[TheSpatialWeeg]

Rulue was about to object on the nerd perving on her before she heard the tiny voice sitting on--what the heck was that?! Well, if the nerd's freakout was anything to go by it was...a weird thing called 'Cyber Akuma'. As said nerd got punched to oblivion, the banana posed like silly and...started to flirt with her? ...Okay, it can't get any weirder than this. Flirty banana or not, it was still in possession of a big murderbot. What to do? She couldn't get aggressive, or else she'd receive a rocket punch. And that looked like it'd hurt for an eternity and a half. Hm...guess she'd have to lure the fruit into a false sense of security.

"G-goodness. I've..never anticipated this." Rulue began. "I...I could aid such a fine gentleman." The Fighting Queen extended her hand. "But I am concerned for your well-being as you are currently perched onto this...Akuma...thing. Come with me instead."

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[Mari]

...The banana considers Rulue's rather on the nose gambit. Now which of these things would he rather perch himself on? ...The super fighting robot, or the beautiful woman. ...Super fighting robot. Beautiful woman. Which of these did he look better on. ...Thankfully for Rulue, she was appealing to a banana that had already established himself to be a bit of a cassanova. Why exactly a banana had interest in a human woman or how exactly he'd come to have these tastes in ladies was another topic entirely, but it only took him about ... several long seconds to realize he definitely looked better perched on the pretty lady. The banana promptly hops over onto Rulue's hand, striking a pose. "Ta-da~! I told ya it would work!" the banana remarks, drawing an... Well you really can't tell, but the blueberry muffin is glaring at him in disgust right now. One could presume that she was liable to run away once the danger became apparent, but it was unlikely she could get away from Rulue given Rulue was between her and the exit.

(Rulue! The Food Terrorists are vulnerable! You can finish them off at your leisure.)

The Food Intruders
5 out of 12 "captured"

Areas they're hiding in:
JP's Game Palace (2: Banana & Blueberry Muffin)
Victoria's Secret (2: Celery Stick & Spaghetti)
Movie Theater (2: Potato & Apple)
Dressfarm (1: Kielbasa)

[TheSpatialWeeg]

Rulue was trying her absolute best to avoid laughing as the attempt had worked pretty well in her favor. The banana simply struck a pose as she simply smirked. Just then, she grabbed hold of the blueberry muffin. "You know,  you should've known better than to trust a stranger, good sir." She began to devour the blueberry muffin right before the banana's eyes before grabbing the aforementioned fruit onto her other hand. "You said that eating a banana was like 'kissing your elbow', right? Now, allow me to prove you wrong."

The Fighting Queen started to peel off the banana, throwing the...banana peel into a trash bin before eating the fruit as well. Any kind of plea from the two had gone unheard. "All right, you can come out now, it's safe." Rulue said to the supposed owner of the shop before taking her leave. It appeared there wasn't any other living food in that shop, may as well check other shops...maybe check how's Arle doing as well.

"Arle? Are you there?" Rulue went on to ask as she went back to where they started.

[Mari]

The sound of a scared nerd regaining his composure was heard as Rulue left with a lot more vitamin b in her diet. Meanwhile, Arle wanders back out into the main area sipping on a movie theater drink. She seemed to have solved her giggling problem ...somehow. She made a note to herself to chew her food better... And maybe don't eat an entire baked potatoe again anytime soon. Way too much potato. Still not quite as awkward as eating the apple and finding out she had to eat the core too. It was a little crunchier than she'd cared for... Approaching Rulue, Arle smiled weakly and offered her her drink. It was... seltzer water, oddly enough.. "Hey Rulue! You've gotta try this. It pops in your mouth~! The theater is pretty weird. There was like, a portal to a world full of explosions and really bad one-liners in there. I tried to go inside, but it's not real, somehow. Oh, and I got two more of our friends." Arle explained rather casually, glancing down at herself for a moment. She felt a little bloated, but she didn't think anyone else would notice. ...So whatever. "Wanna go share some spaghetti~?" she went on to ask, grinning cheerily at the other.

The Food Intruders
9 out of 12 "captured"

Areas they're hiding in:
Victoria's Secret (2: Celery Stick & Spaghetti)
Dressfarm (1: Kielbasa)

[TheSpatialWeeg]

"Ah, there you are." Rulue said as she reunited with Arle, the sorceress offering offering a drink that 'popped in her mouth'. The Fighting Queen tilted her head, curious on how such a drink would work. She reluctantly took a sip of the drink while Arle talked about theaters. "...Huh, you're right. It does pop in your mouth. Weird." Rulue muttered. Now, the theater 'portal' got her attention more than anything else. "It's not a portal if you can't enter it. ...Why would you go there since it was full of explosions and bad one-liners, even? I'm sure it wouldn't be a pleasant experience."

