log; jan did you just take these from the tdm

[ditherer]

[which is to say that yes, i did because i'm lazy.]

i.

[there sure is a candy house right in the forest.

and there sure is what looks to be a pale-skinned teenage boy casually tearing off a piece of it, before holding it up to the light to examine it.]

... A house constructed of food seems like such a waste to me...

[this does not stop him from now trying to eat the piece, because he apparently has no sense of self-preservation.]

iii.

[Quest 33:
Feed the Cockatrice.
Requirements: 2 of any color.

for whatever bizarre reason, you're working with gandharva (or ruva, as he's going by) i guess?? they've been traipsing through the forest for a while, gandharva seemingly unbothered by all the forest-ness. then, he speaks up, an innocent expression on his face.]

By the way, I have a question.

[a beat.]

... What exactly is a cockatrice, anyway?

[THEY'VE BEEN IN THIS FOREST FOR LIKE. AN HOUR ALREADY.]

iv.

[anyway he's chucking his picture book right into the harbour.

bye!!]

Comments

[scooptimistic]

Beyond being suspicious? I'm pretty sure it's related to a fairy tale and it was a highly cautionary tale.

[ditherer]

... I'm afraid I don't follow. I'm not well versed in these kinds of things.

[scooptimistic]

Okay--! Ever heard of Hansel and Gretel? Even in passing?

[ditherer]

Nope.

[well then.]

[scooptimistic]

More or less, a brother and sister find a candy house and think it's the greatest thing ever, only to get captured by an evil witch who made it to lure them in and is planning on fattening them up to eat them.

[ditherer]

[he stifles a laugh for a brief moment (namely because he's picturing maruna doing all that to lure in his prey) (maruna would never do that), before he smiles.]

Well, if you're here right now, would that make you the evil witch?

[scooptimistic]

I feel like if I was the evil witch, I wouldn't bother telling you about all of that?

[ditherer]

Lure me into a false sense of security, maybe? But you're right—a real witch probably wouldn't be so nice.

[well, not that he can really say that when he barely knows her. still, humans like compliments, right?]