OOC: Fresh meat! <Maniacal laughter!> Seriously, it's open to all. Be inventive! I'll make sure someone's at the front counter to take care of you. If you want something special I'll do my best to accomodate.<br/><br/>As Kimiko was waiting for Reiko's answer, she glanced at Andalun. "I think you should get out front. Fei's likely to be too wrapped up in her pastry to watch things. Where's Kuroni? She should have been back from her deliveries by now."<br/><br/>Andalun licked his lips. "Fei in wrapped in pastry..."<br/><br/>Suddenly the plate he was holding warped and expanded. In a few seconds there was a plump, well endowed tanuki girl in a short black halter top and pants laying across his arms like the bride at a honeymooon suite. A baseball cap with 'Magical Bakery' written on it was perched jauntily between her ears, and her ringed tail hung down like a stripy bell pull.<br/><br/>"Hiya TRS-chan!" She snugged up to the dragon, then glowered. "What's the matter, I'm not enough of a lunch for you?"<br/><br/>The dragon started slightly when she appeared. "Ahh! Sorry, Kuroni! I was... I mean I wasn't..."<br/><br/>"Don't bother. Just remember, you'll never hide things from a tanuki ninja. My shapeshifting powers may be inherent, but I can still tweak you around too."<br/><br/>The dragon sighed. "When some guys annoy their girlfriends, they end up on the couch. I end up _being_ the couch!"<br/><br/>She grinned. "And that patent red dragonhide leather makes a wonderful covering. But I like you better when you can hug me back."<br/><br/>Kimiko growled. "Take it outside you two! The counter needs manning for the lunch hour rush."<br/><br/>The tanuki girl grinned and saluted. "Aye aye, Kimi-chan! C'mon, you big lug, let's go!"<br/><br/>The two walked out, the dragon still carrying the tanuki. in his arms.<br/><br/>&&&<br/><br/>"That last one was a bit tricky. Delivering coffee and rolls for four to an adventuring party in the Citadel of Brass on the fourth level of Bator..." The pair were out front at the counter, and Kuroni was regaling Andalun with tales of deliverance.<br/><br/>"My travel bubble should have carried you right too them, no matter which plane they were on!"<br/><br/>"I hit some sort of ward at the castle wall, the thing popped. So I turned into water and rained down onto the battlements. It was hot enough that I could evaporate, and then it was just a matter of drifting along the corridors as steam till I found corpses. Those devils have the place wired to detect invisibility, and disguise spells, but no-one looks for state changes."<br/><br/>"So were your customers okay?"<br/><br/>"They were duking it out with a minor duke. There were a bunch of devil bodyguards, I eventually had to pitch in and help, or the rolls would have gone soggy. Interesting fact, all those fancy resistances and damage reduction a devil has are on the outside. If you get a cleric to bless you, then turn into animated water and pour yourself down their throats, you can do some real damage, especially if you turn into a large spiky club half way down."<br/><br/>"Nice! So, you delivered?"<br/><br/>"Yup, and I even got a big tip. Lawful good types, they figured since I'd helped with the fight, I was due a share of the shinys, and devils are generally loaded!"