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

[creepycute]

[ Mika opens his book and tries to go through it for something good and justify his clinging, but a second time through makes it worse, because you finally notice what it's showing. His hand crinkle a corner of a page. ]

...

[ He tears out a slightly less harmful page without the others to make it the worst shitty memory, and tosses the rest of his own book into the harbor. ]

I... I don't need mine either! We did a good job and that's enough.

[ditherer]

[uh.]

... What happened to them being pretty?

[creepycute]

I have one page, it's good enough!

[ He holds out the page, it depicts a scene of an elaborate stage with two people. ]

I'm bad at throwing things out, but I should practice. It's actually kind of a stupid mean book, but again I'm bad at tossing stuff.

[ditherer]

... If you're aware of flaws, then it's good that you're learning to work on it. That seemed to be as good of an opportunity as anything...

[who on earth intends on keeping that reward.]

Be careful with that page, though. It'll be easy to damage by accident.

[creepycute]

[ he nods. ]

Ya had the right idea, I'm sorry.

[ he folds up the page and puts it in his jacket pocket. ]

Do ya think all the rewards are like that? I'm gonna guess yours was bad too.. But I won't pry. The books already did that.

[ditherer]

Thank you.

[for not prying, that is. otherwise, gandharva might've had to label him as an annoying, meddling human.]

I hope not... It'd certainly erase any incentive of doing these "quests", after all.

[creepycute]

[ Well he'd feel similarly about meddling people, so good on gandharva. Mika... is a weird kind of human. ]

Definitely. But what about whatcha said earlier... A job well done?

[ditherer]

[he smiles.]

... Ah, yes. Well, that wasn't meant to be taken entirely seriously, but...

[creepycute]

...Ya aren't as nice as ya look.

[ Mika sighs a little. ]

[ditherer]

Is that so? My apologies, then. I meant no offence.

[creepycute]

It's fine, ya saved me from getting my eyes pecked out. That's nice enough.

I'm doing nicer quests though next time.

[ditherer]

[he lets out a light laugh.]

Nicer quests, huh? Yeah, that sounds good. I can't say I want to be risking my neck constantly for these.