[Audio]

[goblinish]

Everyone, anyone. [ Said like it's a commonly used greeting. ]

[ The man sounds cheerful, energetic, and mildly perplexed. ] Some help would be appreciated--nothing major, I'm just trying to find a condiment. I've been to multiple stores in Maurtia Falls and asked the employees, but I cannot find any garum. This is unacceptable, because humanish food tastes strange enough as it is. I know there's some out there, somewhere--there has to be! It's the one thing humans and goblins could always agree on: rotting fish tastes amazing.

I really don't know where else to ask. You're from all sorts of places, I'm sure someone can help me out here. In case the problem is just that I'm using the wrong name for it: what I'm talking about is fermented fish juice.


((OOC: aaaand just in case your character might know but you don't, or if you're just curious: garum.))

Comments

[resipiscent]

Have you tried making it? [He doesn't actually know what it is, but.]

[goblinish]

I'm... not actually sure how you make it.

[ There's a pause as he ponders this new idea. ]

How would you get juice out of a fish? Should I just... grind one up with a mortar and pestle? If I could get the juice, I suppose I could just wait for it to spoil on its own... [ Trails off as he ponders again. ]

[resipiscent]

... Um, I'd probably squeeze the goo out of the meat. But it might be more complicated than that. Have you tried looking online?

[thebestseller]

... you said "goblin", right? [Priorities, Castle has them.]

[goblinish]

Yes...? ...Is that a problem?

[grimreaping]

Garum isn't used anymore, to my knowledge. You might try something like Worcestershire sauce, instead? That should be widely available at any grocer.

[ a pause, and then: ]

Goblin?

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[goblinish]

You stopped using it? Why? That's--that's completely uncivilized! [ The horror. ]

2/2

[goblinish]

As for goblins, yes, I am one. Thanks for noticing. [ He's pretty sure that's not what the other meant, but he's gotten this question two whole times now. ]

So what's this Worcestershire sauce taste like?

audio;

[andaway]

I'm afraid garum isn't made anymore. I doubt anyone remembers how to make it? [He just knows it was really popular in Ancient Greece, like the good fanboy he is.]

Maybe you could find something similar in Italy, but I doubt it. Not to mention it'd be a hassle to get there.

maintaining audio as well

[goblinish]

But why?? It's good, how could they have forgotten how to make it? Are the locals really that, that... lacking in good taste? Was there some sort of apocalypse?

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[huntergames]

[ That doesn't sound appetizing at all. ]

Fish juice...?

sticking to audio here

[goblinish]

Fermented fish juice! [ Avinin sounds a tad too gleeful about it. Either he really likes garum (true), or he's detected dismay and finds that hilarious (also true). ]

video

[abduxel]

[The man on-screen looks like a regular guy, unless Avinin can see through magical glamour, in which case he'll be aware that this dude actually has ram horns. His communicator tag is Matthew Lin.]

How does one juice a fish?

I'm sorry to say it, but you don't really look like a goblin.

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[goblinish]

[ Avinin stares at the communicator, clearly very disappointed in its life choices. Pushed the wrong button? Avinin? Nah, clearly his communicator is just disreputable. ]

I have no idea, hence my desire to buy the finished product from a store.

And I was aware of that, yes. "Porter" side effect, apparently, one I'm not pleased with. The entire reason I was sticking to audio, actually.

[ If Avinin can see the horns, he doesn't comment. (Probably because he can't see them.) ]

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[justimom]

If you cannot find any it is possible you could find someone here who could produce it for you. As you said we are from all sorts of places, surely someone would know the process.

still audio over here

[goblinish]

[ Blue skin? Blue skin! The other features are all wrong for a goblin, but still. Nice to see someone some degree of attractive after so long. ]

That's an excellent idea! Perhaps I should start considering how to best advertise.

So who are you? I'm Avinin Anasek.

voice;

[quantifies]

Earth flavors are very odd. Some are excellent, but others they refuse to make even though they are delicious.

perma voice

[goblinish]

[ Avinin sighs sadly. ] It's a human thing. They always do that.

...So, some of the local food's "excellent"? Any recommendations?

[selfequipped]

I actually know a guy who can help you. His name is Loki. Kind of annoying, just in advance, but he can definitely get you what you're looking for.

[A beat.]

Oh, and just use these to contact him. He's an expert in finding all of these things.

[She has no idea if he can help, but this seems like a good thing to make Loki help with even if he can't.]

[goblinish]

[ A beat from Avinin's end as well.

Then, warily: ] ...And what would he want in return?

[ Of all the suggestions he's gotten so far, this is the first to sound a bit suspicious. Someone who can help, but who needs to be volunteered by a third party who can't or won't contact him herself? After everything else he's been told about garum today, he also finds "definitely" being able to procure some rather suspect in its own right. ]

VOICE.

[osreborn]

[ ... Humans and goblins. Well hello. ]

Of all the questions to ask, that's the one you settle on?

perma voice

[goblinish]

What would you have me focus on? [ Avinin's tone is indulgently amused. ]

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[foreshadower]

That's easy enough to make, actually.

I think I even have a recipe.

audio here

[goblinish]

Really? I'm no cook, but I am a quick learner...

[ A pause. ]

Are you that Loki fellow Kate recommended?

voice

[hubris]

I've tasted something... similar, but I haven't seen it here. I don't think it's something Americans go for.