Welcome Back, Adventurers!

[thecanopycrew]

The wagons rolled in, the ship anchored, and the wayward journey has ended back at the tree.

After putting the sword where it now belongs inside the life Stream, it's time for a little award, isn't it?



Appearing outside the tree after the sword has been inserted is normal-sized slice of chocolate cake, enough to feed everyone in tree and more!

Come relax, talk about your adventures and catch up. Enjoy your victory!

Comments

[superbdianthus]

Chocolate...

[She puzzles that one over. It's not a word she's ever heard before and she can't place its meaning.]

What's a chocolate?

[Is that what makes it such a shade of brown? Seeing as she's not quite certain what would make bread (Cake is bread, right?) that color.]

[princeandscholar]

[Oh dear, this is the second person he’s talked to today who is unfamiliar with chocolate. But this is another opportunity to introduce someone!]

Chocolate is a sweet used in desserts. This – [he twirls his fork in the icing and lifts it up] – is chocolate. It is favored by many people where I’m from.

[superbdianthus]

I see... Where does it come from? Is there a special way it needs to be prepared?

[She knows exactly nothing about cooking herself (or trade, for that matter), but she knows someone who would be jealous as hell if she found out that Naotora got to try a new dessert before she did. Oh, she'd never say as much, but as straightforward as Naotora is, Maria is the complete opposite. Still, if there's a way to serve it at their next get-together, she should probably figure it out.]

[princeandscholar]

It comes from a certain type of tree. Then it’s combined with a sweetener and melted into this form. I don’t think it comes off the tree tasting like this, but I don’t know all the details.

[He just gets reports on his desk about the harvests, and then the finished product as dessert. He’s not entirely sure what happens between the words on the paper and the packaged boxes of chocolate.]