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.

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[onaroll]

To the side, a tall blue stallion with a Cutie Mark of an ice cream cone in front of a rainbow hears Megumin's statement and gasps, clutching at his chest with one hoof as he staggers a little. After Amelie passes some bits to the mare working the register, she moves over to him and starts holding a conversation in low tones before returning to the other three.

"Alright, once we've gotten our gelato we can grab a table outside, and I convinced Caster Cream not to tell you the complete history of ice cream while we eat."

Pause.

"But, ah...try to look especially delighted when you taste it? It's important to him in some kind of Cutie Mark-related way I don't entirely understand."

a mare with a cutie mark of a cutie mark gasps dramatically and clutches her chest at this

[explosions_are_awesome]

"Um, okay?"

Taking her dish as they went outside, Megumin took a bite of the cold dessert.

There was a long, pregnant pause for a moment before Megumin started wolfing it down and then exclaimed, "HEADACHE! But aaaaah so good!"

[onaroll]

Amelie raises one hoof in a 'Victory!' sort of way to Caster Cream, who draws himself up and salutes, tears pouring silently down his face. 'Bravo, brave child' he mouths silently, 'Bravo.'

That over with, Amelie tries her own strawberry gelato.

It is delicious.

[cidery]

Apple was working on her own gelato, short even bites coming from her as she made an appreciative noise. "This is really good," she said.

"It is! So you three have been eating good all day then," said Twilight, spooning up her own gelato.

[onaroll]

"Espresso and pastries as a pre-breakfast snack, flannel hash for breakfast, a quick snack of crepes, you already know about brunch, pasta for lunch, and now we're here."

Amelie sucks on her spoon as she considers, sliding it out slowly as she continues talking.

"The next two stops we can go to in any order, actually...after eating this, do you want something warmer?"

[horse_nerd]

"Something warmer might be a good idea," said Twilight thoughtfully.

"I'm good with that," said Megumin, hissing as she ice cream headached again.

"Maybe for Megumin's sake," giggled Apple.

[onaroll]

"Alright, after this we're off to San Franciscolt, then."

Amelie overcomes the urge to grimace at the pun by eating more of her gelato.

[explosions_are_awesome]

"All these puns," snickered Megumin, knowing it would get a rise out of Amelie.

"Megumin," said Apple and Twilight giggled.

[onaroll]

Amelie puts one hoof into a hoop, draws it out, and proceeds to mist Megumin with a spray bottle.

"No."

It seems kind of strange that Amelie has a dedicated hoop for a spray bottle, but on the other hand, she also enjoys using her hoops to pop out of the ground like an oversized rabbit.

[cidery]

"ackphoosdfsdf!" Exclaimed Megumin with a giggle. "Oh puns aren't that bad. They might be the lowest form of comedy but..."

"She just doesn't like puns," said Apple.

[onaroll]

Amelie, trusting her point has been made, puts the spray bottle back in the hoop and very pointedly eats her gelato.

[horse_nerd]

The three share a muffled giggle as they ate and finished their gelatos as well, and Twilight sighed in delight. "This is a good starting point for me."

[onaroll]

"Alright, next stop...but first, I need to stretch a little, is that okay?"

Standing up, Amelie paces in a small circle before activating her shapeshifting, leaving her as sort of hybrid of cat and pony, much like she was earlier this morning when demonstrating to Megumin.

What follows is the kind of movement you need a very flexible spine for.

[explosions_are_awesome]

That was quite the stretch as Apple giggled, Twilight wanted to document that immediately and Megumin whistled in appreciation. "Nice moves," said Megumin. "Is that what they call yoga?"

[onaroll]

Amelie's limbs snap back to normal as she opens up another hoop.

"Maybe? I just learned all kinds of things to keep my body in shape while I was walking around Kalos."

[cidery]

"That's good then though, you keep active," said Apple with a smile. "And it makes things more interesting."

[onaroll]

If Amelie were slightly more conventional, she'd probably blush a little at that last bit. As it is, she just grins mischievously.

"Je t'aime tellement!"

With a little flirt of her tail, she saunters through the hoop.

[horse_nerd]

"What's that mean?" asked Megumin.

"I'll tell you when you're older," said Twilight, following behind the mare as Apple giggled behind them.

[onaroll]

Yeah, not the best conversation to have in public. How did it even come up, anyway?

Amelie is obviously far too innocent to have had a part in it.

[explosions_are_awesome]

CLEARLY. The three mares follow Amelie through the hoop. "Where to?" Asked Megumin.

[onaroll]

“Right there!”

Amlie points across the street to a small shop named ‘Soul Sister’.

“They do a really good onion soup.”

[cidery]

"I could do with a good onion soup, it'll be nice and warm," said Apple with a cheery expression.

The other two nodded as they followed Amelie towards the restaurant. "Its a hole in a wall restaurant!" said Twilight. "It's so charming!"

[onaroll]

It’s small enough that there isn’t a waitress - you just walk over to the counter, place an order, and grab a table.

“Four orders of onion soup, please? And can we have extra crackers?”

Three guesses who the extra crackers are for.

[horse_nerd]

Megumin obviously as the three took their seats, and Twilight looked around. "However did you find this place?"

[onaroll]

A tray with four bowls of soup is placed before Amelie, who proceeds to float it over to the table. From the way the pink glow of her magic surrounds it, she is floating only the tray, likely to avoid the magical equivalent of sticking her thumb in the soup.

"Oh, ah...I brought Hunter with me when I was doing the investigation work and they were doing a tomato soup that day, so she dragged me over here."

Amelie's not entirely sure why her Rattata loves tomatoes so much, but she is willing to roll with it.