Prompt Word: Classical
Minervie and Chip 65
After breakfast, Chip sat and watched as Peter did his music practice. After several rounds of warm up scales, Peter and Mindy played a classical piece that Chip didn’t know, but he did recognize it as a waltz. Peter pecked out base notes as Mindy played the faster treble notes.
As the auditor and his team walked through the Gathering Wood, they started to see monsters dancing to music none of them could hear.
All the monsters that appeared through the foliage were clearly keeping the same time. Even as they came to the clearing with the treant, still littered with bits of spider carapace, the treant was even swaying to the unheard music.
Marc, the auditor, decided to try to ignore it, “Escuse.. Excuse me? I have a question.”
To the unseen beat, Greandle half sung back, “Who are you? You are not - Min-er-vie. What do you - want to know - why ask me?”
Marc was not enjoying this, but at least it was communication, “I am Marc, and I work with Minervie. She said I could ask you how you got your name.”
Graendle stopped swaying in the middle of the question. “Oh ho ho. She was quite firm when she asked me, but it’s her fault.”
Marc smiled, “I knew it, SHE named you.”
Graendle shook root to tip, “Ha, then you don’t know the witch at all.”
Marc turned red, “Now you are trying to protect her!”
Graendle started swaying again, “If I tell you that she named me, will you get rid of her?”
Marc took the opportunity, “Yes!”
Graendle, shivered up and down, “No, he won’t let me lie to you for my convenience.”
“Who is this HE?”
“The one who named me. You, though, just want to hurt the witch. And I’m not allowed to help you hurt the witch.”
Marc was in a rage, “Bordel de merde. Nom de dieu. Qu’est-ce que tu dis?”
Pierre jumped in, “He is asking, what are you saying?”
Graendle replied in a low rumble, “Ah, you sound more reasonable. Are you here to hurt the witch, too?”
Pierre looked conflicted, “I don’t think so? My job is to make sure Marc here does not get attacked, and …”
Graendle replied, “Ah ho ho, I do this for Chip now… When he comes to visit.”
Marc yelled, “Qui.. Who is Chip?”
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French swear words are fun… Pierre was sensible enough to not translate that part.
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