succession of royyaltyy [TANTRI]

[NEREID POMANO]

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=cellspacing,0,true] ==> Introduce yourself. You would rather not, you have things to be doing. And even if you did not and just lied for the sake of it right there, you still would not be bothered to do anything of the sort. ==> < Introduce yyourself?~ Hmm. Your name is Nereid and that is all you feel is appropriate for such a weak attempt at your favor. You are worth much more work than that blatant rip of your quirk. ==> < Examine yyour surroundings~ You would appreciate your quirk being left out of this forever as your patience is not unlimited. Regardless you do in fact give your surroundings a once over. You are in the middle of the ocean far from your hive. There is blood beneath your claws from a failed hunt and a scowl on your face. You can see a couple unimpressive rocks and foliage dotting the horizon but you are otherwise alone. Well, you should be alone but you are very aware of your custodians presence just outside of your perception. She likes to do that, as though she is protecting and watching over you from a distance. But both of you know if you get attacked you are on your own. You wonder if she will even bother to pick up your scraps when you bite off more than you can chew. ==> Contemplate your lusus. Neither of you can understand each other and that is really all there is to be said on the matter. Of course you would never wish for a different lusus because you could not be bothered to be friendly or nurturing with it. ==> Continue swimming. There is not much else to do until you find your next quarry. Your lusus is not going to find one herself as much as you wish she would. It is kind of a trade off; she will help you search depths to dark for even you, and you will help her feed. You guess that sums up your relationship with the fish a little better. SPOILER: Click to show [style=width: 350px; background: #eeeeee; border: 1px dashed #808080; color: 6a006a; font-weight: bold; font-family: courier; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; padding: 15px;]NEREID: Hurryy up and track the next one yyou large sack of cull bait. NEREID: Unless the idea of returning to the hive without a beast is one yyou enjoyy?

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You barely catch the low registered bellow in response. It tells you nothing. You are not sure why you even begin bother with her.[/center][/style][/td][/tr][/table][/center]

[Tantri Ardele]

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=style, width: 500px; background-color: #F1F1F1; padding:20px; border-top: 10px #77003c solid; border-bottom: 10px #77003c solid;] ==> Say hello. You're not so sure about that, demanding a greeting like that is simply rude... at least you're pretty sure it is. Actually you have no idea, you haven't talked to someone other than your swordfish lusus since you were a little wriggler. Maybe this is completely acceptable? No. It couldn't be. You know the meaning of please and thank you. ==> Say hello, please? Fine, you guess you can grace the request with a simple hello. At least it was asking nicely this time. So, hello. ==> Venture from you hive. You've never done this before. Your lusus always says it is dangerous to venture outside of the ring of geysers that protects your home. You couldn't say what could possibly be out there, except maybe other trolls? Ever since you were young you've been reading about the world above the water, something you couldn't fathom. The idea of not being surrounded by water all day and all night is a scary one, despite how many times your books claimed that seadwellers were amphibious. ==> Focus already! Alright alright! What are you supposed to do again? Oh that's right, leave the safety that was your home and have an adventure! You swim quietly through the water. You do not dare make any access noise and have your lusus come sprinting after you and dragging you back home to the big empty palace. Right now you are set on seeing a bit more of your world. You have the right, don't you? After all, you are like, third or fourth in line for the throne. Fortunately, you know the one chink in the geysers armor, and swim through it before swordfishdaddy can come and interrupt this fun! Looking around, you see that the outside world is much the same compared to your little bubble of a home. Water, fish, rocks. What could possibly be so cool about this? ==> Explore further. You are determined not to turn back until you meet or do something amazing! You choose a direction, hoping you wont end up lost by taking it, and swim off. Your mind buzzes with the possibilities of who could be waiting for him.

