Quest 236

[primrosella]

I wasn't just dreaming all the commotion--it really is them. They're really here! Oh, I thought it would be the end of last month, but this...this is even better.Oh, hello, everyone! It's just lovely to see you all again! I do hope you all managed to dress warmly before coming here, since it's the winter season now. Or, well--it is for us, anyway,

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[imunderground]

Well met, Princess Rosella. Have you found a use for my crystal?

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[imunderground]

Nasty, ogres. Goblins are half and half again as harmless and twice as malodorous, at the very least.

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[primrosella]

Yes, and quite fast, too. They're terribly hard to outrun, I'm afraid. But I'm glad to hear that goblins are more harmless than ogres, certainly. I don't think it'd be very nice at all to be king of them, if they were really terribly dreadful.

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[imunderground]

You've had to run from an ogre? [said with more disgust than concern]

They're dreadful in any number of ways--no manners, no sense of decorum, and not so much as a clever thought among them. [dramatic sigh] What I wouldn't give for a single person who could hold a conversation...

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[primrosella]

I'm afraid so, yes. I was, er...stealing something from him, and he woke up as I was getting away, and he chased me right out the door and into a forest. It gave me a terrible fright.

[And alas, she is a sucker for that dramatic sigh.]

Oh, dear, you don't have anyone to talk to? Not in your whole kingdom?

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[imunderground]

You survived, I take it? But of course you did. The ogres I've met weren't clever at all... no match for a girl of your intelligence.

[If he was there in person, would she be a sucker for the pants? They're nice pants. It's undeniable.]

Not a single solitary soul, dear girl. The goblins are halfwits and the fairies would rather bite than chat. It's a terrible thing, leaving the kingdom unsupervised, but you can see why it is, on occasion, necessary.

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[primrosella]

I was lucky enough to have a head start, yes. And I managed it, but it's certainly not something I'd ever care to do, again.

[The pants are hard to deny, it is true.]

Oh, dear, yes, I do see. That must be just awful--and terribly lonely, too.

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[imunderground]

Are ogres common in the woods here?

Terribly. I'm a dreadful person, Princess Rosella, but if I didn't whisk away a mortal or two into my realm every so often, I would go absolutely mad.