Letโs have fun today!!
Ooh, itโs snowing, right? Skiing! Or snowboarding! Maybe thereโs a lake frozen solid enough for ice skating?
Our only limit is the amount of hours in the day! (โจ)
[ He gives a saluteโ itโs hard to tell if heโs been playing knight in Askr, or if itโs because he called Marrรณn โBossโ beforeโ but itโs sort of endearing! ]
You got it, Summoner!
Good luck!
Oh! If you end up needing a handโ or twoโ or an astronautโ just call me! โจ
Fascinating, I'm sure he'll be glad to hear more when he gets back!
[He smiles brightly, stepping through the doors.]
Well, I gotta see if I can find that book now. Thanks for the help Ken, and everything you've told me too!
Oh. My. Gosh. YES!
[ Ahem, ahem.
Be cool, Ken. ]
Yeah thatโs uhโ
[ He tries to run a hand through his
hair in a suave way, but itโs plastic, so his fingers glide over the top of his crew cut. ]
โ totally awesome.
Iโd love to hang with you and listen to some rockinโ tunes. โจ
Anything you want me to be, Iโll be!
If we want to talk about the horrors, I can describe to you the psychological trauma of changing forms from plastic to flesh :)
Haha, youโre so adventurous! Itโs so awesome that you like to change up your style!
Hey! We could totally uhโ like match, sometime! If you wanted to! Thatโd be so cool. . .
we are!
[ He swings open one of the grand library doors, bowing as he does so. How knightly! ]
I welcome you to The Great Askran Library!
. . . Me and My Marrรณn read books here together sometimes! I tell him about cool horse facts that I learn! โจ
So if you take a right here, then a left at the flower pot, and crab walk this-a-wayโ
[ As they walk to the library, Ken gives Marrรณn directions to various other locations in the castle, happy to help him get his bearings in a new place! ]
Oh! And here
The library? You got it, Boss!
Letโs get a move onโ Iโll point out all of my favorite things about the castle along the way!
[ His favorite thing is EVERYTHING! He is optimism incarnate. ]
Rollerblades shouldn't be necessary, it's not like that! But you know, you could show me to the library if possible? My first step is gonna have to be finding a certain book.
Woah! It must be hard to not know how to get back home. . . Iโm sure there are lots of people who are wondering where you are! And I definitely need to find my Marrรณnโ we have so many adventures to go on!
[ Ken nods enthusiastically, pumping his fist in the air! ]
Letโs get you
Another world. You know how other summoners have their own Askrs we access through gates?
I come from one of those. But I've never found this Askr... So trying to work backwards is the key to getting me home, and your Marrรณn back!
Guess not, but I'm not the Marrรณn you know.
[Good news, this Marrรณn watched the barbie movie.]
... You know how Barbieland has doubles of Kens? Think of me like... A double of Marrรณn!
Huh? I do?
But the last time I saw you, you were likeโ
[ placing his hand palm-down by his bellybutton (does he have a bellybutton?) to indicate Marrรณnโs height ]
โ that big!
Gosh, humans must grow up fast! Youโre not too old for adventures, right?
...
[Taking a few seconds to process the fact he is staring at Ken Barbie.]
No uh.... You've got a guy named Marrรณn for sure, Ken.
[WHY ARE HIS EYES TELLING HIM THAT THE OTHER HIM SUMMONED HIM???]