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7/12/2025, 8:30:58 PM
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The Skog opens her mouth to ask a question, but whatever it is dies as she picks up on the subtext. “... Oh. Okay…”
“I’ll explain later, Volkie, but… one step at a time.” Giving one of her ears an idle scratch, Tzah-Tzie continues to squeeze her tail like a pillow. “Anyways, now you both know that I come from money. A lot.”
“Pfft, THAT’S an under-” Realizing she’s interrupting again, the Skog plugs her mouth with both claws! “... sorry!”
“... Feelings about my family aside,” Continues the Spinner, “I was pretty close with my sisters…” A faint smile forms on the girl’s stony face. “My big sis NUUSI, especially. She’d always catch me singing when no one was around… drumming my claws on metal… that kind of thing.”
Just like that, her smile fades.
“Felt like someone ripped my guts out the day she got married.” Her eyes glance over your way. “Not to Vhale, Ant, but… same organization.”
“Oh, honey…” Volka mutters under her breath.
“When I got… engaged...” She continues, her voice trembling at the word, “She got me an instrument.”
A striili. The Durher nods. Volka seems keen on asking about the engagement, but manages to hold it in when she studies TT’s somber expression.
“Silkwood. Chee mane strings.” You can’t see it, but you can tell she’s imagining holding it again. “Immaculately-smoothed, perfectly balanced… sang like a godsdamned angel…”
As swiftly as her smile appears, it fades.
“... and that smug slut TOOK it from me.”
And there it is.
“S-she stole it!?” Stammers Volka, her expression morphing into a blend of sympathy and incredulous disbelief, “W-what are we waiting for, Rook?! Let’s get it back!”
Yea!
“No.”
The bitter tone in TT’s voice takes you both by surprise and knocks all the wind out of your collective ‘sails’. N-no?
“I was so stupid…” Growls the Spinner, shaking her head in dismay, “I HAD her! I had that crowd eating out of my claws!” Tzah-Tzie deflates as her memory catches up to her. “... I was certain to win… so why shouldn’t I have made a little bet?”
You have enough pieces to put together the rest of the puzzle. So she lost th-
“SHE CHEATED!” TT explodes, eyes wide and teeth bared! “I don’t know how… she… she used magic! Bribed the audience members! SOMETHING!”
Her anger is swiftly replaced by sobs. “... I… I was supposed to win…”
>CONTD.
The Skog opens her mouth to ask a question, but whatever it is dies as she picks up on the subtext. “... Oh. Okay…”
“I’ll explain later, Volkie, but… one step at a time.” Giving one of her ears an idle scratch, Tzah-Tzie continues to squeeze her tail like a pillow. “Anyways, now you both know that I come from money. A lot.”
“Pfft, THAT’S an under-” Realizing she’s interrupting again, the Skog plugs her mouth with both claws! “... sorry!”
“... Feelings about my family aside,” Continues the Spinner, “I was pretty close with my sisters…” A faint smile forms on the girl’s stony face. “My big sis NUUSI, especially. She’d always catch me singing when no one was around… drumming my claws on metal… that kind of thing.”
Just like that, her smile fades.
“Felt like someone ripped my guts out the day she got married.” Her eyes glance over your way. “Not to Vhale, Ant, but… same organization.”
“Oh, honey…” Volka mutters under her breath.
“When I got… engaged...” She continues, her voice trembling at the word, “She got me an instrument.”
A striili. The Durher nods. Volka seems keen on asking about the engagement, but manages to hold it in when she studies TT’s somber expression.
“Silkwood. Chee mane strings.” You can’t see it, but you can tell she’s imagining holding it again. “Immaculately-smoothed, perfectly balanced… sang like a godsdamned angel…”
As swiftly as her smile appears, it fades.
“... and that smug slut TOOK it from me.”
And there it is.
“S-she stole it!?” Stammers Volka, her expression morphing into a blend of sympathy and incredulous disbelief, “W-what are we waiting for, Rook?! Let’s get it back!”
Yea!
“No.”
The bitter tone in TT’s voice takes you both by surprise and knocks all the wind out of your collective ‘sails’. N-no?
“I was so stupid…” Growls the Spinner, shaking her head in dismay, “I HAD her! I had that crowd eating out of my claws!” Tzah-Tzie deflates as her memory catches up to her. “... I was certain to win… so why shouldn’t I have made a little bet?”
You have enough pieces to put together the rest of the puzzle. So she lost th-
“SHE CHEATED!” TT explodes, eyes wide and teeth bared! “I don’t know how… she… she used magic! Bribed the audience members! SOMETHING!”
Her anger is swiftly replaced by sobs. “... I… I was supposed to win…”
>CONTD.
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