"Mealz"

"So what's the deal with the Cavern of Fireflies?"  Burning Mermaid asked, as the trio walked down the road towards their destination.

"It's one of the few places you can find Fireflies year round."  Turbo replied.

"Let me guess."  Wolf Knight chimed in.  "They're flies that are made of literal fire, and none who have entered the cave have survived."

Turbo gave Wolf Knight a sidelong look.  "No man, they're just bugs that light up in the dark.  Kind of pretty, really."

"Oh."  Wolf Knight replied, genuinely surprised.  "That's uh...not what I was expecting."

"Lightning bugs, though, they're a different story entirely."  Turbo added, and stopped as his stomach rumbled loudly.  "Er..."

"It's alright, we've been on the road for a while.  We should probably stop and have something to eat.”  Wolf Knight said.  The trio walked off the path and set their packs at the base of a tree as Wolf Knight took the boxes suspiciously labeled ‘Mealz’ from his bag and handed one to Turbo.  Turbo visibly paled.

“They gave you mealz?!”  He said, in a hushed tone.

“...yes?”

“Oh gods...the horrors of the Super Wizard kitchens have been spoken of in terrified whispers ever since I started school here.”

Wolf Knight rolled his eyes and offered one to Burning Mermaid.  She shook her head.

"I've been to the Tower Kitchens and I know the horrors they contain.  I'll pass."  she said, folding her arms.

Wolf Knight stared at the two of them for a moment, and then looked back at the box in front of him.  He opened it up to reveal leaves, twigs, berries, something that could have been animal(?) jerky or leather, and various small rocks.  He let out a long sigh.  “This is about what I expected, yeah.”

With considerably more caution, Turbo slowly opened one of the other meal boxes.  There was a flurry of chatters, fur, and claws, and a terrified squirrel exploded out of the box and shot up the tree.

“I see no expense has been spared in preparations for this critically important quest.”  Wolf Knight said.

“Maybe they’re trying to politely hint that they want you to enroll in rabies training.”  Turbo suggested.

“That would not be a polite hint, Turbo.  That would be an assassination attempt.”  Wolf Knight said, eyeing his companion.

Turbo shrugged.

"Nobody expects weaponized squirrels."   Burning Mermaid added.  "But frankly, I've seen much worse come out of the tower kitchens, if they really wanted you dead we'd probably all be dead."

Wolf Knight shook his head, carefully slipping the final box back into his bag.  "Not really helping to put my mind at ease."  he said.  "We'll have to forage or hunt for some food, I guess."

Turbo beamed.  "I've taken a few classes in Huntomancy, I can help with that!"  he exclaimed, and before the other two could stop him, he ran off into the trees.  His two companions stood at the edge of the forest, weighing their options.

"...We should probably find him before he eats something poisonous."  Wolf Knight said, finally.

"Must we?"

He hesitated a moment.  "...Yeah, I guess so."