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Post by Blue Raspberry on Mar 16, 2023 23:32:58 GMT -5
Blue shook their head. "Nope, she didn't mention you at all. Not your name, I mean. Just the story about going and making some lightning. She didn't say who she did it with. Just said another member of the Golden Consortium." Blue shrugged. They were glad Astrid wasn't offended by it. Maybe Gwen just didn't know they knew Astrid too and didn't think she needed to mention her. It was fine.
"Entrapment? Oh, I heard it from Morrigan while they were talking to some guards trying to arrest them for something. Don't worry, they're fine. They didn't get arrested."
Blue Raspberry's smile did fade just a little. They didn't think Astrid hid things from them on purpose or at least not without a reason. They felt like she had been hiding something for a while though. There was something bothering her, and it wasn't Avasha's death. It was something new that she wouldn't tell them about. They thought about asking here and now, but in the middle of a party to celebrate didn't seem like a good place to bring it up. Not right now, but maybe later.
"I don't try to hide things from you either, I just forget. Like the treasure at the orphanage or how I got my old armor. You don't have to tell me everything either, but I like having someone to talk to too. It's nice having someone that knows what I am."
"Oh! That reminds me... Cirice kind of found out about me. I met her in Darkveil and, um... She knows." Blue smiled wide. "But she still wanted to be my friend! And she read me a book about oozes. There was a lot of stuff I didn't really understand in it, but it was interesting. I think it was called Slime of Our Lives? So, what's dating mean?"
"Yeah, a ball full of stars! That's the one!" Blue pointed at Astrid and nodded. So she'd seen one before too?
"Of course I like it! It's perfect and my best friend made it. How could I not like it?" Blue said teasingly with a smile, their eyes lighting up when Astrid suggested asking Cantio to make them a court outfit with their armor mixed in. "You think Cantio would let me wear the helmet to court?" Blue asked excitedly.
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Post by Lady Astrid Stormstone on Mar 18, 2023 17:39:51 GMT -5
Oh, of course, they heard about “entrapment” from Morrigan. The purple fellblood would probably shout that whenever they got caught scamming people. And surely enough, Blue confirms that suspicion immediately. Astrid tries pretty hard not to roll her eyes into the back of her head or make any petty or snide comments.
“Aye, I know ya forget stuff,” she says. “We’ve been together a long time, so now I’m pretty used ta it. Ain’t a bad thin’, just easier ta handle now that I’ve figured ya out a bit.” Astrid gives the ooze a reassuring smile.
Somehow it is not surprising that Cirice found out about Blue’s true self. “Huh? I thought she woulda figured it out sooner after ya were scarfin’ down harpies…” Then she shrugs. “I’m glad she still wants ta be yer friend. The more friends the better, I think.” Astrid thinks a little about how to explain dating to Blue Raspberry. “Datin’ is… Um… Like spendin’ a lot of time with someone, but… romantically? Like ta see if ya wanna marry someone, I think. So not necessarily like best friends spend time together like us, but…different. Somehow.” Kamille would be much better at explaining this.
“Oh yeah, one of them was floatin’ around outside of the village,” she says. “I don’t wanna fight one of ‘em again. It threw a buncha rocks at me. Took days ta fix me armor from all the dents.”
She thinks for a minute about how well over the horned helmet would go in court, her face showing her thoughts going through the motions. “Hm, the helmet might be a bit much,” she says. “I bet I could make ya a little headband or somethin’ that’s got horns if ya want.”
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Post by Blue Raspberry on Mar 21, 2023 16:07:45 GMT -5
"Yeah, I also met her in Moonglade and we fought a bunch of bugs together. She didn't want to eat them though, so I got to have them all. They were pretty tasty."
Astrid's explanation of dating only made Blue have more questions. They didn't know what "romantically", "marry", or "necessarily" meant, but they didn't want to keep asking questions during the party. They also felt like those answers would just lead to even more questions and Astrid seemed a little awkward about the whole conversation already. No, maybe they could ask Cantio later or something. They could leave it there for now.
"There was one of those things around here? Man, I missed it! Oh well, fighting that one with Zarius and Gerhart was tough. I dunno if I want to fight another one either. It hit me with a real big rock. Remember having to do some repairing on my armor too?" Blue spoke about getting hit with a huge rock casually, as if it was nothing more than getting hit in the arm with a rogue hurcal ball.
"Ooh, a headband would be cool!" Blue said excitedly and then leaned back and sighed. "I should've just grown horns when I first made my human form, but now everyone already knows me and it'd be weird to suddenly have them, wouldn't it?" They muttered sadly. It was too late to change their appearance so dramatically now. Everyone in Sky Peak knew them how they already were.
They'd wanted to try to alter their human form to make themself a little bigger and stronger looking when they were able to get their armor custom made for them too, but that had had the same problem. It would have been too weird for their appearance to suddenly be so different. Humans apparently couldn't suddenly become bigger at the age Blue appeared to be, and trying to come up with a good reason they'd suddenly grown was too much hassle. They'd just settled for remaining the same size as they'd made themself to fit their old armor. At least they were already used to it and comfortable.
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Post by Lady Astrid Stormstone on Mar 21, 2023 21:47:39 GMT -5
“Moonglade’s really seemed ta have a bug problem lately,” Astrid murmurs, recalling the time she also had to go smash some bugs in Moonglade. “Aye, yeah, Cirice wouldn’t be much interested in eatin’ bugs. Sounds like ya had a good snack.” She grins a bit as she takes a bite.
“Be glad ya did!” she says in response to bringing up the weird space ball. “Miss Veliky was visitin’ when we heard about it, so we went an’ took care of it together. The thing slurped me up like a wet noodle. It was a pain ta beat. I feel like I slept fer days afterwards.” Astrid recalls the difficult fight against the very powerful spacetime orb that resulted in a lot of bruises and a dislocated shoulder. Yeah, not a pleasant experience, but at least not one where she feared for her life.
She ponders what kind of headband or something of the like she could make for Blue. “Hmm maybe one of them like half-helmet face guard thin’s that has a couple of horns fer ya. Could make it real polished and fancy so ya can wear it ta an event like this!”
Astrid whips out a rolled-up piece of paper from somewhere under the layers of her skirt and unfurls it, pressing it out against the table. Immediately, an image of a sort of helmeted facemask manifests on the paper. It would cover the forehead and along the cheeks, and it has two curved horns coming from either temple. “What do ya think of this?”
Blue looks over the presented design. "Ooh, I like it! What if it had a mask part, like what Cantio wears?"
Astrid thinks about it and the image on the paper changes to include a mask, but one picture shows that it can come off. “What if the mask can come off with a couple of hooks or somethin’? Then it’s multipurpose!”
"Oh, that's perfect! Wait, could we have done that with my helmet?"
“I can fix yer helmet so ya have some interchangeable bits if ya want. I made one like that before, so I could set it up fer ya!” Astrid looks around at the party. “We already did a buncha talkin’ ta folks. We could totally sneak back home if ya want!”
Blue looked around. No one there they had a particular interest in talking to, Mizzi and Thadda were both gone, Thadda taking the drunkenly passed-out Gnome home. They really would rather leave and get to work on their helmet and mask. "Yeah, let's get out of here." Blue whispered.
With Blue in agreement, the two stack their empty plates and glance around, aiming to sneak out of the party. Astrid isn’t all that sneaky with her greaves under her dress and ends up making a lot of noise and draws attention to them. “Uhhh sorry, it’ssss…. Past me bedtime! Good night!” she lies before ushering Blue off and running at full speed, clanking loudly up the hill back home.
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