RE: The Ballad of Adler Young, Canto 2.5
07-06-2022, 11:40 AM
>Angela: Explain in excruciating detail about all the ways Ash is a total bad-boy dreamboat. He may be bad, but he has a tortured past so it's okay. The world treated him rough and now he gets to treat the world rough back! *Swoon*
>Adler: As interesting as hearing about Ash's favorite foods and clothing, maybe focus on things you can actually use against him. You remember Angela mentioned a collection of soggy old books. Are these books magical or elf-related? Did he get them from the Duchess's abandoned estate?
>Angela: *Squee* He did! He did! It's not just books from the Duchess. He takes any books about elves that he can find. He absolutely HATES the idea of lowfolk knowing about actual elf lore. He's even killed a few lowfolk for "knowing too much." From what you've heard, he just about blew a gasket when Percy's book was published, but there are so many of them, he can't do much about it. You're not sure why he keeps the other books he's taken instead of destroying them if he doesn't want the lowfolk to read them. You think it's because he's homesick. *sigh* He is such a tortured soul.
>Vernier: Is she going to be alright? She's gasping like she can't breathe.
>Adler: Quickly, before she starts foaming at the mouth again, grill Angela for any more useful information. Does Ash have any exploitable weaknesses? What kind of organization does he run? Is it a crime syndicate? Is he just a broker? How much influence does he actually have? Is he really as dangerous as he wants you to believe?
>Angela: It's just too much to bear! It's like you are the star of your own epic love story. Already the members of your love trapezium are waging war for your heart! Oh what is a fair and fragile ixie maiden like you to do?!
>Adler: Angela collapses into your open palms and begins violently convulsing and foaming at the mouth. You're going to need to do a psyche evaluation on this one. The transmogrification you did on her might have scrambled her brain.
>Vernier: You had no idea someone could get the vapors this bad... Goodness! If she keeps thrashing like that she's going to break her spine!
>Adler: You're pretty sure she doesn't have one anymore, exoskeleton and all that, but just in case, work some magic to calm her down. You're going to need to ask the other ixies if she was like this before she was transformed. Speaking of which where are they?
>Ixies: A group of ixies fly into the clearing while exchanging aphids. "Sire! Sire! we found the source of the ringing!"
>Adler: Speak of the devil...
>Adler: As interesting as hearing about Ash's favorite foods and clothing, maybe focus on things you can actually use against him. You remember Angela mentioned a collection of soggy old books. Are these books magical or elf-related? Did he get them from the Duchess's abandoned estate?
>Angela: *Squee* He did! He did! It's not just books from the Duchess. He takes any books about elves that he can find. He absolutely HATES the idea of lowfolk knowing about actual elf lore. He's even killed a few lowfolk for "knowing too much." From what you've heard, he just about blew a gasket when Percy's book was published, but there are so many of them, he can't do much about it. You're not sure why he keeps the other books he's taken instead of destroying them if he doesn't want the lowfolk to read them. You think it's because he's homesick. *sigh* He is such a tortured soul.
>Vernier: Is she going to be alright? She's gasping like she can't breathe.
>Adler: Quickly, before she starts foaming at the mouth again, grill Angela for any more useful information. Does Ash have any exploitable weaknesses? What kind of organization does he run? Is it a crime syndicate? Is he just a broker? How much influence does he actually have? Is he really as dangerous as he wants you to believe?
>Angela: It's just too much to bear! It's like you are the star of your own epic love story. Already the members of your love trapezium are waging war for your heart! Oh what is a fair and fragile ixie maiden like you to do?!
>Adler: Angela collapses into your open palms and begins violently convulsing and foaming at the mouth. You're going to need to do a psyche evaluation on this one. The transmogrification you did on her might have scrambled her brain.
>Vernier: You had no idea someone could get the vapors this bad... Goodness! If she keeps thrashing like that she's going to break her spine!
>Adler: You're pretty sure she doesn't have one anymore, exoskeleton and all that, but just in case, work some magic to calm her down. You're going to need to ask the other ixies if she was like this before she was transformed. Speaking of which where are they?
>Ixies: A group of ixies fly into the clearing while exchanging aphids. "Sire! Sire! we found the source of the ringing!"
>Adler: Speak of the devil...