Naraht is at the Bar...and appears to be filling a rather large order. The Horta is wearing a kind of harness draped over his carapace and on either side are two large sacks
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"Found some very good things," he says. "There's a cave that's about the size of the stables that is just FULL of gypsum crystals. It's like being inside a diamond."
One of these appears on the counter and is scooped into the bag as he talks.
"eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!" Harold squees when the menu shoots off the bar.
He takes it eagerly and turns it over in his wee little hands. He shoots at the menu, now on the floor. It shoooots all the way across the room. He glees more. "I like!"
Well, it is obvious now that the Mega-airzooka is now Offical Property of Harold. Naraht orders another with a chuckle.
"Very good," he says. "Can you help me think of other things to get. I..." He tries to find a sensitive way to say 'there's a bunch of kids who are cowering in a castle because dragons burned their world down around their ears'.
"I'm getting some presents together for some children who lost their toys."
THIS IS MAJOR TRAGEDY! NO ONE SHOULD LOOSE TOYS!!!!
"OH NO!!! Need twayons 'n an'muls 'n bals 'n dames 'n dolies 'n twucks 'n bocks 'n..."
With each new item Harold says several examples of the item come appear on Bar. Boxes of Crayons, coloring books, blank paper, assorted stuffed animals, footballs, soccer balls, baseballs, nerfball, softballs, kooshy balls, Shutes 'n Latters, Twister, Candy Land, Operation, Guess Who, dolls of all shapes and colors, trucks that beep and light up, trucks that simply roll, little toy trucks, blocks that interconnect, wooden blocks, kooshy-can't-hurt-you blocks...
"I'd like you to, Harold, but that might not be a good idea," he says. "These kids live in a very dangerous place."
He reaches out to ruffle Harold's (invisible) hair. "I'm gonna try to make it a little safer, though. Maybe, once I get the tunnels dug, we can ask your family if you can come help me."
For kids isolated in a castle for their entire lives to see a child who can literally do magic? This should be...interesting.
"Now...I've got a little room left," Naraht says, gesturing at the sizable heap still on Bar's counter. "Which do you think are the best ones to finish filling my bag?"
So when he comes from the House of Arch and sees the Horta he breaks out into a big grins and goes over.
"Hiiiii!!!" He forgets that he's invisible.
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"Harold!" he says, pausing in loading and holding out some fringe for a hug. "How are you doing, little one?"
Probably looks really weird to anyone with "normal" eyes that the Horta is hugging empty air.
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"Hii! Miss you!
'ook for you but no see long time!
Lost?"
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And trying not to go stir-crazy from being Bound.
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Find dood thin'?"
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One of these appears on the counter and is scooped into the bag as he talks.
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"Wha' dat?"
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"This? It's a sort of air-cannon. Watch..."
There's a menu standing on-edge one table over. Naraht takes aim and..
BAMMMFFFFF!
The gust of air sends it flying. He hands it over to the child to examine.
"What do you think, Harold? Will other kids like it?"
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He takes it eagerly and turns it over in his wee little hands. He shoots at the menu, now on the floor. It shoooots all the way across the room.
He glees more. "I like!"
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"Very good," he says. "Can you help me think of other things to get. I..." He tries to find a sensitive way to say 'there's a bunch of kids who are cowering in a castle because dragons burned their world down around their ears'.
"I'm getting some presents together for some children who lost their toys."
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"OH NO!!! Need twayons 'n an'muls 'n bals 'n dames 'n dolies 'n twucks 'n bocks 'n..."
With each new item Harold says several examples of the item come appear on Bar. Boxes of Crayons, coloring books, blank paper, assorted stuffed animals, footballs, soccer balls, baseballs, nerfball, softballs, kooshy balls, Shutes 'n Latters, Twister, Candy Land, Operation, Guess Who, dolls of all shapes and colors, trucks that beep and light up, trucks that simply roll, little toy trucks, blocks that interconnect, wooden blocks, kooshy-can't-hurt-you blocks...
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He scoops up items that he knows he doesn't already have in the bag. "But these are very good, Harold."
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"I doe wif you 'n help!"
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"I'd like you to, Harold, but that might not be a good idea," he says. "These kids live in a very dangerous place."
He reaches out to ruffle Harold's (invisible) hair. "I'm gonna try to make it a little safer, though. Maybe, once I get the tunnels dug, we can ask your family if you can come help me."
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"Is 'tay! Me doe 'n help 'n make dem happy!"
Very seriously, "Need happy if lose toys.
Me dood! No los'!"
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"I'm sure you'll make them very happy," he says.
For kids isolated in a castle for their entire lives to see a child who can literally do magic? This should be...interesting.
"Now...I've got a little room left," Naraht says, gesturing at the sizable heap still on Bar's counter. "Which do you think are the best ones to finish filling my bag?"
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