Lundar's Library

Day 58, Year 548

Tara drops a batch of deadly muffins

Tara’s muffins are one of the most infamous food products in Puddleby,
ranking right up there with bitter berries and Haricot’s “gourmet”
lunches. Tara often claims that the only thing that goes into her
muffins is “lovin”, but any exile who has had the misfortune of tasting
one of her muffins will disagree. Those who eat Tara’s muffins often
suffer from harmful side-effects ranging from stomach aches to death.

Today Tara was up to her usual mischief, passing off her
brownies to unsuspecting exiles. At first, her success was somewhat
limited, but soon the inhabitants of Puddleby were overcome by a strong
“muffin hunger”, that compelled them to eat Tara’s muffins, whether
they wanted to or not. Only the strongest willed exiles were able to
resist the urge to eat one of Tara’s muffins, and then, only just
barely.

Over the course of an hour, Tara dropped more than half a dozen
plates of muffins, and poisoned nearly every exile in town. The people
that ate the muffins were overcome by a sense of sickness, and more
than a dozen people fell due to poisoned muffins.

Perhaps it is not the Darshak or the Orga threats that we
should worry about, but Tara? Surely, she is one of the greatest
threats that we exiles face today.