[NEREID POMANO]

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=cellspacing,0,true] ==> Find prey. You fail to find prey. You feel as though you will never find food for your custodian. Or at least you want to feel that way so you do not have to be out here fishing for a meal for the perpetually hungry beast that is supposed to be looking after you. You could be doing much better things than this; absolutely nothing. ==> Notice something ahead. You can barely make it out by how far away it is, but it looks to be far too small to be a beast. You do not get in the habit of feeding your lusus trolls for more than a couple reason. Primary being if she starts liking the taste she might take more than the regular amount of bites out of you. Secondly because they are so small. And thirdly they take a bit more effort than a beast since they tend to be trailed by lusus' of their own. ==> Sigh. You make a mess of bubbles erupt out of your mouth. You figure at least this is better than nothing and hope that it will at least calm your custodian's abyssal protein sack. You zoom up and approach the troll from behind, beginning to make out smaller details for the soon to be deceased. You are on full alert however, fully expecting the troll's lusus to spot you before you even get to dirty your hands. ==> Get warned. Your custodian is making a fuss behind you and that is more than enough to give you pause. She is usually preparing an ambush to corner whatever you find, not hiding behind you. You get a little irritated at her negligence but you are much more cautious. What is it your lusus is seeing that you aren't? ==> Play it safe. Your definition of safe is non-violent, not exactly cautious. You stalk up behind the troll with a grin, teeth bared in a more intimidating than friendly way. But rather than attack you go for a spook approach. SPOILER: Click to show [style=width: 350px; background: #eeeeee; border: 1px dashed #808080; color: 6a006a; font-weight: bold; font-family: courier; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; padding: 15px;]NEREID: So where's yyour custodian wriggler? NEREID: yyou seem a little bit lost, hmm?

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[Tantri Ardele]

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=style, width: 500px; background-color: #F1F1F1; padding:20px; border-top: 10px #77003c solid; border-bottom: 10px #77003c solid;] ==> Hesitate for a minute. You aren't sure how long, or how far you have been swimming, you lost track after a little while. For all you know, you could be traveling around in circles just barely out of range from your hive. Or maybe you were so far from your hive it would take a miracle to get back home. You don't worry though. Your lusus was great with finding things, and you were pretty sure that included lost little trolls like yourself. Sure, you might be in for a scolding, but it was worth it. You had come across some pretty neat things on your little adventure, including some pretty looking stones. However, you have yet to come across another troll. You don't think any lived around here. You had read that seadwelling trolls are a lot less common than the land dwellers. ==> Be proven hopelessly wrong. Hopelessly wrong? That could not be possible! Not in a million years! You had not been wrong yet, and you do not plan on being wrong anytime soon. You are positive you won't meet any other trolls on this petty little adventure of yours. ==> Freak out like a little girl You are not quite sure how to freak out like a little girl, but you let out a sharp noise as some troll surprises you with their voice. You also drop the few rocks you had picked up. What? It's not like you were expecting some random female troll to come up behind you and act as if nothing could possibly be wrong with the situation! Seriously! Who thinks like that? certainly not you. You turn around to meet said troll, which was just about as scary an action as being startled had been. It's not that she isn't pretty, or anything, but the grin she had on her face kind of scared you. It reminds you of the time a sharkbeast found the chink in the geyser armor and your lusus tore it apart. Maybe this is scarier, you aren't quite sure. ==> Compose yourself, attempt to be polite. That is preposterous! You are always polite! It is how you were raised, you would be a shameful troll if you did not act politely... even if it is only on the surface. You do your best to look what you think is nonchalant, but it turns out to be a bit more like you are trying not to sneeze. SPOILER: Click to show Tantri: I am not lost, thank you. Tantri: I would have to be trying to get somewhere, and failing, to be lost. Tantri: I am simply wandering. Tantri: My name is Tantri, by the way, Tantri Ardele. And you? You tactfully avoid the bit about your lusus and being a wriggler.

