PRANKSTER

Look at this proud house spirit that cleaned up the entire guild’s base, including everyone’s personal rooms and all the equipment. The streets were full of potential new recruits after all, now that the festival had started!

Also, she kinda swapped out everyone’s underwear. If you suddenly find frilly, cute elf panties in your drawer even though you’re a ogre... well, blame this person here. She’s especially proud of this masterpiece, though.

A brownie eh? That didn’t surprise Thraece in the least. Especially given that her scrying crystal and her anchor stones had surged with energy when she’d moved in, but she’d assumed it had been due to any adventurers who had.. perhaps not made it back from their last adventure. Happy to have been wrong on that account, Thraece smiled happily at the childlike house spirit.

“My apologies if my sachets insulted you Kudava. I was unaware that the guild hosted a guardian, and I would never hope to offend you with such paltry means to keep out a spirit. These sachets are a habit borne of spending the last six months traveling through a forest filled with malevolent spirits, and it was merely second nature to place them as I unpacked. I will of course remove them, and place instead more of these selenite.”

Thraece moved around the room as she spoke, showing deference to the house spirit by removing her sachets, and replacing them with the stones like the one she’d handed to Kudava.

“Yes, it is very similar to moonstone, in fact its name comes from the moon goddess Selene, however this stone is better for connecting to spirits, whereas moonstone would be better for using the moon’s powers to open channels to one’s self. And yes, it is different from the ones that other magic users here use because it is uncut. They have gems that have been cut from their original form and prepared for magic use specifically. That takes time and energy. Those stones also hold more power, for a shorter period of time. A decade versus a century, for example. My stones are merely polished however. They don’t pulse as powerfully but they also don’t require extensive energy to charge, nor will they deplete as easily, and most of all, they will take natural energy from their surroundings, rather than merely being conduits as a cut gem that another magic user might have. It is because my magic is very specific, and tied to the use of minerals. So I cannot do magic without the stones, but I also will not feel the fatigue and whiplash of using them they way other magic users will.”

Thraece had made herself comfortable on her bed, and had offered the brownie the chair at her desk to be polite. She had also pulled out the fresh loaf of bread she’d bought from the bakery this morning to share with the brownie, recalling the stories her sisters had told her growing up to always respect a house spirit, and the foods that would be left behind if she were to ever encounter one. Cutting it and spreading some preserves on it, she settled back to relax.

Smiling as she finished her slice, she asked, “Have you always been here Kudava? Or did you come here when the guild was created? I’ve never met a brownie before, the guild must be blessed to have you to guard it.”

“I didn’t feel insulted.” The house guardian responded, lips forming a childish pout. She really shouldn’t be, after all this world had given birth to countless malicious demons and spirits, and it’s not as if she’d be able to keep them all away. Nevertheless Kudava seemed to relax once the sachets had been removed, a strangely human gesture for a spirit.

“You sound like a walking library.” She mused after listening to Thraece’s explanations. But she didn’t mind listening, she always loved to listen to people’s stories, whether they be personal memoirs or just scientific facts.

“Uh, no... I’ve been here before the guild came here.” Seemed like it was her turn to tell stories now, though. Kudava moved over to the chair, gratefully accepting the fresh bread. It’s not as if she required any human food, but she loved the taste and smell. “Technically every house got its own spirit guarding it. Well, I’ve never really left this place, so I’ve never really met another brownie either. I can hear them, though.” She started to explain while munching on the bread.

Bullying a dragon was never a wise idea, playing a prank on a dragon was however a completely different thing. In the past years, ever since Ahyoung had joined the guild, Kudava never even once managed to tickle some kind of interesting reaction out of the mighty creature, but today, today she was determined to change this! After all there is no way that she’d lose to anyone, be they human, dragon or even a god!

      “Mistress! Mistress Ahyoung! You must be hungry, so I prepared a meal for you! Yes, I bet you’ll like it!” Roasted boar, it is, a whole one. Nevermind that she stuffed that thing with enough chilli peppers to kill a human. This should be enough to get a dragon to roar, right? (She’s usually a good cook, unless she wants to get on someone’s nerves.)

Thraece jumped a bit in surprise and turned around, her hand immediately reaching for the small iron athame she hung bide her coin purse on her belt. her fingers gripped the crystal handle, the heat from her palm pulsing to the poured silver core inside the handle and blade itself, and began to warm up in her hand. She looked at the person that had appeared behind her.

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Hey, that was a nice reaction! Kudava laughed, clapping in her hands, like a child that succeeded in scaring someone on Halloween. She supposed it was normal for someone to feel startled in a situation like this, but it was still pretty funny to watch.

     “You already answered your own question~” The house spirit responded, still giggling a little, once the other girl had managed to relax. “Indeed, I am. Humans call my kind Brownies or Domovoi. Though people here just call me Kudava. I suppose that’s my name. You are a fairly new recruit, so it was about time for me to introduce myself.” She explained, while her curious gaze wandered around the room. She guessed the little sachets in the corners were meant to keep ghosts and other evil spirits away, she felt some kind of magic emitting from them, but these kinds of things didn’t work on her, at least not in her domain. Also, she felt a bit insulted that someone would rely on such methods, after all it was her job to keep evil spirits away. Though the anger was quickly forgotten once her gaze trailed back to the sparkly stone in the girl’s hands. “Yes, there is magic in it. It feels a bit different though than the magic gems most magicians here use.”

There was something unsettling about this person. Kudava couldn’t exactly grasp what she was, nor was she sure whether she wanted to know, but one thing was quite obvious: This person was dangerous. Those born out of tragedy rarely turned into nice creatures.

      “The likes of you aren’t welcomed here.” The house spirit stated bluntly, floating in front of the base’s entrance. It was her duty to protect this place after all, right? “Do you have any business with the guild or why did you come here?”

Kudava knew the names of all the guild’s members, be they seasoned adventurers or new recruits, and even those who have never seen or noticed the brownie. That, however, needed to change! Not that she needed or expected any kind of rewards for her work, but she couldn’t take the chance of someone else claiming the credit for her amazing pranks!

And the best way to introduce yourself was to surprise your new potential friend! Thus the spirit just suddenly appeared behind Thraece, seemingly completely out of the nowhere.

       “So pretty...!!”

Well, hello there, guys. After crushing the chat yesterday, I finally managed to get the blog up, too. You can call me Keks, I’m 24 years old, and work as a kindergarten teacher. I love my pets, eat too many sweets, and have like 200 fictional waifus.

I’ve been rp’ing on tumblr for six years now, though I haven’t rp’ed any OCs in ages, so please bear with me and my clumsiness.