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[viciousmaukery]

If this is supposed to be a city, [Molly begins, standing just outside the Heimdall tavern, dressed in the same horribly garish (but thankfully less holey) coat that he showed up in,] then having just the one tavern to frequent seems a bit counterproductive. First of all, not everyone lives in Heimdall, and we don't always feel like dragging our feet halfway across the city for a drink.

Second of all, what sort of pub doesn't serve alcohol? That's pretty much all the reason why someone would want to drop by. [He shakes his head. Shame on you, Asgard. Shame.] Now, I know that there's no alcohol here besides the Devil's Vodka, but we could make some.

So really, my point to all this is: what's the best way to make your own spirits? The more variety the better. I'm going to try them all and sell whatever does its job at my own stall.

[A pause, during which Molly thinks back to who else has posted on this network. Right. There are people on this network for whom alcohol would be inappropriate, so:]

Or you can tell me how to make a non-alcoholic drink they're not serving at the only pub in this town.

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[momsboy]

[ That coat is something, that for sure. peter eyes it for a minute before actually speaking up. ]

I'm afraid most of the drinks I know how to make are aliens, and we don't have the ingredients for it here. As for non alcoholic drinks for the kids, you can't never go wrong with milkshakes.

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[viciousmaukery]

[Molly preens.]

Not even for the ones that aren't alien?

Never heard of milkshakes. [He knows about milk, but milkshakes are new.] If you know how to make those, I'd love to hear it.

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[momsboy]

[ That actually gets Peter to smile. ]

Oh we do have grapes and Barley, which are the basic ingredients to make Wine and Beer but I don't know the procedures.

[ Sorry man, he's been away from earth for 3 decades and he was too young to know how alcohol was made by then ]

Wait, really? Oh that is such a tragedy, I need to be fixed. Milkshakes are the best thing ever. They're sweet and cold, usually make with ice cream or milk. But they're usually not very suited for pubs.

[viciousmaukery]

Eh, that's fine. I think you just squeeze the juice out of the grapes, throw it and some barley in a barrel, and wait a couple of months. Then you've got wine.

[Spoken like someone who has never, in his life, seen wine being made either and is only going off some half-remembered stories.]

That needs to be fixed. Sooner rather than later, I hope. Do you just, what, chill the milk and shake it up a little? [He's taking notes. Barely legible notes, but still.]

[momsboy]

Sounds easy enough. Are you sure it's just a couple of months?

[ They're going to end with tons and tons of vinegar, aren't they? ]

Man, I hope so. And yes, basically. Milkshakes are super easy to make. You use the milk mixed with vanilla ice cream to get the right soft but not too liquid consistency and then add the extra flavors like a swirl of chocolate syrup, peanut butter, a chopped banana or other fruit. Or you can just use a flavored ice cream, like chocolate or strawberry.

Once you have all the ingredients you want, you mix them with a blender until is smooth and it's done.

[viciousmaukery]

[Yyyyyyeah. This is what happens when you let an amnesiac try and make wine via trial and error, folks.]

All right, hold on, what's a blender? We don't have those in Wildemount. [Probably Tal'Dorei? There's all sorts of weird shit that comes out of Tal'Dorei.]

[momsboy]

Dorks, both of them, honestly. Is not as if Peter can be of much help with the wine.

A blender is a machine, it cut and mix what you put in it. Really useful to make smoothies out of pieces of fruit, it can turn them into liquid or puree.

[viciousmaukery]

So...somewhere in the kitchen, then? I’m not near Njord right now, I can’t check, but I can pop into one of the Heimdall houses and see if they’ll let me borrow a blender.

[A shrug.]

Can’t be that hard.

[momsboy]

Yes, there. Back in my world you need electricity to make blenders work but the ones we have here function int he same way as the washing machines or the fridge. You just think that you want them to work, and they do. It's weird.

Let me know how it goes when you try it. Oh and make sure the lid is closed properly before you use it, unless you want to end scrapping pieces of fruit from the ceiling.