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[NEREID POMANO]

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=cellspacing,0,true] ==> Run amok with irritation. You choose to not run amok with anything, because you are no where near land and your sponge is more than apt at it's job, but you willingly harbor that irritation. After all you are very aware of what lost means and being patronized intentionally or otherwise is not on your priority list. Especially not by some screw faced wriggler. You screw your face back at him into the step before a snarl and invade his personal space. You should rip in half already and be done with his and your custodian's nonsense. ==> Be observant. Observant is your middle name, you are never not being observant. You are so observant you managed to hear him despite your anger compelling you to just throttle him. Throttle him a lot that is. You will always be observant- Oh wow, did that troll always have a fuchsia hued symbol or was that something that just popped up just then? It has to be the latter because you are observant dammit. You would rather concede in magic and illusions than admit your perception gets a little wonky when you get pissed. Very suddenly your custodian's behavior makes sense, and you want to hit her for not warning you better. ==> BACK THE FUCK UP! You do everything you can to reverse you being a threat, short of finding a device to rewind time. You clear the scowl from your face, remove any offending appendages that threatened to choke him, and then clear a good three feet between you and his lordship? Fuck you did not even know that fuchsia bloods could be males thanks to the Empress living since the existence of the universe. Not literally but long enough. Your flight or fight response kicks in. ==> Introduce yourself. You suddenly are feeling very foregoing with most information about yourself. You are sure it has nothing to do with the troll before you being a fuchsia blood and everything to do with you being in a good mood. The indecisive look on your face means nothing, you are surely smiling on the inside. SPOILER: Click to show [style=width: 350px; background: #eeeeee; border: 1px dashed #808080; color: 6a006a; font-weight: bold; font-family: courier; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; padding: 15px;]NEREID: Myy name is Nereid Pomano. NEREID: What is someone of yyour blood color doing alone and wandering? Forgive my curiousity but, NEREID: Surelyy yyou have important business or some such to attend to that does not involve being mistaken for a violet blood and culled? NEREID: As an example off the top of myy head of course.

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==> Briefly consider the future.

Specifically you consider the future in which you and this troll; Tantri was his name, are allies. It would surely benefit you to have someone in his position of power to be on your side. You smile a bit at that.[/center][/style][/td][/tr][/table][/center]

[Tantri Ardele]

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=style, width: 500px; background-color: #F1F1F1; padding:20px; border-top: 10px #77003c solid; border-bottom: 10px #77003c solid;] ==> Begin to watch troll with wonder You cannot begin to watch the troll because you have been watching the troll ever since she appeared. You are enthralled with her presence even if your wonder is slightly marred by the intimidating approach? Her eyes are very frightening in particular and you find it hard to keep looking at them. Instead, you sort of cast your eyes to the side while you waited for her response. Because you are to chicken to look a girl in the eye you are slightly surprised to find she is further away from you the next time you look up. Why did she do this? ==> Attempt to make friendly conversation Your attempts at conversation is cut off before it can start when the troll begins to speak again. You are quite glad you do not have to try to make conversation without someone else talking. You do not know how to do that. You barely even know to hold a regular conversation. You appreciate the trolls now willingness to talk, and find her a bit more pleasant than you were at one point expecting. Maybe perhaps you can hang out with this troll girl? That is the proper wording for it, isn't it? The vernacular confuses you sometimes, it's what you get when you life with a stuffy chivalrous swordfish with only bad romance novels and old history books to read. ==> Rant about how romance novels are actually good You do not have time for such trivial things! Not only is it out of context, but Neirid is waiting for your response to a rather odd hypothetical question right now! Answer her like the polite person you are! SPOILER: Click to show Tantri: It is nice to meet you Nereid. =) Tantri: I do not think I have anything that could possibly be considered "important." Tantri: Unless you consider eating and wandering around in a large hive all day important, then so be it. Tantri: But... why would I ever get culled for being mistaken for a violet blood? That is slightly ridiculous, is it not? ^^" ==> Consider a possible friend You like that idea, friend. You have never had one before, and Nereid is the first troll you ever met. It is only fitting she becomes your friend! Right? You really hope she does become your friend, you are sick and tired of your empty palace-hive with nothing to do but read, chase fish, eat, and do absolutely nothing. But think. About nothing. It is a dull existence, and this moment of adrenaline amuses you to no end. You could not possibly return to your old normalcy after this.

