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Struggling to come up with a number after Tzah-Tzie’s award-winning hustle, you glance at Volka’s discomforted face and sigh. T, you instruct, earning a fox-like grin from the devious Durher, she’s got this!
“Well if you insist~” She purrs, batting her eyelashes at you before she scoots over to Obber, “So, big guy, let’s start with the important question: what’s more important: a few measly bells, or your livelihood-”
As the Spinner works her magic, you tap Volka on the hip, rousing her from a particularly deep thought.
“Huh?! Wha!?” She sputters, her tail nearly slapping you in half! “Oh, Rook… what’s up?”
Wanna see if we can help outside? For a moment the Skog starts to reconsider, but something in your expression earns a nod from the tusked tomboy! “Y-yea! Let’s do it!”
You let the amazon lead the way through the Volka-shaped hole where the door once was and allow yourself a breath of the fresh, albeit slightly smelly sea air! Tickled by the warm, salty mist, you watch as Volka makes a beeline for the nearest dockworker!
“Ho there, sir!” She chirps, “Need some help cleaning up?”
“Beat it, tusks,” Snarls the six-eyed stevedore as a few of his fellow dockmen add their own glares to the pile, “This is honest work.”
“Yea! YEEAA!” Sneers a stockier, fish-eyed dockworker like the toadie of some bully in an afterschool special! “Honest woiiiik!”
As the gang departs laughing all the way, Volka watches them go like a tusked statue–her tail thumping to a halt on the dock. Their loss, you remark as you stroll over with a forced smile, those guys are gonna be in Splinter <span class="mu-i">CITY</span> with all that wood they’re carrying! Also, ‘carrying wood’? Hah!
“Yea… splinters… heheh…” It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to tell your joke didn’t hit its mark, and as you sift through the admittedly small library of good jokes in your head, she’s the one to break the silence!
“Ant,” Volka begins quietly as she lowers herself down onto a crate, the poor thing groaning under the weight, “I know it's dumb to ask, but... but is everyone in your world as nice as you are?”
Whoof, how do you even BEGIN to respond to that?
>Of course!
>I’m not very nice, Volka…
>It’s mixed...
>Nah, everyone SUCKS.
>What does it mean to be TRULY nice?
>Don’t answer! Be mysterious!
>Write-In!
