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Started February 26, 2019 by @Kev

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"See, this chick's got it right." She frowned. "Except the only having one weapon and the telling everyone that."

"It's all right," she said, "You don't need to worry about me."

"I think you said that already." Raven wasn't sure whether she should admire Aiday's confidence or shun her stupidity.

"So shouldn't we all let everyone go though peacefully and go to sleep?" Aiday suggested.

“I personally disagree that peace is the best option,” Nevihata put the ‘pistol’ away, standing up again, “but to be fair with you I’d rather not start a fight knowing I’m completely outnumbered in this situation.”

"So will you start fighting me if, say, I start fighting Trouble? With his consent, of course. Just a duel between friends," Stardew persists.

The giant beast simply sat in the background, remaining on full alert. All the speeches and voices of potential 'fights' had it on edge. It didn't need its little one to be caught in the middle should someone snap, and blood be drawn. That was the last thing it wanted…

As for the little one, it's head tilted, listening curiously to the sounds its new playmate was making. The creature opened its muzzle, trying to imitate the noises, but the most it got was a gurgle followed by a soft 'hum'. Its tail started to sway even faster, becoming a blur.

Stardew glanced over to the dragon, who seemed on edge. "Don't worry, we'll be careful with the little one. We duel all the time. If you want, we can go just over there" – she nodded toward the edge of the bushes — "so that we're guaranteed not to hurt anyone." Trouble nodded his agreement.

"What if we simply go our separate ways without any possible strife?," said Aiday. "It is now a time for rest and refreshment, let us adventure another day."

"Adventuring is best when done liberally," Stardew said, "but 'refreshment' is intriguing as well. Do you happen to have food?"

"I just meant we needed to go to sleep," said Aiday, flustered, "I don't know about food."

“Are you asking me if I would start fighting you, or someone else?” Nevihata asked. He turned to Aiday. “I don’t sleep too often, because when you go into space a lot, your sleep schedule gets pretty messed up. Though I’m a bit curious about food, too.”

"No don't fight," she said, "I have some food with me though, not much but here it is." From her pocket she pulled out a small bag with some bread and dried fruit.

"I was asking Raven whether she would allow Trouble and I to have a friendly duel, but a piece of dried fruit would be nice."
Foxglove took the backpack off his back and began rummaging around in it.

Aiday held out the bag for anyone who wanted it.

"No fighting," Raven said stubbornly.

(Aiday is under Guinevere's protection simply because it was in the job description. She doesn't usually question orders like this unless there is clearly something wrong, and aside from everyone "showing up unannounced," there has been no real need for her to try and dig into why she's doing this. She's got a very one-track mind when it comes to money, but she does have her own motivations. They just haven't come up yet, and I'm not about to try and inject them in an unnatural way.)

"I agree with Raven," Guinevere said. "Besides, there are children present." She then took a piece of dried fruit out of Aiday's bag. After a careful sniff, it seemed to be a dried peach. She popped it into her mouth, chewing thoughtfully until that sweetly-bitter taste hit. The fierce bounty-hunter shut her eyes and screwed up her face, but ate the whole thing regardless. Dried peaches weren't going to be on her next shopping list, that was for certain.

"Being abducted and brought to a mansion and whatever happened that got everyone else here is exhausting. We should wait until morning and then try not to kill each other then."

"No killing." said Aiday authoritatively.

"Bingo." She put her finger on her nose and pointed at Aiday.

Aiday looked at all the group. "If you have a home to go to, please go there. If not…" She wavered, "Maybe you can stay here?"

Stardew, Trouble, and Foxglove glanced at each other. "We have a home to go to … it's just that we're pretty far from it. If you don't mind we'll just sleep on the ground out here. We're used to this kind of roughing it," Stardew said at last. (Assume that Stardew's already eaten the piece of fruit & Foxglove's still searching his backpack.)