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Post by Javal Zarrias on Nov 27, 2023 23:59:43 GMT -5
Javal stands with his hands on his hips as he listens to Astrid, “Indeed although Professor Lloyd is a brilliant scientist fellow he does have a habit of making his personal queries into everyone else’s business. Which I don’t mind considering I like helping people as much as I do so it works out for me. That and since he has so many adventurers getting work done for him hopefully we can find out a lot more about the monsters he’s sending us to study”.
Javal then holds his chin as he tries to remember who Batman is when it hits him, “Ohhhhh that guy yeah I remember him I had to step forward and face judgment under him because of a bad thing I did as a kid. Thankfully thanks to the community of Thorock and Beans indifference I managed to be forgiven of my horrid action”.
He then chuckles nervously trying to move on as he responds to Astrid’s comment about the battle against Vulcadreus, “I can say the same thing, friend meeting some of the new people from that battle has been incredible. Thankfully everyone managed to get out of there alive and well”.
Javal’s eyes widen with excitement as Mizzi requests the pair of adventurers to help feed the hungry workers.
“I would love to help with the cooking. I myself learned how to cook as a child and worked at my mom’s tavern/inn growing up. I learned to cook so I could help my mom in any way I could since our dad left the picture. I wasn’t good at first but learned quickly since I didn’t want to let her down. So how do we start I'm itching to get into a kitchen and begin serving our hard working friends”, he says before waiting for Mizzi’s further orders with anticipation ready to get to work. Quest Name: Food Distribution
Participants: Requires exactly two people (you and one other, if the other participant does not qualify, they will not gain the reward)
Location: Anywhere (Can be repeated for a different region)
Post Requirements: 5 post per person, 200 words per post
Reward: +10 Security for selected Region (+10 more if your home region)
Description: Keeping the region strong means keeping its people healthy and fed. While it might seem menial, preventing our region from going hungry is extremely important. You can help by passing out food to the local communities, or visiting a more remote village and helping them harvest crops, gather food, or hunt. Whatever you can do to help feed the region will keep the masses happy.
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Post by Lady Astrid Stormstone on Nov 28, 2023 12:06:48 GMT -5
Shrugging a little, Astrid does have to agree with Javal about Lloyd. “Aye, he’s a smart fella. Plenty quirky. Wonder if he ever works with the WEF ta share info about the creatures he’s studyin’.”
Hearing that Javal has had an uncomfortable run in with Baan, Astrid makes a face. “He ain’t friendly, that’s fer sure. Sorry ya had ta meet him like that. Hopefully he didn’t treat ya too badly.”
Now, Mizzi’s request for them to help cook or distribute food makes Astrid a bit nervous. She is not a chef nor is she particularly picky or good at cooking. Handing food out, however? That’s easy enough! “Sure, I’m happy ta help! Besides, I’m gettin’ hungry meself!”
“Well, yer workin’ hard so ya deserve a good meal too,” Mizzi says. “Come on, then. Let’s get started.” The gnome heads around the edge of town to an area where a handful of tents and cooking fires are set up. Things from roasted meat to stews are being prepared by a group of volunteers, and many people have started gathering around in time for lunch to be served.
“Javal, if ya wanna cook, pick a spot an’ get to it. Astrid, haulin’ meat an’ potatoes fer everyone will make it faster. Then we’ll get ta servin’!”
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Post by Javal Zarrias on Nov 29, 2023 11:12:40 GMT -5
Javal places his hand on his chin as he thinks about what Astrid said about Lloyd, “That is a good question now that I think about it, he probably does considering how excited to share and ramble on about his cool research. I like hearing it even if I can’t understand a single word since Lloyd seems so happy about it and it seems interesting”.
He then shrugs at the mention of Baan, “You can say that again it was pretty scary, thankfully for me I was able to get through that with the help of my fellow Thorockers”.
Javal looks excited as he sees the cooking tents where there seem to be other cooks already hard at work.
He smiles before waving at Astrid, “Good luck friend I’ll have something up and ready soon”.
He then walks around looking for an empty station when he finds one at the end of the area.
He then takes a look at what he’s working with for the most part they have no tools besides a wooden spoon, a knife, and some pots and pans. He looked at some of the food that was left there potatoes chicken and a handful of veggies. He grins as he knows just what to make. He stands up and takes a deep breath before tightening his ponytail and looking around for an apron.
