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[hearthwarming]

"Um... How does this thing work? Oh! If you're in need of any healing, please reach out to me!"
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[inklongdry]

[ Away they go! On a boardgame hunt! He turns to her as they walk. ]

"Base of operations"?

[hearthwarming]

Oh! For the Alchemighty. An old friend of mine has an adventuring guild, and I help him out with it...

[inklongdry]

Well now! It seems we have more in common than I first thought. I'm an adventurer, myself.

[hearthwarming]

[ Despite all of the shitty things going on here, she visibly brightens at that. ]

Really? Well, then I guess you and I will have to talk about our adventures sometime, won't we? I haven't been active in a long time, but I still like hearing about what everyone else gets up to.

[inklongdry]

Are you retired, then?

[hearthwarming]

Huh... I guess you could say that! I still watch over our place and make sure everyone's prepared with supplies when they go out on quests... That doesn't really stop me from wandering around sometimes, but... [ She chuckles. ] If my friend Dae ever ends up in here, don't tell him I said that.

[ he honestly probably wouldn't mind at all, but. ]

[inklongdry]

[ Ah, she's the team mom. Got it. ]

Your secret's safe with me, though surely there's nothing wrong with a bit of wandering now and again. Even if you are all but retired.

[hearthwarming]

It really helps me stay in shape, honestly! Otherwise I'd just be sitting in the treehouse all day, listening to a cat wizard grumble about whatever he goes on about while mending people's cloaks or something.

[inklongdry]

A... cat wizard? I'm imagining a miqo'te but I somehow get the sense that isn't correct.

[hearthwarming]

Oh, I mean, maybe? What's a miqo'te?

[inklongdry]

Ah... well... imagine someone like me, only with cat-like features instead of rabbit-like ones.

1/2

[hearthwarming]

[ Without thinking, because that's overrated, she just blurts out: ]

Oh, cute—

[hearthwarming]

I mean. I see! [ She laughs, mostly at herself. ] No, he's quite literally like a house cat who can cast ver powerful magic.

[inklongdry]

[ There's not much that gets past these ears. He heard that, and he chuckles. Though there's like way more interesting things to talk about here. ]

Really? He's not a familiar? Or some sort of construct?

[hearthwarming]

[ There are, and thank the spirits for that! ]

... You know, I don't really know. He's definitely not a familiar, but I've never stopped to think if he might be some kind of construct... At the very least he's some kind of awakened creature. Or rudely awakened, more like. He's very grumpy all the time.

[inklongdry]

Rudely awakened. [ That gets a laugh out of him. ] And what of the rest of your companions? What are they like?

[hearthwarming]

Hah, well, they're a lively bunch! It would take me hours to talk about them, though.

What about you, Arthur? You must be an active adventurer, hm?

[inklongdry]

That's right. I typically travel around, taking odd jobs as they come my way. And some of them are quite odd indeed.

[hearthwarming]

Oh? You can't just mention your quite-odd jobs and not say more. What have you got?

[inklongdry]

Oh, gods. Too many to count, potentially. I've done everything from delivering letters to finding lost pets to battling bandits and beasts alike.

[hearthwarming]

Ahh... [ She chuckles, the sound of it tinged with warmth and nostalgia. ] That really brings me back. But how about your odd odd jobs?

[inklongdry]

I suppose I could tell you about the time I ran afoul of a mage in the midst of a summoning ritual, only it really rather didn't go how he planned.

[hearthwarming]

[ honestly, forget Monopoly, this is way more interesting and way less likely to cause irreparable damage to a growing friendship. ]

You could tell me, actually! I'd love to hear about it. What was he trying to summon? Did you storm in and say something really cheeky and then drop a big old Fireball when you interrupted him?

[ that's what her friends would have done. ]

[inklongdry]

First of all, I'm a healer, primarily. Fireballs are far beyond my purview.

Second of all, I've no idea what he was trying to summon, but what he ended up summoning was slime. So much slime.

[hearthwarming]

Oh. Yuck...

Hm, but wouldn't it be so neat if Miss Clover could bring a huge ball of arcane fire down upon your enemies? The slimes would be no match for her.