Twisted Wonderland 2

No Need to Hold Back

With the help of the boys, you manage to wrangle Grim out of the attraction before he could eat any of the fish.

Kalim wipes his brow. "We actually made it out... For a second there, I wasn't sure we would!"

Jack rubs the back of his neck. "I wasn't expecting Grim to get that overstimulated the first time he saw tuna fish."

"Maaan," Grim kicks at the ground. "I wanted to take a bite out of those swimmin' tuna cans..."

Leona rolls his eyes. "So you keep complainin'. Let it go already."

Kalim spots a cart nearby. "Ooh, take a look at that, Grim. Those food carts have some good stuff!"

"Oh yeah?" Grim sniffs the air. "Mrr? What's that delicious smell?"

"Whatever it is, it's giant, and it's fried. Is it chicken?" Jack shakes his head. "No, going by the smell..."

"FrIEd TuNA. GeT YoUr FRiEd TUnA hERe."

Grim's eyes light up. "What? Tuna? Is that what those tasty-lookin' things are?"

Jack tilts his head. "Seems kinda weird to put a fried fish cart right outside an attraction where you spend the whole time admirin' said fish's beauty, but okay."

"ThE OlD tOYmAkER aLsO FiShED fOr TUnA tO EaT. CoMe HAvE sOmE FoR yOUrSeLF!"

Leona narrows his eyes at the puppet. "These puppets are creepy, if you ask me."

You nod. "Yeah..."

Kalim rushes over to the cart. "I'll take some! Thanks!" He rushes back and hands one to Grim. "Here you go, Grim. You wanted tuna, so eat up!"

"Oooh... That's what I'm talkin' about!" Grim takes a bite and immediately recoils. "Augh, hot, hot!" He takes another bite. "Mmm, but so GOOD! Crunchy fried batter on the outside, and soft, tender meat on the inside... This fish just gets tastier and tastier with every bite!"

Kalim passes one to everyone. "Here, guys! I got enough for everyone."

"Thank you, Kalim!" You take a bite of the crispy fish. "This is really good!"

Leona tries his. "Huh, pretty good. The oil and the fish both taste fresh."

Kalim lets out a relieved sigh. "I was worried for a little while there. Grim looked so let down. If he'd stayed upset the whole time, I would've just felt awful."

"This's seriously so good." Jack says. "You should have some too, Kalim!"

Kalim laughs. "I guess if everyone's eating from the same batch... Sure, I'll have a bite. Thanks!" He takes a bite. "You're right, this DOES have a nice crunch to it! Yum."

Kalim quickly finishes it off. His eyes go wide. "Ack, but it's so hot! Water!"

Leona rolls his eyes. "Maybe if you didn't scarf it down so fast. Hey, Jack. Go get us something to drink."

"Yessir." Jack quickly runs off and comes back with green bottles with little umbrellas in them. "Okay, I got some drinks. There were lots of options, but this was their top pick."

Taking his, Leona takes a sip. "Sparkling apple juice, huh."

"Thanks!" Kalim gratefully drinks his. "Um, why is there an umbrella covering the top of the bottle? Doesn't that get in the way of drinking it?"

Jack shrugs. "I didn't put it there. It came that way. That's a servin' method I haven't seen before but I'm guessin' it's too keep bugs from getting into the bottle."