After that however, Arle asked if she wanted to share spaghetti with her. Of course, she knew where Arle was going with that, so she giggled. "Why, of course~" she simply responded. "We should hurry up, lest it gets cold!"

[Mari]

"I wanted to see if it was real." Arle replied somewhat awkwardly in response to having her motives questioned. "Like, it was really freaky at first. But also really surreal, you know? Everything was off. Like the voices were coming from the wrong direction. It was like... an illusion or a vision. I think it was supposed to be a magic show for people who really like one liners cheesier than--" Arle began, abruptly cutting off as she was forced to raise her hand and stifle a burp. Blech. Too much potato. "...that baked potato. Excuse me~ They've been putting up a fight, hehe, but that drink really helped calm my tummy too. Guess I must've gotten the feistier ones..." the mage would finish somewhat embarrassedly, taking notice that Rulue had been able to keep her composure this entire time. Arle on the other hand had discovered that she was more ticklish than she realized, among other things.









After a good long moment just traversing the store, the girls would arrive at their destination. The first thing Arle noticed was that the store was blatantly catering to an air of elegance and femininity. There was a lot of pink bombarding one's eyes from every given direction and the faint smell of a pleasantly tropical perfume filled the air. Several mannequins struck demure poses and ads on the wall offered a variety of services from sales on their flagship perfume to manicures and...custom fitted bras? Yeesh. Just thinking about the logistics and pricing made Arle's head swim with envy for whomever could afford to treat themselves to such a thing. It seemed like the kind of place Rulue might enjoy, but looking at all these mannequins in their lacey underwear only made Arle feel a little insecure about herself. Wait, why were they all in nothing but underwear?? For now, no food terrorists were to be seen. "...Looks like someone stole these statue's clothes..." Arle mused aloud, trailing off as she got a better look at the clothing stands. Oh... Oh. There was cute looking normal clothes too, of course, but the majority of the clothes on display were beautiful lingerie. Arle was momentarily stunned. "...Wait, they have an entire store for undies?!" the mage went on to blurt out in disbelief. The implied question, of course, was why?!

The Food Intruders
9 out of 12 "captured"

Areas they're hiding in:
Victoria's Secret (2: Celery Stick & Spaghetti)
Dressfarm (1: Kielbasa)

[TheSpatialWeeg]

"Funny how you seem to pick the resilient ones." Rulue comments in response to Arle's comment about the fighting food. "The food I caught usually don't try to say anything and succumb quietly once they are in my stomach." the Fighting Queen said before following Arle to Victoria's Secret. Once they came close...she noticed that the shop had a wide assortment of lingerie. The blue-haired woman was already getting quite distracted with that, so much so that she didn't notice Arle's reaction and went browsing through the wide assortment of lingerie. "Say, how would this one look on me?" Rulue asked Arle excitedly as she showed a particular lingerie to the other. Oops, she was getting distracted,

[Mari]

Arle pondered Rulue's response. What was her secret..? She was distracted by this thought by Rulue's follow-up question, however. ...For a moment, Arle was shocked that Rulue was asking her. That moment passed quickly, however. If Rulue was asking her, that must mean she thought Arle was pretty enough to ask for fashion tips! She was flattered, really. Arle quietly tried to imagine Rulue wearing the lingerie, pondering what exactly that would look like. For a moment, she was locked in thought. So much for the mission, huh? Well--To be fair, hte food terrorists hadn't proven themselves too dangerous yet--at least not on Arle's side. "Hmm . . . I could definitely imagine you wearing that. Really, you can make anything look good~" Arle replied in approval. "Everything here looks so fancy~" the mage went on to remark rather anxiously. She'd never worn anything quite this nice, nor was she entirely sure what the purpose of it all was, besides making the wearer feel like royalty. Perhaps Rulue could pick up on how self-conscious Arle was in here.

The Food Intruders
9 out of 12 "captured"

Areas they're hiding in:
Victoria's Secret (2: Celery Stick & Spaghetti)
Dressfarm (1: Kielbasa)

[TheSpatialWeeg]

"Why, thank you~" Rulue said, blushing a little. The Fighting Queen had detected Arle's little...insecurity problem. That...admittedly got a thought going around on her head, but let's not...go there. It'd probably make things very awkward. "Hey, let's just search for those living food guys and leave, okay? I'll just go back and shop here later." She asked before returning to be on the lookout for the living consumables that were somewhere around the shop. She just calmly waved for Arle to follow her.

