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[ninjainviolet]

[ He doesn't reckon with his audience...

An audience with a few questions. ]

What's "voodoo root"? And did you really go into Hell? You're alive, how could you do that?

[ Yes, she's taken the story seriously--despite the way it's told. Or that it may sound exaggerated to some. Especially one part... ]

You took on a dragon by yourself? It took several of us to do something like that back home.

[ Yep, she's being sincere because that's the world she's from. ]

[mightypirate]

Voodoo Root. You know, it's like...

It's like root beer.

[Almost exactly like root beer.]

And I sure did slay a dragon by myself! I used my...uh.

Okay, I embellished a little for drama, you caught me.

I did go to Hell though, that part's true.

[ninjainviolet]

What's "root beer"? Is that beer made from roots?

[ She's used to wine and sake and was introduced to pop only recently. ]

So, you didn't fight a dragon? Or did you have help doing it?

[ Don't embellish. The story's good without them. ]

So how did you get into Hell? You're not dead, and only the dead can go, right?

[mightypirate]

It's like...actually, I have no idea how people make it. Fermented roots?

As for the dragon, uhm.... There was no dragon. I lied.

[There's a long pause before he addresses that last question.]

Hell I guess I just walked into.

[He tries to sound flippant as he says that but really the memory is forming a tight knot of anxiety in his chest.]

[ninjainviolet]

So it is a drink? I wonder if anyone else here has heard of it...

[ She has a feeling the answer to that is "yes" considering there are a lot of different worlds represented here. ]

No dragon? [ She pauses as she shakes her head. ] You didn't add that just to impress me, did you?

Because just walking into Hell is impressive enough.

[ Again, he underestimated his audience. ]

[mightypirate]

I just thought that part of the story needed some epic-ifying.

Cause, erm...the truth is I spent that part of my journey unconscious on my ship.

[ninjainviolet]

Trust me; it didn't. Your story's fine the without it.

[ She pauses. ]

Were you hurt before you left?

[mightypirate]

Nnnnoooo. No, it was a spell, the fumes knocked me out for a few days.

[He grumbles under his breath.]

....Nobody else on the ship seemed to notice.

I didn't forget you! I've been having a bad couple of weeks. :(

[ninjainviolet]

Were there any side effects when you woke up?

[ There's a moment of stunned silence. ]

What do you mean? No one notieced? They just left you lying there, being tossed around by the ship as it moved?

[mightypirate]

Yeah, they just left me there in the galley! I mean they must have seen me down there but they never did anything!

....You know, I don't think they liked me much.

[ninjainviolet]

In the galley? [ Oh wow. That could have been dangerous with the silverware and other things down there. But Sheena sees a bright side to this. ] At least they didn't leave you on deck where you could fall overboard.

[ Silver lining! ]

But why didn't they like you? Did you do something you shouldn't have?

[ She likes you, though! ]