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4th Sundrop | VIDEO [Back/forward-dated to about noon [8/16/00]]

[Have Rapunzel seemingly in the air, grin wide on her face and ecstatic~ despite the rain. And then whatever she's on moves again and the familiar structure of the Ferris wheel appears.

And keeps moving.

She lets out a squeal of happiness.]

Guys! This is so cool! The park, it's moving again! And the food...! Oh, the food is delicious! You've got to come!

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[You don't know that the hot dog doesn't, in fact, have magical healing properties!!!]

[Spoil? Do hot dogs do that? He's pretty sure stuff in the bag doesn't go bad, but when people tell him there's a time limit on these things, there usually is... But at Allen's skepticism, he unties the bait bag again and pulls out a nice, unsquashed hot dog.]

Yes they can. [Do you not have standard bait bags in your world or something, man?]

[Just don't experiment the hard way!!!]

What?

[Here's a gloved finger pointing at the hot dog in something close to personal affront. Somehow, when compared to the alienness of Karkat's Sylladex, which is unfamiliar enough to be accepted without question, it's doubly troubling to see something as mundane as a bag perform the same function. Allen leans in for a better look at the bag's contents, all politeness momentarily forgotten in the wake of getting his brains and the laws of physics broken.]

How does it work?

[There appear to be two pears with faces carved into them, and a lot of little round bits of bait, and also hot dogs in there. In a bag (http://www.wiizelda.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/normal_bait-bag.png) that is not much bigger than a pear itself. DON'T THINK ABOUT IT TOO HARD, YOU MIGHT SPRAIN SOMETHING.

Link just shrugs and makes a noncommittal noise, like the unquestioning twelve year old he is. Like he knows! He's not even sure what Allen finds so strange about it!]

[This... Is a very. Festive. Sort of bag. He's fairly sure those pears are meant to be cheerful and would be cheerful except whoever carved them had done a less than stellar job, since he can't fathom why anyone would want their food to look like it's berating them in haunting silence for every bite taken.

But, he's positive none of these can be found in Nesreca, meaning Link brought them from home a month ago and they're still fresh.

Hrm. How about that.]

[ slowly tearing his eyes from those sunken, souless eyes watching his every move ] How much more do you suppose it can hold?

[The pears may also be. Sweating. Just a little. Don't worry about those.

Link is just going to return his hot dog to the bag and return the bag to his belt, once again. Let's see, he's got two portions of all-purpose bait, two hyoi pears, and three hot dogs. He points at the stand after some thought.] One more of those.

[But then he turns slightly so he can point to the other festive bag (http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6YL12zOIZIQ/TQtOyDEjQUI/AAAAAAAACGQ/seVKun_WYQc/s1600/spoilsbag.png) on his belt.] This one has more room.

[The odd appearance of the second bag gets nothing more than a vaguely concerned look, because the gears in Allen's head are turning now. He glances between the stand and Link, getting this narrow look about the eyes that isn't quite calculative, but definitely appraising. It's not unlike the look he used to wear when planning his Master's finances to last as long as possible (only to have them derailed at the first brothel they came across).]

And they stay fresh? [ starts pushing more hot dogs at Link without waiting for an answer ] You should take more of these, then; as many as you can carry. Go see if there's other food you like too. [ bending down to Link's eye level with a smile ] It's better than anything else we can find here.

[He's still not entirely convinced Link's been feeding himself enough.]

[Whoa, more hot dogs! This is awesome, people generally don't just hand him a load of items for free like this. But Link understands, for he is well aware of the importance of hoarding. He unlatches his spoils bag and drops the hot dogs in there. He's not sure they really count as a 'spoil' (this bag is generally saved for things like monster's belts and shiny feathers and Chu jelly) but he can make an exception in this case.

He could also technically fit more frankfurters in the bag than exist in Nesreca.]

Okay. [He gives an earnest nod at Allen's smiling face. He'll just go ahead and store even more of these delicious sausage sandwiches, in that case.]

[Meanwhile, Allen's jaw is slackening in slow degrees with the addition of every new hot dog to that bag. Link wasn't kidding when he said this one holds more. Initially, he just wanted to be sure Link has enough to eat, but this is quickly turning into a potential opportunity he can't ignore.]

...I'm sorry if this sounds sudden, but— Do you need all of that room?

[He pauses to blink at Allen.]

Yeah. [Of course he needs all this room...]

[A flicker of disappointment crosses his face, but is promptly shoved out of the way.]

All of it? [ continuing apologetically: ] I don't mean to be pushy, but that is a lot of room and—[ glances over his shoulder in the apartments' direction ]—I'm sure everyone would appreciate having fresh food every once in a while.

I can share. [He doesn't need all these hot dogs himself!]

[ practically lighting up ] Really? That'd help a lot! We can't cross over to Credinta that often, so—[ sobering again ]—people don't always have enough to eat.

Yeah. [Like he would let you all starve!! That would be piss-poor heroing right there.]

[Hear, hear.]

[ bending down to Link's eye level again, hands on his knees and a wide smile on his scarred face ] Thank you! It's very kind of you. I shouldn't be asking for another favour so soon, but could you help me move the rest of these—[ gesturing at the cart ]—in there? They'll go bad otherwise. If you could spare some space for the other food too, we won't have to worry about starving for a while.

[LINK IS EXCITED TO HELP!! Nodding, he turns to the cart, to start grabbing more hot dogs out of there. Fortunately, not many of the item slots in the spoils bag are taken up, so he can fit a few different sorts of food items in here! And a near unlimited amount of each specific sort of food item. The logic behind hammerspace can leave something to be desired, sometimes...]

[You mean things are actually working in their favour? This is Allen's mood right now. Logic and physics be damned, he'll take all of that food and be happy with it. As soon as Link starts loading up, he moves to help as well. The cart's emptied in no time.]

[ dusting his hands off ] Did you see anything else worth storing?

[Considering this... Then he nods, and scampers off!

And returns a moment later with a candy apple. He's never had one but this sure does appear to be a brightly colored fruit thing on a stick.] This?

[Neither had Allen, until approximately half an hour ago. He nods.]

Fruit's good and sugar always helps. Let's see how many we can fit in there.

Okay. [Heading back to the candy apple stand! And sticking the one he's got in his spoils bag.]

[Proceeds to systematically dump its contents into Link's bag, though he does leave a few at the bottom in case someone else wanders by later and decides to try for a snack. If there're any other food stands nearby, they're getting robbed too.]

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