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[dorkypantsuit]

Hey, I know this is a kind of weird thing to say, but to all you newbies without common sense out there: Do not warn visitors about getting indebted to the carnival. I don't want to see anyone getting in trouble their first week, especially not anyone on my team. Got it?

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[waitingforplayer2]

Yeah! Um, Silver, and Carly, and...

[ Well. ... She's happy she's here too. But she awkwardly buries herself back in the machine she's fixing. ]

[dorkypantsuit]

[Frown...]

Are you alright?

"happy HE's here", oops

[waitingforplayer2]

[ She nods.

She's being too optimistic, isn't she? The last people she cared about, and who cared about her, they all abandoned her. Why should this be any different?

... Except she shouldn't think like that. ]

Why do you do it?

i figured :P

[dorkypantsuit]

[He sighs, the feelings are so complicated and difficult to explain. It would be hard to explain it to another troll, let alone a human.]

Because it's the right thing to do.


Someone helped me understand that once. I just want to help other people see that too.

[waitingforplayer2]

Mm.

[ She's feeling a lot of conflicting things right now. She isn't sure what takes precedence. ]

A friend?

[dorkypantsuit]

Yeah. Something like that.


Why are you so curious?

[waitingforplayer2]

Sorry...

[ She'll shut up. ]

It's probably helpful.

[dorkypantsuit]

[He laughs.]

I don't mind, I'm just a little curious myself.

[waitingforplayer2]

That's why we ask questions, isn't it?

[ Which is what she's doing.

She lowers her gaze. ]

I don't know. It's nice, I guess. To see someone like you.

[dorkypantsuit]

We look pretty different if you ask me.

[Though he's guessing that isn't what she meant.]

[waitingforplayer2]

I guess I'll see in a year or two, right?

[dorkypantsuit]

[That gets another laugh.]

Guess so.

[He sighs, smiling.]

If anyone gives you trouble, come tell me, alright?

[waitingforplayer2]

[ She nods. ]

Um...

[ There's so many thoughts in her head but she doesn't know how to put them in order. So she shakes her head. ]

I will. [ Or, well. She'll try. ]

[dorkypantsuit]

Good.

[At least she knows he's there, even if she decides she doesn't need his help specifically. He smiles before his wings buzz to life and he takes to the air.]

Don't slack off just because I leave!

[waitingforplayer2]

I'm working!!

[ She raises her voice so he can hear her before he flies off -- and then gets back to work. ]