Once the locals found out what Tessa wanted, slightly damaged pots were quickly procured from a collapsed restaurant, and the Naga Bodyguards rinsed them out before filling them with water for Tessa to make stew.
There wasn’t any shortage of things to cook today. Not with so many buildings collapsed and their coolers inoperative.
Much of the food had been moved to other locations, but partial packs or excessively damaged items hadn’t been touched. Some of those were sorted through, and the salvageable bits were brought to Tessa, along with dozens more large pots.
Karl quickly drew temporary runes on the ground to heat the pots, and Tessa got to work making dinner for ten thousand or more.
She had plenty of help, so Tessa’s role was more of food creationist and executive chef, who loaded the pots, while Remi’s Bodyguards used the weakest possible casting of [Tsunami] to fill them with clean water.
Rice and beans were the staple of the clergy, but today, she had added garlic and onions as well as a rich spice.
Fortunately for everyone’s stomach, the beans were fresh, not dried. Half an hour later, when the rice was ready, everything else would be as well.
On a whim, Tessa made alternating pots in different flavours. That way, the people could pick from a spicy or mild dinner. Hopefully, it would suit the tastes of more people.
One pot at the end was left as plain rice and beans, the blandest possible option for those with sensitive stomachs, but imbued with a touch of holy magic from their creation.
On the other side of the market, near the collapsed buildings, grills were being set up to cook all the meat that wouldn’t survive the night. It was cold now, but not for long. Cooked, or smoked into jerky, it would last longer.
With so many mouths to feed, there were bound to be long lines. But everyone was too exhausted or mentally weary to cause trouble today.
Thousands of bowls had been brought for the vegetable biryani, obtained from the same restaurants that the pots had been. For simplicity’s sake, the workers just put one large scoop in each and handed them to the closest person, unless they pointed at a particular pot.
Row upon row, the citizens of Drodh were being fed, which brought everyone within the aura of Lotus’ healing.
The day was still a disaster for the residents of the Redwood Sprawl, but there was hope for the people to recover, and the locals were actually working together for the first time in decades. freewёbn૦νeɭ.com
Lotus kept up her tree form all night long, and Tessa kept cooking until nearly midnight when the crowd was mostly dispersed.
Then, the pots were covered, and the heat turned off so that they could be reheated in the morning.
The locals would happily sort it out themselves once the sun came up, and by afternoon the next day, the city’s Governor should have plans in motion.
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