The store was quite large, as these things went.  It appeared to consist of bulk quantities of various goods-- foods, bags, cleaning supplies... things that didn't have an obvious purpose.  And then people, pushing metal carts that they filled up with goods as they went.

"Ah, this is clever. Selling in bulk is good," Zhi'an said.

"Yeah, it's how they operate here," said Eris.  "Comes in handy when you have a bunch of people to feed.  Even more when one of them is Mountain."

"Yes, I suppose he must eat a lot," Zhi'an said.

"I swear a third of the shopping is on his behalf," said Quickstep.  "So... you wanted more salt, right?  I can pick you up some salty snacks, too.  They'll probably be just average for you, though..."

"I'm willing to try them, unless money would be an issue," Zhi'an said.

"Nah, they're pretty cheap," said Eris.  "Anything besides salty that you want in particular?"

"Do you eat fish here?" Zhi'an asked.

"Yep," said Quickstep.  "At a place like this, we're probably going to have to compromise on some kind of breaded, frozen fish fillets, though.  Fancy whole-fish stuff's too pricey for a group our size."

"Ah, okay, well, whatever you can afford," Zhi'an said.

"Ah, I'm sure we can try and find something," said Eris.  "Better than canned stuff, too.  Remember, if we buy a big one, we get to feed everybody.  Anything else you need?"

"No, get whatever you normally do. I'll be find with trying anything you get," Zhi'an said.

Perception Roll

(OOC: Perception Check - Weather Witch rolled 13 using 1d20+10)

It seemed like the line that they were in was taking a very, very long time, and there was some kind of fuss outside.

"I wonder what's going on," Zhi'an said and went to look.

Something exploded in the parking lot!

"Is this normal here?" Zhi'an asked.

"No," said Eris.  "Definitely not.  This is bad."

Zhi'an headed outside to see what happened.

Some sort of large machine was hovering above the parking lot, firing off blasts of energy and flailing around with gigantic mechanical arms!

Zhi'an flew up to the thing.

Gun placements were tracking her...

Init!

(OOC: Init roll - Weather Witch rolled 24 using 1d20+8)