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Garaza @orc-ids.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I suppose we all need our cheeks in the breeze sometimes.

Garaza @orc-ids.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Nah. The world's got all sorts of things in it I've never heard of. I don't think that means they're wrong just for being. If you say he's no threat, I'll believe you. Useful to know, too. I'll wager some with the bond you share aren't half as friendly.

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Garaza @orc-ids.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Oh. [She deflates, just a little.] Yeah. Yeah, I know a few collectors, though most of 'em are more interested in trophy kills. I can keep an ear out, though, I guess.

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Garaza @orc-ids.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Hm. Must be different cow men, no.

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Garaza @orc-ids.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Well, hello. You're pink and pretty.

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Garaza @orc-ids.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

she still wore simple, spotless hide armor and bore a gleaming glaive. At her height, her stature, her mane of red hair, she stood out amidst a crowd that didn't shy around her, awaiting his notice.

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Garaza @orc-ids.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

and that he was distinctive even among his kind. "OI!" What was his name again? Basil? No, Bats...? "New blood! Over here!" The Orc called to him from across the hall, not stepping one foot further once she found him. Though they were only in the guild hall,

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Garaza @orc-ids.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

How fortunate it was for them both that she wasn't the sort to sit and wait; when he never showed up for their first meeting, his mentor waited all of five minutes before setting off in search of a young warrior of his description. Fortunate as well that Firbolg were rare, even in large cities,

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Garaza @orc-ids.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

||a poem about seeing that the guy spamming you only follows large female characters

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Garaza @orc-ids.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Sir, I'm not interes- No, I think you sh- [WHACK]

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Garaza @orc-ids.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I'd hit 'em with the haft but I think they'd just come back once they wake up...

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Garaza @orc-ids.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

D'you ever get the feeling a stranger's gonna ask you to step on them?

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Garaza @orc-ids.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

We've all been there, right?

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Garaza @orc-ids.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Sooort of? I'm a warrior, not a crafter, but I know how to harvest a kill properly. [Most of the time.] What sort of things did you want to trade? You a smith or something?

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Garaza @orc-ids.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

but they're like... people, I guess? They talk, they bargain. If someone binds them at home it's... [She hesitates, but if it helps Velle understand the world a little better, she might as well say it.] ...well, wrong. Usually some sort of cult, usually. Different that what you're saying, I think.

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Garaza @orc-ids.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Huh? Oh, I'm not afraid of him, he's not looking at me like dinner. 's'strange, is all. Garaza, though, yeah. [She returns the smile, but if anything, she looks a little uneasy [after] the explanation.] Can't say they're tame where I'm from. At best you have some that that are friendly,

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Garaza @orc-ids.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

[Maybe that was something important in Baldur's Gate.] You're not wrong to assume, anyway. It'd be hard to swing this thing if the muscles were for show.

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Garaza @orc-ids.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Ah, you aren't the first to comment. And, [she adds with a sly look of her own,] most of them aren't half as pleasant company. Garaza. [She says it again in case she forgot it, carefully shaking Tulip's hand with a grip that wraps clean around it.] I... don't think I'm noble either?

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Garaza @orc-ids.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

||Didn't realize I wandered off from here for three days, oops

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︎ ︎ ،،̲ ︎ ︎ ︎ ︎ HELL'S ︎ ︎ ︎ ꒷꒦ ︎ ︎ BELLS. @devouringink.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

she let me hit because i care for all creatures in the forest great and small

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Garaza @orc-ids.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

||this is a threat and a promise

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Garaza @orc-ids.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

||every time someone makes their DnD OC on bluesky I get more powerful

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Garaza @orc-ids.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Not up close, no. [And never without a weapon in hand, waiting on an archer to strike it down or miss their shot, waiting to see if this was the day her glaive would strike scales. Velle watches her, and she watches them in turn.] So he's domesticated, or something like it?

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Garaza @orc-ids.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

to cool blue, crackling like ice beneath boots. The ice is uncomfortable to touch, but she ties it to the bottom of her pack without complaint.] How'd you get a dragon traveling with you, anyway?

