06-11-2017, 08:21 AM
Quote:Central Corridor => The Gym area
Malon stumbled through the portal into the staging area, still rather confused about the circumstances. Several meters away from her Ron Burgundy was just receiving a printout that - had Malon been close enough to peek over his shoulder she would have seen this - noted Malon's participation. The situation made her feel uncomfortable enough that she wanted to turn around and leave. But when she noticed that the team wasn't paying attention to her she simply headed past them and traversed the corridor, then dodged into the first room that branched off of it. As it turned out it was a bar or restaurant of some sorts, larger than most such establishments that she had seen in Hyrule. Then again, this world had shown her several times already that things were different around here than what she was used to. The smells were making her stomach rumble, reminding her that the last thing she'd eaten was dried meat, this morning.
She let her eyes pass over the present individuals as she walked up to the closest counter. Before she could respond to the employee's friendly greeting however, she caught sight of someone that she had not expected to see again so soon... and frankly, she hadn't wanted to ever see them again. The vampire. That man with the small magic tool that blasted holes in people's chests. Who had drunk the blood of a man by biting them, and beguiled a horse before her eyes. She could feel a cold fear rise in her stomach... Instinctively she reached for the leather bag and wrapped the Bandit's Bandana around her forehead, once more taking on Snake's appearance - or well, a slightly altered appearance. She'd changed it around a bit to remove the scar and a few other key differences to make herself look less like the bandit leader that she had killed, to avoid drawing as much attention. The employee, being used to much more curious things from Primes, didn't even raise an eyebrow and just continued to smile. Hey, number 13... I'll need your skills this time around, Malon thought to herself. Or was it to a different person? This reincarnation cycle thing was making her more and more confused each time it came up... but she felt Malon the 13th's 'reaction', her personality bleeding through. Her fear disappeared, it was replaced by calmness. The vampire was wearing a different attire, though he could not change his face, but it was likely that he did not want to be noticed. Just like herself. He would not recognize her behind the facade of Snake either.
"Ah, pardon that", she said to the bar employee. "I'd like a... what is this, please?" she then asked, pointing at a piece of baked dough that looked like it was filled with something.
"The calzone? These filled with cheese, tomato and minced meat. It's like a pizza, but folded up", the employee explained.
"Mmm. I'll take two, please." The employee took two with a pair of pincers and put them in a microwave, while explaining to Malon that the food was sponsored and thus free for participants. Moments later, the two calzones came onto a plate and were handed to her. Malon took a seat and was about to dig in when she heard a voice: "I'd wait for it to cool down a bit if I were you."
"Eh?" She looked up and spotted a young woman with strange clothes, sitting a few seats away from her and looking over. "Why would I? They've sat on that display, they shouldn't be hot." When she held her hand out over the plate however, she felt that she was mistaken. They would have burnt her mouth had she taken a bite.
"They were warmed up in a microwave. Didn't you notice?"
"... what's a microwave?"