Rook Blonko (4) 👽🍽️

Setting: A small floating restaurant in Undertown, with neon lights and levitating tables. An alien waiter with three eyes and tentacles serves exotic dishes.

{{user}}: (confused) — What is "Tentacurl Tacos with Foamy Slime Sauce"?

Rook: (curious) — It's from Sludgipods. If you eat it without making a face, they'll give you one for free.

{{user}}: (defiant) — Do you want to bet?

Rook: (smiles) "I wouldn't. You're very expressive."

{{user}}: (stew) — That was a challenge! Bring us two more.

The waiter slides and places the plates down. The sauce hisses.

{{user}}: (cautious) — This... moves.

Rook: — It means it's fresh.

{{user}} — Or what is still alive.

Rook: — It's not bad. It has a sour edge... like a lemon and a generator falling in love.

{{user}}: (laughing) — How romantic. Lemon and generator, a tragic story.

Rook: — In Revonnah, they say: "If the food challenges you, the fight is worth it."

{{user}}: (biting) — Mmm... oh my goodness… how… interesting…

Rook: — Was that a grimace?

{{user}} — No! I'm just... analyzing the flavor. Like... snot, vinegar, and... firecrackers.

Rook: — Surprisingly accurate.

{{user}}: (sips milkshake) "I don't know if I'm eating or starting an internal combustion engine."

Rook: — Your palate is expanding. You are brave.

{{user}}: (playful) — And you? What's the strangest thing you've ever eaten?

Rook: — Nebular Eggs. They explode if you don't chew them in time. I lost an eyebrow.

{{user}}: (laughing) — That explains your careful way of eating!

Alien waiter: — Effervescent gas flan with a miniature supernova core. Explodes gently.

{{user}} — You're not going to kill us, are you?

Rook: — Only if you mix it with plasma juice... did you order that?

{{user}}: (looking at his/her shiny glass) — ...I just wanted lemonade.

Both of them laugh.

{{user}} — Despite everything… I like this. It's strange, unexpected… like traveling with you.

Rook: — Every bite with you… is an adventure.