applechemist

[ Wherever Muzet is at, Escha is approaching...! She's holding a small plate. An offering of cinnamon apple crepes, apparently. ]

Miss Muzet! How are you today?

[ Probably best to start with niceties. ]

[ lounging, probably, with her wings waving lazily behind her as she sprawls out on her front. she'll roll when approached, though, glancing up almost like she's surprised someone's looking for her.

... crepes... ]

Me? I suppose I'm doing as well as anyone could in this place.

[ considering their. symptoms that have yet to alleviate. ]

[ Fair. And Escha eating sweets probably... Doesn't help, when the nausea is hitting her hard. EVEN SO, she offers the plate out for Muzet. ]

That's fair...

Um, actually, I wanted to ask you a favor.

Oh? And you're trying to butter me up for it? Must be some favor.

[ she says, but it's? teasing? probably? she does accept the plate delicately though, swinging herself fully upright to speak to escha properly. ]

Well, what is it?

[ Escha just laughs. She's... Not wrong that it was to butter her up! ]

I was wondering if I could have the paper you got during the scavenger hunt. I'm trying to gather as many of them as I can.

Or - if you don't want to let go of it, maybe I could try to make a copy.

Hm? I suppose. Just on one of the scraps of note paper we have here and there, you mean?

[ she settles down on her elbows after making sure the plate is nice and secure! work before pleasure, after all, or... something like that? ]

What have you got so far, anyhow?

The one with the writing on it. I don't know if it was wrapped around the perfume you got like ours was, but...

[ You know the one. ]

... With yours I'll have two, counting the one my group got. [ So, things are going great. ]

I meant however you planned on making a copy of it, silly. It did look like it got torn away from something bigger, but I'm afraid I haven't been able to make heads or tails of it otherwise.

[ but! come on escha, and follow her to her room. ]

Did you plan on talking to the others here too, or?

[ dick, maou, and taako at least were pretty dang audible. ]

Oh - I see. Right! I have some paper, here...! I haven't been able to read it either, but... Maybe we'll figure something out later.

[ Escha follows along! ]

Yeah, I'll try to check in with everyone else soon. It might make sense when they're all put together?

[ Or maybe not but that's. Fine. ]

Like the parts we got were illegible only for being... well, parts of the original passage?

[ so what, is it some sort of diagram or map, or is the translation guide on one of the other strips...

muzet's room is very slightly lived in, but not all that much. she'll wave escha over to one of the couches- "take a seat, make yourself comfortable"- before disappearing into the doorless further depths of it only to reappear not too long later with a strip of paper.

it sure is unreadable. ]

Well, there we have it. One useless scrap of paper, the result of more fuss than it might've possibly been worth.

I don't know. Maybe...?

[ She kind of doubts it, but it can't hurt to try.

Escha thinks nothing of the very mild mess because. She is messier, herself. So she takes a seat and gets out her paper and ink. ]

Thank you very much.

[ She starts copying it down as best she can, but. Yep, that sure is nothing she can read. Cool cool cool. ]

[ what's up, we're thot or die and we never learned how to read ]

Don't thank me just yet. Call it a favor for a favor.

[ because the crepe is nice buttering up- and it's absolutely here in her room now, you can't take it from her, delicious fruits and sweets- but it's not exactly like, life or death, you know? ]

Just tell me whatever you manage to figure out, hm?

Of course.

[ She nods along as she scribbles. Sure, favor for favor seems fair! ]

If you think of a favor you need from me, let me know. I'm happy to help you however I can. [ In a way, it's kind of like an honor to help a spirit? ]

[ she's so earnest, cute... still, muzet giggles just a little, folding it politely into the back of her hand.

... the almost gluttonous way she tackles the crepe after, on the other hand. after a couple of bites, though: ]

Really Escha, you shouldn't leave an offer like that so open ended. What if I had plans to do you harm? What if I wanted to find out something about a place, but it was too scary for me to want to try to explore myself? With an offer like that I could simply ask you do to the dangerous thing for me.

It's my job to scout out unexplored areas, so I don't mind at all. Even if it's dangerous... Someone has to do it. And I want to be helpful.

If you ask for something I won't do, I'll just say so, and then we can think of something else. [ Because who would be so cruel!! Who, Muzet!!! ]

... Just don't put your all into helping someone who'll ignore you later, okay? I'd hate for you to go to a lot of effort only for it to go to waste.

[ who indeed! ]

My, but you had quite the daring occupation. How amazing!

It wouldn't be a waste if lots of people benefited from it... And right now we're talking about me and you.

[ And it's not like Muzet can 'ignore' her in this sense because... Muzet already did what Escha wanted! Escha doesn't understand Life Advice so don't give her any. ]

The areas I went to weren't that dangerous, so it's not that impressive...! [ She's minimizing some of the monsters but it's. Fine. Bah! No big deal. ]

Just for right now, but in the future? Who knows what might happen.

[ let her nee-san you escha her own sister never lets her

well they were created mostly around the same time

but she's still the older one! it counts! and who said muzet was talking about muzet? ]

I don't know, you might be being just a little too modest. After all, where I come from, exploring was quite discouraged for a fairly long time.

Well... I'll keep it in mind.

[ She caved easily to the nee-san...ing. ]

Really? I suppose we discourage ordinary civilians from travel, too. But only if they don't know how to defend themselves against monsters.

In our case, I'm fairly sure it was less the monsters and more who lived outside. There are those who are familiar enough with the beasts to tame them, after all-- or so I've been told.

[ but is she convinced, on the other hand. it sounds almost like she's talking about a specific person she's seen... and wasn't terribly impressed by. ]

[ Escha fails to pick up on that entirely. Wow taming beasts!! ]

That sounds amazing!

Isn't it? [ isn't it.......... ] It does make for interesting travel, I'd wager, considering they can ride tamed wyverns.

[ but she never needed that!!! wings!!! ]

Wyverns?

[ What that??? ]

Oh, you know. Those big, long legged creatures you ride on the backs of? Now you just replace the front two legs with wings.

[ fun fact xillia's wyverns are fuzzy and xillia's horses are.... something ]

[ Escha is just...... quoi??? ]

... I don't think we have those where I'm from...

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