INTERLUDES

[nohalation]

These are interludes and threads that happen post-fire bees campaign.

Just post a toplevel if you'd like and thread as needed! You can link posts or thread them here, it doesn't matter. Journal posts are good in case you need to keep things SECRET. You can just post a link and then unlock the post in the future.

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[idologist]

Well, if Dusk wasn't the ruler, I would have to do whatever the new ruler wanted... but... I decided that wasn't good for the Kingdom when it did happen, so... ye...s?

[gentilleowlet]

[ S P A R K L E ]

You're not too bad, huh?

[ . . . what's your name again ]

[idologist]

Oh, I hope not!

[ VERY GENUINELY ]

[gentilleowlet]

Mm, you're a good kid. Keep being loyal to Dusk, alright?

[idologist]

Okay!

[ SPARKLES BACK AT CLIMA, LOOK WHO LIKES PRAISE AND ATTENTION ]

[gentilleowlet]

[ if you bend back down he'll pat your head again, which seems to be what he's saying with his hand sticking out again ]

Mm, let's be friends.

[idologist]

[ There's even MORE sparkles. The stars are joining in! Juno leans down obediently. Clima learning THE MEANING OF FRIENDSHIP and reaching out is a big deal, after all that murder!! ]

I... I'd like that very much! And, and, and Dusk would too, I think!

[gentilleowlet]

[ hey, he knows the meaning of friendship! he murdered a child over friendship just now!

pats their head gently. good child, good child ]

If Dusk is happy about it, then so am I. Let's get along. . .

[ . . . ]

What is your name?

[idologist]

[ ..... droops almost immediately, as if hit particularly hard. Not even Juno can salvage that bombshell. ]

We've been traveling together this whole time and you don't remember...?

[gentilleowlet]

[ pats their head. ]

. . . Uno. . . ?

[idologist]

...well, that's close...

[ a small consolation, though they're still a bit pouty ]

I'm Juno the Aesthetic! You were missing the J.

[gentilleowlet]

Sorry.

[ ??? an apology??? ????????????????

gently pat ]

Juno the Aesthetic.

[idologist]

... thank you, Clima the Patient.

[ Look! They know Clima's name!! Okay maybe they're being a bit petty, but it's also to show THEY PAY ATTENTION AND CARE. ]

[gentilleowlet]

. . . That unpleasant woman said that, didn't she . . .

[ with a little frown as he keeps patting their head ]

[idologist]

Yes? Was she wrong?

[ blink blink. Juno does not understand what there is to frown about that unless she was mistaken. ]

[gentilleowlet]

The unpleasantness is that she was right.

[idologist]

... I don't get it.

[gentilleowlet]

How did she know who we were?

[idologist]

I mean... the cultist people seemed to know a lot about us too, and it's not like our identities are a huge secret? We make up the Court of Halation!

[gentilleowlet]

Those two. . . That's right, they knew too. But, they were trying for this kingdom in the first place. It isn't surprising that they'd know something like that, and in turn, that Dragon knowing isn't unusual, either.

But that woman knew. She's unrelated—she hates that Dragon fellow, too. So then, how did she know?

[idologist]

Um. I don't know?

[ And they aren't sure how to find out now, either. ]

[gentilleowlet]

[ pauses ]

It's not a question for you.

[ and he pats their head gently ]

But it's unpleasant to not know that answer.

[idologist]

... mm, that's true. It is unpleasant not to know.

[gentilleowlet]

[ closing his eyes. ]

. . . As long as Dusk is safe and happy, it's fine.

[idologist]

... um, I've been meaning to ask, but what is the situation with you and Dusk...?