Quest 296

[primrosella]

[Voice Post]

I, er...yes, hello again, everyone, it's so very nice to see you again! My, it's that time of the year again, isn't it? This must be our visit for the winter season, since the last one we had was, er, in the fall. It's, um, been quite some time since then, hasn't it?

...Yes, well, um. Yes. Er...

...Oh, honestly, this is ridiculous, I've never had such trouble with the visitors before--er, mostly, anyway, since there was that one time when--well, but that's beside the point. Um. It's just that there's someone here and I think he's been following me and I can't for the life of me puzzle out why, since every time I turn around he just up and disappears again! Honestly, I've never seen anything like it; normally the people who come to call are so eager to say hello. They don't usually sneak around in the shadows and turn up in nothing but glimpses wherever I go.

But, er, in any case, I am eager to say hello to people, and so please do stop by if you have a moment, since I'd like very much to visit with you if you have the time. And, er, I suppose if the person following me--or even if you aren't following me, but simply happening to turn up wherever I go on coincidence--can see this, too, then please do come out and say hello, yourself? I can't imagine why you wouldn't...

I'll be looking forward to it, very much so!


[OOC: As per usual, she's canonically from just after the end of Perils of Rosella, and with some very disjointed and vague knowledge of Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder. Not that that really means anything to anyone, but. If something comes up that I don't want her to know, I'll just have her forget it, so have a party--anything goes! HIT HER WITH EVERYTHING YOU'VE GOT. Troll, threadjack, have a ball!

And of course, I am totally okay with backdating. ♥]

Comments

[clownishly]

Hiya!

[primrosella]

Oh, hello, there!

[clownishly]

What's your name, princess?

[and_warrior_arise]

Why are you having trouble now?

[primrosella]

It's just that--

[Pardon her, she doesn't mean to stare, you just look rather quite a bit like someone she knows.]

Er--that there's someone...I think...following me around today, er, that's all.

[and_warrior_arise]

There are ways to protect against that. Aeriel knows them.

[portends]

[ Oh, how his eyes smolder with unnatural light. ]

Hello, Princess.

[primrosella]

[Oh, no matter how many multiples she sees of the face, she will never forget those eyes.]

You again...

[portends]

[ His lips curl a sneer. Or is it a smile? ]

That's no way to greet an old friend. Least of all, not one as faithful as I am.

He will shoot that stupid clown in its stupid head if need be >:|

[last_gunslinger]

An unseen man.

Super princess defense force, deploy!

[primrosella]

Well, mostly unseen, at least! I have caught a glimpse or two of him, which is how I know he's there at all.

[last_gunslinger]

A follower, then.

[follows]

[ Oh, so very apologetic. He rubs at his neck. ]

Um. Sorry about them.

[primrosella]

[Oh, honestly. Another one?]

I'm sorry, about who?

[Cut her some slack, she's tired.]

[follows]

[ They each have their functions, the Dogs. The Black reaps, the White chases.

And the Grey — the one they call Greyling, the youngest. His job is to love and be loyal, always, and to die in service of his masters. Man's best friend. The Faithful Hound. ]

Them. Blackie and Blondie. [ He tries to give her a smile. ] My brother and sister?

[hieratical]

Apologising again? [A soft smile to her mouth, and that at least is familiar despite all the time since they last saw each other.] What is it they've done this time?

[lone_must_stand]

I had a Shadow, once, seeking me and driving me onward.

Are you certain it's not someone you've forgotten?

[primrosella]

Someone I've forgotten?

...Well, I suppose if I've forgotten them, it'd be rather hard to say, wouldn't it? At least not until I managed to remember them.

[misterblackbird]

It is madness, isn't it? Still, I've a message for you.

Rosella, I believe I met your mother yesterday. She asked that if I heard word of you I would pass along the news that she was searching for you and very much wished you home.

And now I've done so, so my conscience is quite clear.

[primrosella]

[FIGURATIVE KEYSMASH.]

Mother's here? But I haven't--you mean she's--oh, drat it all, Daddy always had better luck at tracking me down.

from the shadows | unseen | so why is this even here

[fauxfawkes]

[So many people bothering his mother. (That clown and those dogs had best check themselves before they wreck themselves. But at least the man in the odd outfit seems legit, which is reassuring.)

Still, it's the tragedy of his life: that there's more than one person he's watching today, and he can't be in three places at once.]

[Video]

[destinedtobeunpopular]

[Boy, she seems horribly nervous, doesn't she? It's... endearing, somehow.]

Hello. Are you, uh... alright?

[Video]

[primrosella]

Oh...

[She's blinking at the screen a bit, brow furrowing slightly in thought as she examines the video with the curiosity of someone trying to dredge up an old memory.]

...Merlin? Is that--it's you, isn't it? Or am I mistaken?

( video )

[bitters]

[ A young man in a suit very much taken out of a rich man's closet but who wears it somewhat awkwardly, as if he's not wholly comfortable with such fine things. When he speaks his voice is modest and quiet. He averts his eyes, as is befitting since she is a woman and he is just a boy in the trappings of a man. ]

Are you quite alright, miss?

( video )

[primrosella]

[Fortunately, she tends to have a way with shy boys.]

I will be, thank you. I'm sure it's nothing to worry about, but it's kind of you to ask.