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[NEREID POMANO]

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=cellspacing,0,true] ==> Be curious. You go right ahead and do that. You were expecting a bit more bite since you took a more submissive form of approach to the apparent royalty before you. Perhaps a few scalding words or even a dominant gesture. The ignorance that just fell from his silly smiling mouth caught you by surprise. It has kind of made you a bit suspicious. What seadweller did not know the dangers of fellow trolls? Especially one in the highest caste. Surely he knew he could cull her just for touching him. ==> Debate having a case of paranoia. Your think pan has and always will be fine. You do not suffer from paranoia. ==> Educate him then. You normally would not be bothered in attempting to make another troll a bit more wise, but you are too suspicious not to. You decide this is no doubt a test or something and your life is on the line. Not that you aren't sure you could defend yourself and kill the sneaky troll right back (are you even allowed to kill fuchsia bloods?), because you could do that and more. It is just better to play the role given and hopefully worm your way into his life and perhaps use his powers for yourself. SPOILER: Click to show [style=width: 350px; background: #eeeeee; border: 1px dashed #808080; color: 6a006a; font-weight: bold; font-family: courier; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; padding: 15px;]NEREID: Whatever yyou choose to do with yyour time is of course not mine to question and obviouslyy a better use of time then anything I could do. NEREID: yyou are a fuchsia blood and therefore higher than violet bloods like myyself. For one of myy caste to attack yyou even byy accident would be awful. NEREID: yyou understand that correct?

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==> Tempt fate.

You are in the process of doing that, you are not sure you can tempt it anymore. You have just bumped into and threatened a fuchsia blood after all. But you do want to. You are beginning to think that this isn't a ruse or a trap and this wriggler is actually genuine. What a turn of events!

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NEREID: ... yyou don't understand.
NEREID: Do yyou not know of the Hemospectrum?

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[Tantri Ardele]

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=style, width: 500px; background-color: #F1F1F1; padding:20px; border-top: 10px #77003c solid; border-bottom: 10px #77003c solid;] ==> Be honestly confused. Ok, you are doing just that. Nothing about this day hasn't been confusing so far, the adventure, the wandering, this troll. There is something different for you about being in this so called outside world. It is like a mist of fog is covering your eyes and you are walking around blindly. ==> Go cry in a corner for thinking about a terrible pun like that. THIS IS ABSURD! Not only are there no corners anywhere near you in this OCEAN, but this is simply not the time to sulk over bad thoughts. You have a troll to talk to and get to know! Right now she is trying to explain to you the answer to your question. But, you have to admit, it is almost confusing you further! You know about the hemospectrum, everything from that dark reddish blood to your own fuchsia exists in said spectrum. You also know that you happen to be quite high, and other bloods are quite low. But was it really that serious? From all of the mingling between the blood colors in your romantic novels, you had never thought it mattered all that much to most trolls. ==> Consider the possibility that your romantic novels may not be all that realistic. You can't possibly do that! Your romantic navels and ridiculously old history novels make up most of your life! It is not as if you can simply toss away everything you have known just because Nereid has put a slight doubt in your mind on the contrary! You must first learn a bit more about the outside world before you can make a proper decision on the matter. ==> Try to learn more Tantri: Yes, I know of the hemospectrum. Tantri: And I suppose I understand my position. Tantri: But... I suppose I do not understand some of the differences in the blood? I never thought it mattered all that much when the bloods were close. ==> Stop being a wriggler You resent that notion, you see no reason to not question the importance of the hemospectrum. It is not as if you really care that you could become the emperor one day, you really just want to have people to talk with and spend time with. No doubt if someone came up to you right then and said you could have the best acquaintances ever, and all you had to do was give up the possibility of ever becoming the emperor, you would do it in a second.

