"So, all Dals are sleeping soundly, fabric box 2 is finished and therefore we can finally start with box 1! Darn, I'm so sick of all those minor actors", Eternia lamented.
Surprised, Tamara looked up from her list. "Is that so? I thought you were having fun with all those men around."
"Sure did. But now we can rise the standard! Now that we fill box 1 it's finally the co-stars' turn. One has to keep their connections alive!"
"Good day!" said a young woman in a black dress.
"Eh?" Eternia stared at her in confusion, pondered for a while and then asked: "Where's the maid coming from?"
Tamara sighed. "Hello. Sorry, you seem to be new. Did we meet already?"
"No, I'm not new. I waited for almost a year for my underwear." The woman sighed heavily. "My name is Victorique de Blois and I'm not a maid but a character from a manga!"
"Oh", Eternia said interested. "Do we have that one on the shelf?"
"No, it's not available in Germany anymore."
"Oh, pity. Then you're not famous, are you?" Eternia nodded pitifully but her interest weakened rapidly. "Well, it doesn't matter. Hand me your bonnet, I'll put it away for you."
Victorique did as told, but before she could also reply a man ran towards them. "Nihao! Am I too late to check in?"
"Good grief! Another one who doesn't belong in box 1!" Eternia was outraged. "Who the heck are you?!"
"What, you don't know me?! I'm Fei Namu!"
"Oh, the eternal ex-boyfriend", Tamara said unmoved.
Fei pretended not to have heard that comment and said: "I was busy to earn a medical degree, so I didn't have time to get to know everyone."
"Oh my!" Now Tamara was almost impressed. "You are a doctor?"
"Something like that. Chiropractor and naturopath."
"I would have taken you for a warrior", admitted Victorique.
"That I am too! Besides medicine I also study kung fu!" Fei explained excitedly.
Eternia doubted that doctors were any good as fighters. "So, so, then you mostly vet yourself?" she asked promptly.
"He, at least I won the city tournament of Dolltopia!" Fei rebelled.
"Were there any other fighters competing at all?" Eternia, who still wasn't convinced, asked.
The man turned away and sulked. Victorique hid a small giggle behind her hand.
Tamara stepped in. "Fei, you have to let us store the nunchaks for the travel, either way. It's best if you hand in the glasses too."
"But I'm almost blind without them!"
"You're going to sleep, you don't have to see anything!" Tamara replied patiently. "Still better than getting scratches on your face. Give the items to Eternia, and anything else you carry around."
He handed Eternia some things. She stared down on her outstretched hands and just couldn't believe what she saw. "You... you carry rice buns in your pockets? Really?!"
"Err... I get hungry easily..."
"Some fighter you are! I thought you'd give me bandaids or a weapon. But buns! In your pocket! You're a glutton!" The woman was appalled.
Fei blushed. "Err, well..."
"It's okay, just stop talking, please", Eternia pleaded dumbfounded. "What about the hat, don't you want to have that stored?"
"No!" the man retorted fiercely. "Anything but that!"
"Whoops! All right. May I ask why not?"
"My braid is attached to that! When I take off the hat I have short hair..." The karate fighter was embarrassed.
"Cor blimey! Who in the Seven Hells designed you?!"
Victorique broke into loud laughter and Tamara said in a compassionate tone: "Now I start to understand why he's the ex-boyfriend."
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