Nepeta: Be brave.

[rogueofheart]

[The sounds and shadows in Nepeta's cave room were becoming a bit much, so now she's roaming around the halls with her hands tightly gripping her journal. Just in case. After all, if one of her teammates or friends needs her help, she wants to be ready!

It has nothing to do with her being scared. She's no scaredy cat!

When she speaks, she tries her best to sound confident. She's a fearsome huntress, after all.]

Not having the sun isn't so bad, but some of the other stuff going on is just plain creepy!

If anyone wants some company, I would not mind being that company. I know that some people might be scared, but it's okay! I am sure this will all go away soon. Just let me know! And you can make it private, too, in case you don't want others to know you are scared. . . . .

[Her voice trails off at the end, and her footsteps come to an abrupt halt. Nepeta makes the tiniest noise of uncertainty. DOES ANYONE HEAR THAT? No? It's just her?

Her footsteps pick up the pace.]

Anyone at all! I'm not picky!

[And that's when she hears the creepiest, most frightening sound of all:

HONK.

Aaaaand she shrieks.]

Comments

[fluthlu]

Well, it's about an ordinary man who gets coerced into going on a perilous journey with a troop of irresponsible magical beings.

[It's the the Paradisa version of The Hobbit.]

[rogueofheart]

That sounds like quite an adventure!

[She wriggles a bit, settling herself in for the tail tale.]

AC--er, I mean, I am ready to listen.

[fluthlu]

[She gives a warm smile to Nepeta, then thumbs back to the start and starts reading the first chapter.

For Nepeta's sake she tries to re-work any sections that might be culturally confusing. But unfortunately, she is unprepared for a plot point not three chapters in-]

"-three very large persons, sitting around a very large fire. They were trolls, even he could see that-"

[Rose catches herself, and pauses, suddenly a bit uncomfortable at how the next portion of the story plays out.]

[rogueofheart]

[Nepeta, on the other hand, seems eager to hear about these large trolls.]

And then what happened?

[fluthlu]

... Well, here we encounter a rather stereotypical image of what we on Earth consider to be "trolls". I'm afraid you'll find their depiction quite a bit unsatisfactory in light of your own race's levels of intelligence and, well, general hygiene.