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[divinityfrompain]

Uhhh roll call? I know I'm not the only one who suddenly found herself elsewhere. Thorne's ... real interesting.

If someone in Solvunn could check on the orchardists, I would appreciate it, they're a really nice family and they'll be worried.

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[suplexer]

Yes, I'm Tifa! I guess Rocket, Arthur, and Himeka have ended up in other territories, so those of us who are left are just trying to hold down the fort right now. But I think the inn would be a great place for anyone who's ended up here to stay until this hopefully all gets sorted out.

[ Or will this just be the new normal? Well, she won't fixate on that too much just yet. One step at a time. ]

You knew Ed? I guess he befriended a lot of people in his time here. We all agreed that we needed to keep the inn going for him.

[ There's even a little memorial for him on the premises. ]

[theidlemaiden]

𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘞𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘪𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘌𝘥'𝘴 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦.

[ Never mind that they hadn't actually been able to cross territory lines but...

As for the new normal, well. Hilda quietly hopes not. There's too much mud here for her liking. And these boots while made for walking, weren't made for the mud. ]

𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘌𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩, 𝘺𝘦𝘴. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘮, 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘐'𝘮 𝘏𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘢, 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺.

[suplexer]

It sounds like Wanda is taking a lot of people in, I'm guessing the treehouse is going to be pretty crowded.
And I'm glad you get to see the inn now, at least.

[ Even if Ed isn't here, this should count for something. ]

It's nice to meet you, Hilda. Or... kind of meet you, anyway. I'm sure we'll see each other face to face soon. When you make it over to the inn, I'll be happy to whip up a drink for you.

[theidlemaiden]

𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘞𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘚𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵.

[ Thankfully there's perks in knowing the only remaining resident of the treehouse. Like claiming a spare room that's quiet and private for a moment of peace should she need it. ]

𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘈 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘌𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦 - 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐'𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘬. 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺. 𝘐'𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘌𝘥 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘴𝘰 𝘪𝘵'𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦.

[suplexer]

She does have that welcoming and nurturing way about her, doesn't she?

[ This Hilda seems to have met a lot of people, even if she isn't from Solvunn. Talk about friendly... ]

The decor? Oh, well, we had Arthur who did his best with his carpentry skills to make sure everything was fixed up...

But yes, you should absolutely come by when you're free! I know this is all a lot to take in, so take your time.

[theidlemaiden]

𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘪𝘧 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰.

[ If Tifa reads that with a hint of pride, it's because it's absolutely intended to be said that way. Hilda loves Wanda, okay!! ]

𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘪𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘺. 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘰 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦. 𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘯 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢?

𝘐'𝘮 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘫𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵. 𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘩𝘺𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘐 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘺 𝘯𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭.

[suplexer]

I don't doubt it.

[ Tifa is definitely going to take that as a compliment. It's also possible that similar things have been said about her before, too. ]

That's a lot of work to take on when you're adjusting to being in a new place, so please don't feel like you have to! But I also understand if you need a project.

And yeah, I guess there is a lot of mud around here, isn't there? With all the farms. Make sure you get yourself a nice hot bath too!

[theidlemaiden]

[ Listen, once they get to know each other a little better Hilda will happily say about it with Tifa with just as much gusto and enthusiasm to make her blush. Or at least, that's the goal. ]

𝘐𝘧 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘵, 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳.

[ But if she can find someone who will do it for her, well... ]

𝘖𝘩 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦, 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭. 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯!

[suplexer]

That's fair.

[ Tifa could stand to learn a few things from Hilda, but that ship has already sailed. ]

Sounds good! I'll probably be behind the bar. I have long brown hair.