>Tell your tale in appropriate lingo
So this fungus calls herself a princess and wants to know about your "quest"...but you're not so sure she's a fan of Doctor Balmer, if she even knows who that is. Maybe you just have to explain this the right way...
CELIA:
What manner of quest interests a worm?
What manner of quest interests a worm?
YOU:
...I'm not...I mean...I don't belong here. I got here from a very different world, and I don't even belong there either. I just want to go home, but a....
....wizard?...
....Won't send me back without finding his...uh...his umm...er...
...I'm not...I mean...I don't belong here. I got here from a very different world, and I don't even belong there either. I just want to go home, but a....
....wizard?...
....Won't send me back without finding his...uh...his umm...er...
CELIA:
...Treasure! Of course! You seek a magnificent treasure!
...Treasure! Of course! You seek a magnificent treasure!
YOU:
...YEAH! I mean...you could say that, I guess. The, uh, wizard couldn't really tell me what it was I was looking fo-
...YEAH! I mean...you could say that, I guess. The, uh, wizard couldn't really tell me what it was I was looking fo-
CELIA:
SECRET TREASURE! My very SPECIALITY!
SECRET TREASURE! My very SPECIALITY!
YOU:
Heh, you got it. So secret he couldn't even tell me where the hell to look, either.
Heh, you got it. So secret he couldn't even tell me where the hell to look, either.
CELIA:
A challenging venture indeed! No wonder you dared seek my legendary expertise! Your resolve is almost admirable, for a mere worm!
A challenging venture indeed! No wonder you dared seek my legendary expertise! Your resolve is almost admirable, for a mere worm!
YOU:
Right! Yeah! He did suggest I find some sort of "community" about East of here, do you know what he could have meant?
Right! Yeah! He did suggest I find some sort of "community" about East of here, do you know what he could have meant?
CELIA:
Of course! I know it well! Alas, you will never find a more loathsome nest of riffraff and knavery. You have chosen your companionship wisely!
Of course! I know it well! Alas, you will never find a more loathsome nest of riffraff and knavery. You have chosen your companionship wisely!
YOU:
So you'll show me the way?!
So you'll show me the way?!
CELIA:
Naturally! Not for free, mind you.
Naturally! Not for free, mind you.
YOU:
Oh...r...right...keratin was it? Is this worth much?
Oh...r...right...keratin was it? Is this worth much?
You bring the monster's attention to your hair. At least, the back poof.
CELIA:
That's what I smell! What kind of beast grows keratin from flesh!? Now I know you're no normal worm!
That's what I smell! What kind of beast grows keratin from flesh!? Now I know you're no normal worm!
YOU:
It's all yours, if you can help me get out of here.
It's all yours, if you can help me get out of here.
CELIA:
Such unwormly generosity! You have my word as both royalty and rogue!
Such unwormly generosity! You have my word as both royalty and rogue!
