|
Post by Liou on Nov 2, 2019 17:46:41 GMT -5
Gelquie The geese-person runs cacophonically across the piano keys and, from there, jumps atop the remains of the slide. "The slide is ours, and what you throw at the slide is ours also to possess and chew and pry apart, and we honk in the face of resistance!" They leap off.
|
|
|
Post by Gelquie on Nov 2, 2019 23:45:04 GMT -5
Liou - The troll stares in awe for a moment as the geese-person elegantly glides off following their speech. Then slowly, they applaud. "Yeah... Yeah, you got it, you're right! Though I'm still gonna get in trouble for the slide... But I can do what I will with the piano! Thank you, geese-friend! You may not be a troll, but you've got the spirit! Let's meet again sometime!" With that, the troll takes to the piano and starts playing a tune... a poor tune, really; they don't know how to play piano, but gosh darnit, they're gonna play it.
|
|
|
Post by Gelquie on Nov 3, 2019 2:53:54 GMT -5
Time passes, poor piano tunes were played, and soon, the troll begins to give a worrisome look to the gradually lightening but still-dark sky.
"...Hm. I really oughta get back. ...Do I have to, though? My parents have to have found out by now that I've been out. I don't know if I'm ready to deal with them again... Maybe I could just find a nice dark place? ...Or-"
They pause as they hear distant, but larger footsteps. They knew those footsteps... All too well. But agh, where could they go?! And especially when they still had so many trinkets-
Two large, adult trolls soon came into view, looming down over their child.
"Oh, um... Hi. Um... I didn't go trick-or-treating?"
"Oh really?" One taller parent troll retorted. "Then what's that bag right there?"
"Just my toys," the young troll replied, showing them to the parents.
The parents pause. Then the shorter troll speaks. "No trick or treating... but certainly plenty of tricking..." The two of them laugh. "I'm proud of you! And here we thought you were abandoning the troll way of life!"
"I... I'm not. But-"
"Tell me, what did you do? Did you make someone trip on their face?"
"N-no-"
"Did you make someone blurt their secrets to the exact people they shouldn't?"
"No-"
"Did you destroy the slide right as someone was going down it so that they'd fall and crash?"
"No!" the kid troll shouts. "I told you both and I meant it, I don't want to troll people if it hurts people!"
The parents pause, looking at each other.
"...Kiddo. You know trolling people comes at the expense of others," the taller troll advised.
"You don't get it!" the kid cries out. "They don't have to pay that big a price! They can be a target and have fun too! I can troll without hurting people! I was doing just that tonight, and most of them were okay with it! Look, here-"
The kid tosses the magnet to the shorter parent. As soon as the parent clasped it in their hands, they found themselves rising into the sky, hovering a few feet above. They flailed in the air, finding that unlike in cartoons, they cannot actually fly or go anywhere, so they were just rather stuck.
"And now you're like that for a few minutes," the kid says. "Unless you find another-"
"Ah!" the shorter parent in the air cheered. "So that they not only get scared for a few minutes, but then they crash back down! Brilliant!"
"No, they don't crash! It'd bring them down safely! It's just for a bit while they get to hover. Or if they're really smart, they'd figure out that they actually can move, and then that's really neat to see."
The hovering parent troll stared, blinking. "Well, maybe you got it wrong, and you can still make something of this trick." They tossed down the trinket. It wasn't automatic, but soon, the troll fell to the ground... slowly, so as to cause no injuries.
The kid sighed. "It's still sudden and tricky. Look, if you just gave it a minute and tried it, you'd find that you could push off things to move you around. Magic doesn't all go against physics, you know."
"As I taught you..." the taller parent trailed off. "...That is clever."
The shorter troll parent looked in disbelief. "But... it was just hovering. No screams, no cries or anything."
"They'd yelp!" the kid argued. "But I figure, once they find out nothing bad's happening, they could go with it, do more. Or they'd just lose a few minutes. It's more fun this way. I... I don't like to see people seriously hurt by this. Not the way you do it…"
The parents stare, then look at each other.
"I... I can't say I get it, kiddo," the taller parent said. "But you said it went well with the people? That they felt pranked?"
"Yeah. And maybe more." The kid blinked. "...And one threw a piano at me anyway. That wasn't so nice... I'm not hurt, but we might get in trouble for the slide."
The parent trolls stared. The shorter one spoke. "You got people reacting like that... and yet they didn't get hurt?"
"No. ...I mean, I think they were extreme. Most were okay, even found it cool. I... I think that's better than hurting them."
Things were silent for a moment.
Then the taller troll spoke. "Then... I'd like to see how you do. You're certainly inventive, kiddo. Maybe we could use that. I don't entirely get how you think about it. But maybe I can at least see it."
The kid troll nods. "That's all I want for now. ...I'm not in trouble, then?"
The parent trolls laughed. "We thought about it, but this is exactly what we encourage," said the shorter parent. "So no, you're in the clear! But we'd better get going; don't wanna turn to stone."
"A-alright... Alright." The kid nods. "We'd better go then."
The kid troll waves goodbye to anyone else left in the area. "Thanks for the good times! And... and for the help. Even if you didn't know you were giving it."
With that, the trolls banded together and bound off, running until they were gone, leaving the playground now truly solitary.
((Thank you for participating/reading!))
|
|