[Mari]

"Thanks, Rulue... We were never wealthy enough to afford clothes like this." Arle explained somewhat awkwardly. The smell of fresh celery draws Rulue to a clothing rack. Upon investigation, the celery was hiding just inside! It promptly and uselessly whacks Rulue on the nose with all the strength of an infant. It's more of an annoyance, really. Meanwhile, Arle manages to find the spaghetti pretending to camouflage in amongst some underwear and just sort of engages in a staring contest with the food terrorist. She wanted to see just how dumb it was. ...Also she was trying to figure out how to eat it. Spaghetti was definitely not finger food. " . . . "

The Food Intruders
9 out of 12 "captured"

Areas they're hiding in:
Victoria's Secret (2: Celery Stick & Spaghetti)
Dressfarm (1: Kielbasa)

[TheSpatialWeeg]

Rulue...just looked at Arle when she said that both weren't very wealthy to afford lingerie like this. I mean, she'd understand in a Li or Primp's standpoint, but their entire lives? Did she forget Rulue had a mansion at one point? The Fighting Queen shrugged and began to search around for any food intruders. Soon, she caught scent of...hmm...celery. On the clothing rack. A minor investigation revealed that it was indeed there. The food 'terrorist'...was failing badly at trying to hurt Rulue. The blue-haired woman's response? To simply grab the celery stick and eat it. ...So much for supposed terrorists.

She soon went back to Arle and found the sorceress staring at a 'camouflaged' spaghetti. Yeah, that disguise wasn't exactly the best. "Hey, Arle. I got one of them." She reports, glaring at the spaghetti. "...Say, you brought forks?" She muttered towards the sorceress, adjusting the volume just right so that only the auburn-haired mage could hear her. "Otherwise, I fear we may resort to...extreme methods."

[Mari]

...Arle looked a little bemused when Rulue asked her for a fork. She considered the request for a moment and looked around searchingly before decidedly giving up. What a silly request. "...No need for extreme measures, Rulue. I came prepared!" Arle replied rather enthusiastically, reaching amongst her person and pulling out...

...a pair of bamboo chopsticks. The chopsticks seemed to be of the reusable, washable variety. They had a nice finish on them.

Silly Rulue, you didn't eat noodles with a fork! Arle always carried a pair on her person, as she wasn't used to using a fork and she didn't much care for it. The mage would turn on the spaghetti and lash out towards it. The food terrorist seemed to finally realize that playing dead and hoping for the best wasn't going to work, but before it could really begin moving Arle's chopsticks pressed down onto the plate and pinched a bundle of noodles, holding it in place. She then slipped a hand underneath the convenient plate underneath it and lifted it into the air before her, turning back to Rulue and promptly drawing some of the noodles up to her mouth. She began to eat, slurping up some noodles rather eagerly. At the same time, she would offer Rulue some for herself by gesturing to it with the chopsticks. It seemed that she was offering to pick up some of the noodles and feed them to Rulue! The ghost of Lady and the Tramp warning them aside, Arle seemed to be enjoying herself. She'd never had noodles like this before and was decidedly a fan of the modest, natural sweetness of the tomatoes.

The Food Intruders
10 out of 12 "captured"

Areas they're hiding in:
Victoria's Secret (1: Spaghetti)
Dressfarm (1: Kielbasa)

[TheSpatialWeeg]

Rulue looked at Arle rather funnily once she brought out chopsticks. Unlike her more 'natural' friend, she was used to Primp Town's way of handling food utensils. She wasn't going to knock Arle down for utensil preference, though, that would be extremely silly. She was plainly observing Arle fishing out for the noodles...when suddenly her friend offered to feed her some.

The Fighting Queen's cheeks became red as her friend suggested it. She would leave Arle to her own devices...but then she remembered that the food had a mind of it's own...which meant they could escape. Feeling rather forced, Rulue simply nodded in response to Arle's offer and reluctantly opened her mouth as to allow the sorceress to feed her. That was...mildly embarrassing. "...Keep this between us, all right?" Rulue quietly asked the auburn-haired girl.

