Private Finished Spiders n' Ice Cream!

Having a young matriarch looking for you was a worrying thing. Especially with Drex, but Amber was a nicer young Matriarch. Somewhere in their conversation a food article was brought up that Drex had never heard of before. Amber had explained things to him, but most of it had gone over his head. The next thing that the larger of the two spider demons knew he was in front of a white building with Amber.

"As you say lady Amber..." Drex had to lower himself down to the ground and duck his head before he could even get through the door. Apparently they did not regularly get people his size. His armor quietly clicked together as he moved around awkwardly inside the shop. His bulk making it hard for him to be inside the buildings of this world. "... my lady, is it necessary for me to be inside here? If we are attacked I may not be able to defend you."

When Amber explained her own side of things to Drex he mentally shrugged and simply repeated. "As you say Lady Amber." Even still he kept his eye out for potential attackers of the young matriarch. He would not let anything happen to her even while he was hindered as he was inside the shop. When he heard Amber order her 'ice cream' his mind whirled in confusion as how the lactation of a domesticated farm animal mostly meant for it's meat could have strawberries and candied eyeballs in it. Or what a strawberry was for that matter.

Apparently whatever it was the shop keep handed over a cone of some sort with balls of blood red stuff on top with the asked for 'eyeballs and sprinkles'. The Shop keep then turned to him and asked if he wanted to order anything. Drex's gaze went down to buckets of multicolored... stuff... and mentally shrugged at what he was supposed to do. "I shall take the white one and the dark brownish one." Never really learning to read wasn't a hindrance if the thing he was choosing was color coded. It usually happened with the Maps the males used when planning raids so it wasn't to hard.

"Vanilla and Chocolate then." The shop keep explained and began using a scoop of some sort to place the balls of 'ice cream' onto a cone before handing it over to Drex. "All of this will come to about $13.50" Drex looked at him askance, that much for simple food? Was this rare? If it was rare why would they have buckets of the stuff just sitting out in full view of everyone. Drex was about to begin haggling when he remembered that this system of pay didn't use bartering instead it was just a flat amount. Sighing Drex turned around and pulled out his wallet from his pack laying mostly on spider back so not to hinder his movement and payed the clerk.

Once all that was finished Drex moved away from the counter looking at his balls of 'ice cream' on a cone. "What do I use to eat this with Lady Amber?" Drex took another scan around the room and saw how other people were eating their ice cream... between looks at Drex's odd size. They were licking it... well that was strange. He did see one taking a bite out of theirs and decided to go with that for an example. Revealing his slightly pointier than human teeth he took a big bite out of his ice cream. The one on top was white, he assumed this 'Vanilla' flavor. When he bit down into the soft goo or whatever he found it strikingly cold. He tried to chew but it was more melting in his mouth than being broken down by his teeth. After a moment he swallowed and looked to Amber. "Does it need to be this sweet? I feel as if my teeth are buzzing from the contact with this food item."

Amber told Drex that he needed to take smaller bites next time. Apparently big bites were not good for eating this 'ice cream'. But as Lady Amber shivered a little she suggested that they head back outside. Drex simply nodded and followed Lady Amber outside making sure to look around for potential attackers before Amber could get outside herself. But once that was done he quickly moved out of her way as he took smaller bites, but the sweetness in this cream was still stinging his teeth a little.

"Lady Amber, I do not wish to doubt your words but. This does not seem anything like 'cream' and the only other product I know of for such things is cheese. And this does not taste anything like Cheese." As he talked Drex could see the ice cream in his 'cone' was beginning to drip down heading for his hand. This must be the reason for all the licking, he then proceeded to lick the ice cream this time. The flavor was a bit more apparent as he did so, it was... odd to say the least. His face was still a mask of confusion and the attempt to understand what was before him still.

Drex simply listened to what Lady Amber had to say, she explained what the ice cream actually was and his head couldn't quite wrap around the concept very well. When she asked if he knew about Desserts he had to think back to the last time he had heard about them. "I know about the pastries of the nobility. Those were called Desserts once. But this is the first time I've had any in my personal existence."

As Drex took another not quite as big of a bite as his first he thought about the things that Amber had talked about being in her ice cream. "Lady Amber, do you need the blood of others for sustenance? I myself only need to eat the same military meals as my old companions before I was gifted with this form. There was no other extra needed consumption for me to maintain this form."

Drex was still 'chewing' his ice cream listened to what Lady Amber had to say. It was an interesting thought about a diet. But it wasn't Drex's place to consider such things. So he simply tried to... 'enjoy' his ice cream... as best as he could. Until Amber put the focus on him instead and asked about his form. "Indeed, I used to be one of the Race... or I guess everyone else here might call a Dark Elf, or some variation of that line of logic."

"When I honorably defended the City against an attack I was gifted with this form by the Priestesses of the Goddess. It is one of the highest honors any Male can receive for their service to the Matriarchy." Drex's eyes seemed to grow distant as he was thinking back to the majesty of his home. It had been quite a long few months since the last time he had seen it before he had been transported here. "And as I said before, there are other honors a Male can receive but only after a Male has received the Gift of Form."