4 Floating Goa (1/2)
BugleHead's pale face looked like a small mushroom far below.His voice still carried quite clearly.
”What is your priestess doing up in a tree?”
”She is not my priestess,” HoneyBeard snapped.
”Well, she followed you home. Maybe that means her god chose you to look after her.”
”Hey,” Nelda called out.”Up in a tree here.Can I get a little help?”As she wiggled she broke through one branch and slipped further up, away from the ground.
[Oh my god. I've become a human balloon]
Nelda grabbed for the branches but they kept snapping off in her hands.Somehow she had become… buoyant? Grabbing one small twig she pulled herself carefully forward until she could get a hold of a stronger branch.
A whole crowd of satyrs had gathered below her.
”...What is she doing?”
”I didn't know Neldans could fly….”
”...Why is she damaging our tree?”
”The dragons could see her…”
[Dragons?] With a death grip on the branch, Nelda twisted her neck trying to look around.A twig lodged itself up her nose and bits of bark and dirt fell into her eyes.She started to try and drag herself downwards but as the branch got wider she couldn't get her hand around it or get purchase on its smooth surface.
”Come down here right now,” HoneyBeard growled.
Nelda sneezed, hiccuped, and hugged the branch like it was the love of her life, but she was still starting to slide gradually back into the air.”Hey, BugleHead.Tell the genius standing next to you that being up here getting to second base with a tree was not my idea!”
”Nelda says…”
”Thank you. I heard her.”
”So what do you think we should do?”
[I'm going to float away over the rainbow, and I don't think there will be any fucking bluebirds there.]
”Well this is fun and all,” HoneyBeard said quite calmly.”But we need to start getting ready for cave day before the sun starts to come up.”And then he turned and walked away.
BugleHead watched him go for a while, and then looked back up at Nelda.
Nelda started trying to sort of swim down the branch by kicking her legs.”Your boyfriend's a contrary asshole,” she muttered.
Apparently BugleHead had really good hearing, because he replied: ”It's part of what makes him adorable.”
”We'll have to”--huff--”agree to disagree on that one.”
”He does have a point, though. Once it gets light the dragons will start flying over.We should be in the cave by then.”Buglehead sounded irritatingly calm, but it was better than HoneyBeard having no fucks to give whatsoever about her plight.
”I am totally”--urk--”on board with that whole hide from dragons in a cave plan that you guys have going on. Maybe you could throw me a rope or something?”
”Yeah, we don't have any rope.” BugleHead sounded more confused than apologetic.