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[NEREID POMANO]

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=cellspacing,0,true] ==> Be baffled. You have no other option than to be than baffled. You cannot believe your auditory nubs. The one fuchsia blood you ever meet, and realistically the only one you ever will, and he's a little out of his think pan. There is only everything separating the bloods; strength, longevity, strength, intelligence, strength, physical characteristics, and of course strength (You are sure there are no repetitions in that list). You do not understand why someone at the top of the hemospectrum would not support it. What is your world becoming? Even more hectic you do not doubt. ==> Rant about the Hemospectrum. You feel the need to preach at him but you give it another second of thought. His blood color is the only thing that gives you pause, any other troll and you would have put them in their place by now. Forcibly of course. But you guess he is kind of above you and you don't necessarily enjoy that, so goading him into taking power over you doesn't seem very well thought out or something you want. You are having enough problems just admitting he might possibly be better than you. You probably have a superiority complex. You assuredly do NOT. ==> Play the Con. You will surely do that and are sure that this is no doubt the best idea you have had in awhile. It will never come back with negative consequences. You will add this troll to your list of companions and everything will work out perfectly in the end. You are nearly one hundred percent sure of all of this. You are a remarkable troll with quite the fair amount of skill after all. ==> Lay out the olive branch. You are not sure what that means, nor why a bark stub would be coated in an olive blooded trolls guts, but continue with your original plan. SPOILER: Click to show [style=width: 350px; background: #eeeeee; border: 1px dashed #808080; color: 6a006a; font-weight: bold; font-family: courier; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; padding: 15px;]NEREID: There are huge differences in everyy single caste to the Hemospectrum. NEREID: And I do not mean to patronize yyou of course. NEREID: Though, would I be right to assume yyou don't veryy much care for implications behind those laws it enforces? NEREID: So I would be an equal in yyour eyes; perhaps even a worthyy companion? NEREID: There are things I could offer and help yyou with and it would be quite the pleasure to get to know one of royyal blood.

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==> Offer hand.

You offer your hand in a bit of a formal shake. Your body language is lax and you are sure you come off rather harmless even with that grin you are wearing. He will surely take you up on your offer for that disease named friendship as he seems a little, well, new. After all, you can recall he was just wandering around here by his lonesome. You are not sure how far the ignorance stems but you will be sure to abuse it and nip it in the bud when all is said and done.[/center][/style][/td][/tr][/table][/center]

[Tantri Ardele]

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=style, width: 500px; background-color: #F1F1F1; padding:20px; border-top: 10px #77003c solid; border-bottom: 10px #77003c solid;] ==> Consider what you know Ok, that is an easy thing to do. You can surely do that. What you know right now is you have been out of your hive for a very long time, you have met a troll who you have to admit you like a bit, said troll can help you understand troll society, and you know very little about how society actually works. After considering for a moment, you decide it is a good choice to stay here and listen to Nereid no matter what it is she says. Who knows? Maybe you wont ever get a chance to do this again. That would be a right shame. ==> Answer the troll Now that you have listened to the troll, it would be polite to try and answer her questions and respond. You hope you do not chase her away with what you say, that would be a right shame SPOILER: Click to show Tantri: Oh, I suppose I thought it was just colors. Do not worry, no patronizing taken. Tantri: Yes, in fact, I would consider you as an equal. Tantri: I think you would be a fine companion as well, since I don't have any comparison against you of course. Tantri: Would you happen to be asking me to be friends? You sound a little bit excited at that last remark, unlike your normal almost-regal speech. You simply cannot believe your luck today, the only thing that would ruin this would be if your lusus found you and brought you home right then! ==> Pretend you did not just jinx yourself You do that, because you really hope that did not just happen. You want to spend as much time as possible with Nereid... your new friend? Perhaps? You really hope she becomes your friend, then perhaps you two can spend lots and lots of time together talking! You wonder what it would be like to talk to someone for hours on end. Your novels say that it is a common occurrence between two people who share that disease called friendship between each other. You however have not caught the friendship bug just yet, and talking to your lusus just is not the same. ==> Consider what a poor sap you are. You can not do this because you do not realize that it is a bad thing to not have friends at your age. You do not know that your lusus has been keeping a ridiculously tight chain on you compared to other fuchsia bloods that have existed. You probably will never know that little fact, you think it is completely normal.

