Legend of the Tea Master (Chapter 1 - The Festival)

Originally posted on MSPA by BestTeaMaker.

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>Hug the cabbage.

Animal>Love the cabbage

Oh, yes you will.

This perfect sphere of divine vegetation fill your nose with such an aroma. You can feel the layers upon layers of lush, delicious leaves, brimming with all the nutrients a growing youngster like yourself needs. Your mouth salivates with every breath. This is something that you will appreciate, something that you will not take for granted, for this is a divine gift that--

> Eat it. Eat it all.

> Consume cabbage, look for corresponding distressed merchant.

>Shred it to bits.

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Animal>Eat

Oh whatever, you're hungry.



ANOMNOMNOMNOMNOMNOMNOM

After partaking in such an exquisite meal, you begin to groom your claws. A gentlebeast must always mind his manners, your mother taught you. As the remains of the vegetation lies sprawled all around you, you take this time to rest and digest. Maybe the day won't be so bad after all.

Who is this? Who could be so rude to interrupt a gentlebeast from enjoying his meal an--

Suddenly you freeze.

You feel something in your claws. There is something wrong with this creature. It isn't that it's ten times your height, or that it approached without you noticing. No, you feel something deeper, a sort of emotion that you can't quite place...

==>The Cabbage Merchant's Mind in the span of two seconds

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Great. Just great.

I knew I should've stopped selling cabbages. Finished that business ten years ago, and I was living just fine. No sudden public outbreaks, no loss of profits, no hooligans destroying my beloved cabbage cart, no slugs to ruin the trade, no random animals snacking on my produce.

I even got emotional therapy sessions, and I soon learned to live a life of calmness. My doctor told me to stay away from cabbages, and try to do something else. He introduced me to a man who did great metalworking, and boy did I learn new things. I even got a new job fixing things in the local community

And here I was, simply just living life, enjoying my time here, tinkering away. If only my son didn't mention the cabbage trade. If only my wife didn't keep nagging me to do something because we needed money. I was happy. I was at peace.

I convinced myself that this is what I wanted to do with my life. I told myself that my entire life was about cabbages, and I spent a great deal on cabbages. I learned the best way to raise cabbages. I learned the exact dimensions of the cart needed to prevent bruising of cabbages. I found ways to make the cabbage tastier through tried and true farming methods. I guess I deluded myself into thinking that ten years, after all the war, all the pain and suffering, all would be well again to sell cabbages.

Okay, go over the breathing exercises, like the good doctor said. In, out, in out. Focus on the good things. Well, it's a nice day. People are buying some cabbages. I mean, things were going so well. It was a great day.

And yet, here we are. Some rodent sitting there demolishing my cabbages that I broke my back over preparing. That cabbage it ate was even my best one. I just had the unlucky fortune to drop it in this alleyway where a STUPID,LOW-LIFE, DIRTY, NO GOOD RODENT JUST COMES IN HERE AND STEALS MY CABBAGE MY CABBAGE THAT I WORKED HARD ON RAISING AND CARING FOR I MEAN IS IT SO HARD TO ASK THAT A MAN SELL HIS PRODUCE IN PEACE THE WAR IS OVER THE AVATAR HAS BROUGHT PEACE SO WHY IS MY SELLING CABBAGES AN IMPOSSIBLE TASK IT'S ALL THIS RODENT'S FAULT ARGHBLARGLEARGLE--

*SNAP*

Animal>_

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So next update should get us back to Korin and more plot developments! Another cool thing I noticed is that in the last few days, this thread has skyrocketed in views. As a person doing this for the first time, this makes me feel five-ways giddy inside.

Also, WE'VE PASSED 200 POSTS. The next person who posts will receive a Peach Blossom Tile. If you have already won the Cradle version of this medal, then you cannot get another one. If you forget if you already have this medal, refer to the front page where all the names are.

Remember that the Hydrangea and Poinsettia Tiles are still achievable. Not the Bamboo one though, at least for now.