FILLER SCENE — “STARLIGHT & SALT: TAVERN IDEAS THAT SHOULD NOT WORK (BUT DO)”
Location: Tavern backroom / soft candlelight / Krummar has a notebook, Melodia has pastries
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Melodia, curled on a velvet bench with two ribbon-wrapped notebooks, swings her stockinged feet as she sips a honey-gzed tea.
“What if we opened a date night booth… that reads your fortune, then gives you cocktails based on your emotional wounds?”
Krummar, seated across from her, deadpan and half-bent over a ledger:
“So… therapy. With alcohol.”
“Exactly. But with glitter and string quartets.”
He writes it down.He does not understand it.He does not need to.
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List of Tavern Ideas They Might Pitch (Canonically Feasible):1. Glow & Tell NightsMelodia hosts. Patrons confess romantic mishaps while Krummar grades them for “emotional weight” on a chalkboard. Winner gets free dessert.2. Divine Speed DatingTen-minute stations. Krummar screens candidates using subtle divine insight. Melodia interviews them like a soft-voiced inquisitor.Daka once entered in disguise. The disguise was a mustache on his bicep.3. Midnight Confession BiscuitsAnonymous regrets get baked into warm biscuits with edible “blessing ink.”Mel handles the ink. Krummar pretends not to read any of them.4. Dream Request BoxMelodia creates dream-inspired songs on request. Krummar manages payments and asks if the dream involved “cryptic owls.”90% involve cryptic owls.5. Emotion-Weighted Drink Menu? “Mild Panic” (spiced mead with mint)? “Third Date Tension” (berry vodka + sugar salt rim)? “Just Hug Me” (hot milk & rum, served in warm gss)? “I’m Over Them Actually” (triple whiskey, one tear, no eye contact)
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FILLER SCENE — “GLOW & TELL NIGHT #1: TEST RUN”Time: 9:03 PMSetting: Kereska’s Favor, back corner curtained off, candles in hanging nterns shaped like hearts and bad decisionsCodex Layer: Light Life SimutionObserver Mode: Intimate Slice-of-Life Focus
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The Setup
The tavern is alive with low ughter, drink clinks, and someone failing at bardic karaoke in the far booth. But in the corner—
A handwritten chalkboard reads:
GLOW & TELL NIGHT“Confess. Impress. Regress.”Hosted by Melodia. Judged by Krummar. Winner gets free molten pastry cube of destiny.
A second sign reads:
“Absolutely no Daka confessions. That’s an entire show.”
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Krummar — The Stone-Faced Judge
He sits behind a small table, one eyebrow raised, arms folded across his clerical armor. A chalk scrawling pad lies before him.
Scoring options:? 1: Weak sauce? 5: Troublingly retable? 10: Emotionally devastating, still funny
He looks up at Melodia.
“You ready to turn this tavern into a confessional theater?”
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Melodia — The Velvet Hostess
Melodia glides onto the small raised dais like she was born for this. Her vender corset dress is paired with a ribbon-tied clipboard and a pen shaped like a rose. She adjusts the moonstone choker, beams at the crowd, and speaks:
“Welcome to Glow & Tell Night… where your embarrassment is your ticket to dessert.”
She spins once (dramatic), gestures to Krummar:
“Scoring will be done by our patron saint of emotional accountability, Krummar the Unmoved.”
“Do not bribe him with pastries. It won’t work. I’ve tried.”
Krummar sips tea slowly.
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Confession #1 — Linguini
The wiry wererat pushes up his gmour-disguised sleeves.
“I once kissed someone I thought was a dream.Woke up and realized it was a pastry. I still don’t know which part hurts more.”
Krummar’s Score: 6
“Confusion yered with longing. Mid-tier self-deceit. Dessert-adjacent trauma. Acceptable.”
Melodia’s Reaction:
“Pastry’s the real vilin. The dream? Just an accomplice.”
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Confession #2 — Lorin
Steps up with perfect posture.
“I once ran the tavern for a week straight after accidentally promising a moon priestess I could outst any mortal schedule.I slept for 46 minutes and woke up to six marriage proposals.”
Krummar: 9
“Devotion, exhaustion, divine risk. Strong. Possibly a slow-burn romcom pilot.”
Melodia:
“Wait—how many did you answer yes to?”
Lorin (ft): “All of them. It felt polite.”
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Confession #3 — Daka (Of Course)
Bursts from the kitchen door wearing a curtain as a cape.
“I ONCE FELL IN LOVE WITH MY OWN REFLECTION AND IT BROKE UP WITH ME AFTER I FLEXED TOO HARD.”
Krummar doesn’t score it. He just stares.
Melodia (giggling):
“You were banned, Daka!”
“EMOTIONAL TRUTH CANNOT BE CHAINED!”
He suplexes a stool and leaves. Crowd cheers.
Krummar holds up a chalk sign that says “please never repeat that.”
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The Winner
Lorin wins the Molten Pastry Cube of Destiny, which Melodia presents on a satin pillow with a little fanfare chime.
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Afterglow Moment — Just Them
As the crowd disperses, Melodia sits next to Krummar on the bench behind the judging table. Her corset ces loosen a bit as she exhales and leans her head back.
“I want to make people feel like they’re worth ughing at… and loving anyway.”
Krummar (without looking up):“Then you just built the perfect stage.”
She smiles.
“I want to do it again.”
“Next time: spicy secrets edition?”
“Obviously.”
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