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Post by Lady Astrid Stormstone on Nov 29, 2023 20:58:32 GMT -5
At Mizzi’s direction, Astrid heads over to start loading up meat and potatoes and anything else for anyone who needs it at all of the cooking stations. Behind some of the taller tables, all some people can see is a sack of potatoes bouncing along on its path only for them to realize that there’s a kid carrying them as if they’re just bundles of soft bread.
Once all the stations are loaded up, Astrid and her lack of cutting skills rejoins Javal and looks around at what he’s working on. “I know how ta roast meat on a skewer, an’ me da’s been teachin’ me how ta cut stuff proper, but I ain’t got much fer kitchen skills. Ain’t picky enough ta care if somethin’s cooked well or not. ‘Cept pancakes. Those gotta be right, an’ me da’s are the best.”
Something she can do is peel potatoes and carrots, so she finds the best knife for that and starts at that, dropping the peels into a pot full of other peels that might be made into stock later that afternoon. “So ya learned ta cook? On a ship or somethin’?” she asks, looking up at Javal.
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Post by Javal Zarrias on Dec 2, 2023 22:39:13 GMT -5
Javal smiles as he looks around the area for a cooking apron he could find, most of the other cooks already have their own or have taken the other aprons. After looking for about a minute Mizzi comes up to him and hands him an old faded red apron with the faint etched words, ‘Charon’s Best Mom’, and says, “Sorry Javal but this is all that’s left”.
“That’s fine! Thank you friend Mizzi, I shall get to work right away!”javal exclaims, taking the apron and hurrying over to his station.
He ties the apron around his waist and smiles ready to get to work. He first gets to washing the potatoes first which he does quickly and carefully.
He then takes out a large cauldron that he was given and holds his hand out (1) filling it with water before looking for some lumber to make it boil. He finds some in his station and places it under the cauldron. He then looks around and finds a matchstick and strikes it against the wood, lighting the lumber and beginning to boil the water.
He smiles before walking back to his main cooking area and begins peeling the potatoes as Astrid comes over. He smiles as he looks over to her skillfully keeping up his pace with the potatoes not worried about cutting himself thanks to his years of experience.
“Roasting meat on a skewer is excellent friend Astrid and I’m glad your father is teaching you to cut things. Pancakes are great. My mother makes an excellent batch. I'd love to try your father’s cooking someday whoever he is. Not having kitchen skills is more than alright after all cooking isn’t about your skill and experience or how many things you put on something to make it good. It’s all about love and care and how much work and time you put into it. As long as you do that any food you make is going to come out great-tasting no matter what. I learned to cook when I was a child, even younger than your friend. My father left for a long mission as a kid so I stepped up and helped my mom run our inn including the first floor tavern. So besides cleaning, serving customers, and taking orders I also cooked the food sometimes. Anything to help my awesome mother be able to support us and through that I happened to be good at it. The only major incident was accidentally summoning an imp when I first tried to cook when I was first trying”.
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Post by Lady Astrid Stormstone on Dec 3, 2023 0:02:36 GMT -5
While they peel and cut potatoes together, dropping peels into a stock pot and cut potatoes into the pot of soon-to-be boiling water, Astrid is happy to keep chatting with Javal. Unlike Javal, Astrid is not skilled with a blade and would really be much better suited to mashing the potatoes, but for now, they stick to cutting them.
“Me da’s an unpopular minstrel,” she admits with a smile. “Got a bit a’ stagefright we’re tryna help him get over. His name’s Cantio von Lumen, if ya’ve ever met or heard of him. Really nice guy. I’d be happy ta introduce ya one day when it’s convenient fer us.” The warrior recounts his history with cooking, and Astrid is more than happy to listen. A sad smile crosses her face, though she hides it by focusing on the potato in her hand, a little twinge of jealousy but harboring no ill will for Javal. She’s quite happy he had a good relationship with his mother, she just wishes she could relate. But instead, she has her adopted father who she feels the same want to love and support however she can.
When Javal mentions summoning an imp, Astrid nearly slips with the knife when she bursts out giggling suddenly. “H-How did ya manage that?!” she exclaims, trying not to laugh louder.
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Post by Javal Zarrias on Dec 4, 2023 4:06:12 GMT -5
Javal’s head turns slightly at the child, “Oh a minstrel that’s cool! What got you into your adventuring and blacksmithing ways friend Astrid, I’m sorry to hear about his stage fright. I can understand it myself I had to help my little sister get over it too when she was first starting to perform her music”, he says remembering his younger sister Mersaria’s first couple of performances fondly
His eyes widen as he hears the name of Astrid’s father, “CANTIO VON LUMEN? I haven’t only met him, he is one of my best pals!!! We’ve fought golems, taken down a cult, and even taken on some pirates once. Wait…You’re his child? I thought Cantio was only a year or two older than I am?”, he then calms down and continues as normal thinking everyone has their circumstances. Who was he to judge he then asks, “Who’s your mother's friend Astrid? How old are you?”.
