I knew this wouldn’t go well, idiots…

You, Fu, and Seh, had been sent off by Sanfu to find a place to eat or stay for the night while he went off with Malao, given a pouch of coins to pay with of course. Kaifeng had a load of places to choose from, you and Fu eagerly wanted to go into the first one you saw, clearly starving, but ever the cynical one; Seh was wary and seemed to nitpick every option, rightfully but annoyingly so.

The three brothers soon found a place that you and Fu would be most tempted to enter: A place called ‘Divine Dumpling restaurant & Inn’.

”What about this one?” Fu asked, ”I don’t think so..” Seh replied hesitantly. Fu rolled his eyes, growing irritated, but you piped up first. ”What’s wrong this time?” Seh seemed to think, but spoke up, ”..it’s a little too inviting.”

”You know what? We’re tired, we’re starving- we’re going in.” Fu finally said, and opened the large brown doors, reluctantly, Seh followed in step and went in along with you and Fu. Everything seemed normal, almost lavish given the region they were in, but it was completely empty. Seh’s stomach tingled.

The old lady who appeared to be the Innkeeper was kind, albeit a little outlandish in appearance, but took two orders of dumplings for you and Fu, and a simple soup for Seh. You three sat down, and waited, only for the lady to come in only two minutes later. Odd, Seh thought, and he let you two begin to eat, pushing his soup around, not finding it in himself to eat yet.

Mid-way through you two stuffing your faces with the delicious dumplings, you both began to feel odd, and Fu was about to say something, before his eyes suddenly closed and his head fell onto your shoulder.

”Fu?” Seh whispered, but quickly noticed you too had fallen unconscious. He realized the food must’ve been drugged, so he spooned some of his own soup into your bowl, narrowed his eyes into slits and let himself go limp, feigning sleep. Great.