Scroll 13: When Sriracha Isn't Enough [visual]

[needsteaplz]

[Saori honestly wanted a normal day off but nope that was going to happen. Yes, she does take days off now, mostly because everyone at the shop both employees and some customers felt she needed it. Except now the scroll shows the house Saori purchased and ....ponies in hazmat suits? Saori isn't even aware the scroll is on and is talking to a unicorn with a clipboard floating next to him.]

You can't be serious! You can't just seal up my home!

Very sorry, ma'am but we have received complaints from your neighbors about their eyes feeling like they're burning and they say it's something coming from your house. It's our duty to clear out the source of the irritant. Now I must ask you one more time. What were you making?

[She glares the unicorn. In the background, a phoenix, two dogs and a cat all begin to harass the hazmat team with barking, snarling and an occasional peck or three.]....Hot sauce, okay?! I was making several batches of my own hot sauce before the winter season kicks in. Now if you excuse me, my progress is being severely hampered by this yellow tape of yours. Let me back into my house now and DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH MY HOT SAUCE!

[She's about to storm through to get to her house but the supervisor blocks her path. One of the supervisor's assistants looks at Saori.] Hey, wait a second, aren't you the owner of that tea house that did that ban on pumpkin spice lates?

[She looks rather indignant and snorts.] Okay so I had to give up the ban after a week, happy? Besides, the winter seasonal flavors are better anyway. Yeah that's right you heard me! [The three began to argue amongst each other and then the scroll closes.]

Comments

[needsteaplz]

Margulis, why not take a proper seat?

[She got the coffee maker going. Extra strong brew for the two of them.]

Okay so you weren't able to contact the Zohar but was there anything else that happened during the attempt?

[namedforcat]

He hit some sort of rather interesting snag.

[He's just going to sigh and sink back into his chair]

[misplacedxsheath]

I'm fine like this.

*His tail flicks a bit as he crosses his forelegs.*

...I was intercepted by something. I'm not certain of the details yet, but I encountered something that felt as if I were being hunted.

[needsteaplz]

Still, you look like you should lie down for now. I don't want to turn my back one second and see you on the floor the next.

Do you think it might have been Calice?

[namedforcat]

Maybe, at least, that's what I think considering how Margulis described. Certainly she'd be the only thing big and powerful enough to block access to the Zohar like that. Stuff like that doesn't usually take into account distance really... and it already is almost crossing dimensions.

Still, Margulis, are you going to release waves like that every time you get knocked out or just when you're trying this sort of thing?

[misplacedxsheath]

*Rolling his eyes at both of you. Yeesh.*

That was a result of my losing focus while manipulating Zohar waves.

But yes, Calice is the most likely cause. The better question is if she was deliberately interfering or if I happened to stumble upon something that was already in place.

[needsteaplz]

I wouldn't be surprised if Calice was on the look out for anyone trying to contact anything outside this world. If that's the case and given your current state after doing that, maybe it's best to hold off on trying that again?

[namedforcat]

I'm with Saori on this one Margulis, at least until we figure out if it was her who stopped you, why, and how.

[That and now that Saori knows what can happen, she'd worry more if they tried again.]

[misplacedxsheath]

And how do you expect to figure that out?

*And yes, he's still sitting on the arm of the futon.*