Chapter 2

The Unknown Foe...Bean Curd

"Thank Althena I made it in time. I've got enough problems." He was under pressure, but
he managed to make it to see ruby's performance. She was absolutely stunning with all her
moves and steps. It was almost hypnotic to him. "Man this is pretty good." He thought, then
it hit him. "I still gotta pay that meal bill. There's no way I can pay a thousand silver.
Speaking of which I am getting kind of hungr-NO NO NO that's how I got into this problem in
the first place. Still it's not like I can avoid eating the whole day." While nall was brooding
over this, a merchant girl with a tray tapped nall on the back. "What what what? Oh excuse me."
"Well sir would you like to try out our new meat entrees?" The merchant girl chirped. "I know
I shouldn't, but I haven't had anything for like-15 minutes-I guess a little bit wouldn't
hurt." He thought.

Forgetting what happend earlier he snarfed down the whole plate. "Wow I
didn't know you were a fan of bean curd." the girl said. "Yeah I had no idea-yayayaya, what
do you mean bean curd? I thought this was meat?" Nall yelled. "Well yeah that's what we say to
lure customers in." she said "In fact we guaruntee the customer will get used to the fact that
they can enjoy a meat substitute." Nall couldn't believe this. Once again his appetite just
screwed him over. Sooner or later the pile of bean curd in his stomach would want to get some
air. Then his secret would be discovered.

Meanwhile the guy in the previous chapter that had been sickly fortunate to recover
nalls valuable load(Let's call him Joe.), could not be satisfied with just one. Like a potato
chip that shall remain nameless. So in an effort to increase his odds of getting more and screw
other people, a search party was made to find any new...leads you could say. Thus adding to nalls
pressure later on.

Ruby had just finished her routine and was going to meet nall. One problem, nall had left
already. "Man you think you can trust a guy, then you remember that guy is nall." So ruby huffed
off to try and find him...then hurt him. "Woah the crowds are certainly busy today, I wonder
what's getting them all riled up." As ruby kept looking for nall she saw a new game had been set
up. "Tug o' War. Beat our resident strongman and win silver." "Oh cool I gotta try this out"
Ruby stepped up to the platform and grabbed the rope tight. Her opponent was the stereotypical
musclehead. (You know, the kind that gets on your nerves after 5 seconds.) "Bring it on jerko
cause I have a lot of rage to vent."

Back at the town entrance Lemina Ausa thought she could take a break after days of
study and renovation. "Poo, all these bills can be a mega-bummer. Plus I still have to beat
Ramus in that stupid bet*. Maybe an idea will come to me." Also in his shop Ramus was raking
in sales due to his fair promotions. "Hmm sales are good, but it's not enough. How am I
supposed to win this bet if sales don't pick up. I think i'll go get a snack." Although they
didn't see each other they heard the same story from some of the diamond searchers. "So far
we haven't found anything. From what witnesses have told us, a boy with white hair may be
responsible." Another one of the searchers stepped up. "But how could we have really found that
out, I mean people go into the bathroom all the time." "Because this is supposed to move the plot
along so shut up."

Questions aside both Lemina and Ramus had a good idea who that white haired
person was. "Heh heh with a few of those diamonds I could finally win the bet." Was the thought
they both had. With that they went to hatch hilarious schemes that will fail later on to get
nalls treasure.

Nall needed to rest so he found a nice bench by the shoreline. "Oh man I wish this could
just go away. Maybe I should just go back to the peak. I wish Alex was here, he always had the
good plans. I can't go to ruby since she's mad enough already and i'd never live it down for at
least a thousand years. *Gurgle* Oh man it's happening again." Like clockwork nalls stomach was
processing the food. It would be a matter of minutes before the facilities would be needed.
"Oh man forget this I need a bathroom NOW." There's one teensy problem though. Nall wandered to
far from the main grounds and the only facility he could use is a pack of bushes. "There is no
way in hell i'm going to use those bushes, but I need to gooooooo. NO I have to hold on till
later." Meanwhile both Lemina and Ramus have their plans ready, even the sinister joe has
something in mind.

*The bet in question for those who haven't played is that Ramus bet that if Lemina could rebuild
the magic guild before he made 1 million silver he would give her all his profits. If not then
Lemina would become his wife. You can guess how lemina reacted to this.
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Well sorry if the chapter was too short. Think of it as an interlude to the next event.
Don't worry as I have a very good plan in motion. Quality shall not be sacrificed for quantity.
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for now.