you're right about him. I'd hate to see anything happen to you so soon after you left your village. Take this opportunity to warn him of the pending danger that lies ahead. Hopefully he will take some action before it gets out of hand.
Dashe: Got it!
Back in the Bakery, Elbie and Travis have finally made it to the front of the line.
Clerk: A bottle of pie?? What, do I look like some kind of idiot?
Elbie: But that's what we were told to get...
Clerk: *Places a cherry pie on the counter along with an empty bottle* Here! You can bottle it yourself! That'll be 400 Gil!
Travis: Fine, be that way! See if I care! *Pays up*
Travis and Elbie leave the store and desperately cram the pie into the bottle.
Travis: Man the sky really looks gray right now! Wouldn't it stink if it started to rain really hard all of a sudden?
Just then, it begins to downpour.
Elbie: You idiot! You made it rain just saying that! RUN FOR IT!!!
They return to the Inn, where Dashe has been waiting for them for a few minutes. She just missed the rain, but she also missed the guard Cid had sent to receive her RSVP and is in a bad mood.
Travis: Here's your...bottle...of... *Gives her the bottle and faints from exhaustion*
Dashe: *Sighs* Why do I even bother...
