Antonio
*In the larger cities of Salvania, almost no expense was spared in the name of Auctobal Day. The tales of Auctobalfest were grand all across Drase, but here they really came to life. Every gate, street, and alley had a 10ft pole with a pumpkin atop. Booths and vendors filled the streets, alongside longtables holding assortments of ale and meals. Corner after corner had minstrels and bards singing and playing, harmonies swimming over the sea of conversation and laughter. Contests of strength, of showmanship, of silliness were taking place everywhere as children chased each other up and down city streets, some with pumpkins on their heads. The city was alight with candles, bonfires, and Auctolanterns, and couples held hands as they went from one attraction to the next, laughing and whispering all the while.*

*Some pumpkins laid smashed in the gutters, though they were largely ignored. Sure, some tried to ruin the fun of Auctobal Day, but the city was alive in the festivities. All the troubles of the world seemed far away amidst the feasting and music, the unique togetherness filling the city. Some booths accepted coin to participate, as well as bakeries, though others participated freely, demanding nothing in return. Notable figures of powerful houses could be seen, but this evening, they were just another face in the crowd, just another mug to clink together in celebration of Auctobalfest. If one wished to learn more, or where to find what games, the pumpkin posts were practically everywhere, with foreigners and farmer gathering around them all the same to read.*
Robert
"Ah! Auctobal day! My favorite day of the year, no amount of gloominess can ruin this wonderful day, I bet this one will be the best one since forever!" *Ralki says as she walks into the streets of Salvania.*
Antonio
*Children ran past Ralki, one lifting a pumpkin over her head, only to be stopped and scolded by an older lady. She took the pumpkin and whapped one of the kids on the head before walking over to a booth where several people were carving faces into pumpkins. Just beside them, a few men and women were being poured mugs of spiced ale, preparing for a drinking competition. More games and contests continued up the street, with food and musicians joining them all the while.*
Robert
"Ah, the carving, the drinking, all the games! And everyone is in the mood! I should get and do something." *Ralki looks around, thinking of what she'll participate in first.*
Jodi
*After excusing himself from taking care of a needy kitty, Sirdan rode from the New Sunlight headquarters to a close by city, where Auctobalfest was taking place. Although he would've headed to the capital, this one seemed to be more... Festive. Perhaps it was the same town of Ie that he visited for the meatpie he never eat?

If so, now would be a good time to grab those meat pie...

Sirdan walked past multiple ten foot pole, judging them with the brain of a DnD adventurer wondering how many problems one could solve with a 10 foot stick. He walked by most booth selling ales, occasionally walking up and sniffing some of them, and taking advantage of free samples they offered. A few turns later, he reached the centre of the the festival, and barely dodged his way out of a child about to smash into his stomach with his pumpkin-obscured head.*

"Free food... I'm sure Kyo would love this." *He said, walking up close to where Ralki was. He recognized the scrawny, slightly underweight girl from before, and approached her from behind slowly.*
Robert
*Ralki smells him, and turns around,* "Oh hello there again... Uh, Sirgan right?"
Jodi
*Sirdan halted for a moment, staring at Ralki. With the crowd so loud, there was no way she could've heard him, right?*

"Dan, not Gan. It is me indeed." *He said in a stiff voice, then suddenly switched to a jolly manner,*"It's Auctobalfest! We should find some food to eat!"
Robert
"Yes! It'd be a mighty shame if we don't try the magnificent food that all of the vendors here made. They make the best, like this last year I ate the best Pumpkin pie," *Ralki says in a very cheerful manner whilst looking around for good food from a vendor.*

*Little does anyone know, she already is having a buffet of smell.*
Jodi
"Hmm... I've missed the meat pie of Ie, but perhaps today we could try out some roast meat to celebrate our victory? What kind of food do you fancy?"
Robert
"I don't know, I switch from time to time, but I love mudpie."
Antonio
"HHHEEEYYYY EVERYBODY!!" *A man stood atop a few barrels, holding his hands around his mouth to amplify the noise.* "We have some things to announce! Just to my right, we'll be having a spiced ale drinking competition! Finish first, and don't you dare spill a DROP!" *It looked like the crowd had grown slighlty at the table, with betting taking place to the side.* "And to my LEEEFFFTT! We have got a pie eating contest! Eat it all before anyone else if you've got what it takes!" *There sat nine contestants at the table, leaving three empty seats and three steaming pies. Across from the contests were simpler feasts and games, with some meat pies, steaming lamb roasts, and a couple of games of arm-wrestling going on.*
Robert
"I wouldn't do well in either of those, I guess I'll have fun watching it."
Jodi
"..Mudpie?" *Sirdan scratched his head, wondering what mudpie is. He turned toward the pie eating contest, wondering if there's an entry requirement. He walked over, and sniffed at the meatpie.*
Robert
*Ralki also sniffs the pie, but with much more power, and also her amazing smell is on.*
Antonio
*The meatpies would all be freshly baked, steam coming from the hole punched in the brown sugar dusted dough lining. Scents of beef, chicken, and possibly duck came from the pis, making several of the contestant's mouths water as they waited for the seats to be taken. A burly looking Mogash sat in one of the empty seats, wiping ale from his bottom lip as he looked at the pie hungrily. Two spots were left remaining as the herald continued advertising the games, making thinly veiled suggestions that the crowd should bet on the outcome.*
Robert
"You should try Sidin, I bet you'd do great!" *Ralki says to Sirdan encouragingly, but with her butchering his name, it's hard to tell if it's actually encouragement*
Jodi
"...Sirdan." *The elf grunted, and then looked at the table. He don't think he could win the contest, but boy does the pie smell delicious..*

