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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ryryguy" data-source="post: 5213462" data-attributes="member: 64945">This news just makes Castofle more agitated.  He tugs hard on his beard with both hands.  "Balsamae was trying to get zocalti?  That just confirms it then, he's had some and he must have already figured out some killer recipe... They wouldn't like the straight stuff in the Imperium I'm sure, so he must have found something new for it!"The deva's encouragement does seem to calm him down a little bit, or at least get him thinking about other things.  "Well... the thing is, Balsamae already has cooked for all sorts of weird beings from other planes and stuff... he's so old, he's probably cooked for a dozen of those lich things already... but... That conversation we had, do you remember I also told you about how we used to talk about the <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/living-4th-edition/270884-adventure-food-gods-dm-ryryguy-judge-renau1g-7.html#post5069870" target="_blank">perfect food</a>?  And how our teacher mocked us and told us there couldn't be a perfect food?  That was him.  Balsamae.  He was my teacher."Castofle begins pacing.  He is still clearly upset, but a bit of determination is mixed with his anxiety now.  "I always hated that.  I always wanted to prove him wrong... still do.  Make the perfect food that 'melt away on the tongue like a mirage', like he said.  Show him something that he's never seen, that would surprise him..."He stops and looks up with a weak smile.  "Well... maybe someday I'll do it.  But for tomorrow, okay, I'll try to cook for this lich guy.  But I don't know what I'll do.  I'll try, but... I'm sorry, it's just so hard for me to think and concentrate right now.  So... I know I'm the chef, but did you find anything out about his tastes, what he might like?  Or see anything, hear anything about different ways to do zocalti, stuff you might put with it?  Damn!  I wish I knew what Balsamae is doing with it...  not that I'd just copy him, you know. Of course not!  But to get the ideas flowing, you know..."[sblock=ooc]Ok, so there might be some things you could tell Castofle now, there was what you read in the books at the lich's library for one, and you might think of other things.  But you get the sense that if you don't provide a little more, Castofle's chance of success is iffy at best, because he will freak out if nothing else.  Nothing will boost his confidence better than actual ingredients/recipes for him to try.  You do have a couple of possible leads (I've hinted, but if you're totally lost let me know and I can re-hint. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />)  Again, you can take pretty much the whole day tomorrow to try to find or to follow leads.  As long as you make it back to Newhill by tomorrow evening, you should be able to make your deadline.Feel free to roleplay more here and possibly discuss what to do next.  When ready, we will move on to tomorrow.  (Don't forget to level up too!)[/sblock]</blockquote>

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