[Actual RP Date: 8 May 1999.]

Master Long Tooth is dumped off in a city in Gallis by a horde of Vykarin. Alas, he doesn't know the language, so he's a bit confused as he is apparently offered some food by the proprietor of a cafe. (Never mind that he hasn't a shekel on him to pay for the meal.)

As Tooth examines the disagreeable "octo-pastry" meal that he has managed to order (by randomly pointing at a spot on the menu), he finds that he is being mocked by a poodle mime that mimics his every action. Tooth is up to the challenge, though, and moves around the table until the mime is directly opposite him … standing over his meal. Tooth then calmly lowers his hand … prompting the mime to do likewise … except that the mime's hand encounters the squishy confection at Tooth's place setting.

The mime is humiliated by this, and uses an imaginary glove to swat across the nose of the Kiriga … but, amazingly, the blow feels real! Master Tooth accepts the challenge, and silently battles the mime – the latter possessing some strange power of psychology that allows him to convince his viewer that his imaginary "props" are real. However, Tooth's slip on an imaginary banana peel ends up causing him to careen into the poodle mime, and he soon finds himself on top of his unconscious opponent … and declared the victor of yet another combat.

However, there's still the matter of paying for the meal, and the humorless waiter sends him to the kitchen to scrub pots and plates.