„If i could have a moment of your time“ a new voice came from a man approaching the group, he wore a friendly smile and on a glance seemed like an inconspicuous man from head to toe.
„Yes? How may i help you?“ RR-1028 responds the man.
„My name is Quenti. It has come to my attention that a big metallic man and his group are looking for high quality meat in larger amounts, would this happen to be you?“
„Ohh, indeed, i am looking for the finest meat possible, do you happen to know a place where i can purchase such?“
„Indeed, this is why a was out looking for you, if i may ask you to follow me, i would like to bring you to an establishment that will hopefully live up to your standards.“ gesturing to follow him Quenti started to walk off.
„Aye, this be stinking hard if ye ask me.“ the Captain said in a hushed voice while grimacing.
„Do not worry Captain, i have not registered any changes in the Air that would indicate a foul smell lingering, if i notica a change, i will inform you.“
And with these words, the group started following Quenti for a while until they reached a restaurante, that at first glance seemed nothing special. Table and stools seemed of average quality with a bar that seemed to have all the regular drinks with nothing too fancy, since it was not lunchtime only a handful of patrons where dining but none of the food they were eating seem to hint at anything extravagant either. It was almost dissapointingly normal to the point that Amanda was already dreading having to eat yet another average meal. The Stranger however went further to a Door with heavy lock and took out a key from his person to open the door.
„Now, beyond here is our VIP area but i fear it might get too cramped with all these people so i hope you don't mind if the others could wait out here and enjoy some beverage while we continue on?“ he said with a smile that would indicate only the best of intentions at a glance, hiding whatever motives lay beyond it.
„The Crew may rest, I have no problem with that,“ as cheers from the crew erupted, happy to not having to carry chests for a while, „Amanda however will have to come with me in order to verify that the meat is fulfilling our needs.“

„I see“ he says almost to himself as he probes Amanda from top to bottom with a sharp glare uncharacteristic of the man so far. Noticing this Amanda tries to hide a bit behind RR-1028 to escape the glare and tries to look away herself. „Well I think it should not be an issue, please do come in. Cusi, if you could inform the chef to have one more meal for our special guests prepared and if you could make sure that their friends are taken care of.“ While leading the duo further in he gave a quick order to a waitress who simply responded with a affirmative nod and quickly hurried off.
Once inside, the athmosphere changed drastically revealing a room dressed up only in the fienest of garments and furniture. One singular table was placed in the room leaving space only for a handful of people to eat at it.
„i hope it is to your liking?“ Quenti asked while preparing some chairs for the duo to sit down in.
„wooow, this room is gorgeus, isn't it? It sure is!“ as Amanda was taking in the sight, RR-1028 simply stood still.
„if you want to trade luxury items please have the captain outside refer you to some of our merchants, i have to interest in any of this right now, none of these things are made of meat.“
„huh? Excuse me? Nono, this was not what i meant with liking, the food will arrive shortly. Please, do have a seat while you wait.“
A short while after sitting down a man in chefs clothing arrives from a sidedoor with 2 dishes in hand. A big and juicy looking steak on each is placed in front of Amanda and RR-1029 respectively as the chef gives Quenti a quick glance and a small nod. With an inviting gesture Quenti signals that it is fine to dig in.
“WOOAH, what is this? THIS IS SOO GOOD! I can't remember the last time i had something so nice!”
Amanda could not help but exclaim after taking a bite, she gleefully started cutting piece after piece and stuffing her face with the steak not caring much for appearance. Quenti could not help but look satsfied with himself as he took in the sight of Amanda but his smile and the color on his face quickly faded and cold sweat started appearing instead when he returned his attention to the Onobot who was just sitting there silently, squishing the steak with his finger occasionally probing it with his fork.
“uhm... is there anything wrong sir RR-1028? Is the meal not to your liking?”
“from what i can gather so far it seems to be fine. This is indeed meat and densitiy as well as composition seem to be well within the desired parameters. Is the Taste truly excellent Amanda?”
“YES!”
“is that so?...” noticing Amanda not caring for the behaviour of her companion and continuing her meal Quenti started to relax again, not expecting the next words.
“Everything seems to be as we want it, so how much human meat could you potentially sell us?”
As RR-1028 asked his question it took a moment for both Amanda and Quenti to fully digest his words.
“HUMAN?!” Amanda immeaditly stopped eating trying to spit out what was still in her mouth while looking shocked to the core.
“Yes, from my analysis of the meat i can only come to the conclusion that this must be humand meat.”
after being stunned from having the secret been seen through immeaditly Quenti finally managed to catch himself. “Now now, this is what we call “long pig”

from here Amanda would chime in with how unethical it would be to eat humans with Quenti trying to explain why it would be absolutly fine, the onobot agrees with Quenti seeing no problems with it as long as he gets good meat for a BBQ, Quenti beign happy said he could have long pigs delivered to the retro reich no problems with some personal to process them as long as they can have access to a kitchen.

Onobot says that this should be fine and then wants to order a few thousand long pigs wich is way above what Quenti was expecting, putting it aside as a joke he humors the onobot and explains why due to logistical problems it could not work. Onobot and Quenti talk about it for a bit and iron some of the problems, for example noting that the risuners road could have set this up and could even help establish a big trade alliance between /meat/ and /vrt/.

as it comes to problems regarding butchering ect in retro reich itself onobot asks for Amanda's input with both Onobot and Quenti realizing that Amanda secretly started eating again, after some excuses Amanda says that these problems would be no issue and that the Buckos could help out and have a district set up wich would be out of the publics eye and let the /meat/heads work. Quenti ultimately agrees that this could work in theory but says this is way beyond a simple trade and a single person could not possibly have the wealth to start this to wich the onobot than has the crew carry in their chests wich are filled to the brim with gold.