"Hi! Welcome to the wine kingdom, Brum! And welcome to the Drifter's pit! The bar with the best foods and the latest gossip!" a cheerful voice welcomed the Phantom Pirates as they entered the 'intact' bar.
Dud stilled as his mind processed what he was hearing. "This is not Drum?"
"...Haa~" sighed the bartender. "Drum is on route 2. You are on route 6! If you want to go to Drum, get an eternal pose or start over!" scolded the bartender.
"I am sorry!" Dud apologized on instinct.
"Can we ask what happened?" Reiju asked the bartender.
"What happened?" asked the confused bartender.
"The destroyed town?" asked Fredric, vaguely gesturing outside.
"Ahh... we did that. We needed to restructure the town, and we got info that a really shitty marine captain was in the area, and we did not want to deal with her, so destroy the town and leave it like that until the looming disaster passes and then rebuild to the new specs. I haven't introduced myself, have I? My name is Inez! The bartender of the broken bar and the town gossip girl! What can I get you?"
"We will have whatever you have on tap and whatever you have cooking up on the stove. Do you know how long it will take for our log pose to set? And where to find a map store if there is one in this town?" Dud said as they sat down at one of the intact tables.
"About 3 days give or take a few hours. The map store was two streets over next to the inn, but it was torn down. The map store was not the inn; the inn is still good, so you can get rooms. It also has a bath with an onsen, so I recommend checking it out even if you are not planning on staying the night. I can get what you want from Uban the map store owner if you give me a list and wait for a day. If you want to tour the island, I recommend catching Frawn, the shepherd who should show up just outside town in... (checks pocket watch) an hour, with his large flock, but it isn't really a flock and more of a stampede really. Oh my! I am rambling; let me get you your food!" Inez rambled at them before drifting off to the kitchen.
"Have you encountered something like this before?" Dud asked Reiju.
"The town or the proprietress?" Reiju asked in reply with a wry smile on her face.
"Yes?"
"No, and no, people tend to shut up around me and my family, and if someone destroyed their town to avoid us invading them, I wouldn't know." Reiju said, turning introspective.
"Your food is here~," said the proprietress, interrupting the conversation and placing two large sandwiches and two glasses, one labeled XXX and the other filled with various layers of ice cream and fruit.
"The sandwich is made of sweet bread, green lettuce, medium-cooked ostrich goat meat, ostrich goat milk cheese, tomatoes, onions, capsicums, and cucumber, and topped with stuffed garlic bread. You lot look like big eaters, so I made my big eater special, as for the drinks. I had a little bit of all types of alcohol but not enough for a glass, so I mixed them all up, and tada~," she gestured at the glass labeled XXX. "Today's special Moonshine Surprise, and since I used the rest to make this sundae, which I think I am going to call Moonshine-dae or moon-dae, do tell me if you like them. If you do, I am going to make it a regular item in the new shop. I should leave you two to enjoy your meal." The proprietress caught herself and left the two to their meal.
The slow-burn couple chuckled and tasted their respective drinks, and their eyes lit up.
"I should ask her what there is made of; it is clearly not strawberries." Dud said, taking another bit of the mystery pink ice cream in his sundae.
"This is good! "We need a few casks of these!" Reiju said, smacking her lips.
Dud came to awareness with a massive headache and feeling like a man dying of thirst. He summoned a hangover drink from the bodybuilder bar and took a deep sip, which helped tremendously with both the headache and thirst.
As the headache subsided, he felt a chill and looked down to realize he was naked and covered in suspicious liquids and very familiar wounds. He looked to his right and came face-to-face with a sleeping Reiju, who was also a mess and covered in similar fluids, making his mind blank.
"What happened?" Dud wondered softly, and the Gacha Came took his attention as it took the opportunity to dump a list of achievements at him.
{Achievement: Paradise Island.
Description: Visit an island in Paradise that is new to you.
Reward: 1X Silver Ticket}
{Achievement: Named Fuck.
Description: Have a sexual encounter with a named character (not repeatable).
Reward: 1X Silver Ticket}
{Achievement: 'The Hangover' One Piece edition.
Description: Get shitfaced and forget the most amazing day of your life.
Reward: 1X Silver Ticket}
{Achievement: Petrified Heart.
Description: You have sworn on CʜᘓʜⱯᴏⱯᴄⱯ's name to woo a heart that is petrified by human hubris and managed to give it a slight crack. Are you ready for the consequences?
PS: Invoke anything in my name again and I WILL erase you.
Reward: 1X Silver Ticket, 1X Cursed Ticket}
CURSE
[I Yandere]
|Minor Curse|
You are a Yandere.
Resolution: None.
Dud rubbed his eyes to make sure he was seeing things right and then looked at Reiju, and his mind went:
'HNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN'
as it broke down.
A few minutes later he got out of his mini existential dread to find himself cuddling Reiju and found himself being fine with it. He might be blushing and his thoughts moving in weird directions, so he engaged the rest of the tickets to distract himself.
SILVER
[Super Absorbent Sponge]
|Common Item|
Terraria—A sponge that can hold approximately 1,000,000,000 liters of water inside of it. Don't ask how it doesn't change in size or weight regardless of how much is inside of it.
[Novice Acting]
|Common Skill|
You are a novice actor; you know how to portray yourself in the ways you want to be seen and hide your real emotions, but it is not difficult for experienced people to see through your acting. You will, however, improve much faster than other people if you choose to train yourself.
[Hubert Jura Hound]
|Trash Familiar|
Otherwise known as a bloodhound, they are regular purebred St. Hubert Jure Hound dogs that are known for their exceptional sense of smell.
[Kiriha]
|Elite Familiar|
Tsugumomo-Kiriha is an ObiTsugumomo, a spiritual creature born from an object that developed a soul over time. As a Tsugumomo, Kiriha can bond with an owner and allow them to wield her. Her powers are that of being an Obi that the user can freely manipulate and shape, the Obi itself possessing substantial strength, being able to be woven into layered shields, drills, and even armor over the user, etc. The toughness and strength of the Obi scale with the user's power level. Due to her nature as a Tsugumomo, her powers scale with the level of power her user possesses.
Dud's reading was interrupted by a groan from his partner that did all sorts of things to his heart and brain.
She looked up at him, took a sniff, made a face, and cuddled into him with an unintelligible mutter. All the while Duds's mind was going 'HNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN.'