Better safe than sorry. You carefully sniff the clear liquid to make sure it is, in fact, regular water.
Yup! Clear, crisp, and refreshing. Especially after running all over town.
You take note of the woman approaching. Is that the countess?
No, Quill-Weave says, this is Dairihill. She’s the Countess’ steward.
Dairihill takes her seat in front of the incredibly flammable looking curtain. You must be Quill-Weave’s guest, she says, and welcomes you to the castle. You say thanks, and introduce yourself as Katia Managan. Dairihill is sure countess Umbranox will like to meet you. Once she warms up a bit, anyway.
Quill-Weave explains that Dairihill is pretty much in charge of everything here at the castle. She keeps the servants busy, the guards happy, the accounts balanced, technical stuff like that. Quill-Weave says Dairihill is the best steward there is, and Dairihill agrees that this is a completely true assessment.
Over there is Baeralorn, the castle mage. He tortures animals or something, I don’t know. The man talking to him is Orrin, the blacksmith. They’re all pretty nice and welcoming; you shouldn’t have much trouble being sociable here, Quill-Weave tells you.
You admit you’re a lot more comfortable with this than you thought you’d be. You were pretty nervous at first – not just because of the countess but because you’ve never really been to a formal dinner before. But this seems like it’ll be a nice meal and a good way to make some new connections. Anyway, if you thought Dairihill was the countess, you’re sure you won’t find the real countess too scary or anything. Quill-Weave agrees that you should be fine, and she thinks you’ll enjoy yourself. It’s why she invited you.
You really don’t want to embarrass your friend here, you think to yourself, so if you start to panic you’ll just keep telling yourself “don’t be crazy”. You’re sure that won’t happen though. I mean it’s not like countesses are any different than normal people.
That would be silly.
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(Music credit: “Eternitybox” from the 9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors soundtrack)
I’m caught up to this comic now, but I have to say, that lapping up water from the glass? One of the most adorable pics I’ve ever seen X3
YES!! I have to say, some of the sprites in this have really been amazing. I dunno if the artist checks these comments or not, but if you do, your art is really great. I love the minimalist style, it still manages to convey a lot of emotion and personality.
I don’t always reply, but I do read all the comments. Thanks!
Must… resist… most interesting man in the world joke…
It wasn’t until I read your reply that I realized that wasn’t originally a Most Interesting joke. I just automatically attributed it and moved along. Thanks for catching the lack of a joke there!
Just realized that the reason the mages have their arms up is because in Morrowind when you had a spell ready you held your hands up to cast!
Yes, but then you held your hans straight out like some kind of mummy.
the panel of katia drinkin the water…
it’s…
it’s too cute 0_0
Yeah… A bit too cat-ish, though? I mean, for a Khajiit hwo hates being compared to an ordinary house-cat…
dat ominous countess
D’awwww. She’s -
Oh bugger it’s 1am and I’ve got work in the morning.
Loving the adventurestorygottagettosleep!
Oh, the 999 soundtrack, I never got around to playing that game, what a polite reminder.
Oh god…I on the other hand have played and completed 999…and now I think I share in Katia’s horror.
999 music! Such a good game~
so true, i can tell you like games like those because of your icon
http://www.prequeladventure.com/this/story356.gif ..
o myg.. she looks pretty cute.. i love her…
I agree, she is just so loveable
I just realized that the website’s icon is a pineapple. Nice.
I’m trying to figure out why they hold their arms up all the time, xD
” incredibly flammable looking curtain” oh god
That is no mage, Jim! That’s SPOCK!!
Seeing Katia drinking the water is adorable. I love this story! I haven’t seen this much cute in a while!
http://www.cracked.com/article_19195_7-simple-questions-you-wont-believe-science-just-answered_p2.html
There is a video of a dog drinking and some pics of a cat drinking beneath the video.
Check it out. Both are pretty tricky
Was totally expecting to hear katia scream like a cat does if its tail is pulled.
I can’t belive noone made this joke before me. Here we go: You can’t beat Dairihill in a steward-off, she is simply the best there is.