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

i

[scooptimistic]

Actually, I'd recommend not munching on i-- ah. Well.

[ Oops. ]

iv

[creepycute]

[ Yes, these picture books are kind of... No they're very mean and Mika hates his book too, filled with crude but colorful pictures. But even then he can't do what his cockatrice-feeding buddy did just now. ]

Hey, you can't jus' throw it away like that!

[ Mika holds his book close to his chest in comparison. ]

iii.

[conferring]

[How did a girl like this end up on a quest like this, that's the real question. Why would you bring a blind princess on a quest to feed a cockatrice? Why would you do this, Ruva.]

Oh... it is a serpent-like creature, with some bird-like aspects as well. It has the tendency to-- Oh--!

[she's tripping over a tree root, please hold.]