After hearing Astrid’s response and laughter he chuckles, “Oh well that’s a pretty boring story but for whatever reason after concocting my first-ever attempt at a plate of porridge and mixing in a lot of salt in a circle and turning on the stove alongside randomly humming it just kind of appeared. It took my mother grabbing a kneading pin and smacking it out of the inn for it to get out of our tavern inn”.
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Post by Lady Astrid Stormstone on Dec 4, 2023 16:31:54 GMT -5
Astrid can’t help laughing, both surprised and excited to hear that Javal has not only heard of Cantio but has also met him! “Wow, I didn’t know the two of ya have met!” she says. “He ain’t one much fer adventurin’, just goes from time ta time. Much prefers performin’ but even that’s tough.” Astrid pauses, realizing the confusion.
“Ah, so Cantio ain’t me birth da,” she explains. “He adopted me a while back.” Another pause. “Well, I s’pose it’s been about a year now…” Astrid smiles as she plops the last of her potatoes in the pot of boiling water. “Really, I dared him ta adopt me, an’ he did. So now he’s me da. S’pose he’s a red fellblood, an’ I got red horns, so there’s a bit of a resemblance, which is nice.”
As far as her age goes, Astrid hesitates while she considers. “Erm… I’m… about twelve or so? Maybe thirteen now. I started adventurin’ last year after some friendly folks helped me get off the streets, da included. Always wanted ta smith an’ build armor, so once I got the chance an’ the money ta really do it, that’s what I spend me free time doin’. Still got a lot ta learn, but that’s what makes it fun!”
Her laughter breaks into a fit of giggling when Javal tells her how he summoned the imp. “Crazy that somethin’ so simple can make that happen!”
Mizzi strolls over, seeing them laughing. “Hey, you two! All play and no work over here?!” Her loudness is purely in jest because she sees they’ve made great progress on a stew together. “Lookin’ good. Once that’s done, help yerself then help serve everyone. After that, yer free ta hit the road if ya like.”
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Post by Javal Zarrias on Dec 4, 2023 22:52:46 GMT -5
Javal nodded his head enthused as he listened to Astrid speak, “Yes! We have! We’ve gone on a couple of adventurers from facing down cults to traveling through a thunderstorm. He’s a truly wonderful musician I can’t help but be amazed every time I listen to Oh Astrid there was this one time Cantio arm-wrestled a minotaur and there was this other time where we took down this nice crab mage who destroyed half of a city with his crab magic”, he then starts smiling wide, “But I’m sure he can tell you more about that himself, although he may not be the strongest or the best adventurer I admire his spirit because that's what really matters as an adventurer”,
He then runs his hand over his face as Astrid explains his confusion away, “Ohhhh I’m so sorry for being mistaken friend, I mean no disrespect just thought since your horns I just thought”.
He couldn’t help but feel happiness as he heard how Astrid had been adopted. It was a lovely story to hear he couldn’t help but shed a tear wiping it from his eye as he continued to listen.
“Woah adventuring at twelve and thirteen is no small feat friend. I'm glad you were able to find a great supportive family! A blacksmith you say "I've never been to one I’ve always been interested in but never had the money or the chance to”.
“As for simple things, yes that always seems to be the case. When I was your age sailing the Luna Seas I would constantly be faced with interesting things. I formed the unfortunate habit of falling off the ship but for some odd reason the sea itself helped me back up”.
He then chuckles as Mizzi jokes around and Javal takes this as a sign to start finishing up. He then throws in the potatoes, vegetables, and some meat he found earlier. Soon after a couple of minutes of cooking his food is done and ready to serve, potato and meat stew is a signature dish back at his mother’s tavern. He smiled as he tasted it, proud of his work. It tasted good to him and hoped it would to everyone else, thinking the other chefs probably did a better job than him.
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Post by Lady Astrid Stormstone on Dec 4, 2023 23:06:27 GMT -5
Astrid’s eyes go wide when Javal tells her about his adventures with Cantio. “What?? No… Cantio?? Cantio von Lumen, my da, with ‘is scrawny arms, he arm wrestled a minotaur!?” She bursts out laughing, having trouble imagining him at first and then imagining him losing tragically. “Ya better bet I’ll be askin’ him all about it when I get home ta him!”
