218 Vol. 4 pt. 21 Patch 4.0: Ferrets and Dogs (2/2)
Tabitha takes her hammer off of her back.
”I – I thought you said it was an accident!” Azalabulia whines.
”It was,” Tabitha says.
”I don't think burning down the forest would do us much good when we need it to build,” Fenrir says.
”Listen to the dog.”
Azalabulia whines and walks away, mumbling to herself.
”Why'd ya pick her up again?” Tabitha asks Fenrir.
”She begged to join us, and I figured it wouldn't hurt to have her around,” Fenrir explains and then leans in to whisper, ”She's crazy powerful. Just don't praise her when she can hear you or she won't shut up about it.”
”Be nice,” Cassiel says, grabbing Fenrir by his ear and tugging him back. ”She's just roleplaying. The game is full of people like her.”
”So, hellhound?”
”No.”
”I'm goin' to smack you next if ya don't take this seriously,” Tabitha tells Fenrir. ”We need to actually get this underway. Can't stay livin' on this boat forever with what little supplies we've got left.”
”Alright, alright. You're right. We'll go ahead and get started today,” Fenrir says, picking up one of the axes. It's got a pretty simple wooden handle, and the head of it looks like it's made out of sharpened scrap metal from Tabitha's overflowing backpack of strange items and materials. Even though it looks poorly made, it's sturdy and Fenrir has no idea how she managed to get the blade of it as sharp as it is.
”So, steel oaks first, right?” Fenrir confirms with Tabitha.
Tabitha says, ”Right. Red told me there were exposed metals up at the mountains. We use the axes to chop down some steel oaks, we use that to make better axes and pickaxes, then we use those to—”
”Then why'd you already make pickaxes if we're just going to make better ones before we even use them?”
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”Oi, did I say to ask me questions?”
”You didn't think of that, did you?”
”Listen here, wolf boy.”
”I'm listening,” Fenrir says after a couple moments of silence.
”Keep on listenin'.”
”Wh-why?”
”So ya learn how to.”
Oleander and Cassiel both try not to laugh at Fenrir getting told by somebody half his height, but then Tabitha sets her sights on Oleander and says, ”Deer boy, if I see any of that shit – and ya know what I'm talkin' about, on my baby one more time, then I'm tossin' ya overboard in your sleep.”
”Hear that, Cor? Don't let any of it out,” Oleander loudly whispers to Corwin, causing the blonde man to burn with embarrassment equal to how brightly Cassiel can blush.
Fenrir is torn between being disgusted and finding it hilarious.
”Now! Wolf boy, you might be the captain here, but me and Red have superiority when it comes to all this buildin'. You can call me 'boss' until we've got this city runnin',” Tabitha tells Fenrir.
”Alright, boss. When's my lunch break? How about my pay?” Fenrir teases her and instantly regrets it as she pulls her hammer off of her back, smacking the end of it against her palm.
”Got anythin' else to say?”
”I want to unionize.”
A vein pops in Tabitha's head, causing Fenrir to take the makeshift axe and jump off of The Shoebill before Tabitha can launch him off of it herself with her hammer!
Tabitha turns around to face the rest of the crew still onboard and in-game.
”Alright! I'm all fired up!” Tabitha declares with a wide smile. ”Gotta love when you can have banter like that with a friend.”
”Wait, you're not actually mad?” Cassiel asks.
”Course not! Why would I be mad? His idea to do this whole city thing has got me more excited than I've been in a long time! It's just more entertainin' for ourselves and everybody else if we play around, ain't it? Like ya said, roleplay.”
Azalabulia comes rushing up to Tabitha and says, ”Ah! So you are a roleplayer! We're the sa—”
”No.”
Azalabulia's excitement gets deflated even faster than it was inflated.
”And I wasn't jokin' about tossin' you overboard if I grab the steerin' wheel one more time only to get sticky hands,” Tabitha says while directing a glare at Oleander.
Oleander scratches the back of his head and says, ”Sorry… at – at least you won't have to worry about that once we build our own house, right?”
”I'll build your house. I have to make sure it has thick enough walls so that nobody has to listen to you two lovers going at it all day and night. Not goin' to install any windows in it, either.”