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[NEREID POMANO]

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=cellspacing,0,true] ==> She shoots she scores. You do not recall any shooting or scoring taking place in the last little while and you begin to wonder what is wrong with your narrator. ==> Forever be ignorant of idioms. You resent the implication of ignorance but you truly do not know what an idiom is. It seems the narrator has won this round but you assure yourself you will take the win right from under them in the end. Stealing seems to be second nature after all. ==> Stop being meta and listen to Tantri. You proceed to drop your awareness of the narrator for the time being and refocus your efforts on Tantri. You aren't sure you heard him right though seeing as he just referred to the Hemospectrum as just colors. Just colors. Just fucking colors. You are sure your eye is twitching just a little bit despite you trying to give this seadweller the benefit of the doubt. Maybe he was trapped up to his gills in tar for sweeps or never had a lusus and lived under a rock. You proceed to be ignorant to the idiom you just mentioned. ==> Consider this may be more effort than you originally intended. You consider this and agree with it completely considering how accurate your theories are ending up. It seems you will have to be teaching this fuchsia a lot of things, but in the end you still have much to gain with royalty as a close companion. You may very well be unstoppable after this. ==> Reply. You close the distance between you two and take his hand into a shake. You are a little put off that he didn't meet you half way but you decide that it's all apart of that charming ignorance. SPOILER: Click to show [style=width: 350px; background: #eeeeee; border: 1px dashed #808080; color: 6a006a; font-weight: bold; font-family: courier; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; padding: 15px;]NEREID: yyes, that is exactlyy what I am requesting. NEREID: It seems yyou mayy need a bit of a helping hand ;].

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==> Hear the impatient bellowing of your custodian.

You really wish you could unhear it, but it seems her patience is running out. Good, you figure that will maybe invite her to be a little more independent. You see her nearing closer to you both and shoot her a glare.

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NEREID: Myy custodian is such a pain.
NEREID: yyou have one as well correct?
NEREID: And a hive?
NEREID: Perhaps yyou should invite me over?

You are a smooth criminal.

Well until anglerfishmom pushes her maw against your back and nudges you forward and you stumble through water a bit. Sometimes you think she purposely forgets how big she is.[/center][/style][/td][/tr][/table][/center]

[Tantri Ardele]

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=style, width: 500px; background-color: #F1F1F1; padding:20px; border-top: 10px #77003c solid; border-bottom: 10px #77003c solid;] ==> Face palm for your ignorance You have the overwhelming urge to face palm thanks to your ignorance. Not only did you completely forget your manners, but you left the poor troll hanging, and she had to shake your hand... independently you suppose. However you do not face palm because you are not quite sure what that word means, and because what ever that word did mean, it is surely not the time to do that! Maybe later if you find out what it means, and when you don't have to be polite to Nereid or anyone else, you might just do that facepalm thing. Right now you return Nereid's handshake with your on firm grasp. Maybe you are silently trying to make up for not remembering your common courtesy earlier. ==> Accept Nereid's friendship You are very excited to see that you were right and Nereid want to be your friend. You do your best to put a cap on your excitement. SPOILER: Click to show Tantri: Spectacular! I completely agree! <3 ==> Do not freak out about the other's custodian. You manage to do this quite well, it is not as if there is anything to be afraid about your new friend's anglerfishmom. This lusus is just another custodian that takes care of your new friend and you will never question it any further. It seems your friends custodian is rather impatient though, and you listen to Nereid speak again. You are a little bit hurt that she assumes there is a slight possibility you do not live normally, however you can understand why she might think so. You questioned the hemospectrum! Something she obviously thinks is important to troll-life. ==> Answer, and offer to show her your hive palace thing SPOILER: Click to show Tantri: Yes, I do have a lusus and live in a hive. Tantri: I would love to invite you over, if you don't mind. Tantri: It is a bit of a swim though.