[viciousmaukery]

What happens if you don’t know how the blender works?

[He’s from a medieval fantasy game. Blenders are going to blow his mind.]

[momsboy]

Uhhh...That I don't know, it never happened to em. Find someone who knows how they're supposed to work?

[ Yeah he sees the problem. ]

[viciousmaukery]

Eh, I’ll find out. But just in case things go wrong, what’s your name so I can call you back up for help?

[momsboy]

Sure thing, it's no problem. Name's Peter Quill but around the galaxy they know me as Star-Lord.

And your name is...?

[viciousmaukery]

Mollymauk Tealeaf. Friends call me Molly, and we're friendly enough for that, aren't we?

Also, really, Star-Lord? Why not shoot for something higher than that? Like Star-Prince, maybe.

[momsboy]

A pleasure, Molly. And yes, I'd say that we are. hard not to make friends when we're trapped in a city.

Oh gods, I've never heard THAT ONE before. Thank you so much for enlightening me, I think this is a life-changing moment.

[ Can you feel the sarcasm, Molly? ]

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[ikols]

[ That fashionable coat rivals his own, wow. ]

If we had enough honey we could make an attempt at mead, at the very least.

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[viciousmaukery]

[It's covered in the religious symbols of at least six gods, and that's just the legal ones. He's hidden more gods in there somewhere, more subtly.]

If. Have we got the honey? And how do you make mead, because [like Jameela Jamil and cakes] I've never actually been in the same room where mead's been made before.

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[ikols]

You throw some honey in a tub with water and yeast, as I recall. Two weeks? It's been a while since I attempted to make some.

[ Unsure whether they actually have the honey, though. ]

We could ask around for the main ingredient.

[viciousmaukery]

As it happens, we've got a tub and plenty of water, and I can find some yeast. [Time to make some bathtub mead!]

If there's no honey here, I'll see if the gods won't acquiesce. After all, they dragged us here, the least they can do is give us something we can use to make our own liquor with.

[ikols]

What's your plan, hit up Odin with a request for honey? He'll be suspicious as all Hel, probably want a cut when we're finished.

[viciousmaukery]

Any better plans, then? I’m wide open.

[Because that was literally just his plan if there turned out to be not enough honey around for a batch of mead.]

[ikols]

[ Tapping his chin in thought. ]

Frigg once magicked up some chocolates when I asked, being her most favourite and only child ... I could do so again ...

[viciousmaukery]

Oh, now this I need to see. Bring me along with you, two people making a case together always works better than just the one.

[ikols]

That depends on whether you're going to flirt with my adoptive-adopted mother.

[ Seems the type!! Charming, etc. ]

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[captainmaterial]

You could always ask someone to make you something in the kitchen of your haus. Or make something yourself. [A pause.] And I think several Wanderers are working on alcohol.

[As a soldier he doesn't see the point of it.]

[viciousmaukery]

I could, sure. But there's not a lot of what I want in the kitchen, and I'm not that good a cook.

[He can make stew, but anything else is a little beyond his rudimentary skill. But he'll ask anyway, later.]

Oh, that's good. Still, I'd like to have some I don't have to bargain or trade for. Wouldn't you?

[captainmaterial]

Same. [He's in the boat that Jim's in kind of? Generated food and whatnot.] But I'm sure someone could help. As for what's available...well, we don't really have any meat. [Since this is a day before the animals start appearing.]

Services or items, right? Are you good at making anything maybe?

[viciousmaukery]

Damn shame, really. Think we could prod the gods for some meat?

[There’s a pause.] Somewhat? I know how to tell fortunes, juggle, and promote other people’s goods and services.

[captainmaterial]

Might ask them if they'll consider it. No harm in that. Though they might ask you for more information. They tend to be a bit hungry for knowledge themselves.

I'm sure anyone willing to trade with you will find a use out of one of those things. Who knows, you might get asked to entertain a child's birthday.