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[hearsthesea]

Who: Shirley, Huntress, and friends
Broadcast: None
Action: Huntress
When: May 12

[With some math and a little bit of fudging, Shirley's more or less worked out that by this point she should have hit her sixteenth birthday. This is the first time she's actually had friends to celebrate it with, so she wastes no effort in decorating and preparing food for everyone she's invited. There's sandwiches, drinks, a couple of different baked goods...she may have spent a while on this and hogged the ship galley accordingly. But now it's party time, and there's ample room for everyone to eat and hang out!]

Comments

[princessia]

He was passing through a village I used to stay in with his friends. There were some people in his way, so... Teepo and I helped him.

[ That's a really brief version of the story. ]

[hearsthesea]

[Oh. With what she's just said...]

And were they mean to you because of it?

[princessia]

[ That tiny awkward smile fades from her as she thinks back on how much the villagers started to bully her. They did some good deeds for her, but she was further ostracized when the Rashugal soldiers arrived. ]

...Those people were soldiers searching for him. When they couldn't find my friends, they started harassing the people of Hamil. [ There's a slight tremble in her voice as she thinks back on that day. ]

Then the villagers blamed me.

[hearsthesea]

That's terrible!

[Shirley's visibly troubled by that. Oh, Elize.]

And that's when Jude protected you?

[princessia]

[ She nods sullenly. ]

He let me travel with him and his friends after that. They won't bully me anymore!

[hearsthesea]

Travel...for how long?

[That's new to her. It's not as if Hattie hasn't ventured out with everyone before, but it is unusual. Although perhaps her world doesn't have the same monster problems the Legacy does.]

[princessia]

[ A thoughtful pause, tilting her head slightly as she tries to make a rough estimate. ]

For about three months now, I think.

[hearsthesea]

Three months? That's a long time! And you didn't get tired?

[princessia]

It's tiring sometimes. [ A lot of getting into danger too. ] But I like being with them.

[hearsthesea]

Well, as long as you're happy with them...that's good. I hope you're taking care of yourself, too.

[princessia]

I am! I can fight just as well as everyone else.

[hearsthesea]

You can?

[Well, news to her!]

How?

[princessia]

We use spirit artes to fight. It's... like another term for magic.

[hearsthesea]

Oh! Like eres, then. I was around your age when I started learning mine.

[Not that she really progressed until recently but hey, in another life where she wasn't sheltered...]