Quest 298

[primrosella]

[Accidental Voice Post]

Goodness, just look at it...it really is all of glass.

[There are very soft footsteps, faint and careful, like someone faced with the prospect of walking on eggshells and gingerly trying to keep them all from cracking as she goes.

(It's lucky she's a princess, really. If she can dance in shoes of glass, then she can certainly walk along a floor of it.)

But then there is rustling, too, like leaves, and the rhythmic sound of something falling may be too soft for all but the trained ear to hear--but it's there, keeping time, tink tink tink. Whatever could it be?]

Oh, drat, this again--?! Of all the times to--

[Evidently, Rosella knows.]


[OOC: Not five minutes back in the Glass City and already she's slapped with a curse. Such is Rosella's life. She's drawn What's In A Name for Grab Bag today, which means that in true and proper fairytale form, she's dripping roses with every step. Just a little extra fancy for a princess in a land of glass!]

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[Voice;]

[misterblackbird]

Rose--a, you've made i- to the o---r side?

[Voice;]

[primrosella]

Oh, drat it all, are you still acting up?

[Sadly, being surrounded by glass, there's not much to whack her device against, so she has to settle for banging it against her knee a little.]

Hello? Cain, is that you?

[Voice;]

[misterblackbird]

Ye-, it's m-. Are yo- all rig--? Have y-u really got thro--- to t-- -ther City?

[Voice;]

[primrosella]

Honestly, of all the dratted--

I can hardly hear you! But yes, I'm fine. They called my number just a bit ago.

[Text;]

[misterblackbird]

L__t's see if th_s do_s any be__er.

And it w_s as si_ple as tha_? Yo_'re al_ead_ thr__gh?

[Text;]

[primrosella]

Well, it's not much better, but it's a bit easier to read that way, at least. I can rather guess at what's missing.

...And yes, I'm through! It's terribly odd over here. I'm afraid of breaking something.

[Text;]

[misterblackbird]

Wh_t do yo_ mean?

[ audio ]

[ex_bloodcakedarmor707]

Yeah, pretty much everything's glass here. You alright?

[ audio ]

[primrosella]

Oh, that's odd, it's clearing up. However did...

Oh, yes, hello! Yes, I'm just fine, thank you. Just a bit...well, awestruck, is all.

[ audio ]

[ex_bloodcakedarmor707]

Yeah, can't say I ever thought I'd see a city made of glass. It's pretty awe inducing, until you realize you can see pretty much everything.

[ audio ]

[primrosella]

Well, yes, and I can see how that might be rather dangerous, if someone got mixed up and thought a way was open where it was really glassed over. But I think it's nicer than the desert, even so.

[ audio ]

[ex_bloodcakedarmor707]

Yeah. Don't get me wrong, I like a nice beach but a city made of sand? Too much.

[ audio ]

[primrosella]

Especially with the monsters in it. As if the sand and heat weren't bad enough on their own.

[ audio ]

[ex_bloodcakedarmor707]

It isn't very often that curses last this long. Hopefully there'll be an end soon.

audio;

[anunluckypenny]

[All of the static.]

Ro--la! You ---- -t back?

audio;

[primrosella]

[Why does this keep happening? Device, why do you do this to her?]

Penny? Yes, Penny, I'm fine! My device is still acting up, but I'm all right!

video;

[anunluckypenny]

[Odd. Rosella's message keeps cutting out, too. Stupid devices. She switches to video (grainy, static-filled video) and gives Rosella a thumbs up.]

video;

[primrosella]

[She'll just bang it against her knee another few times to try to get it to clear up before waving back.]

[blonderazorshiv]

"This"?

[primrosella]

Oh, er, yes. "This". I'm dripping roses again.

[blonderazorshiv]

You're dripping them?

[primrosella]

I'm not sure what else to call it, really. They just sort of tumble down with every step I take.

Er--that is, have you ever heard the story of the princess who, every time she spoke, roses and jewels fell from her lips?

[blonderazorshiv]

[ Blank stare. ]

No.

[primrosella]

Oh. Well, there's a story about a princess, and as tends to happen with princesses at one time or another, her fairy godmother comes along to grant her a wish, and...well, one thing leads to another and eventually she ends up with a spell on her that makes roses and diamonds and pearls and things fall from her lips with every word she speaks.

Which is all well and good, and delightful for a little while, but then she starts talking in her sleep one night and...well, you can imagine what a mess that would make.

[blonderazorshiv]

Sounds uncomfortable, too.

They're not falling out of your mouth, are they?