Hoo-hoo! Big randomness blowout!

[missrecalled_mods]

With Oaken's Trading Post and Restaurant now accessible, we're introducing a new way for characters to get various items in the game. Once per OOC week, any character in Auradon can pay a visit to Oaken's, either the restaurant side or the gift shop side (though not both in one go), and receive one item. What's the catch, you may ask? The catch is that the item they get is selected by the mods at random. So step right up and roll the dice. Who knows; you might just find something awesome.

FAQ

Will this affect my character's bonus AC points?

Nope! This new mechanic is completely separate from bonus AC.

What kinds of things might we get?

Venturing into the restaurant side will net your character a random bulk food item. Could be something you might find at Costco, but more likely it'll turn out to be something you might find in a Chopped mystery basket. Non-preserved fruit and veggies even stand a slight chance of being still edible! Though figuring out how to use the mystery ingredient might be a challenge. Any bulk food items obtained this way can be assumed to have been placed in the appropriate storage area in the school kitchens unless otherwise specified.

Heading to the gift shop side instead could net your character a wider variety of items. It could be something useful like an article of clothing, some soap, or a book, or it might be something that's just meant for decoration. Either way chances are pretty good it'll be at least a bit kitschy. If your character plans to donate what they get from this side to the community at large, please note it here. 

If I get an item I really like, can my character go get another of the same thing next week?

No. Due to the strange magic affecting Auradon, no one can seem to remember where or when exactly in Oaken's they picked up their item. They just find themselves outside the shop a little while after they went in holding an item with an Oaken's tag. This is true even if several characters go in as a group; none of them can remember where or when they or their friends got their items.

How do I put in a request for my character to get an item?

Just post it here, along with if you want to try the restaurant side or the gift shop side. The mods will check this once a week and  DM the character's journal with the item they got. We'll also tag the requests here, but please keep all of a particular character's requests in one thread for organization purposes.

Have fun, and enjoy your random shopping experience!

Comments

Mallia

[queen_butterfly]

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[queen_butterfly]

Restaurant! :D

[missrecalled_mods]

Malia receives a huge 10lb can of reindeer patè. Guarantied to not be made from any of Sven's relatives!

Re: Mallia

[queen_butterfly]

Restaurant again! (Always the restaurant, lol...)

Re: Mallia

[missrecalled_mods]

Malia found a bunch of boxes of... some sort of... cracker...?

hilariously enough.....

[queen_butterfly]

After inspecting it carefully and rereading the ingredients list just in case, what with that can of meat stuff she'd gotten before still in mind... she opens it up to try some.

Thank goodness she has enough willpower to stop after a handful or so, to put the rest in the pantry for others; she knows full well she can make herself some more, now that she's tried them and savored studied them!

[queen_butterfly]

still the restaurant~ ♥

[queen_butterfly]

...should I be dropping a new comment weekly, or do we just want to assume she's going to keep trying to come back to the restaurant side however often she can? XD

[queen_butterfly]

:D

You know she wants more new foods

[missrecalled_mods]

Malia emerges this time with a 10lb sack of oca. Most of them have already sprouted and are thus only useful for replanting, but the dozen or so on top look to still be OK. Enough to add to a pot or two of stew at least.

[queen_butterfly]

/just sets up camp at the restaurant~?

[missrecalled_mods]

Malia emerges this time with a 10 lb container of seasonal flavored hommus. It's well within its 'use by' date, but the question is, does she want to?

(Also apologies for not noticing these sooner! We'll be making more of an effort to check this weekly from now on. Did you want us to just use the previous posts for the next few weeks so you don't have to make more, or simply delete them and go from here?)

[queen_butterfly]

Pumpkin Spice hummus? Oh, she absolutely does want to... but she's going to consult with someone else first, about opening the container, in case there's storage issues to deal with; it does feel a bit on the chilly side, and she's never messed with this stuff before.

(just an aside: have you ever had chocolate hummus? it's kind of amazing. XD)

(and whatever's easier? I'm just presuming she's been trying sometimes more than once a day, but ending up stepping out without items, confused as per usual. so if we want to even just keep replying to the one comment, that'd work too!)

Re: Mallia

[queen_butterfly]

She's definitely going to visit the restaurant side again. :D

Re: Mallia

[missrecalled_mods]

A three gallon jug of chili pepper cricket ice cream, already beginning to melt.

Enki

[under_the_raptors_wings]

☾

Re: Enki

[under_the_raptors_wings]

Restaurant (Determined via coin. Because who am I to even decide that much. XD)

[missrecalled_mods]

Enki receives a huge, 10lb jar of tonburi. What this was doing in a restaurant like this is anyone's guess, but at least it's something he can eat.

Re: Æn'kae

[under_the_raptors_wings]

Gift Shop

[missrecalled_mods]

Æn'kae emerges from the gift shop with a sweatshirt. It's slightly oversized on him, but just enough that it's extra comfy.

(And apologies for not noticing this sooner! We'll be making more of an effort to check this post weekly from now on.)

Aqua

[aquawayfinder]

In preparation for going to the Isle, she's taking a break - to set a good example - by stopping in to see if she can find any food that can help. So Restaurant!

[missrecalled_mods]

Aqua emerges from the restaurant with an industrial-sized bag of spicy kale chips. At least it's something healthy?

[aquawayfinder]

Cool, those are absolutely going to the Isle.

(Aqua, being Aqua, would not see this as making things worse on them..... >.>)

[papillion_de_resistance]

Gabe, Bitty Leia, and Lea all opt to try their luck at the restaurant. (Requesting that Bitty Leia's item be something relatively light weight, in deference to her size.)

[missrecalled_mods]

Next time, please put each character in their own post. :D

Gabe: Have a single 15 pound can of extra sodium Cajun flavored sardines

Leia: Leia will have a tray of one dozen cotton candy flavored danishes. They're all a little over cooked making them a uniform medium-dark brown, and they are dated to expire one day after she receives them.

Lea: a box of one thousand ultra strong menthol added Altoids. Each one is coated in a different mega sour powder and individually wrapped in a "Oaken's Trading Post and Restaurant" forest green twisted paper wrapper, making it impossible to know the flavor of sour until one opened it.