First day at the Inn pt1 [[~.~Open~.~]]

Grimlock woke up the next morning feeling a little sore and a little dingy. He had forgotten to take off his garments before going to bed and they were rather tough for sleeping on. He picked up his blankets and folded them up. He set them aside and put his teddy bear on them. His pile of straw had flattened out some as he had slept, so he scooted it into a pile again. He would ask for a broom later. Then he walked over and picked up his club. He headed out of his door, locking it behind him.

He had been rushed out on this mission in such a hurry that he had forgotten to pack a bag. So he had no soaps or toothpaste or anything. But he was smarter than his master gave him credit for. So he did what he thought would be the best. he headed to the bar. He walked in, just as the sun was starting to rise. He sat down in one of the big bar stools and waited.

Madeline made her way to the bar. She was dressed in her usual, black jeans and a tank top. Her hair on loose curls around her shoulders.

She was going to grab a bite to eat then go for her morning jog. It when she got close to the bar, she saw Grimlock sitting on the stool. "Good morning Grimlock. Sleep well?"

Grimlock smiled at pretty Madeline. He hadn't expected to see her this early in the morning. He thought she would be more of a night person. But he was still happy to see her.

"Good morning pretty Madeline. Grimlock forgot to back a bag. Can I get some things?"

He knew just what he would need. He had lived a long time and hadn't always had a family to take care of or a job to pay for the things a civilized being needed in life. He looked thoughtful for a moment. He tried to limit his list to things that could be found in a kitchen

"Grimlock need coconut, sunflower seeds, tea leaves, thyme, cloves, lemon, cinnamon, salt, baking soda, peroxide, a pestle and mortar, and two plastic bowls with lids if that is ok?"

He was smiling and trying to not breathe too much in pretty Madeline's direction. He knew his breath had to be really awfull this morning.

Madeline smiled. "Sure can Grimlock."

She took out a piece of paper, and a pencil and wrote down what he had said he needed. If she didn't know any better, it sounded like ingredients for a potion or spell. "I'll be right back."

She went into the kitchen, walked to the cabinet, and got the bowls with lids, then to the fridge to grab the coconut. She then went to the herb garden out side,a and gathered the herbs. Then back inside to grab the rest.

Maddie found a brown paper bag, and put the supplies, carefully wrapped in it. She walked back out with the bag. "Here ya go Grimlock. Do you need anything else?"

[[Sorry, I was without Internet for a while, unexpectedly of course. But to avoid any confusion I will make this quick.]]

Grimlock smiled as pretty Madeline set the things he had asked for on the bar. He looked at each item with satisfaction.

"Thank you pretty Madeline."

Then he set to work. The pestle and mortar were for crushing and mixing the ingredients. So he started adding ingredients. First he put in some sunflower seeds. He crushed them up into a paste. He figured he might need more, so he added more and crushed them up as well. Then he added the some of the coconut. It took him some time to crush it up and get it well mixed with the sunflower seeds. The thyme was next. It was a little fresher than he was used to, but it was perfectly fine. When crushed into the paste it mixed rather well. The cloves crushed up nicely and he loved the smell. Tea leaves were added to the paste and crushed up. The paste was getting rather thick. So he picked up the lemon and peeled it like an orange. He added the whole lemon and crushed it up. The paste turned into a rather thick liquid at that point. When Grimlock was satisfied with it's consistency, he poured it into one of the bowls and then used his finger to get the rest out. Then he put the lid on the bowl.

It was now time to make the stuff for the other bowl. This one started with the coconut. Once he had it crushed up into a paste he added cinnamon and salt. the cloves were added next. The paste was getting a little dry. So that was when he poured in some peroxide. He made sure that he didn't add too much, but it was a little liquidly again. Good thing he still had to add the baking soda. Once he had that all mixed together it made a wonderful paste. And it smelt good too. He had to use his finger to scrape it into the other bowl. Then he put the lid on that bowl as well.

He pushed the remaining items back towards pretty Madeline. Then he stood up and picked up his borrowed bowls.

"Thank you pretty Madeline. Have nice day. Grimlock give back bowls before he leave."

Then Grimlock headed out of the bar. He looked around and saw a door that might lead to outside. He didn't want to go out the front door, he knew what was out there. He wanted to go out a different door. So he headed out this other door and found himself in the gardens. He smiled, smelling the air for hints of water.