+ before about it not being Araxie’s fault? Why even mention that if it wasn’t somehow her fault..? How very peculiar.
“Look I think I should get out of here. I’m getting strange looks just for saying the princess’ name. I’m sorry I could not find out more.”
She blinked rapidly as her brain worked to process what he was saying. Painful fire?
“Wow.. so you went to the real underworld then. I won’t press you to relive that.”
However at his lie the girl still held her suspicion that something was off. Why had he been so adamant +
+ for Louie recently.
Violet sighed.
“This is certainly a twist I never anticipated. And Louie you know I do not find anger productive.
But hold on..”
Her tone suddenly filled with suspicion.
“What does the princess have to do with this mer monster?”
“ . . . “
The hummingbird assistant was stunned. Did she just hear him right? Perhaps she had water in her ears. No.. as wild as it sounded, she had to embrace the unknown like a true woodchuck would. And it did oddly make sense, with how apparently Mervana had held a memorial +
Violet on the other end of the phone could be heard explaining herself to what sounded like a curious Mervanan.
“Yes sorry, I am here on behalf of Louie Inc. The company leader has important matters to be looked into.”
Angry shouting would follow. The mermaid seemed upset +
+ by the mention of Louie, and had whacked Violet with their tail into the water. Her phone fell on the rock.
🐠: “How could you joke about Louie Duck so soon after his memorial! How shameful!”
Then were sounds of splashing as Violet swam to collect her phone. The upset +
+ I’m not sure what to do if no one will really talk, I can’t even find the king.”
She was standing off to the side, not wanting to be overheard as she relayed her update.
As she heard the voice of the green duck, Violet glanced at the ground. She didn’t like to have to tell him bad news, but it couldn’t be helped.
“I’m sorry. Everyone I’ve asked is vague, some act like they don’t even have a Princess, and others told me she’s been sent away. +
Violet had not given much thought to the strange behavior in Mervana, that is up until her boss wanted to know more about it. This called for some serious, full effort digging.
And she was very well prepared for such information seeking missions, able to shadow teleport +
The purple girl would give a nod of understanding, immediately to take out her notepad and jot down her current new task.
“Yes sir! Thank goodness. The librarian was beginning to get very mad at us.”
Phew, what a relief to have an excuse to get away from Webby’s seemingly +
“I’ve no clue, it isn’t easy to keep up on news with them. They aren’t that well known. I could try to look into it though.”
She’d then tilt her head, thoughtful.
“I’ve been helping Webby as well. She was looking to find research on monsters with claws. You know how many +
This statement about his previous wounds would earn a wide eyed frown from his assistant. Geez that’s concerning to hear.
“I have not. Mervana had been sending people away and sealing themselves off to deal with some sort of safety problem until extremely recently.”
The purple hummingbird would blink calmly at the screaming duck. If she hadn’t been so worried about his disappearance she would have felt bad about scaring him.
She’d sigh.
“Alright. Well, at least you appear uninjured. What are you doing at the ocean?”