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Garaza @orc-ids.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Well, there you go. [As if that explained everything. With a word, she wreaths her hand in a soft green glow that seems to await another component to meet its potential. When she grabs the bundle of her gear, still frozen through and through, she grimaces a little, but the aura snaps

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Garaza @orc-ids.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Why aren't you? [Dragon doesn't feel like talking, then. Alright.]

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Garaza @orc-ids.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

I'm Garaza. Yours? And yours, I suppose, uh... sir. [Were you supposed to talk to someone's dragon? The stories said they could talk. It seems ruder to ask her like he's not standing right there.]

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Garaza @orc-ids.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

I guess I am, though, yeah. Be weird if I weren't, I think, what with the whole... [She gestures vaguely at her entire body. She's about ass big as some Goliaths she's known.] Hey - I didn't get your name, did I?

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Garaza @orc-ids.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

[She couldn't hide her surprise if she wanted to. One of those savior types, and her big worry was something as mundane as bugs? And she just seemed so... nice. Not what Garaza would have expected at all.] Uh... well, thanks for the world, I guess. Glad it didn't end.

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Garaza @orc-ids.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

The orc, for her part, had put off her work rewrapping the grip on her glaive for long enough. It wouldn't take too much time... ...Or it wouldn't if she didn't keep peering over at the book, as if she could tell its content from so far away. She could ask, but the questions might be disruptive.

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Garaza @orc-ids.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

[It's different, not being on the other side of a polearm from such a creature for once. She gives the pile even more space. And now that pile was an ice block.] Nah! Can't figure anything small would live through [that!]

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Garaza @orc-ids.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Bet the flaming sword wins, though. Especially some of the dates [I've] had.

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Garaza @orc-ids.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

||still ironing out some things with Garaza, realized I don't know that I want her to be as grumpy as I'm writing her.

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Garaza @orc-ids.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

What about the flaming ones?

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Garaza @orc-ids.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Aye, that should do the trick. Bugs don't like the cold much. Lemme just... [Bedroll and pillows dropped in a pile to avoid the aforementioned frostbite. And she gestures an invitation to the odd girl.]

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Garaza @orc-ids.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

I [said] it was about my bedroll.

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Garaza @orc-ids.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Well, not unless you're one of the rare worlds saving the world or something, but then I figure you have to deal with– Er. Anyway... I usually handle the slaying jobs. A lot more straightforward, and the components catch a good price.

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Garaza @orc-ids.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Gosh, you've got your hands full. You must be insanely patient. [Garaza, not so much. Always charging forward.] Sometimes, it's just a stroll between towns, or playing guide to some party, but those can get messy. They'll try to bring you in long-term, and that doesn't pay [half] as well.

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Garaza @orc-ids.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Pfft. Everyone knows what frostbite is. [A blanket] can't get frostbite.

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Garaza @orc-ids.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

So swap in cold for hot! I still don't need it [froz-] ...! Actually, freezing it might work. It's just gonna thaw out, right?

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Garaza @orc-ids.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Only problem is, half the time they don't think the price is fair. But then you get to watch them run back to town with an angry owlbear hensow on their arse, and charge half more than your asking price.

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Garaza @orc-ids.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Hyperthet... no, hypo... then? Fuck.

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Garaza @orc-ids.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Ha! Honestly, someone like you on some of these jobs would make my life that much easier. If you can get an owl anywhere near a rabbit and a rat, I'll bet you'd stop some of my fights before they even start. Garaza, by the way. Figure if we're hyper...uh, pretend business partners, you should know.

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Garaza @orc-ids.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

A woman after my own heart!

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Garaza @orc-ids.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

||tulip is my favorite guy

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Garaza @orc-ids.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Aww. That actually sounds quite nice. [She's taking a seat and digging through her bag as they talk - pulling out a sewing kit. Even seated, she's taller than many humanoids.] I'm more of a guide, I guess. Survivalist might be the word in Common. Which is mostly showing fools how to walk out here.

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Garaza @orc-ids.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I can't really blame them, I guess. There must be better food than my dusty old pillow, though... [She huffs a sigh, but no matter - she needs to cheer the hells up, and her profession's a good start at that.] You, too? I'm guessing you're the sort that's good with animals.

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