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You are sure your swordfishdad will have no problems with you bringing your new troll friend to come see your house. There is no possible way anything could possibly go wrong. Nope, none whatsoever.

==> Laugh at Nereid's stumble

You could not possibly laugh at your new friend! Besides, it is not even close to being gentletroll like! And being a gentletroll is how you were raised. Instead you be as polite as you can be in this situation.

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Tantri: Are you alright?

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[NEREID POMANO]

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=cellspacing,0,true] ==> Be humiliated. You cannot be humiliated because you do not do humiliation, even if your custodian is doing that odd cackle-groan-bubble spewing laugh just behind you. Were you a lesser troll you might have attempted to forcibly shut her maw, but you like having two hands and would not change that over such a silly fight. Also you are not a lesser troll. If you're being honest you are not sure where you were going with that. It is a good thing you are not honest then because you can go about admitting how perfect that was. ==> Recover. You do so with ease and brush imaginary dirt off of your shoulder. How elitist of you. You even pass off a nod at the fuchsia blood, you are perfectly alright. Of course his worry is two-fold; charming yet implies a little nudge would bother you. SPOILER: Click to show [style=width: 350px; background: #eeeeee; border: 1px dashed #808080; color: 6a006a; font-weight: bold; font-family: courier; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; padding: 15px;]NEREID: Never mind me I'm quite fine, if a few notches down myy throne of pride. NEREID: Countless thanks to yyou oh pleasant lusus of mine.

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You almost sound 100% sincere not that your custodian would even understand anyway.

==> Ask custodian if you can visit Tantri's hive.

Fuck no, you are just going. Your lusus can go entertain herself alone. You really hope she will, you are a little bothered by her stalking tendencies.

==> Venture forth.

You would but you have no idea where this troll lives. You make a little gesture to prod him forward into leading you.

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NEREID: I'm positive a little bit of swimming won't be the death of me.
NEREID: Besides this is quite the opportunityy; yyou probablyy live in a palace or something thanks to the Hemospectrum.
NEREID: Those drones are more than happyy to please the higher yyou get along it.
NEREID: So, after yyour lead Tantri~

==> Be giddy.

You are no such thing. You are perfectly content and more than able to handle looking at a silly hive without any excitement. Or envy. Definitely no envy here.[/center][/style][/td][/tr][/table][/center]

[Tantri Ardele]

