>>5724535Well, whoever it is, you still gotta greet first. "Grandpa!"
While you usually dislike family gatherings, Grandpa Gobson is not like the others. He can always make you smile! You remember when you were a kid, he'd cheer you up whenever you came home crying because you were teased for your height.
"Well well! Lookit you, one proud adventuress! Didja make use of me tricks well?" Grandpa shakes your hands vigorously.
"And Craig! There you are, ya little genius! How's the magic going?"
"Hi granpa!" Craig hugs him fondly. You guess grandpa Gobson is just very likeable, huh? "I'm 'venturing together with Rosa!"
"Right you are! Ah, now there's a face I'll never forget. How's it going, Nemo? Is it time for a Nemo Day again?" Grandpa smiles.
"Hello, Gobson. We're just stopping by for a quick visit. How are you and Ko?" Nemo asks coolly.
"Ah, we're fine, we're fine! Also, hello there - what's your name then eh?" Grandpa turns to Valencio.
"Oh hi! I'm Brother Valencio. Pleased to meet you, sir."
"Ah, don't sir me, I ain't that cool for a sir. Anyways, if you're traveling with Rosa here, I trust you to be a -respectable- sort, right?" Grandpa winks at you.
"Oh right, I haven't seen grandma, is she out?" You ask, trying to deflect the conversation from... whatever that was.
"Oh, she's off to the Bazaar, buying snacks and the like - the other guests ate 'em all." He smiles mischievously.
"Anyways, come in, fellas! Meet the other guests and whatnot. I'd offer you snacks, but like I said: we're fresh out!"
You entered the cozy, nostalgic atrium that serves as the living room - and wooah, no way.
"Woah hey! Long time no see, Rosa!" You've only met Raoul Calaca once, when both of you were kids - but that face, you won't forget. Both of you quickly bonded over your mean faces after a quick scuffle, back then.
"Daayum. Raoul! How are you, you rogue?" Both of you grin at each other as you shake hands. To a bystander, this would look ominous.
"You look great yourself, Rosa. Me? I've been here and there, being a Courier. Y'know, delivering stuff and all." He smiles. Is it you, or is he looking even more handsomely roguish than when you were a kid?
"Oh, met Raoul already, eh? Well, I should introduce you to the other guest." Grandpa directs your attention to the bespectacled Inner Empire official.
"This here's Michio Tetsuda, he's trying to run a survey on Goblinton, and staying here for the moment."
"Ohh, hello hello, more guests?" He smiles meekly, holding a clipboard.
"Hmm, what kind of survey?" Huh, Michio here's also looking not bad himself. Maybe even cute.
"Oh, this is to gauge the political savvyness of Goblinton citizens - what factions have they heard of, which one they like, which one they dislike... stuff like that." Hmm, interesting.
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