RE: The Ballad of Adler Young, Canto 2.5
01-03-2019, 01:32 PM
>Ethel: Oh right, you forgot that the "elf" is a slow-witted nincompoop. Very patiently (but not that patiently) describe the printing press, the steady approach of mass literacy, and the concept of industry. Pretty much everyone who can read (which is kind of a lot nowadays) owns a copy.
>Adler: ". . ."
>Ethel: You've read the book, and you have to say, elves, if they exist, really aren't all that impressive. Their society is kind of backwards, if you really think about it. Sure they've got magic, but that's cheating.
>Adler: Normally you'd be outraged hearing such things from a lowfolk, but hearing it from Ethel feels more like a lady turning down a bouquet you've offered. Your heart sinks and a feeling of angsty, forlorn despair overtakes you. Vow to prove to her that you are indeed an elf and to show her the wonders of elf society, what little remains anyway. Then you shall surely win her heart!
>Ethel: *sigh* Oh great, he's depressed now. It looks like you're going to have to shove the half-wit in the right direction. Half-heartedly try to reassure the smelly moron that at least the two days of traveling will give Adler time to come up with a more long-term solution.
>Adler: Going back to her outburst about voices, that would normally raise some red flags, but with Ethel, it just shows that underneath her surly, rude demeanor beats the heart of a vulnerable soul with a burden to bear. HOW POETIC! Your butterflies increase by magnitudes and your heart yearns all the more.
>Adler: ". . ."
>Ethel: You've read the book, and you have to say, elves, if they exist, really aren't all that impressive. Their society is kind of backwards, if you really think about it. Sure they've got magic, but that's cheating.
>Adler: Normally you'd be outraged hearing such things from a lowfolk, but hearing it from Ethel feels more like a lady turning down a bouquet you've offered. Your heart sinks and a feeling of angsty, forlorn despair overtakes you. Vow to prove to her that you are indeed an elf and to show her the wonders of elf society, what little remains anyway. Then you shall surely win her heart!
>Ethel: *sigh* Oh great, he's depressed now. It looks like you're going to have to shove the half-wit in the right direction. Half-heartedly try to reassure the smelly moron that at least the two days of traveling will give Adler time to come up with a more long-term solution.
>Adler: Going back to her outburst about voices, that would normally raise some red flags, but with Ethel, it just shows that underneath her surly, rude demeanor beats the heart of a vulnerable soul with a burden to bear. HOW POETIC! Your butterflies increase by magnitudes and your heart yearns all the more.