[Mari]

Arle was a little surprised when Rulue requested for her to keep this littl exchange a secret. She would have honestly thought the other would have appreciated being fed, but she supposed that just wasn't the type of queen Rulue had grown into. To be honest, she kind of liked it that way. It made her more comfortable with the other. "Alright. It'll be our little secret, then~ Well--Here's hoping, anyway~" Arle would reply somewhat quietly, gingerly leading the squirming spaghetti to Rulue's mouth. She was in a teasing mood, it seeed. It was now time to play a game. Each time the spaghetti tried to squirm to the opposite side of the plate Arle would pin it down and begin feeding it to one of them, switching mouthes each time it tried to escape, leaving the spaghetti with nothing left to it but a choice of which girl it wanted to spend its last day inside. "*Giggle* Not that way~" Arle would tease rather playfully as she trapped the spaghetti, Redirecting some of the noodles into her awaiting mouth. She then did the same for Rulue as the Spaghetti tried one last ditch effort to free itself, only to find that a couple of strands of spahetti now hung between their respective lips, wiggling helplessly. Meeting Rulue's eyes and suddenly realizing her opportunity, The mage leaned in close, slurping the noodles up as she went, and abruptly locked lips with Rulue. She stole a very sweet kiss with the other, intended to be innocent yet playful in its nature, along with some spaghetti. However, as she tried to steal the spaghetti she might just invade the other's mouth momentarily. Breaking the kiss, and the strands of spaghetti, she stepped back and swallowd their latest prisoner. "...That's for Christmas~" Arle remarked rather smugly. ...Huh! It turned out that had been the real Arle.


The mage turned partially away, flashing Rulue a cheeky smile and holding up a small cookpot. She would then give the item to Rulue. "And this will make sure I don't have to feed you anymore~" Arle went on. Are you tempting fate, Arle? The magical cookpot would have some odd effects when touched. Namely, it bestowed the holder with a certain hunger and subconscious desire that guided them to use its ability to allow them to swallow anything whole on anything that moved. It made it so that one did not need to be taught how to use it as the ablity would come to them naturally.

Rulue has received:

Hungry Cookpot: Apparently this magical cookpot was created from the essence of a gluttonous monster that preyed upon travelers. Draw power from it to give your character access to the devour command from Final Fantasy VIII. This is represented by a grapple roll to swallow an enemy whole. The eaten character is treated as if they were fully restrained, preventing them from using any attacks. They can, however, roll strength to try and escape as if resisting a grapple. The user gains a +1 in the victim's two highest stats for the duration (If it's a tie, choose) and can choose to do 15% damage per turn to the victim as a free action. In the original game this attack is censored in a comical manner, leaving the specifics of how it works up to the imagination. This item can only be used on one character at once, cannot be used in Sunshine Stadium PVP battles and has a 5 turn cooldown beginning after the victim is freed or defeated.

The Food Intruders
11 out of 12 "captured"

Areas they're hiding in:
Dressfarm (1: Kielbasa)

[TheSpatialWeeg]

Rulue just kept herself quiet as Arle just served portions of the spaghetti, doing her part of the job of executing the living food, when she notices that a couple strands were stuck between her and Arle's mouth. Before she could drop them for the other to finish, the sorceress locked lips with her. Looks like the ghost of The Lady and The Tramp's warning went unnoticed, as Arle successfully got a kiss from the Fighting Queen. Rulue's mind became a trainwreck, a mixture of very different feelings coming together.

However, enjoyment was the one most prominent at this little moment.

When they broke the kiss, Rulue's face became a nice shade of red, and her expression transmitted the huge amount of bewilderment and confusion she felt at that moment. And then came the words Arle said after that...it hither like a verbal brick. The Arle she kissed at that mirage...wasn't a fake, but the genuine article?! Unintelligible blubbering would escape Rulue before she could form complete sentences.

"W-why didn't you just tell me that so I could apologize?!" Rulue blurted out, clearly flustered and lacking any sort of composure. Looks like that got to her. "I...I just wanted to screw with Satan, regardless of being a mirage...I thought you were a mirage as well, that's why I made that move. I'm sorry." she continued. Her face straightened a bit. "Then again, you did kiss me in retaliation, so I guess we're even now." she added, slowly gaining her composure back.

When Arle graciously gave her a new item, she...glanced at it funny. Arle better thank whatever deity there was, because somehow, someway Rulue didn't feel the magical effects the cookpot would have given to them...or perhaps it was very lowkey. Perhaps it was her willpower that did so, or maybe her mind was still focused on the kiss...

Speaking of that kiss, it began to linger in her mind. The conflicting thoughts were still around, but she really couldn't deny...that kiss was great. The Fighting Queen was very much confused as to why she felt that way. It felt unnatural, yet it...didn't. It felt familiar in a sense she couldn't find words to describe just now. ...Wait, she couldn't think about that now. They have a hunt to finish! "Come on, we gotta see if there's more food left rampaging through the shopping."