*He took a deep breath, and then sat down on one of the empty seat, staring at the pie intensely. He wonder if he could... Use any magic to help him in eating pie?* 

*Think, Sirdan, think.*
Antonio
*As the last contestant sat down next to Sirdan, a young boy looking no older than ten, the announcer began bellowing about the contest beginning.* "Now, the rules are simply for our pie eaters! Put this pie," *The man said, pointing at one of the filled plates,* "In that mouth," *His finger moving to a contestants face before pointing at the rest,* "Before any other of these lovely people can. It's a test of speed, of endurance, of intellect, of sheer, raw talent!" *The crowd was going wild, cheering and yelling for whoever they thought would eat the pie the fastest. The announcer was right: there was no real trick to wolfing a pie down as quickly as possible. Nobody had said that magic wasn't allowed, but nobody had invented a 'pie-eating-hastening' spell quite yet. It'd really come down to a person's size and general speed.*
Jodi
*Sirdan waited for the contest to begin. There was no pie eating spell he could use, and he fancied that using pink steel strike to punch the pie into his mouth would probably result in an early demise from choking. He took a deep breath, and then grabbed the pie, devouring it as quickly as he can, chewing off one part and then swallowing it down - while burning hot, electing to deal with the damage to his throat by healing instead.*
Matthew
*Somewhere not far from them, there was a cute kitsune girl with pink hair, wearing a blue kimono and having 9 brown tails. She would be sitting at a table on her own, eating a meat pie at her own pace while her tails swayed around.*

*She smiled and thought the pie was delicious, all the while she looked at everyone else devouring their food like nuts and giggling to herself*
Antonio
*Sirdan would do remarkably better than most, eagerly scarfing a hot pie where others could only stand so much. Of the twelve, only four finished there pies. The Mogash finished a few seconds after Sirdan, with a Macen woman finishing just after him. In fact, the only person that came close to Sirdan's speed was the child sitting next to him. He practically inhaled his food, swallowing the last bit of pie so closely to Sirdan that most thought it was a tie... Until the little boy ran off to the back to throw up. A kid's stomach can only hold so much pie. With that, the crowd cheered for Sirdan, the Steppe Elf Pie Eater!*

 *A small girl would approach the kitsune, with an even smaller boy trailing behind her, holding onto her sleeve. The girl leading, maybe around seven years old, lightly poked at Kasumi's arm.* "Uh, m-ma'am. My brother and I were, uh, wondering if, uh, your tails were real." *The younger brother said nothing, fascinated by the sight before him.*
Jodi
*Sirdan swallowed the last bit of his pie, having taken advantage of his superior endurance and speed to gobble down the pie. His throat felt like lava, his innards were probably all burned out, and pain emanated from his esophagus. Hiding the bit of tear in his eyes, he stood up and bowed down to the crowd, smiling as he closed both of his hands behind his body, then casted a spell of healing touch on himself, feeling gradually relieved of the scorching pain..*

*He coughed a few time, and then beamed wildly,*"Thank you, thank you!"
Robert
*Is overwhelmed with pride for his friend.*
Matthew
*Kasumi's ears would twicth as she looked towards the girl on the feeling of being poked. She chuckled at the question and gave the small girl a warm smile*

"Of course they're real little one"
Antonio
*The cheering died down after a minute, and Sirdan was give a small purse of 120 copper as his reward for first place and a kiss on the cheek from the announcer's daughter, who was helping to serve the meat pies. The new contestants went up to the stage, ready to take on the pie challenge themselves.*

*Both of the children's eyes went wide upon hearing this, and the boy in the back would yank on his sister's arm and whisper something into her ear. She nodded, than looked to the kitsune again.* "My brother wants to know if he, uh, could touch your tail!" *It seemed like the little girl was excited to do just the same.*
Jodi
~~*Sirdan draw his sword and strike down the daughter for a sexual assault*~~

*Sirdan blushed and cleared his throat when the announcer's daughter kissed him out of nowhere. He was busy being happy over receiving the small reward. A pittance... But his cheek is worth more than 12 silver. He hoped at least the girl was attractive, as he glanced back at her assailant and forced a happy smile.

