Yeah. So you probably already heard that Ed's left.
[ It sucks. Ed was a certified weirdo, but he was also kind of hilarious, and Rocket liked him. ]
Anyway I wanted something to hang up in the inn here in Solvunn, something to depict some of the stupid shit we went through together. Think you could try?
[ There's no time to dwell on how sad she is about that though. Not when Rocket offers up a great alternative to being sad. What better way to channel her feelings than into art? ]
So during that whole time we thought we were all gods, me and Ed had a duel. Probably had more than one but there was the one time I really remember 'cause it was raining pretty hard and there was lightning and shit. He was all leggy and in the ocean in this ship, and you remember I could get really big?
Well I kicked his ass and it was awesome and then we went for drinks after.
Exactly that. Big epic battle, make sure I look really cool.
[ Writing those words reminds Rocket of Quill, the way out-cooling each other had become something of a running gag, one that he didn't especially partake because he's already the coolest by default.
Obviously. ]
I run the shop and sometimes I get people to rent rooms, but I think all of us are kinda keeping it going.
Yeah. It'd be real shitty to let it die just 'cause he's gone. And it's a good change of pace from going around fixing people's damned fences and roof patches every day.
Wouldn't mind a big canvas. And yeah, I could pose. It'd be like what those rich king a-holes do, right?
Nah, it's just farming and fence mending over here. Unless you got a special relationship with one of the gods, and then it's all kinds of other whacky shit I'm not nearly informed in to talk about.
Okay, I guess I could stand like a weirdo for a bit while you capture my likeness. It's gotta be done right.
[ Still.
Talking about Ed in the past tense does kinda suck. A lot. ]
[ Hilda doesn't think he would. Rocket has never given any sort of sign or hint that he's interested in magic, let alone gods. But a part of her worries all the same. Just because those that she knows are alright so far doesn't mean that something won't happen in the future. The gods were a fickle kind. ]
[ It does suck speaking about Ed in the past tense. But she's had so many friends, close ones too, come and go. It's simply a way of life here that they've had to accept. ]
[ As much as she hates playing blissful ignorance, she's spent too much of her life like that to ignore the other things that were inevitable or that mattered deeply to her. It's a part she plays well. But it's not a part that she's sure she wants to keep playing.
But at least for now it seems like they're reached a quiet agreement on that front. And there's relief in knowing that she'd have Rocket on her side to help look out for their friends in Solvunn. ]
๐๐ด๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ [ What the hell is she supposed to say? Animals? ] ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด?
[ It's a good thing he's cool and accepting of being called as such, because man โ if this had been a few months back, before he remembered facing down his old maker again, and rescuing a whole litter of small baby kits, this conversation might be cut short with Rocket coming out of it Very Offended.
As it is, his response comes back at a normal speed. ]
Well, I ain't just raccoon.
And I've been drinking for years, hasn't killed me yet.
[ You let him worry about that, Hilda. Also? For the record? He's totally fine??? He hasn't died yet, and he probably shoulda died like, a year ago, so as far as he's concerned, his diet hasn't been putting his life on the line here. ]
Can we get back to what's important here?
The painting?
Next weekend we're allowed out to Nocwich: will that work for you?
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๐'๐ฎ ๐ข๐ญ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ข๐ต ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ข๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐๐ฉ๐บ? ๐๐ช๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ?
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Yeah. So you probably already heard that Ed's left.
[ It sucks. Ed was a certified weirdo, but he was also kind of hilarious, and Rocket liked him. ]
Anyway I wanted something to hang up in the inn here in Solvunn, something to depict some of the stupid shit we went through together. Think you could try?
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๐ ๐ง๐ช๐จ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ.
[ There's no time to dwell on how sad she is about that though. Not when Rocket offers up a great alternative to being sad. What better way to channel her feelings than into art? ]
๐ ๐จ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ณ๐บ ๐ช๐ง ๐ช๐ต'๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฅ. ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ฆ๐น๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ญ๐บ?
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Well I kicked his ass and it was awesome and then we went for drinks after.
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๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต, ๐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต.
[ When her god self had heard it after the fact, Hilda remembered her not being worried as much as she was amused and upset that she had missed it. ]
๐ ๐ฃ๐ช๐จ ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ช๐ค ๐ฃ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ฌ๐ณ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐จ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต? ๐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ. ๐๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ'๐ด ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ต ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ?
