Indulgence is the name of the game - OPEN

[onaroll]

Who: Amelie and whoever wants to come
What: WORLD GOURMET TOUR
Where: Equestria

It's taken her the better part of a month to set up the transportation network, but Amelie finally has her hoops in pretty much every major city of Equestria now. She takes a moment to drop a message over the mirrors before finishing her preparations and stepping through a hoop to the center of town.

"Bonjour! This is Amelie; I was wondering if anyone wanted to join me for a little trip? I'll be going to various places using my portal hoops to sample the local cuisine; if anyone wants to join me I'll be in the center of town for the next half hour before I leave!"

Amelie is very much looking forward to spending an entire day traveling and eating, and that excitement is expressed quite clearly in her body language as she waits for anyone to show up.

Comments

[horse_nerd]

"Sure, I can do that," said Twilight. "Oh I can't wait!"

[onaroll]

You are going to gain so much weight, Twilight. Amelie's not going to mention that, though.

"Enjoy your lunch, and we'll see you later!"

Amelie proceeds to create another hoop, waving Megumin and Apple through it.

[cidery]

"She's joining us?" said Apple. "That'll be nice. There'll be more food for all of us."

"Yeah, and she's been nice enough to give me a home so..." said Megumin. "Where to next?"

[onaroll]

Amelie gestures expansively around the area beyond the hoop.

"This is Dodge Junction!"

Materializing her skates again, she glides off, still chattering.

"We're having lunch at a place called Big Little Tony's. I don't know why it's called that, but they serve classic Neightalian food, so I hope you like pasta."

And wine. That's the real reason Amelie chose this one, she wants to drink red wine.

[explosions_are_awesome]

"Ooooh so like noodles right?" said Megumin. "I've had a little of that. I want to try it all!"

"It'll be heavy so pace yourself," said Apple as she smiled at the idea of eating more.

[onaroll]

“Would you like to see something neat?”

Without waiting for an answer, Amelie kicks off on her skates, activating the rocket boost before vanishing into a hoop that spits her back out behind the other two. As she continues to rocket towards them at highly unsafe speeds, she starts to pirouette. Right before a collision is imminent, she hurls herself into a backflip, still doing the pirouette - three rotations of her body as she goes through the backflip before landing lightly on all four hooves and immediately dumping all momentum.

“And that’s the Cosmic Flip!”

The fact that this showy display helped burn off some of the excess calories from brunch had no influence on Amelie deciding to do it at all. Nope.

[cidery]

Megumin applauded, grinning. "That was awesome! I mean, it wasn't an explosion but it was definitely cool."

Apple giggled as well, nodding. "She's very proud of the Cosmic Flip."

[onaroll]

“The only other person in Kalos that even knows how to do it is the man who taught me, who invented it in the first plate.”

She looks very pleased with herself.

[explosions_are_awesome]

"Oh so it's an exclusive art. I can get behind that." said Megumin with a nod. "It must have taken a long time to learn though."

[onaroll]

Amelie pauses, thinking.

“Ah...about an hour to get through the abandoned, haunted hotel he was living in...a dozen duels with his followers, who were mostly teenage delinquents...another fifteen minutes to catch a few ghosts to train...and then, I want to say...forty five minutes to master the Cosmic Flip? Then I just popped an Escape Rope and teleported out. So about two and a half hours?”

[cidery]

Megumin gave her a pony thumbs up which was a upraised hoof in a somewhat salute. "A Plus Effort," declared Megumin with a wide grin.

"She's a determined girl. I love that about her." said Apple.

[onaroll]

Praise from Apple evokes the usual response.

“I’ve just always been good at physical stuff, that’s all...”

Well, anyway, the restaurant is right there, so it’s time to eat now.

[explosions_are_awesome]

"Okay, so what's on the menu next?" asked Megumin as they stepped towards the restaurant. "You said pasta right?"

[onaroll]

Nod nod.

“I understand they do a very nice penne with roasted vegetables here, but you might like the spaghetti instead. I’ll leave it up to you, honestly.”

As they walk inside, a waitress escorts them to a table and waits for them to sit down before taking their order.

“Ah, three orders of the fennel and orange salad and a bottle of the house red? I’ll also have the penne with roasted vegetables - what will you two have?”

[cidery]

"I'll take the spaghetti," said Megumin after consideration. "Apple?"

"Penne. And some extra garlic bread if you have any."

[onaroll]

The waitress nods and trots off, Amelie watching her as she goes. It’s definitely a pattern at this point - Amelie pays more attention to mares that resemble Apple in some way, whether it’s the color of their eyes, the shade of their fur, or the silken shine of their tails.

“Good job on remembering the garlic bread!”

[explosions_are_awesome]

It is, and Megumin notices this. She hides a little smile as she sips her drink. "Garlic bread huh? It must be pretty good to put a savory flavor on fragrant bread."

"It's a staple," replied Apple with a nod.

[onaroll]

...they don’t even have garlic bread there.

Amelie has made her decision.

“Hey Megumin? After...all this is over -“ she waves her hoof in a vague circle, indicating the general area and the fact that they’re all tiny pastel unicorns “- you wanna come live with us? You can bring your friends, too, if you want.”

[explosions_are_awesome]

"Really?" asked Megumin. "That's... that's incredible.... it's a great offer..."

Megumin got a determined look on her face. "The thing is... I'm going to blow up the Demon Lord with Explosion, and I can't leave till that happens. But then we'll be able to live with you!"

[onaroll]

“Really. I’m pretty sure Apple was going to ask you at some point as well, but I’m a lot more impulsive than her.”

Hmm. Amelie looks at Apple with large, pleading eyes. Please give her permission to defeat the demon lord.

[cidery]

"We'll gather a group of friends and help you defeat the demon lord," promised Apple. "And then you and your friends can come and live with us."

"Thanks," said Megumin, blushing. "I didn't expect that to be a thing but thank you."

[onaroll]

Amelie's already thinking of who to recruit, naturally. She doesn't really have time to talk about it, since the waitress is arriving with the salads, wine, and bread, but she already has a list of candidates drawn up.

"Ah! It looks fabulous!"

The striking red color of the oranges, contrasting against the pale whitish-green of the fennel, does indeed look fabulous.

[explosions_are_awesome]

"Oooooooh," said Megumin, licking her lips. "This should be good!"

"Pace yourself," reminded Apple with a giggle. "You don't want a tummy ache."

[onaroll]

"Red wine's suited for dishes with impact, so we'll wait for the pasta before pouring, okay?"

So saying, Amelie takes a bite of the salad, sighing in pleasure.

"I really love the taste of fresh fennel."

[cidery]

"It tastes different than anything I've eaten before," said Megumin, chewing on her salad for a long moment. "I like it!"

"The cook would use it often in dishes back home as well," said Apple. "I hope to get a recipe worked out eventually."