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"YES INDEEDLY!"
🕑 Added 2020-07-23 01:43:43 +0000 UTCI squeaked manfully upon beholding her. "I surely am he whom you seek, and may I add that your loveliness is only exceeded by your beauty! Is that the supply basket you've got there? I'll relieve you of that burden! Pray, sit upon the soft grass and I'll share this provender with you, my dear."
"It's kind of you to offer," she said with a pleasant smile, "but I was told that basket is for you, and you don't get them very often. Miss Oak said she's worried you must be wasting away if all you get to eat is what they send you."
"I assure you, I'm doing fine," I insisted. "For one so fair, anything I have -"
I stopped myself before making an extravagant and irrevocable offer. Why did I always go head-over-heels for every comely lowfolk femme who showed up here? I should be the one manipulating them with Wiles, not the other way around!
".. is negotiable," I finished lamely. "Pardon me if I go ahead and eat. I'm famished. You're still welcome to partake if you wish."
"I appreciate that," she said with an adorable giggle. "But you go ahead. My name is Vernier, by the way."
"Well, Vernier," I said, between bites of a delicious ham sandwich. "What brings you out here? What can Lord Randall do for you?"
"Oh, is it Randall? I thought everyone was saying Ramble."
"They were. It was too much trouble to correct them."
"Ah. Well, as I said, I am here because my hairdresser sent me. She said you were looking for skunk maidens, and that you could do my hair better than anyone around. If you'll style my hair, I'll gladly repay you in whatever way I can."
"What skills do you bring to the table?" I asked.
"I am an experienced administrative assistant," Vernier stated. "I served as a secretary to Duke Rolf Tornmier for several years. I can file papers, do research, manage appointments, write letters and reports. I also do light housekeeping and if I may be so bold as to boast, I am an excellent baker. That bread you're eating is some of mine."
"It's very good," I said, spraying crumbs.
"And if none of this is suitable or useful to you," she continued, with a tilt of her head, "then I would be willing to consider anything else you might request of me."
At that precise moment, a couple of rabbits crashed through the bushes, exclaiming loudly "THERE THEY BE! Devilish skunk-witches in the very throes of debauchery! If we'd come a second later they'd have been fornicating shamelessly, the sinners!"
"WHO LET THEM THROUGH??" I demanded as I whipped my bow out of Elfintory.
"That's some impressive shooting," Vernier said quietly. "Are they dead?"
"They might be," I shrugged as I picked up the remains of my sandwich. "The forest will take care of them now either way."
"Is it true what they said?" she asked, eyeing me strangely.
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Rick2tails
or maybe shes just more his type.we all have preferences that get us going more then others
Wm. Van Ness
Given how UN-smitten he was when Zandar appeared, something must have happened to cause such a major personality change in our hero.
Rick2tails
I am assuming he didnt kill them but stun them otherwise its bordering on unseelie behavior to kill when its not necessary.and she seems quite good. but maybe too good to be true? also also he sure is adorable when he is smitten .
Walter Reimer
Hmm! She's giving him a Strange Look. Think fast, Randall!
Simone Spinozzi
aside from hiring her for... all... her qualities, and maybe double check on the presence any elven blood (seelie, unseelie or otherwise)... i would be interested in knowing why a bunch of rabbits were already ready to spring on them and prevent them from... explicating the duties one must perform to train oneself into perfection for the day that will come.
Simone Spinozzi
Nah, when she closes her eyes, the pupils do not go wandering randomly nor they get smudged away.
Katfeathers
More to the Dauphine I'd say
Wm. Van Ness
Maybe it's just a matter of drawing style, but I'm detecting some resemblance to the Duchess.
Serge Skunk
That's quite the impressive resume she has there. I admit to being a bit skeptical given her name, but so far Vernier seems like she's on the level, unless her name really does mean there something unpleasant underneath that persona she is presenting. She is extremely pretty, but it always does pay to be on your guard. At this moment, I really am not fond out these bigoted rabbits and their...extremely narrow and bigoted opinions. But still feeling nothing over potential murder is...well, there is survival and self-defense and then there something else. Don't stay too far into callous behavior of your own lest you turn unseelie.
