027 Points - A clean castle is a happy castle

[tomatoandbasil]

[What a fine day it is for the tail end of summer, isn't it, Paradisa? Everyone's rooms are back to normal. We all may or may not be scarred for life. We may all be varying degrees of depressed to have seen and heard what was hidden in us and in others. But the important thing is we made it out alive. Right? Right. Life goes on

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Lmao at this loss. <3

[odst_mute]

[Okay, so he hasn't cleaned his armor in awhile. But he didn't think it was that bad. :|]

... Ma'am?

Ahaha thank you for enjoying it!

[tomatoandbasil]

[Well guess what? It is. Somehow, magically, it just is.]

You didn't hear me? Probably because your ears need cleaning.

[Don't ask how she can tell through your helmet.]

[odst_mute]

[Pretty much giving Alleyne a quizzical look before shifting his helmet to one side.

'Cause l-lol, what.]

Sorry, ma'am. Must have overlooked them.

[Except not really, but whatever.]

[tomatoandbasil]

[Yup, those ears. In there. She needs them. Bad.]

I'll fix it.

[odst_mute]

[Good luck getting past that helmet, elf.

Now he's just going to grin at her from behind that visor and shake his head.]

Thank you for the offer, ma'am, but I think I'll be okay.

[tomatoandbasil]

[Well that just earns you a tough lineface.]

Are you sure? Who else is going to do it?

[odst_mute]

I don't usually get many people asking to clean my ears, ma'am, so it's usually just me.

[He taps the side of his helmet where his ears are, sounding ever so amused. Weird as this conversation may be.]

But I'm pretty certain.

[tomatoandbasil]

No no, I insist, I should check. I've done it for others and it's turned out okay.

[odst_mute]

[There's a very long pause as he thinks it over, before finally letting his shoulders drop in quiet defeat and giving a slow, uncertain nod.]

... All right. If it puts your mind at ease.

[Has no idea why he's agreeing to this, fff.]

[tomatoandbasil]

[Because you're a cool dude and she'll remember the time you all bravely sacrificed yourselves for this.

Pulling a swab out and looking a slight bit less tense.]

I...appreciate it. I'm sorry all the same, but I do appreciate it.

[odst_mute]

[Turning ear cleaning into something heroic. Only you, elf woman, only you. ♥

But after some brief hesitation, he'll move to take off the helmet and just eye both her and the item she was holding questioningly. Since he wasn't really sure on why she was apologizing to begin with and just assumed it was some weird elf custom.]

It's fine, ma'am. [Bit of a laugh.] Just hope this doesn't become something of a habit.

[tomatoandbasil]

[Cleanliness is the greatest most noble thing she can offer right now. Or something!

She'll twirl that swab around and dig in. It's obvious she's highly trained for this skill.]

The last habit I'd want is doing as the castle says, believe me.

[odst_mute]

[There's a bit of a flinch in response, since wow that felt weird, but for the most part he'll just politely stand there and let her do her thing.

Then allow a look of realization upon hearing the comment.]

So guessing that means you're on a loss. [At least that made more sense to him.]

[tomatoandbasil]

No other explanation for it, I hate to say.

[Finishing her work and cleaning up. At least it's a professional look.]

Only the castle would be so boldly ridiculous as to make me do this.