She blinks. Rapidly. Many times. Then her brow furrows. “Wha? Ya’ve never been ta see a blacksmith?? But…” She looks at his sword. “So ya just take care a’ yer sword an’ tools all on yer own then?! Well then, I’m real impressed.” With her elbow, she gently prods him playfully in the side. “Man a’ many talents like yerself makes a kid like me with a couple a’ hobbies look like a chump!”
As they laugh and joke together, Mizzi interrupts them. Well, it can’t all be fun and games, can it? But she’s happy to have found someone to laugh with despite getting work done. As Astrid gathers up pots and gets ready to serve to the hungry lumberjacks and laborers, she looks over at Javal. “I’ve had a lot a’ fun. It’s been real nice ta see ya again.”
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Post by Javal Zarrias on Dec 5, 2023 5:12:56 GMT -5
Javal laughs at Astrid’s surprise and says with earnestness, “Yep that very Cantio von Lumen, back before I got kidnapped by my grandpa for some time I knew Cantio as a skilled musician and curious adventurer. He did indeed win whoever the way he did. I'll leave it for him to explain since it was so interesting”, Javal says as he starts grabbing the bowls and moving the cauldrons toward the front of his station.
“Yes, I’ve never been to a blacksmith. I take care of all of my equipment from my armor to weapons. As for my sword, he’s very special not just to me, his name’s Theseus formerly known as Shield. The funny story turns out he was previously used by some powerful triton hero in the far past and I fought his zombie and after beating him his soul went into the blade and now rests inside. I treat it with much care and respect just like the rest of my possessions”.
He then shakes his head before stating, “No way friend Astrid you’re way more than a chump with hobbies you're an experienced adventurer with skills and knowledge far beyond your years. Be proud of yourself for all of your work. Back when I was your age I wasn’t fighting basilisks or making a name for myself as a powerful and renowned adventurer”.
Soon the two finish serving the hungry lumberjacks who now are lined up and surrounding the serving station greedily looking at the food. After that, everyone is happy and fed even going up to the fellblood and asking for more on several occasions the stew runs out fairly quickly.
Soon it becomes time to go and Javal speaks to Astrid before heading out, “Farewell friend Astrid it was indeed a fun and incredible time with you helping our fellow Dragon Cradlers. Thanks to your words I have not only found value in working on defense but also the warmth of cooking warm meals for the people who make our home an even better place. I hope to see you again friend and I’m sure we will another day but until then I bid you goodbye. See you Astrid, send my regards to Cantio, and keep up the great work. I am proud of you friend”, he then walks away headed towards his home back in Thorock.
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Post by Lady Astrid Stormstone on Dec 5, 2023 18:53:55 GMT -5
Helping Javal move things to get ready for serving, Astrid tilts her head thoughtfully, trying to imagine Cantio adventuring out on his own and making new friends. Well, she’s just going to have to get him back into it since he’s so familiar with it. No wonder he worries about her.
Then her brow furrows in confusion when Javal tells her about his sword. “It… holds a spirit?” On one hand, that’s really cool. On the other hand, shouldn’t the dead move on?? She feels a little conflicted about that. But it also makes her wonder… Back when she fought Ziev and spacetime was really odd, she’s pretty sure her hammer spoke to her. Somehow. It doesn’t do that now, so did it in the past?? Will it?? "That's...really cool."
Astrid chuckles a little. “Thanks, Javal. But ain’t nothin’ ‘beyond me years’ if I learned it all in my current years. I think anyone can be good at anythin’, they just gotta put their mind to it. Havin’ somethin’ ta prove helps too.” She shrugs shamelessly. There are a lot of people in Sky Peak especially that never thought she’d amount to anything, so showing them how wrong they were makes her feel proud.
They keep chatting, enjoying each other’s company while serving the long line of laborers and volunteers from all around the village. Luckily, they aren’t the only tent where food is provided, but they do get some good reviews in the form of some friendly thumbs ups. Finally, the day comes to a close, and Astrid finishes her own meal before lying in the dirt by a fire to relax a little. When Javal says his goodbye, she gets up to give him a handshake and a goodbye of her own.
“It’s been real nice seein’ ya again, Javal. Get home ta Thorock safe, an’ I’ll do the same gettin’ back ta Sky Peak. Maybe next time we’ll find someone’s butt worth kickin’ together!” Then, after a while resting, she pulls out her House Key and heads home to bother Cantio about his past adventures.
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