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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rhialto" data-source="post: 1410723" data-attributes="member: 630">And now for something in such bad taste, I'm sure that I'll get in trouble for it...BABY-FED ORBUS, DELICACY OF GRAESThe orbus--famed pest of Graes, those little floating eyes spend their time causing trouble and making it very difficult to keep a pet in Graes.  Orbae eat anything (well that's meat, anyway) but their favorite food is a nice plump baby, when they can get it, which is naturally, not very often.  And naturally, like everything that eats other things, it is in turn eaten by humans, and most other intelligent species, as a luxury food item.  And since it is well known that the way to give a creature the most delicious flavor is to give it what likes best, a food item has been born that has all right-minded people in uproar--baby-fed Orbus.At least, so the rumors say.It must be said that no restaurant, inn, or tavern in Graes stocks baby-fed Orbus--or rather, admits to stocking it.  Everyone hotly denies that they serve or eat the dish.  But it is heavily rumored that the Quaesteri, the Halflings, the Half-Goblins and the Sleurithians are fond of the dish, and various nobles of Graes are believed to have eaten it.If one is looking for a good serving of baby-fed Orbus, first, be prepared to get dirty looks, frantic denials, and quite possibly an angry mob on your tails.  However, if one is willing to stick with it,a few guidelines--it is said that the halflings make the best baby-fed Orbus, feeding the creatures only the plumpest, healthiest babies.  Quaesteri follow second, though their variety tends to take on a rangey taste due to the half-elf babies they feed it.  Sleurithians often feed slave and Caliban babies, resulting in Orbus that is often gristley and unpleasantly flavored, while Half-Goblins will never serve baby-fed Orbus to outsiders, instead giving the person who asks for it a broiled rat.(OOC--What can I say?  I was inspired!  And naturally, I don't recommend feeding babies to any animal in real life...)</blockquote>

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