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

[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.

[misterblackbird]

Yes, I believe she is. We had the pleasure of speaking for a little while before she hurried off to continue searching for you.

I feel quite certain she'll find you sooner or later. She could hardly leave without saying something to you. And now that you've made your presence known on the Network, how could she not find you?

[primrosella]

Oh, rats, I hope she does. Even if it'll make it worse to tell her that I don't think I'll be able to go home with her, once it's her time to leave.

Er--did she happen to say why she wanted me home so badly in particular?

[misterblackbird]

[Did you really just say 'rats', Rosella?]

I believe she finds the City to be unsuitable for a girl of eighteen, such as yourself.

[primrosella]

But I'm not eigh--

[Wait, hang on, she's doing math.]

Oh, she must think I'm still...but yes, that would make sense, if no time has passed since--oh. Well, er, I'm going to have a bit of explaining to do, then, aren't I.

[misterblackbird]

I believe you may very well have quite a lot of explaining to do.

Still, I do hope you find one another. I'd be glad to hear that you had.

[primrosella]

...She didn't try to talk you into marrying me, did she?

[misterblackbird]

No, not at all. It seemed the furthest thing from her mind, actually.

[primrosella]

My goodness, that is serious. I wonder what could be preoccupying her so?

[misterblackbird]

I'm sure I have no idea--perhaps it was purely her concern for your well-being that distracted her so. If the City is so unsuitable for you, surely no one here could be good enough for you to marry either.

[primrosella]

Oh, I suppose that could be. Especially if she still thinks I'm eighteen, since that would've been right after Alexander had just come home, and then off I went disappearing on her, myself.

[misterblackbird]

It very well could be. I think you would know better than I ever could.

She might yet come to find a few of us suitable for you to speak with, at least, if she were to know us better.

[primrosella]

I do hope so. I'd like very much for her to like all of you, you know, since I've been away from home for so long and you've all been so important to me in the meantime. But of course, if she's only here for a day or two, that makes things difficult no matter what I say.

[misterblackbird]

Especially given present circumstances. I think we could all be better liked if we were less harried.