Æana: What do you think I wanna do? Eat!
Æana unwrapped the chocolate and took out some of the chips. The weren't flavored with anything other than salt, but that was how she liked them. She broke off a small piece of chocolate and tossed it into her mouth, followed by a couple small chips.
Æana: Chips and chocolate were made for each other.
She ate a few more like this before taking the glass bottle of ginger ale, popping it open and taking a few swigs.
Æana: Who ever lives here sure has good taste in food.
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Meanwhile, Aki was walking the alleys of Zantaric on his way out of ton. He thought he'd stop by the Sanguinarius to tell Alison where he was going, so he entered through the back door. Jamie was in the storage room there with her back to him. He called out to her in his rather deep voice, making her jump.
Aki: Good morning, Jamie.
She screamed and lept a good few inches off the ground. Aki laughed and walked out of the storage room while Jamie glared at him.
Alison was behind the bar, swapping stories with a rather handsome man at the bar who appeared to be in his late 20s. Aki tapped her on the shoulder when the current story came to an end.
Alison: You never come to my bar. What's up?
Aki: Just thought I'd drop by to tell ya that I'm leaving for a while. Gonna go look for that girl I'm always going on about. You know the one. I got word she was in La'marri.
Alison: 'Kay, fair enough. See ya when ya get back.
Aki left through the front door this time, since it faced the road out of town anyways. He waved to a few people he knew on his way out.
Alison: Hey Jamie, don't we have a picture of that girl Aki's lookin' for? Maybe we should post it up and ask around if anyone's seen her to help Aki out.
Jamie: Yeah, we have one. I haven't seen it in a few years, but it's got to be around here somewhere. You stay with the customers; I'll look for the picture.
Alison went on chatting up the man at the bar while Jamie searched in the spare moments she wasn't serving a drink. After about an hour, Alison heard Jamie scream again. She excused herself from the bar to find Jamie in the storeroom. Jamie's eyes were wide and she had a hand clapped over her mouth, a picture in her hand. Alison took the picture from her hand and as soon as she glimpsed it, dropped it on the floor.
Alison: Holy fuck, Aki's gonna kill me.
