After the adventurers passed out i grabbed them individually and dragged them out of this current dungeon. Now what? They're going yo start freaking out the moment they wake up, i need a catalyst for this to work. Gifts maybe? Not actual gifts though... Wait i have cooking skills, food will definitely somehow solve this.
The fuck am i going to make though they're gonna wake up soon and there's not much edible things. Hmmm colorful mushrooms, rotten fruits, no animals, a pond... That's it fish and what better way to make fish than sashimi? It'll be even more impressive if it doesn't exist in this world.[observe]
Salmon
Level:1
Hp:5
I don't know what i expected but hey at least it's not some poisonous fish that happens to look like a salmon. Let's get started, i took a daggers and launch them clean through the salmon's head. It's not like the head is needed for this.
Ugh i have to manually gut it the blood is getting everywhere. I need to clean wash this shit, can't have my sashimi tasting like iron.
So if i renember the procedures correctly, first off is removing the head. I grab blood reaver and *phap*.
Clip off the fins, clear the scales aaand rip the guts out as well as removing the bones.
Now i need to make the steaks, 2 fingers thick ones should suffice. Hold up, i need to serve this on a tray.
I'll just chop off a side of a tree and smoothen it. *CRACK* *shick* *shick*.
So now i slice down the middle pf the steak but not deep enough to cut the skin. Slide my knife between the meat and skin through every part before slicing right through the section. Oh and i also need to get rid of the grey part that was touching the skin.
Rinse and repeat for the other steaks to remove the skin then it's just a matter of thinning it into smaller pieces. And disinfect... Fuck i don't have disinfectant and i can't cook it because this is goddam sashimi. Wait a second.
I look through my inventory and pull out a health potion. Hmm i'm pretty sure a lot of people pour these on open wounds so the potions can disinfect wounds. Or do they use herbs? Wait hold on this is made of that vitality poppy which is a herb. Eh fuck it, i pour the potion on all the pieces and wait for 3 minutes.
Perfect! Now i wait for them to wake up.
About 15 minutes later i see the priest Luna start stirring. I guess she should be the first since she only fainted at the fight.
Luna:mmm... What happened?
Me:you fainted after i walked up to you.
Luna:*still rubbing her eyes and not looking at me yet* oh... WAIT WHAT!
*she snaps toward me *
Just play this cool
Me:I didn't spook you too much did i?
Luna:y-y-y-you can talk?
Me:Yup
Luna:wait are you a skeleton?
Me:*lift my visor up* yup
Luna:you're gonna let us go?
Me:yup
Awkward silence follows for a few tense moments. Luna face has frozen and looks blank. Did i break her?
Luna:w-w-why did you attack us?
Me:you attacked me first.
Luna:but then why did you roar at us when we entered?
Me:intruders enter my home and i try to scare them off, what's wrong with that?
Luna:what about that scroll you destroyed?
Me:well you were about to put a bloody bounty on my head, i can't live in peace with that now, can i?
Luna has calmed down and went from frightened child to hungry journalist and started asking me a barrage of questions about how i'm able to talk, possess so much strenght and magic?
I just reply with being a simple skeleton and the magic part... I can't reveal all my cards at once so i just say it was a secret.
At one point in the conversation Luna renember something important.
Luna:wait where's my sister and my friends?
Me:passed out right behind you and would you like some sashimi?
Luna looks behind her and lets out a sigh of relief at the sight of them peacefully sleeping before her brows furrow and she looks at me again.
Luna:sashimi?
Me:one of the special dishes i can make.
I grab the tray next to my sword and shield and put it down infront of her. She eyes it carefully for a while before i reassure her.
Me:it tastes better than it looks.
Luna:a-alright *she picks one up and eat it* *gulp*
And she froze up again, shit did i poison her? Did the potion fuck up the recipe?
Me:Luna? *i snap my fingers infront of her a couple of times*
Luna:ohmygodohmygodohmygod it's so good!
Me:glad you like it.
Her actions remind me of a certain red riding hood which i hopefully will meet one day.
Luna was about to eat another slice but the others started waking up. Jacob looks like he wants to go back to sleep. Lana looks like she just had a hangover and Derek seems fine for most parts.
He looks around and notice Luna sitting near him and me looking down at her with my gauntlets still caked in fish blood and overreacted.
Derek:LUNA LOOK OUT! HAAAH!
That shout causes Jacob and Lana to snap out of their trance and making them panic slightly too. He *TRIED* punching me only ending up dislocating his fingers. *CRACK*
Though what happens next greatly surprise everyone present.
*SMACK* the sound of a massive slap echo through the woods.
Derek now has a red handmark on his cheek courtesy of Luna who was fuming. The glare she is giving him scares even me. And in a blink of an eye it was gone and she kneels infront of me.
Luna:i'm terribly sorry for his behaviour.
Me:uuhh it's okay Luna... You can get up now.
Luna just smiles and gets up like nothing happened while the others had various reactions. Jacob looks confused and i could swear i see a buffering sign above his head. Lana pokes Luna repeatedly to see if she's real while Derek looks like he just watched his family gets murdered. Did i unintentionally cock block Derek somehow?
Well while i wait for Luna explaining what happened to her group might as well enjoy some sashimi.
Total inventory:
The iron castle
1 flintlock pistol (5 shots remaining)
12 iron daggers
Blood reaver
Warp dagger
Helm of clairvoyance
Old knight captain's armor
11 slime essence
20 bone powder
10 scrap metal
4 shard of decay
Leather accessories(pouch, belt, holster)
4 healing potions
Greater ironskin potion
Captain Lambert's journal entry #1
75 coppet 23 silver 10 gold