Cold dishes

[Rumple C]

Tappety tap tap.

The sound of a wooden mallet tapping a wooden peg. The nonagon shaped peg tapped further into the nonagon shaped hole.

"Hot... now that's what i'm talking about!"

The tapper shuffled turned on the scaffold, sweat glistening on his long nose in the unusually humid weather.

Two humans stood eye to eye with him. "Welcome to the neighborhood, neighbor, we'll be sure to stop by once you're open" one of them parlayed before wandering off with his partner in tow.

With the smallest of shrugs, the tapper returned to the tedious task of mounting the swing board that read...

REVENGE AND OTHER COLD DISHES

then in smaller print

Good feeds and just deeds.

then in even smaller print

...

[Rumple C]

Just as quickly as the sign went up, it was taken down by a grumbling dwarf.

Another small business failure.