Scalding Sands - Camel Bazaar
Vendor
Order's up! Five shawarma wraps and a sandwich!
Thank you. Here you are, everyone.
Thanks, Jamil. I'll help you pass 'em out.
I'm lovin' the color contrast between the veggies and the sauce.
So this is what it's like to get street food. This is quite a rare experience for me.
It looks so good! I can't believe they actually got all the stuff in there!
Thanks so much! It smells absolutely amazing!
Now for the moment I've been waitin' for! *AWMPH* *munch* *munch munch munch*
Huh, odd. My shawarma isn't here.
Did they miss your order, Viper?
No, I ordered six, and they gave me six.
Not namin' names, but what if a certain hungry monster swiped yours?
You know, that's probably it.
Why's everyone lookin' at me...? I wouldn't do that! For one thing, why take ONE wrap when I could swipe a whole spit of meat from the stall? I'd get way more food!
Please don't do that. Ever.
I was kidding! Sorry, Grimmy. Let's take stock of our shawarma.
There's mine, Cater's, Malleus's, Grim's, [MC]'s, and...
Mmm, not bad. I should try getting mine like this sometime.
Some rando's eatin' our grub! We found the sandwich-swiper!
Hey, where'd you come from? Are you all by yourself? You should know better than to steal a stranger's food.
Hee hee. But he's not a stranger, is he?
Huh?
What's the matter, Jamil? You look like a fish gasping for air.
Na...Najma?!
Welcome home, Jamil!
So I'm guessing you two know each other? Who are you?
Hey, I'm Najma Viper. Nice to meet you all.
Viper?
Wait a minute...
I know we don't really look alike, but I'm this dude's sister.
Since when do you call me DUDE?! What are you doing here, anyway?
Hey, I didn't wanna come, you know.
She's got Jamil's signature stare down pat! Ahaha, your expressions are exactly the same. That's adorable!
They're brother and sister all right.
Dad wanted me to give you a message. I've been looking all over for you. He wants you to know there's been a change to the seating for our visitors. I told him it was fine just texting you, but nooo…
Yes, I got your text. I even sent a reply.
But he didn't care. I couldn't convince him you had it under control, and he insisted I tell you in person. So I caved. And now here I am.
Yeah, I guess Dad doesn't really get smartphones. Or computers even.
So how about showing some gratitude to your sweet little sis? I did come all this way.
You have a point... Thanks. There. That's it. We good now? Great, then time for you to get back home. I'm very busy right now.
Oh! I got a brainwave! Wanna join us for some sightseeing, Najmie?
WHAT?!
Jamil's probably gonna get home late because he's showing us around all day... So why don't you two catch up while we're doing some shopping?
Oh yeah, she probably hasn't seen Jamil in ages. That's a great idea.
NO IT ISN'T!
I'm down! Sounds fun.
I don't have time to entertain you right now!
Excuse me? I didn't ask you to entertain me.
The answer is still no!
Wow, mean! And after I came all this way to deliver that message. And by the way, I had plans to hang out with my friend at the festival—plans that this errand TOTALLY screwed up. *SIGH* It's barely noon, and here I am, all by my lonesome until the fireworks show tonight... I mean, talk about boring! And the festival only happens once a year too...
Oof... Rrrgh...
Why are you so against this, Viper? She's your sister.
Maybe he's just embarrassed about us seeing how he acts around his family. I've got siblings, so I know ALL about that.
Is that truly so common? Having siblings seems rather complicated.
It could be the opposite, y'know! I'd just about die of embarrassment if my sisters saw me while I was hanging out with friends.
And yet you were the one who invited her to do just that. Savage move, Cater. Hey, it's not every day we get to see Jamil all flustered. That's something.
Now you're all ganging up on me! Just go home, Najma!
WOW. Is that any way to treat your sister? Are you guys seeing this?
C'mon, Jamil, what's the problem if she tags along?
Yeah, why settle for one guide, when we could have two?
It's true. Besides, one should treat their family with respect.
Rgh... Okay... Fine. If you all insist.
That's more like it! Now that that's settled, allow me to extend a warm welcome to the Night Raven College crew. Whoa... That's some strange headwear you got going on.
Headwear? Oh, no. These horns are quite real.
Y'know, I've been noticing... No one's really recognized THE famous Malleus Draconia.
That headscarf probably helps. But I bet nobody expects one of the most powerful mages in the world to be gallivanting around sightseeing.
Najma! You can't talk like that to Malleus!
Sorry! I didn't mean anything by it, honest.
It hardly bothered me enough to merit a full apology.
Ahahaha! Oh man, I gotta tell everyone back at school about this! They'll get a kick out of it!
If anything, they'll probably go pale and shiver.
All right, Najmie! Cay-Cay's gonna give you the rundown of our group.
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