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PLOT/STORY
“Wow,” sighed Hanna Olses, a young shopkeeper, “business has been so slow lately.”
After the Kingdom of Arls moved away from being a monarchy, it was true that shops and stands seemed to be at a loss for customers, perhaps as a result of losing tourists interested in seeing royalty. With things as slow as they were, the former king, Lord Dessier, arranged a meeting with his old friend Gio, the former king of Arland (now a republic itself).
“Well, my friend, it looks like the economy all over is in a bit of a rut,” Gio told him, twiddling his beard. The tone of his voice sounded more amused than anything.
Dessier cleared his throat. “Trouble for you, too? Though,” he muttered while closing his eyes, “I can’t say you look or sound too concerned about it.” Gio simply laughed in response.
“Ah, how about this? What if we spur on business by holding a little contest?” Gio exclaimed.
“A… contest…?”
“Friendly competition, to bring out spectators!” The famed swordsman’s eyes were shining, enjoying the prospect of such an event. “Why don’t we have our nations’ adventurers and alchemists compete, to see which is truly more fitting to bring glory to the land?”
With that, a decision was made by the two, which was voiced to the adventurers and alchemists who had been assembled.
“Hmph, you alchemists and your hocus pocus alchemy can’t top the allure of my delectable cooking,” a fiery chef claimed, unwilling to have his skills be called into question, much less by people he perceived to take the easy way out with alchemy.
“Oh, I wouldn’t underestimate us, if I were you,” a brown-haired girl called back.
Amidst all the back-and-forth argument, a friendly challenge was born. Who would bring back the flow of profit into Arls and Arland? Adventurers… or alchemists?
After the Kingdom of Arls moved away from being a monarchy, it was true that shops and stands seemed to be at a loss for customers, perhaps as a result of losing tourists interested in seeing royalty. With things as slow as they were, the former king, Lord Dessier, arranged a meeting with his old friend Gio, the former king of Arland (now a republic itself).
“Well, my friend, it looks like the economy all over is in a bit of a rut,” Gio told him, twiddling his beard. The tone of his voice sounded more amused than anything.
Dessier cleared his throat. “Trouble for you, too? Though,” he muttered while closing his eyes, “I can’t say you look or sound too concerned about it.” Gio simply laughed in response.
“Ah, how about this? What if we spur on business by holding a little contest?” Gio exclaimed.
“A… contest…?”
“Friendly competition, to bring out spectators!” The famed swordsman’s eyes were shining, enjoying the prospect of such an event. “Why don’t we have our nations’ adventurers and alchemists compete, to see which is truly more fitting to bring glory to the land?”
With that, a decision was made by the two, which was voiced to the adventurers and alchemists who had been assembled.
“Hmph, you alchemists and your hocus pocus alchemy can’t top the allure of my delectable cooking,” a fiery chef claimed, unwilling to have his skills be called into question, much less by people he perceived to take the easy way out with alchemy.
“Oh, I wouldn’t underestimate us, if I were you,” a brown-haired girl called back.
Amidst all the back-and-forth argument, a friendly challenge was born. Who would bring back the flow of profit into Arls and Arland? Adventurers… or alchemists?
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SUBS
1) @Arcturus
2) @Neon Borealis
3) @Akuraito - Subbing for Joltik
WINNERS
TheSleepyAbra - Tristan Alcock/Tantris, won Night 3
Fushimi - Homs, won in the Endgame
Fushimi - Homs, won in the Endgame
Day 1 - Onset of a Contest
Night 1 - Aristocratic Failings
Day 2 - A Sweet Retreat
Night 2 - Friends and Rivals
Day 3 - Dance, Puppet, Dance
Night 3 - Down, But Not Out
Day 4 - Recipe for Disaster
Night 4 - Crumbling Like Pastries
Day 5 - Teaching the Student
Night 5 - Royal Responsibility
Day 6 - Slippery Business
Night 6 - Troublemaker
Day 7 - A King's Folly
Night 7 - Brotherly Love
Day 8 - SKIPPED DUE TO BELOVED PRINCESS
Night 8 - The Cat's Meow
Day 9 - Fall of a Knight
Night 9 - Bonds of Friendship
ENDGAME - Alchemists Win!
Night 1 - Aristocratic Failings
Day 2 - A Sweet Retreat
Night 2 - Friends and Rivals
Day 3 - Dance, Puppet, Dance
Night 3 - Down, But Not Out
Day 4 - Recipe for Disaster
Night 4 - Crumbling Like Pastries
Day 5 - Teaching the Student
Night 5 - Royal Responsibility
Day 6 - Slippery Business
Night 6 - Troublemaker
Day 7 - A King's Folly
Night 7 - Brotherly Love
Day 8 - SKIPPED DUE TO BELOVED PRINCESS
Night 8 - The Cat's Meow
Day 9 - Fall of a Knight
Night 9 - Bonds of Friendship
ENDGAME - Alchemists Win!
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