Delayed Transfer

Tulok and his mother’s faces were filled with huge smiles and excitement for the upcoming Star Wars Convention. Mark knew that Tulok’s mother was aware that since he was a very powerful wizard and very generous to his twin brothers’ friends, they would be able to eat unlimited exquisite food that day, and not only that, they were assured that they would be leaving that celebration with a gift from the wizard.

Mark didn’t care that Tulok’s mother would take advantage of the invitation card to bring along their family and friends. Actually, when he thought about it, the more the merrier and to avoid disrupting Hamil’s event since more than likely they would be filled with rich folks from Narcone, he would just hold their own celebration beside the convention.

He would ask Nedertu to build their own one-hundred-seater theater tent so those they invited would be able to watch the Star Wars Marathon that he would hold on behalf of the twins. He would also make sure that there would be unlimited food and drinks, and no alcohol since the focus of the invites was young people, that everyone could enjoy.

Mark would make sure that the event would be something that everyone would remember for a long time. It would be hard work for him but as long as the twins were happy, it would be worth it in his opinion.

“Now, can you help us, Tulok?,” Mark said to the twin’s friend, and Tulok and his mother looked at him questioningly.

“Can you gather a group of you and the twins’ friends to give out these invitation cards to the rest of your group? the ones that played with the twins with vehicles that you were calling spaceships? Everyone who participates will receive this Happy Meal box. Inside the box there will be a hamburger, chicken nuggets, a can of Star Wars Theme soda, and a Star Wars Chibi Action Figures,” Mark retrieved the Happy Meal that he whimsically stored in his inventory before he left Earth due to the fact that it was Star Wars theme and he was happy that he did then he showed it to Tulok and the twins.

“Now anyone who will participate needs to know how to write since I’ll give you pens so that you can write the names of the friends that you will invite. As for you, once everyone has been invited, I’ll give you a gift as well. Now you will need to tell them and their family that the use of the warp gate will be for free and that the event will start at around ten in the morning until five in the afternoon. Food will be free and those who wear Star Wars theme costumes will receive a gift. If any of their family members have any questions they could come here. Is that okay Ms. Mary?” Mark asked Tulok’s mother who said that it was fine.

“I’ll do it at once! Can I bring that Happy Meal so I can show it to our friends?” Tulok asked and when Mark nodded, he ran off and the twins followed him. At first, Mark was a bit worried but was assured by Tulok’s mother that it was safe.

After an impressively short amount of time, Tulok and the twins return with what looks like an army of children but when Mark counted, there were only twelve of them.

“These are our friends who will give the invites,” Tulok said and with the twins’ advice, Mark gave each one ten invitation cards and a pen to write the names of their friends on the card then Tulok and the twins ran off.

“I’m a bit worried for them since some of their friends were from the slums,” Mark told Mary.

“Well, Tulok had been running everywhere in the city ever since he was little and nothing happened to him so you don’t need to worry.

Mark then thought of finding an artifact that would let him detect the kids' location anytime he wanted for assurance purposes.

After around ten minutes, people arrived at Mary’s door and when Mary talked to them, they were the parents or guardians of the kids who received the invites from Tulok, the twins, and their friends who participated in giving out the invitation cards. Mark and Mary assured everyone and he provided details of what would happen during the event. When they learned that there would be a free movie marathon of the Star Wars films and unlimited free food and drinks, they promised Mark they attend the convention.

A few minutes later more people arrived and some of them even came riding luxurious carriages, meaning they were probably the twins’ very well-off friends. Mark and Tulok’s mother kept assuring the visitors and Mark was busy telling the things that would happen during the event. He was happy to note that everyone promised that they would attend the Star Wars Convention and most of them were talking to each other about what costumes they would wear. Since most of them were not that well-off and hadn’t seen the films, they kept telling everybody that their kids had seen the movies and would ask them for advice on the best costumes they could wear. Soon everyone left and Mark and Mary knew that the kids would return after a few minutes.

At around five in the afternoon, Mark asked Mary for the use of her kitchen table since he said to Tulok’s mother that he would prepare food for those who participated in giving out the invitation card. When Mary agreed, Mark headed there and replicated a lot of food that he thought children preferred like hamburgers, spaghetti with meatballs, pizzas, fried chicken, cakes of different flavors, and ice cream. He also prepared some cold canned sodas. The smell of the food alone would whet anyone’s appetite and Mary was amazed at the amount of food that Mark conjured.

When the kids arrived, Mark saw that Mary’s husband was with the kids and the man looked flabbergasted at the children that was entering his house with Mary’s invitation. When Mary saw her husband, she immediately explained to him the situation and Mark saw that the man had accepted the situation cheerfully.

The children rushed to the tables like piranhas who smelled a carcass in the water. With Mark’s shout, everyone calmed down and he, Mary, and her husband got busy providing everyone with food to attempt to make sure that there was order in the kitchen but soon the adults gave up and allowed the kids to devour the food on the table.

Mark had to replicate more food since the amount of food the kids consumed was astonishing. While everyone was eating, Mark was preparing bentos that the kids could take home to their families and made sure that the bento boxes were huge enough that around five people would be satisfied. He had to stack three bentos together and tie them up.

Liriel happily ate together with her brother and their friends and kept laughing loudly. When everyone was done eating, Mark asked the twins to distribute the bentos to their friends, which they happily did and Liriel insisted on joining her big brothers. Every one of the kids happily received the Happy Meal box that Mark promised and the bentos that were prepared for them and soon the children left and Tulok and his family were the only ones left in the kitchen.

Mark immediately cleared out the table by putting the dirty dishes in his inventory and informed Mary and her husband that they could have the remaining bentos but advised them that the food would probably spoil by tomorrow evening. Mary assured him she knew what she needed to do and thanked him for the gift.