Title: Captivating Bazaar! - Still a Child
Characters: Cater, Trey, Jamil, Malleus, Grim, Najma, Dates Stallholder
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| Episode 1 | 1-1 ・ 1-2 ・ 1-3 ・ 1-4 ・ 1-5 |
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| Episode 3 | 3-1 ・ 3-2 ・ 3-3 ・ 3-4 ・ 3-5 ・ 3-6 ・ 3-7 ・ 3-8 ・ 3-9 ・ 3-10 ・ 3-11 |
| Episode 4 | 4-1 ・ 4-2 ・ 4-3 ・ 4-4 ・ 4-5 ・ 4-6 ・ 4-7 ・ 4-8 |
| Episode 5 | 5-1 ・ 5-2 |
Still a Child
Scalding Sands - Camel Bazaar
Cater
Camel Bazaar’s pretty huge, huh~
Trey
Fruits, flowers, and daily necessities… Merchants who sell similar goods gather in different areas to set up shop, it seems.
Malleus
What is being sold in this area, then?
Najma
Stalls selling nuts and dried fruits are located here.
They’re all conventional snacks in the Scalding Sands and universally loved here.
Jamil
……
Cater
These piles of nuts and dried fruits are sold by weight, eh~
Trey
There are chickpeas, pistachios, and sunflower seeds… They’re all nutritious and good for a healthy diet.
What would you suggest we get, Little Miss Najma?
Najma
My favourite is dates.
Trey
Fruits from the date palm, right?
Najma
Yes! It is usually eaten dried.
It is sold in the form of stuff like jam and jelly too. Syrup made from it is super good as well!
The huge and dark pile of dried fruits at the storefront over there are dates.
Cater
Which one now…
Jamil
Yeah, I guess so.
Stallholder
Why, if it isn’t Jamil! It’s been an awfully long while, hasn’t it!
Jamil
Gulp!!
Y-Yes, it’s been a while…
Stallholder
Shopping today? Spare us from another rampage, okay~?
Trey, Cater, Grim and Malleus
Rampage?
Jamil
Ugh… That again… Didn’t it happen back when I was still a kid…
Cater
Jamil, what’s this about exactly?
Jamil
Nothing to worry about.
Stallholder
You see, back then~…
Jamil
AAHHH! PLEASE STOP! If you’re going to expound on unnecessary details, then I’d rather explain it myself!
…… A-Actually…
I caused a little trouble here in the past…
Cater
You did? Sounds kinda unbelievable to be honest, ‘cuz you’re usually the cautious sort.
Trey
Yeah. Just what happened then?
Jamil
…I used to love eating dates as a child too.
I would visit this stall together with Najma often to buy them.
But hidden among the dates we’d received once…
W-WAS A BUG!!!!
Trey, Cater, Grim and Malleus
A bug?
Jamil
It acted like it knew no better, looked straight at me…as if it was trying to establish itself as a fellow dates lover, and climbed into my hand…
Then, I was so frightened that I used my magic without thinking.
Cater
What kind of magic?
Jamil
…Fire magic.
Stallholder
And he burnt my stall’s canopy while trying to exterminate the bug!
Cater
Wow… Jamil’s more extreme than I thought.
Jamil
I-I was still young at the time! I wasn’t able to control my magic well!
Stallholder
It ended with just the canopy getting burnt…but pacifying Jamil after that was the hard part.
I’m telling you! He was thrashing about with tears streaming down his face, man~!
Cater
Oh, really~?
Trey
Jamil did~?
Jamil
That’s because it happened when I was a kid!
Malleus
Aren’t you still a child, though?
Jamil
Ugghhh… Please stop already!
Najma
Mister! You can leave Jamil’s shenanigans at that. I’d like some dates, please.
Here are the dried dates. Help yourselves, everyone!
Trey, Grim and Cater
*Bite*
Grim
Munch munch… Oooh! It’s sweet! Yum!
Trey
I’m surprised how sweet this is considering there’s no added sugar.
I can probably whip up some interesting new sweets with these. Their natural sweetness and texture would make for a good enhancer.
Grim
Call me over when you’re making sweets, I’ll taste test for ya!
Cater
Gri-Gri’s probably the kind who’d say they all taste bad even when they don’t so that he can keep on eating.
Trey
That’d be quite the pickle. I guess I can’t depend on Grim’s judgement, can I?
Cater
Its low calories is also a big plus. These could be totally pops ♪
It’d be a #guiltfree #naturalsweets #gentlerewardfortheself kinda thing!
Malleus
I’m also intrigued by the syrup made from dates. It must be quite delicious as a topping for ice creams.
Perhaps I could request Clover to make some next time.
Jamil
……
Cater
Oh, Jamil aren’t you gonna eat too? There’s no bugs in these dates, y’know.
Jamil
Ever since that incident, I can’t bring myself to eat dates anymore. Even the sight or smell of it…
They’d bring back memories of that moment…
Trey
Th-That bad, huh…
Notes
If i have to look at (taste descriptor) + うまい・おいしい one more time i will commit sudoku. no i refuse to say it is sweet and delicious. you already say delicious for everything you ate so far damn it