[Log] Up the Beanstalk

[thequestgiver]

Characters: All who want to investigate the beanstalk
Open? Obviously :D
Where: On the outskirts of Schwanheim
When: All day
What: A giant beanstalk has made an appearance in a field outside the capital. You all know how this goes.




The beanstalk that Gretel had planted was now spindling up from the ground out of sight into the clouds, almost five feet thick in diameter as it twisted and turned upwards into the sky.

Not very far from the base lay a large lady's compact mirror, at least a foot in diameter, stuck in the dirt, it's mirror shattered. The powder lay in clumps and dust all around it, metal bent and warped. The design on the back, however, was still intact, the impact mostly having damaged the bottom half.

Comments

[sorcerous]

Loki gave a deep bow. "Forgive us, my lady," he said, his tone soft and respectful. "We have found ourselves accidental intruders in your home; the beanstalk grew from our realm." He gave a glance back at the thief-girl as though to say leave the talking to me, and returned his gaze to the giantess. "My name is Loki, Prince of Asgard, and God of Mischief."

[thequestgiver]

"And a prince at that? Oh deary deary me!" The giantess fanned herself with her hand a moment. "I wasn't expecting this, though I should have with the hole in the floor, now shouldn't I? Oh dear..."

She moved to sit in a near by chair, hands folding neatly in her lap. "I'm so sorry, dears, I haven't a clue what's proper in these sorts of situations, I've never met any of you little people before. Would you like a cup of tea?" She paused. "Oh dear, do I have any cups that small? If I still had some of dear Bobby's things from when he was a babe, but those went to Mary when little Theodore was born... maybe Martha's tea set..."

[sorcerous]

"You are too kind," assured Loki, "and your hospitality does you credit, but you must not put yourself out on our account. We are, after all, uninvited guests."

He touched a hand to Faolan's shoulder, unspoken permission to leave Loki's side.

"Are smaller visitors common here?" he asked.

[greatsquirrelhunter]

Faolan snuggled close for a moment, then went bounding over to look up at the giant. As a small child, he was quite used to looking up at people and the relative difference of regular adult versus giantess meant very little [despite the great amount of difference]

"Faolan doesn't want tea. Faolan wants milk."

[thequestgiver]

"Well bless me, of course you can have milk," the giantess smiled before looking back over at Loki. "Well, I heard that Beatrice had one a few months back, a horrid little boy who robbed her blind, I heard, nothing like the one that Marietta had last year who helped her with her chores. He still comes to visit, I hear, something about trying to make himself an ambassador so he could make it his job to come visiting. Isn't that just the most wonderful idea for a career? But I hadn't heard of any of you coming this far out, we're all the way on the edge of town, you know, practically out into the woods! It's really a shame, but Richard insisted that this was where he wanted to live, and after all the commotion with Harold and the boys, well, I couldn't just tell him no," she sighed. "It just gets so dreadfully lonely, especially with Richard spending so much time at work and Mother being all the way at the capital."