"Thanks for earlier Star." Finn said while once more giving pats to the exuberant young girl, she had done quite an excellent job at bargaining for the tunic, using a mixture of mild threats and good bargaining strategies which even Finn found himself impressed with. Princess training was more thorough than he believed it would be.
Because no matter how much Star had shown she was an airhead, she was still in a way a competent princess.
The tunic had finally sold for 9 gold coins, which resulted in Beedle once more breaking into tears, what an overly dramatic person that one was. Finn should start catching some unique insects just in case.
Finn had once more noticed the strange short figure approaching Beedle as they left, once more instantly going into a trade. He observed the figure closer but for some odd reason he failed to see anything of value from them. Like a veil of darkness was hiding them.
Finn felt this was mostly a coincidence, or was the figure following them perhaps? He did not know. It was unlikely.
"No problem, Finn, what are friends for," Star replied joyfully at his encouragement. That was the good thing about Star, she was quite easy to talk to.
[[Stomach growls]]
"You must be hungry star. "Their clothes swayed to the night wind, both their blonde hairs dancing wildly. They held each other's hand, a happy goofy smile on one's face and the other with a relaxed contented smile.
"Yeah, I haven't eaten anything in a while. "Star said scratching the back of her head. She suddenly had this nervous energy around her that Finn found to be extremely cute.
"Hey, Finn, I didn't carry any money with me while running from my guards sooo…" Star twirled her fingers awkwardly while avoiding looking at his eyes and Finn only chuckled more at her behavior.
This young girl was truly a box full of different expressions.
"I'll handle it Star. Eat anything you want. "Finn said while patting her head, and it was oddly comforting, like his heart was healing while he did the action. Like everything was finally right in the world.
"Hehe. "Star also laughed her own small laugh. Finn was unsure what made her happy, the though of eating whatever she could or his patting, but Finn was okay with either option.
Finn had mostly got a general layout of the entire place, so he easily led star away to where he believed the food section of the place was, the otherwise bustling sounds of utensils, the smoke rising in the air and even and the enticing smell only led him further in the direction.
He was also growing quite hungry himself.
The food section was set up with long tables to allow for multiple people to sit at once and the availability of private chairs for those preferring their solitude.
There were menus laid out on the tables with different sections offering different varieties of food, some more normal and others magical.
Paper lamps acted as a source of light set above these long tables, providing a soft orange glow, just right that it put on a comfortable relaxing mood and did not disturb the eyes.
Now, a crowd had gathered around a certain table, cheering and clapping for whatever was happening, this easily attracted the two's attention.
Finn and Star pushed past the gathering and too Finn's absolutely no surprise at all, the person causing all this commotion he knew them quite well. A very gluttonous yellow dog, who was currently devouring piles of food on the table as if a black hole existed withing his stomach.
"Yeah, baby, keep it coming. I ain't full yet." Jake shouted to the chef who only increased his cooking speed, the flame growing fiercer with his expertise.
Besides Jake, there were other equally gluttonous individuals who were also equally stuffing themselves full of food like there was no tomorrow. Finn was sure some of them would burst by how they were going.
"No more food, No more." One of the competitors, a fat green human like person said rubbing his stomach in pain, as he laid looking upwards.
"I've seen the food gods…" Another looked to have gotten a sort of epiphany, his eyes glazed over in Finn believed to be a sort of trance. Or he was hallucinating from the lack of Oxygen in his body.
"I'm not even halfway through yet." Jake said throwing away another plate to the side. He licked his stained mouth making it sparkle and patted his stomach in appreciation.
"Is that a talking dog!!" Star had rushed forward, her eyes once more shining, practically becoming a blur as she appeared next to the currently overweight Jake.
She just stood there, in shock at what she was seeing, and Finn had followed her along, he wondered mainly if she had forgotten her earlier hunger.
"Can you really talk. "Star asked once again, and Jake gave her an odd gaze, wondering where Finn had picked up this strange kid. He did give Finn a curious glance and he only received a helpless smile.
"Yeah, that's me, Jake the dog, a hundred percent talking and magical!" Jake had finally decided to show off, he even flexed his stretchy ability as he shrunk back to his normal size, his overweight body completely disappearing. His competition could only murmur in annoyance.