He went down the stage back to Ralki with the purse in his hand.*

"And I won! That was fun! I don't really feel like eating for a while though... But the food around here are tempting - Did you smell those special foreign food over there?" *He pointed at a stall serving foreign delicacy.*

*Then he widened his eyes as he examined the stall's name*

*"Arslan's Shirdan"*
Robert
"Oh cool, you have a shop Shirdan?" *Again messing up the name.*
Jodi
"...No, I don't. But this is quite a coincidence I did not expect." *~~Shirdan~~ Sirdan commented, looking over at the food on the stall - He couldn't see it clearly from this distance.*
Matthew
*Kasumi just looked towards Sidran and waved at him for a moment. She didn't know him or... What exactly he was doing. But she answered his question*

"I only really tried this meat pie"
Jodi
*He turned toward the Amber fox, his attention caught by her tails and exotic appearance - if a pretty girl is starting a conversation randomly, so be it!*

"This... Meat pie?" *He questioned,*"You looks foreign to this land - first time in an Auctoberfest?"
Matthew
"Yeaa pretty much" *Kasumi said as she took another bite of the meat pie and looked towards Ansari with a smile* "I am from a foreign land"
Robert
"The meat pie is really good, right?!"
Jodi
"I came from the Khanate to here in search of work. You... Did you come here for opportunities, too?" *He asked, glancing at the meat pie in her mouth. After guzzling down a hot meatpie for 12 silver and an unwanted sexual assault, meatpie doesn't look too appealing to him at the moment.*

*He placed the coins into his own money belt hidden underneath a coat.*
Matthew
"Yes actually, I came here looking for opportunities and other things. Meeting new people and such"

*She said with a smile as she continued eating her meatpie before she replied to... Piney*

"And yea this meatpie is delicious!"
Jodi
"Work perhaps? I've heard many kitsunes mastered magic. Ralki and I here is probably going to try out that stall over there. It seems to selling food from my homeland... But with a strange name coincidence." 

*He pointed at Arslan's Shirdan shop. The smell of spices blew in from the direction of the stall.*
Jamie
*Drakorn wanders about checking out the stalls and festivities that have been put on for Auctobalfest* "I have never seen it quite as grands as it is this year" *He mutters to himself admiring the 10 ft. Poles* "They really went all out. . ." *He continues moving about occasionally stopping to have a closer look at a few of the stalls before moving on to the next one*
Antonio
*Vendors stalls would be filled to the brim with exotic foods, festive knick knacks, and plenty of drinks. There were game booths for arm wrestling, pumpkin carving, fortune telling, and far more. Children still ran about, playing their games and singing along to the songs that filled the streets. A spiced ale drinking contest was about to start, and those not already enamored in conversation turned their attention to the ever-loud announcer and his dutiful daughter.*

*Leopold had parked his cart at a stable near the city gates and had been wandering the streets. The pumpkin posts had thankfully reminded him of the event and its activities. He didn't quite know what he was looking for, but the Auctobalfest seemed like a perfect representation of his lord, the Warmth of Shadows. The bald Steppe Elf picked up a pumpkin, planning to carve it at a table.*
Robert
"I want to try carving a pumpkin! Just watch me make the best!" *Ralki clenches her fist.*
Jodi
"Pumpkin carving, aye?" *He turned toward one of the bald man who just walked up to a table with... Strange intentions in his eyes, at least from what he sees,*"It looks like that man over there wants to do something to the pumpkin.*

*Several food vendors hollered at Drakorn as he walked past. Most of the stall did not have any sign on them, with the exception of one that read,"Arslan's Shirdan" Below on a cart. Two patrons sat in front of his small stall, serving what appears to be... Just some weird looking thing.*
Matthew
"Ohh so you've heard alot about my race hm?" 

