What Pumpkin Candy?

[waylaidvagrant]

[Today in the Mess Hall there is a huge bowl of tempting pumpkin candies right out in the open

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[emergencyration]

Mayor?

[waylaidvagrant]

[You temporarily set down your handful of devious candies to properly communicate, as etiquette would dictate.]

>greetings, sir natsume.
>do you perhaps know the secret to consuming these confections?
>they are proving quite difficult.

[emergencyration]

Is something wrong with them?

[waylaidvagrant]

>they cease to exist at the most inopportune moment!
>i have not been able to eat a single one.

[emergencyration]

[. . . picks one out and tries to eat it. it disappears.]

What the--

[waylaidvagrant]

>you see?
>it is a very unmannerly prank.

[emergencyration]

It is.

[waylaidvagrant]

>perhaps we should simply seem less capricious confections.
>these ones are most frustrating.

[emergencyration]

[sighs a little]

That makes the most sense.

[waylaidvagrant]

>perhaps there are cookies.
>the kind with the small chocolate bits.

[emergencyration]

Chocolate chip?

[waylaidvagrant]

>yes, those.
>they are quite delightful.

[emergencyration]

I'm sure there's probably some somewhere. I can help you look.

[waylaidvagrant]

>thank you, sir natsume.
>i hope our quest will be successful.

[emergencyration]

Me, too.

[waylaidvagrant]

>do you know where baked good rations are usually stored?
>i am afraid i have not thoroughly investigated the kitchen space yet.