Private Finished Prepare for Trouble, and Make it Double

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A lot of people have been taking Nebula's advice since she arrived on the island. It made her feel... good. It showed her only talent wasn't helping people with games. She had no problem with her life's work, but it did get repetitive. Being able to flaunt her problem-solving skills in other fields without making others of her court annoyed or jealous was an appreciated change of pace.

"I'm a pixie of the Perpetual Motion Machine. If you know about faeries, I'm one, and that's my court. Our work revolves around helping human civilizations evolve by encouraging them to develop their skills. My work revolves around games of all kinds."
 

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Faeries huh? Ferret had learned a bit about them in class so far, just the standard stuff for the most part. "I know a little, but not too much. Mostly to avoid pleases and thank yous usually. Gift giving stuff. I don't usually say stuff like that anyway so I don't have to worry much about it."

Games were a little more in her wheelhouse though. She had never played video games and would probably struggle to do so, but physical games like puzzles had been pretty fun. Since getting here Destra and Straga had played a few board games and logic things with her, and she'd mostly enjoyed them. "Games are cool though. I like uh...what was it...pictionary? It's a drawing one. We traded off where one of them would read me the cards."
 

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"I'm not like other faeries," said Nebula with a joking touch. One that, on second thought, might be lost on Ferret. The idea was to mimic the "I'm not like other girls" stereotype. "I always appreciate a good thanks and apology. I don't get enough of it for the work I do." There was no bitterness in her tone, yet her words gave away some of her dissatisfaction with the lack of appreciation she received.

"I know that game! I know basically any game humans have created. Can't say it's one I ever got summoned to help out with. I'm summoned to help out humans who are truly struggling. Who are trying their absolute hardest and need that one push to succeed. Pictionary is too laid-back for that to be a common summon."
 

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The joke was indeed lost on Ferret, but the actual content of it wasn't. It was good to know that Nebula apparently didn't operate the same as the general image of fae that she'd been familiarized with so far. Making friends with someone who planned to take advantage of her at the first opportunity didn't exactly sound thrilling. She smiled just a little, continuing to work at the scratch marks she'd made.

"Well. Thanks for showing me how to use this thing. I'm not exactly looking to get in trouble for something like this again, but it'll be nice to know how to deal with it if I somehow do." She was quiet for a brief few moments, working over in her head what to say next. Overall this girl seemed pretty cool, so naturally she wanted to seem cool to her as well. "I never really got the chance to learn any human games aside from the couple I've seen here so far. Actually, I never met any humans at all before I got here. So, I mean, I can't promise I'll be good at them, but if you wanna hang out and show me some, that could be fun. Then I could show you, like...I dunno. Some sort of dragon stuff you might be interested in."
 

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Nebula hadn't expected to stick here for long. She wanted to get her work done, then leave. There were better places to be, things to do. Yet here she was, talking to another similarly aged girl. And she didn't have a problem with that at all. It was always interesting to see what kids here were like.

Nebula leaned her legs against a table. "Heh, I'm down for that. There's plenty of games at the arcade. Don't worry about me getting summoned away either. Most people are just there to relax, so they're not working hard enough to need me." If Nebula was summoned away for every person who had trouble playing a game, she wouldn't not be working

"What cool dragon stuff can you do, anyway? Can you breathe fire? Oh! What's your hoard like, if you have one?"
 

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Ferret had made pretty good progress on fixing the desk so far, about three quarters of the way done. She grinned a little when Nebula agreed to hang out with her. Since she got here she hadn't really spent time with anybody her age outside of school hours, so it was an exciting idea even if she wouldn't have any idea what to do once they got to the arcade.

"The arcade sounds pretty cool, yeah. I'm down for that as long as you can help me figure out what I'm doing." She squinted a little at the desk and pressed down harder, working out a particularly stubborn spot. The mention of dragon stuff brought a wide, fanged grin to her face, amd she looked back up. "Weeell. I can't breathe fire or anything, no, but honestly I think my breath is way cooler than that. I can breathe out a coating that brings my wind resistance waaayy into the negatives, which makes me probably one of the fastest fliers on the Island. Nobody's ever been able to go as fast as me that I've met, actually."

Finishing up with the buffer, she looked down at the freshly shiny and gouge-free wood proudly, taking a moment to drag the desk back into place and return the tool to the front. She slid back over on the flats of her feet and rested a hand on her hip. "Hoards are a bit of a weird spot for me. Back home, it wasn't practical to leave a big pile of valuables in one spot, since stuff was mostly out in the open. I spread out mine across the city in hiding spots, so that way if someone found anything I wouldn't lose much. Not sure how I wanna handle it here, though."
 

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Having to teach someone how to play a game from scratch would be interesting. A lot of young children needed her help, but most kids Ferret's age did fine on their own. Nowadays, with the internet, work was much easier on Nebula.

But she was much more interested in Ferret's dragon abilities. After quietly applauding Ferret for her good work, Nebula enthusiastically jumped into her reply."I'd love to see you fly! And maybe you can do the same thing with your hoard here? It'd be hard with all the people with enhanced senses, though... You could try finding a cave in the woods to hide your stuff! Or dig a hole in the ground far away from hunting spots and cover it up. Oh! Do you have a specific kind of hoard?"
 

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Ferret couldn't help but grin at Nebula's abrupt burst of excitability, hopping up a little to take a seat on the freshly cleaned desk. "Mm, all good hiding spot suggestions. From what I can tell, a lot of dragons around here have crazy big and fancy houses, so plenty of room to put their hoards I'm sure. I could probably store stuff in the apartment in the short term, but...I mean, it'd be pretty cool if I could build up a really big hoard. Guess that's the competitive part of me."

She paused a moment, glancing out the window, to the teacher at the front, then back to Nebula. Smiling again, she brushed some hair out of her face and gave a casual, relaxed shrug. "Flying is definitely something I can show you though. From everything I've heard about pixies, I'm guessing you can probably fly yourself, but like...I dunno. I've never tried giving anybody a ride before. Maybe you could come with me to look for some prospective hoarding spots? I mean, if you want. Could be fun."
 

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Dragons having giant houses wasn't a surprise. They were prideful, greedy creatures. To put things into stereotypical terms. Wait, was that racist? Probably, but it was pretty accurate too.

"I can fly, but I'm no dragon. Flying as a dragon sounds completely different. We could fly together... or I could ride you. If you're comfortable with that, I mean! B-But either way, I'd love to look around with you. I'm always looking for opportunities to get more familiar with this island."
 

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Grinning at Nebula's positive reaction to her suggestion, Ferret nodded and slid off the desk she was sitting on, brushing it off one more time with her hand to make sure it was as spotless as possible. "Sure thing! I'm comfortable with that, and it'd be cool to try something new. Besides, I mean, you seem pretty cool in general anyway. I wouldn't offer if you weren't."

Finishing up the rest of the cleaning only took a few minutes, all of the time consuming parts already having been taken care of. The dragon stuck her hands in her pockets and slid over to the door, glancing back at the teacher one more time to make sure they weren't going to make them stay longer, then smiled back at her new pixie friend again. "Alright then, I think we're good. Wanna get going? There's a few spots in mind I've been wanting to check out." With that, she'd open the door, ready to head out.
 
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