Side Story 6 – Ale Popsicle
Added 2024-05-01 21:17:34 +0000 UTCRabban walked into his favorite tavern, at least in this city, his anticipation for a refreshing tankard of ale quickly turning to disappointment. The ale, to his dismay, was warm! The very thought of warm ale was enough to make his blood boil. He marched up to the barkeep, demanding an explanation for this unforgivable offense. Warm ale was a sacrilege, a travesty that he simply could not tolerate.
The barkeeper apologized and explained that the regular mage that chilled the drinks quit, and he hadn’t found a replacement yet.
Rabban was lost for words and didn't even know how to react to such severe and shocking circumstances.
After a short deliberation, he decided to spend one of his precious ability points on a spell to chill his ale. After scrolling through the Ice Magic Spell list, he found a spell that suited him just fine. It was a channeled spell, and he usually didn’t like those, but he was willing to sacrifice for ale.
He channeled the spell on his ale, and its temperature dropped rapidly. Suddenly, it was frozen solid. Rabban stared at it in utter disbelief. How? Why? What did he do to deserve this?
He turned over the tankard and banged it on the table a few times until the frozen ale fell out. He took out his knife and started to chip off small pieces of ale and sucking on them. Finally, he had enough. He stuck the knife with all his power in the middle of the frozen ale and began licking it like a popsicle.
It wasn’t perfect, but frozen ale was still better than warm ale.
You can’t win them all.
