Liurnia's Burger King

It was a quiet day at the world’s biggest Burger King, which was strange because it was the only Burger King in Liurnia. Sellen stood behind the counter, waiting for somebody to open the door. Latenna usually worked at the counter, but she died. Funny but scary enough, if Sellen died, Rennala, the manager, would have to drag her body outside and bury her. Normally that would scare possible new hires, but it didn’t stop people from applying.

“Quiet day,” a voice behind her said.

She jumped and turned around. It was Seluvis, the cook. His mask was different than the rest of the employees. All of them, except for Thops and Ranni, wore a giant Burger King headwear. “Yeah.” She didn’t like him.

“At least Radahn isn’t here. If I have to flip 50 burgers, I’m going to lose my mind.”

Seluvis returned to the kitchen, leaving Sellen alone. Except she wasn’t going to be alone for long.

Jerren entered the Burger King and stared at her, furrowing his brows.

She sighed. There is no such thing as a quiet day, she thought. About a week ago, Sellen had given Jerren the wrong order. He asked for no pickles, but when he noticed there was a pickle in his burger, he had a tantrum and threw his meal at her. The ketchup and mustard ruined her dark blue uniform. Angered, she threw a book she was reading at him, and a fight started. Her co-workers assisted her in getting rid of Jerren by hitting him with books. Poor Thops had to clean the mess up.

The old geezer stood on the other side of the counter menacingly.

“W-welcome to Burger King. What can I get you?”

In other Burger Kings, there would be a menu above the cashier, but this was Liurnia. The ceiling was too high, so people had to look through a worn book on the counter.

“I’ll have the Italian Royal Crispy Chicken,” he said.

“Will that be all?”

“I’ll have the sweetened iced tea.”

“That will be $7.28.”

He handed her some cash and sat down somewhere.

“Did you hear that, Seluvis?” she asked into the headwear’s mic.

“Yes, yes, I heard you.”

-

At the Lake-Facing Cliffs, three people stood near the site of grace. One wore a pot on his head, another wore knight armor, and the other wore a war surgeon set.

“Alright, guys,” the one wearing the war surgeon set said, “it’s Take Your Children to Work Day at Burger King, and Rennala brought her kids to work. So, you guys know what to do, right? We’re—”

“Going to beat the shit out of them,” the other two shouted, their fists in the air.

“That’s right! Because I love beating the shit out of children. Alright, gang, let’s beat up some Burger King employees and children!”

-

Seluvis sweated behind his mask and looked at his creation. “Ah, the perfect chicken sandwich.”

Then he heard Ranni through the headset under his mask. “It’s Radhan. He’s back, and this time he wants 51 triple Whoppers.”

He sighed. “Thops, give this chicken sandwich to Sellen.”

Thops stopped sweeping and looked at him. “But I don’t want to go down the water wheel.”

“Then look at your map and teleport to the grace in the Church of Cuck or whatever. I got burgers to flip.”

“The Church of the Cuckoo.” The bald man took the sandwich and sighed, teleporting to Sellen’s location. There, he gave handed the chicken sandwich to her.

“Sir, your order is here,” Sellen alerted Jerren.

Jerren got up, took the sandwich, and headed for the exit.

“Have a nice day.”

Thops teleported to the schoolhouse classroom site of grace, hoping to stay away from Seluvis.

It was back to being quiet in Burger King until three people opened the large door.

“Clear the path for me!” the surgeon yelled.

A couple of marionette soldiers and Burger King employees tried to stop them, but they were no match for the three. The pothead cast magic while the knight swung his magic sword around. The surgeon touched the site of grace. Luckily for Sellen, she knew them and wasn’t harmed, but she did feel the searing heat of the knight’s magic sword.

“Go, go, go!” yelled the surgeon. “We have to get past the graveyard and up the wheel.”

The three left, leaving a shaken Sellen all by herself. They avoided the undead Burger King employees and hopped on the water wheel. Once they jumped off, they noticed a sleeping Thops but ignored him and rushed to the kitchen.

On the way to the kitchen, the cookbooks on the shelves distracted the knight. “Why do they have so many cookbooks?”

“Because they’re nerds,” answered the surgeon.

After slicing and dicing more employees, they reached the debate room where Seluvis cooked. The knight took off his helmet and started fanning himself while the surgeon looked at his map to figure out where to go. The pothead, enticed by the warm freshly-made burgers on the table, took off his pot and chowed down.

After eating all he could, his stomach growled. “Oh, I think I’m going to regret that.”

“We have to take the stairs on the right,” the surgeon said. “There’ll be a boulder, so watch out.”

They ran out of the kitchen right when Seluvis turned around to notice the lack of burgers on the table.

“Goddamn it! I’m losing my mind! Ugh, I should’ve just made questionable potions for a living.” He turned on his mic. “What the hell is going on? Which one of you ate the burgers?”

“Okay, I can explain,” Sellen spoke through the mic. “Three guys came in and slaughtered everyone. I think they were trying to speak with the manager.”

“Wait, why would they want to speak with the manager?” Ranni asked. “Unless—oh no!”

“Ranni? Ranni!” yelled Seluvis. She didn’t reply. “Damn it! Thops? Thops! Someone answer me! Somebody needs to work at the window. Sellen, nobody goes to the counter anymore, right? Could you head to the window and give Radhan his burgers once I finish cooking?”

“Alright, but you owe me.”

Sellen couldn’t help but smile evilly behind her headwear. With Rennala indisposed, she could become the new manager and hire Azur and Lusat. Then Sellen would have control of Liurnia’s Burger King, and nobody will stop her. She turned off her mic to laugh evilly.

-

The three stood in the waters of an unknown place with the moon in their view. The surgeon removed his mask to wipe the sweat on his face and then quickly put it back on, turning around to face his comrades. “Excellent work, you two! After this, want to head to the Grand Dick of Dectus?”

“Lift of Dectus,” corrected the knight. “I have the halves to the lift.”

“I have the left side of the medallion,” said the pothead. “But I don’t have the right. Where do I find that?”

“Have you checked in Fort Faroth?” asked the knight. “If not, I can help you locate it.”

“No, I haven’t. I’m not sure where it is.”

“We’re fading away! Head to the Third Church of Markia in Limgrave. I’ll show you.”

The knight and pothead faded away.