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[wooliefrand]

WHO: All
WHERE: The Pasture
WHEN: Day 24 late evening thru night

[IT NIGHTTIME]

Comments

[wants_the_phd]

I was!

I was wondering if you could help me out with something.

1/2

[debug_mode]

Of course I can. Anything at all.

[debug_mode]

...If you bribe me.

[wants_the_phd]

Not sure that I'd have anything you'd want...

But you seem like the authority on the Snake. I have some questions I'd like to ask him, so I was wondering if you could help me find him.

[debug_mode]

You mean personally as in, in person? Stand and face the snake?

As far as I know, no one does that. For safety reasons. Except for us weeds, of course.

But, I might be able to part with some information... or bring it to his attention.

[wants_the_phd]

Really? For safety reasons?

Whose safety?

[debug_mode]

His. A lot of people would like to kill him on sight.

[wants_the_phd]

Well, I have no interest in harming him. Use your "truth field" on me if you don't believe me. You can do that, can't you?

[debug_mode]

I'd like to, but the truth field doesn't work on promises like that. You're free to change your mind. --Ah, but you figured that out, huh?

[a little giggle at that.]

Tell you what, if you absolutely must talk to him in person, I need to at least know 'why'. Then, I'll get permission. Then, I'll cube you with a very secret location.

I might regret my intuition later, New-face, but I am thinking I can trust you. --But I'll need to have some reason to justify the request.

[wants_the_phd]

Rose wants to install a new bathroom, and the quest we've been given is to put on a play. So apparently the play we have decided to write is a derogatory tale of Blossom, her crimes, and her sordid love life.

So, since it seems like nobody dislikes Blossom more than the Snake, I thought I would reach out to him and ask him about Blossom, in case he has some particularly juicy dirt on her that we can incorporate into our play for all the pasture to see.

Basically, I'd like to gossip about a mutual target of ire. We get material for our script, and he gets to broadcast pro-Snake propaganda. Hopefully a mutually-beneficial arrangement.

...And I'm going by Azdaja now, by the way.

[debug_mode]

Azdaja.

That's very tempting! And may be something the Snake indeed is interested in. I'll pass it along and get back to you.

We already know Blossom is a war criminal who killed the Wolf King's son, who may have been a child, but I'll see if I can get more details. After all, it's common knowledge and won't get much of a reaction.

[wants_the_phd]

Yeah, the Wolf King and his son are already in the play, though it seems like the nature of their characters is still in flux at the moment as the script gets hammered out.

The Snake is also a character, but as far as I know, he doesn't have any lines so far.

[Let the snake speak!!!]

[debug_mode]

Well, we'll change that. I'll see if what I can do. It would be a true missed opportunity after all.

[and if not, she'll make shit up.]

[wants_the_phd]

Thanks. It would be great to get some material straight from the source.

[debug_mode]

We will consider it a "favor-owed" though.

Don't worry. Nothing big. Maybe even 'a few apples' will be enough.

[wants_the_phd]

I retain the right to refuse any favor I find objectionable.

This request already benefits both you and the Snake, after all.

[debug_mode]

What if you find the favor all too reasonable?

[wants_the_phd]

Then why would I object?

[debug_mode]

Exactly.