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[ Writing those words reminds Rocket of Quill, the way out-cooling each other had become something of a running gag, one that he didn't especially partake because he's already the coolest by default.
Obviously. ]
I run the shop and sometimes I get people to rent rooms, but I think all of us are kinda keeping it going.
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[ It's not laying it on thick when it's the truth. ]
๐๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ'๐ด ๐ข ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ช๐ง๐ต ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฑ? ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต'๐ด ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ด๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต! ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐๐ฅ. ๐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต'๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ต ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต. ๐'๐ญ๐ญ ๐จ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ช๐ง ๐ธ๐ฆ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐๐ฅ ๐'๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐บ ๐ฃ๐ช๐จ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ท๐ข๐ด, ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฉ? ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ค๐ธ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ?
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Ugh, he hates this.
(He will die for Hilda.) ]
Yeah. It'd be real shitty to let it die just 'cause he's gone. And it's a good change of pace from going around fixing people's damned fences and roof patches every day.
Wouldn't mind a big canvas. And yeah, I could pose. It'd be like what those rich king a-holes do, right?
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(She would also die for him.) ]
๐๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ท๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฏ? ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด, ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต?
๐๐ถ๐ต ๐บ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ฆ๐น๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด. ๐ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฑ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ญ๐บ. ๐๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ฅ, ๐'๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต.
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(She knows him.) ]
Nah, it's just farming and fence mending over here. Unless you got a special relationship with one of the gods, and then it's all kinds of other whacky shit I'm not nearly informed in to talk about.
Okay, I guess I could stand like a weirdo for a bit while you capture my likeness. It's gotta be done right.
[ Still.
Talking about Ed in the past tense does kinda suck. A lot. ]
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๐๐ฐ ๐ ๐จ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฉ?
[ Hilda doesn't think he would. Rocket has never given any sort of sign or hint that he's interested in magic, let alone gods. But a part of her worries all the same. Just because those that she knows are alright so far doesn't mean that something won't happen in the future. The gods were a fickle kind. ]
๐'๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ณ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ค๐ธ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ช๐ต'๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ง๐บ. ๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ถ๐ด ๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ ๐ช๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต. ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐จ๐บ ๐ถ๐ฑ! ๐๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ด๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐บ.
[ It does suck speaking about Ed in the past tense. But she's had so many friends, close ones too, come and go. It's simply a way of life here that they've had to accept. ]
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That shit ain't for me, nope. We had dealings with Celestials back home, and they're practically gods. They're annoying.
[ And a god can't do for him what he can't do for himself. Self-sufficient as always, that Rocket. ]
I won't say no to treats. They got that uh ... ice cream over in Nocwich?
[ Wanda turned him onto that stuff alas, and now he is addicted. Ice cream is just so good, you know? ]
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[ Huh. Great question about the ice cream. ]ย
๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ค๐ธ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ณ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ! ๐๐ง ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต, ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ด๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ'๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ณ๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ?
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I try not to think about it too much.
[ If he has to think about it, he might do something about it, and he doesn't wanna do something about it. ]
Looking sounds good. Otherwise anything with alcohol in it.
And anything that ain't got the hot spice.
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[ She thinks that they're of the same mindset; they worry for their friends. But something would have to push them to do something drastic. ]
...๐๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ข๐ง๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ? ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ?
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[ They definitely are of the same mindset here. But until anything happens, he's going to remain purposefully in the dark. ]
Huh? What the hell do you mean by that?
[ Alcohol is a hell of a lot safer than a god-pact for one thing!!! ]
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But at least for now it seems like they're reached a quiet agreement on that front. And there's relief in knowing that she'd have Rocket on her side to help look out for their friends in Solvunn. ]
๐๐ด๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ [ What the hell is she supposed to say? Animals? ] ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด?
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As it is, his response comes back at a normal speed. ]
Well, I ain't just raccoon.
And I've been drinking for years, hasn't killed me yet.
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๐๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต, ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ถ๐ด๐ด?
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[ No???? ]
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๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ, ๐'๐ฎ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต. ๐๐ญ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ข ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ.
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Can we get back to what's important here?
The painting?
Next weekend we're allowed out to Nocwich: will that work for you?
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๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต. ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฆ. ๐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ข๐บ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฐ.
๐'๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ โฅ๏ผ๏พยดโ`๏ผ