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=style, width: 500px; background-color: #F1F1F1; padding:20px; border-top: 10px #77003c solid; border-bottom: 10px #77003c solid;] ==> Snicker You do not snicker, because honestly, who does that? Snickering right now would be rude, besides, it is not Nereid's fault her lusus is so pushy. Her lusus is also quite big... almost intimidating. Or at least her custodian would be intimidating to you, if you knew what the hell intimidating would look like! Really, you are such a sheltered troll, it is a good thing you ran into Nereid, who knows how much of a wriggler you would still be when you grow up. ==> Resent the Narrator You resent that the narrator thinks you are anything but a normal troll. Of course you are a normal troll! There is no other way of being except being a troll. This whole section is ridiculous, and you urge the narrator to continue on. ==> Nope. Oh come on! What is this utter bullshit! Just continue with the story already, you are tired of dealing with this shit. ==> Fine. Answer troll. SPOILER: Click to show Tantri: Alright, on we go then. Tantri: ... I suppose it is a bit large. Tantri: But I do not know what other hives are like in comparison. Tantri: You would know better than I You are being quite modest, though you do not know it. You palace hive thing whatever is one of the largest in current use. Possibly the largest, you can never be sure about that. Secrets tend to spring up on you like that. ==> Skip all the swimming bits You skip the narration of swimming through the ocean, it is pointless and boring. Instead you skip to the part where the geysers first come into view. From here all you can see is a wall of white seething water spiraling upwards in an arced manner. You are not taken aback by this at all. You have lived with those gysers being not far outside of your front door - whatever that is - and so are use to the sight. You sincerely hope that your custodian is out getting food or something of that manner. You are not sure how he would feel about bringing Nereid in through the chink in the geysers. ==> Sneak in. There is no need for you to sneak into your own hive, instead as you become very close you turn to Nereid.

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Tantri: The entrance to my hive is a gap in the geysers
Tantri: Follow me and be careful, I think touching the stream of hot water would hurt considerably.
Tantri: I am not sure, I have not done it before.

You lead her around the circle of hot water to an area with a small chink in the boiling sea. You slide quickly in, keeping yourself sideways since your shoulders are far too broad to get through the normal way. That's right. You are burly.

No, the chink is just very small, very few trolls would be able to simply walk right through it.

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Tantri: Welcom, I suppose.
Tantri: To my hive.
Tantri: I hope you like it.

With the last line you turn to see Nereid's reaction.

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[NEREID POMANO]

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=cellspacing,0,true] ==> Hold onto your gills. You don't even bother to give that a second of thought because its STUPID. ==> Be whisked away by the charming gentletroll. You think this is equally absurd but at least plausible in a way? You're not up to date with your romantics, nor will you ever be you think, but- no you are not going there. This is all ridiculous. You decide to try and swim away from it all but realize you can't when you realize the troll in question is in front of you. You are still sane however. ==> Skip the swimming bits. Whether or not you wanted to, the swimming bits have skipped themselves. You don't bother to puzzle that one ==> Be in awe. You silently do so, fixing a rather bland look to your face. Of course on the inside you are fucking ecstatic. You want one of everything. Your hive is lamely hidden under ground rather than a monolith of pride; which is what Tantri's hive is. You want it. You would even settle with just taking those geysers (how do you even get that many geysers?). Geysers seem a lot more effective then a maze for hive security. Not that you can't defend your hive yourself, but there's something that is just charming about obnoxious streams of boiling water when it come to security. ==> Formulate a coherent response girl he's looking right at you. How has your narrator devolved further? You take in the pressing matters for what they are; not pressing at all, and offer a genuine smile. You can probably count how many times that has happened on your digits. SPOILER: Click to show [style=width: 350px; background: #eeeeee; border: 1px dashed #808080; color: 6a006a; font-weight: bold; font-family: courier; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; padding: 15px;]NEREID: yyou are royyaltyy that's for sure. NEREID: I do believe myy hive is onlyy half what yyours is; and mine is huge byy most standards even byy myy blood color. NEREID: Comparison for yyou: a rust bloods tinyy little hive would probablyy amount to half of a single block of yyours. NEREID: Theyy get progressivelyy bigger with each higher caste, but yyou have the largest oh great to-be-Emperor.

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==> Curtsy.

You do that with no hesitation, but in a playfully mocking way. You would be hard pressed to actually bow to the ignorant troll... Maybe.

==> Begin Operation: Find Out How Cool The Inside Is.

You swim forward a bit, taking the lead back for a curious second before looking back to your ally.

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NEREID: I do hope yyou intend to allow inside as well?
NEREID: Not just tease and leave me out here hanging byy the gills ;]

You want in this fucking hive. You don't even care how crudely you put that, this needs to be done.[/center][/style][/td][/tr][/table][/center]