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[seadweller]

)(---ELLO??
IS T)(-ER-E ANYBODY OUT T)(-ER---E??

Umm..
Okay, I t)(oug)(t t)(is was a dream bubble at first, but now I'm not sure because t)(is place is R-EALLY STRANG---E!
I died and t)(en I woke up )(ere and found a room wit)( my name on it!

If anenomeone is reading t)(is, please answer a V-ERY IMPORTANT question...

W)(Y IS T)(-ER-E A BUCK---ET IN T)(-E MIDDL-E OF T)(--E FLOOR? 3XO

[Translation:

HELLO??
IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE??
Umm..
Okay, I thought this was a dream bubble at first, but I'm not so sure because this place is REALLY STRANGE!
I died and then I woke up here and found a room with my name on it!
If anyone is reading this please answer a VERY IMPORTANT question..
WHY IS THERE A BUCKET IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FLOOR?]

Comments

video; 3/3

[onemistress]

[Going to turn the video on now and actually... talk to her.]

Hello? Forgive me, I do not know why there is a bucket or why it troubles you so. Perhaps it is one of Libitina's tricks again?

[seadweller]

[Oh wow, it's a human! It's not one of the four she knows though, how odd.

Tempted to find out the video function but just for a moment, she sticks to text until she makes up her mind.]

Well it is not a very nice trick!
T)(ey aren't t)(e type of t)(ing you just leave out for anyone to see.
Someone s)(ould come get rid of it, I don't want to touc)( it!

[onemistress]

[She'll just be sticking to video, because just what.]

Libitina is not a very nice girl, when it comes to it. She's the spirit that has brought you here. She controls us, and believe me... a bucket is the least of what she does.

[but seriously? she doesn't get it.] ... is there something wrong with the bucket? [it is this place, so...] Is there blood in it? She hasn't done anything too bad with blood since the rain and the flowers.

[seadweller]

[Alright this lady seems nice enough, so she switches to video. Have a grey skinned, horned girl with a pair of goggles on.]

It's not the bucket itself and there isn't anything in it, it's what it represents! You know...! [Glub.]

[onemistress]

[Elizabeth's eyes visibly widened when she saw, staring a moment longer than was probably polite. She'd seen people with tails before, but this?]

I'm afraid I don't know...?

[seadweller]

[Oh no is she going to have to explain this?? Okay, may as well get it over with.]

Buckets are used for... reproduction! So I don't know why there is a room with my name on with a bucket inside! What is going on here?! Glub.

[onemistress]

[Okay what. What. She knew women were sometimes told odd things when it came to what happened between a man and a woman.

But no version of that coming of age right ever involved a bucket.]

Forgive me... what? A bucket? I -- how?

[seadweller]

[Actual tint of fushia blush appearing on her cheeks now, is she actually going to have to explain this?]

Couples' genetic material is placed in it, then the drones carry it to the Mother Grub, alright!

I don't really want to talk about it any more...

[onemistress]

[Elizabeth just keeps staring and then clears her throat pointedly. If she was matter of fact about it as possible.]

Then I can see why there's been... this mistake. Humans do not... create children in such a manner. At all.

[...]

Ever.

!

[seadweller]

Troll life is very different to human culture! I don't know about all the differences, just little bits I learned when talking to some human kids!

!!!

[onemistress]

Oh I think if that's the first indication... then there is a lot more for us both to figure out.

[she shakes her head. Oh dear this was going to be strange.]

Well, in any case, I am sure it can be taken away from you if it bothers you. Aside from that, it's a pleasure, my lady. I'm Elizabeth Tudor.

!!

[seadweller]

Hi, Elizabeth! I'm Feferi!

Hehe, this is my first time speaking to an adult human, it's really strange! But exciting, glub!

~!!!~

[onemistress]

Feferi? What a lovely name.

Ah, well. We do change a little as we grow up. Hopefully become more mature, but in my experience not always.

Has someone explained this place to you yet?

!*!*!*!*!

[seadweller]

Thank you, I think Elizabether is a really pretty name too! Trolls don't have names that are that long, they all contain six letters!

They did, I met a really nice girl who came over and explained it all to me.

!i!i!i!

[onemistress]

Really? Why ever not? My name is hardly that long, and it's fairly common.

Well I suppose that's the best start you can have here. Are you hungry at all? Things are a bit bare here, but it's at least edible.

[seadweller]

It is just tradition. We get rid of our names once we reach adulthood anyway, in exchange for a title.

..I am a little hungry, actually. I haven't had the chance to eat in quite a while, what do you have?

[onemistress]

... I wouldn't say we do the same, as not everyone has a title. I however do, and where I come from, I am only ever called by that outside of my... closer friends, and only ever in private.

... If you come to the sixth floor, it's where the kitchen is. What would you prefer?

you win bc i am going to bed

[seadweller]

Oh, what's your title?

I'm coming up there right now! And I really don't mind what it is, I'm just super hungry!

[onemistress]

Queen of England, Ireland and France, Defender of the Faith. [shrug, it's no big deal, clearly.] In England, I am only ever referred to as 'Your Majesty' or 'My lady'. Here, Elizabeth serves me fine. [or at least for most people.]

Alright. [and she goes down the hall to start brewing tea... soup is okay right? Trolls eat soup? God this is confusing for her. Trolls were meant to eat human children, but she figured that didn't apply.]

[seadweller]

You're royalty?? So am I!

[Now she's more focused on that than anything else.]

I'm the heiress! Or, I was, until everybody died!

[onemistress]

Then it is an honour, your grace. [the switch over is an easy one.]

... Until everybody -- [never mind, it wasn't polite to ask.] Well, I cannot promise that things are peaceful here, because they aren't... but we make do.

[seadweller]

Hehe, so does that mean you're the Empress? Do you have an Heiress?

I was going to rule Alternia one day, but I would've had to duel Her Condescension to get my fins on the role!