#so randomly

Am I the only one who just realized what Ratatoskr's name could translate into?

"Rat" is fairly obvious considering he is a rodent. Now about the "Toskr"..it sounds like you're saying "Tosk" in Norwegian meaning "Fool" but basically adding that delicate r at the end because Icelandic goes hard 🇮🇸✨

Have I just solved what his name could be because no one cares about his character? Take that scholars!! >:3

Scott lands in front of her and introduces himself properly, and she does the same.

He had previously sent an owl with a note requesting some of her mushrooms, which were tied nicely in a little package, which she hands to him.

"Here, as you requested there's a few stacks of the warped mushrooms, and some of their wood. There's also some of the other mushrooms you asked for in there." She smiles

He nods "Thank you so much. I wasn't sure how much wool you'd want, so would you like to come to Rivendell with me and pick some out?"

Xornoth immediately was screaming in her ear to go and burn it all down. Kill him and destroy everything he cares about. But Shrub ignored him for the most part, mostly because she had a cover to uphold.

"Sure!" She follows him on her little mushroom wings to his empire, noticing a deer statue that seemed to repel her.

Avoiding whatever it was that clearly kept trying to rid the land of her, she followed Scott to the sheep farm.

She didn't realize he'd asked something until she noticed him staring at her expectantly.

"Sorry, what?" She asks, noticing that Xornoths presence was much less. Possibly because of whatever aura is around this place that keeps repelling him.

"I asked what colors you wanted? Everything alright?" Scott asks

"Yeah just admiring your empire." She covers and then thinks for a minute "I'll take some green, brown, yellow and red." She decides, imagining using them for texturing and mushrooms.

"Alright, there you go!" He tossed it all to her. "Need help getting back home?"

She shakes her head. "No ...I got it. But Scott?" She frowns, her voice getting softer and more... worried?

"hm?" He turns back to look at her, curious

"Uh....watch out for corruption.." she mumbles quickly, anxiously, before rocketing home.

The second she was far enough from Rivendell, Xornoths voice filled her head again

"What was that? Why didn't you destroy it all?"

She sighs "I have a facade to hold for now! You'll thank me when I get closer to him and can destroy him better!"

"Well then why did you warn him?" Xornoth asked accusingly, clearly angry

"Warn him?" She stops for a second, almost falling out of the sky, before shaking her head. "I don't know. But just let me build a relationship with him! Betrayal is a great kind of destruction."

Xornoth gives in with agreement at that point because yes, as he'd seen with Sausage and his allies, betrayal stung the betrayed deep.

"Alright. Well the sooner the dragon dies, the better."

Shrub nods "Already on it. I've found an end portal and can gather some of your allies and maybe a few dumb targets to help me defeat the dragon."

"Perfect. Then I'll get more power, and won't need you anymore."

My new stims are so funny oml….