*She said with a chuckle towards Sidran as her fluffy white tails swayed around alittle. She then looked towards the stall that Sidran was talking about with a curious look* 

"Hmm... Well I might just stay with my meatpie for now" 

*She said before she continued eating her pie and was soon done with it as she let off a sigh*
Robert
*Ralki looks around for a pumpkin carving game or someone that sells pumpkins for carving*
Antonio
*Leopold sat down and placed the pumpkin on the table, withdrawing a dagger from his sheath. He stabbed the top of it and cut a jagged hole to remove the stem, then began to gut the pumpkin, there on the table.*

*For anyone who didn't want to act like a filthy savage, there was a small vendor stall selling gutted pumpkins for 5 copper and carving tools for 2 silver, or renting them out for 10 copper. They had a wide supply, with most pumpkins being the big and wide kind. A tired looking lady was set to work, gutting yet another pumpkin behind her stall as her husband stood at the front, collecting people's coin.*
Jodi
"A kitsune once came over to our tribe and started healing everyone. He was quite talented at his art." *Sirdan murmured.*

"Only meatpie? It would be a waste to not try other food - Perhaps you could try that stall of fried rice and roast beef over there? It smells amazing."
Jamie
*Drakorn stride immediately halts at the site of the pair, he racks his brain trying to figure out what it is the have. Eventually realising he has no clue as to what it is he decides to approach them. Drakorn walks up to them*

"Sorry to be a bother goodman, but I have never encountered that. . ." *He pauses to figure out the correct terminology* ". . . Thing you have." *He says after giving up trying to identify it* "May I enquire into what it is?"

*Drakorn steps back as to not encroach onto any personal matters*
Matthew
*Kasumi would then think to herself for a moment and stand up, stretching her body as her tails swayed around a bit. She made the decision to heed Sidran's reccomendation*

"Alright... I'll go with it then" *She said with a warm smile*
Jodi
*One of the patron - a middle-aged, light skinned male Macen with brown hair, turned toward Drakorn after adding some black pepper onto his own dish of Sirdan.*

*The dish has a mild, unfortunate resemblance to certain organ,*"Oh! It is great! Delicious food from foreign land! They call it Sirdan - stuffed intestines!" 

*He took up his fork and lifted up the partially bitten piece of Sirdan on his plate - It was full of meat, rice and onions, boiled in a pot, sprinkled with cumin and pepper, and smelled quite delicious, if not for its unfortunate look and perhaps, pungent smell of lamb - if Drakorn was not used to it.*

*The vendor pointed at the pot, in an attempt to encourage him to try some. The letter "2 copper" Was scribbled on a wooden board in front of the pot*


*Sirdan (person) offered his hand to Kasumi, and then shrinked it away, realizing that handholding were perhaps, inappropriate on a no name basis. He led her over to the stall of wild rice, after bidding farewell to Ralki.*

"Right Ralki, you go have fun!" 


*Sirdan would lead Kasumi to another stall, this time manned by a man with sun-baked, dark skin, and a long beard. He wore a turban and tunic - clothing more appropriate for the desert than humid Salvainia. On one of his hand was a Chinese spatula, which scrapped the edge of the wok as he stir fried some delicious fried rice mixed with herbs and meat in the wok. Underneath the wok was a glowing red stone that seems to be heating it up.

He put down the spatula and then started carving up the roast beef for another patron.*

"Welcome you two! Fried rice or beef? Or would you like a drink? Or all three for a set meal?"
Matthew
*Kasumi looked towards all of the food with great interest as her tails swayed around. Her ears twitched once she heard the man proudly yell towards them amd asking them their requests*

"Hmmmm... Do you have any beef ramen? As well as... A nice drink of wine?"

 *She asked with a warm smile*
Jodi
*The vendor looked at his food,*"Don't have ramen here - but I do have some good beef. Why not ask Anh over there? He serves some good noodles!" 

*He pointed at the neighbouring vendor, who seems to be pulling some ramen. After pulling and splitting it to the applause of several child surrounding the stall, he placed it in the pot, and took out another batch of ramen from the pot, serving it to a customer.*

"Delicious ramen! Come with beef from Ahmed! Just three copper with a drink!" *He called out.*
Matthew
"Hmm..." 

*She then looked over towards the other vendor who seemed to be serving Ramen and gave him a mischievous smile as her tails swayed around. She then looked back towards the beef vendor*

"I'll take your finest beef then. Theeen I'll take a visit over there"
Jodi
*Anh took winked back at Kasumi forcefully, and then returned to serving his Ramen* 

"Big man winky winky at fox lady!" *One of the children squealed out.*

"One fine serving of finest beef coming right up." *Ahmed took out his carving knife, cutting off a few succulent slice of roast beef - seasoned with salt that penetrated evenly into the meat, and with a generous amount of black pepper, and some rosemary.* 

*He placed the beef on a plate along with a fork,*"Two copper please, and please bring the plate back here!" 

*Sirdan mimicked her order, with additional rice on top of the plate, for three copper.*
Matthew
*Kasumi patiently waited for her food. She seemed well mannered enough and had an expression as exotic as her looks. Her fuffy tails swayed around slightly as she had her hands in front of her while she waited*
Jodi
*Anh would serve up ramen for her - delicious, bounced ramen with a bit of spring onions added into the bowl for flavouring, along with a fork,*"Also two copper please, madam."

*It seems he've added egg and some seaweed for flavouring, too.*