"That must be considered cheating right!" A contestant with blue skin was more vocal, looking like he was about to puke out his entire gut and the next second, he did. Luckily, he was quickly escorted away before he made the scenario become dangerous.
Finn could already imagine it, a puke shower. Shivers!
[Burppp] "That hit the spot." Jake once again said and patted his stomach. Mostly uncaring about the complaints from the losers, they should simply get good if they wanted to win.
And before he could react, he was, speared to the ground by a blur of blonde hair, knocking the air right out of him.
"Oh my gosh, oh my gosh. This is the first time I'm seeing a talking dog. And you're so cute!! I must tell everyone about this. I bet they'll be so jealous. Good doggy, did you say your name was Jake? What a goody doggy Jake. "Star said as she resulted to patting and giving Jake a good rubbing behind his ears.
That clicked something in his other wise docile brother as his tail wagged wildly and his feet started slamming the ground repeatedly.
"Hey, I'm not like those other common dogs…But if you scratch a little higher to the left, maybe I'll let consider letting you go on for a bit." Jake said but Finn could see him already melting in the hands of Star, his will had already been shattered.
Finn was not impressed at all. He gave a sarcastic gaze to Jake which his brother completely brushed off with learned ease.
"What a good Doggy you are Jake." Finn also said with a mocking tone, and this finally caught Jake's attention. He looked shocked, but his tail continued to wag excitedly. His brother had suffered a form of mental damage.
"Hey Finn, come help me pat Jake. "Star said urgently, and Finn quickly compiled the same teasing smile on him.
He noticed the growing embarrassment from Jake and quickly acted on it.
"Star, let me introduce you to my lovely brother Jake. He's a very good doggy." Finn said seriously and Star shining eyes only made It even better.
"You have a talking magical dog as a brother, that's so coooolll! "
Star started speaking quickly mainly about how lucky he was and how he got to have so much Fun while she was boggled up with princess duty.
'Ding.' An almost silent bell rung, which for some odd reason attracted the whole of their attention.
Their heads turned and standing there was a huge figure, standing silently dressed in a sort of chef uniform, mostly comprising of a white sue hat, a huge sort of wooden spoon and other utensils strung around the figure's waist and oddly a sack of ingredients that still looked fresh. Interesting enough, the chef was bound to a large bag that he somehow stood on, a chain wrapped around his wrist.
The figure to Finn's eyes looked like an odd combination of a goblin or a chameleon, it was strangely difficult to even say.
The silent figure rested a huge, chicken or was it a turkey on the table, a silent challenge to his actions. Finn was sure he could see the fire in his eyes, declaring he was ready.
It was only then that Finn recalled Jake had been in an eating challenge, and Jakes serious expression came back as he strutted over once more to his original sit with a silent swagger.
"Next round already. Ill make sure to once again savor this food too." Jake said an excitement rising in his voice. Finn saw the saliva dripping from his mouth and the expectation in his tone. The other challengers groaned to this, but they equally had excited smiles, each of them smacking their lips with desire.
'It can't be that good. 'Finn though curious to get his own bite.
[Hmm]
The Goblin-like creature had suddenly appeared next to him in an instant, and this shocked Finn, it was like a phantom had moved. And what was this, had the creature knew what Finn was thinking and moved to prove him wrong.
The chef had a plate of food presented for him, the same chicken meal with the added addition of some other vegetables.
Finn's curiosity had already been picked so he therefore took the plate graciously, the chef had also prepared another plate for Star which he gave her while quickly disappearing once more, back to observing the food challenge, which to his observation Jake was winning.
"It's so good Finn. Quickly dig in before it becomes cold. "Star advised as she hastily ripped apart her chicken leg, the sizzling hot part making her release a satisfied breath of fresh air.
Finn took his own bite, and his eyes equally widened in exhilaration. It was like his taste bugs were making a small jiggle in his mouth, making him also want to break out into dance. Tender, perfectly burnt, crispy and juicy, a true flavor blast of perfection in his mouth.
Finn could finally see what the commotion was entirely about.
"Huhh.' He released his own satisfied hmm as he let the flavor sink in once more with another bite.
"Done!" Jake finally said, sinking back into his chair.
Star and Finn were far gone lost in their taste adventure to congratulate him for his win, both deeply satisfied with this short break on their fun exploring.
....... Adventure Time......
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