Phoenix

[Anastasia]

"No," Bwimb says, "They came and they were so nice and unexpected."

[Corwin]

"Perhaps, Elle could help with interrogating them more thoroughly? We didn't want to pause for that while you were in danger, but there is plenty of time to do so now," Seira muses. Plus their facilities are back home, so Elle will get her wish as well.

[Anastasia]

"Allow me," Elle steps forward.

"Oh!" Bwimb perks up, "Alright, that's very nice of you."

Elle goes to them, grabs them and vanishes. Once gone?

"You're sure you're alright?" Kascha asks right away.

"I will be," Bwimb agrees, "I think I'm alright."

[Corwin]

"So tell me more about yourself and your realm," Seira asks once Elle is gone. "What are your interests? Do you travel? How absolute is your control over Ooze? Anything and everything interesting!"

[Anastasia]

A happy little movement at that, "Oh, I love Ooze but I mostly stay here. It's nicer here and people should come here."

Kascha nods along, "Don't worry, Seira really likes to ask questions and talk."

"I can tell," Bwimb agrees, "I can control Ooze a lot and make all sorts of Ooze. I made a healing goo once, but no one would use it." A little slump, "And the few I paid to try it all threw up when they tasted it."

Sanzha stays back, but has an openly amused smile on her face.

[Corwin]

"Sometimes medicine can be an acquire taste, but that's not a problem for someone with our abilities," Seira muses. "We could give collaboration a try here. After all, one of the Cauldron's specialties is finding the harmony in the elements. I'm sure you've heard of it?"

[Anastasia]

"I have, Kascha mentioned it once," Bwimb agrees. "But Fire's usually mean, Kascha's nicer than that."

[Corwin]

"I do think we need to state something ahead of time," Seira points out. "Pardon my bluntness, Bwimb, but it seems like Ooze is largely an unpopular tourist destination at present due to the smell, while taste is another issue for local products and consumables. While you like it just as it is, and that's perfectly fine, would you be willing to change those aspects to get bigger exposure to visitors and customers? I'm asking this so directly because if we were to collaborate on a product to make it more widely available, I wouldn't want to hurt your feelings at the time if it takes the final design away from the present one. Sticking to your preferences throughout and making it work is also a possible, if harder, path to success after all!"

[Anastasia]

"Sure! There's lots of flavors and variety!"

A dozenb lobs of goo appear on the ground before you. Bright mucus green, a red like dried blood, a yellow that - well, you get the idea. The smell is awful, "See? But no one likes any part of Ooze's smells," she slumps a bit after that. "

[Corwin]

"In that case, we'll see about adding more smells to Ooze until we hit upon something that works!" Seira says cheerfully. "With that settled, I've always been curious about something. Do you have sapient oozes, and if not, why not? I'm talking about an ooze butler or a slime maid, not to mention you can't go wrong with an honor guard!"

[Anastasia]

"Of course there's intelligent oozes," Bwimb says, waving. "There's others, too! But most of them..." she trails off.

"Aren't great for much of anything but oozing around," Kascha fills in.

[Corwin]

"Ah, but I was talking about sapient ones! Bwimb, you really haven't lived until you've recruited a competent maid!"

[Anastasia]

Bwimb perks up, "Oh!" A turn to Kascha, "Would you like to be my maid, Kascha?"

Kascha reddens and quickly clears her throat, "I'm busy doing...um...god things." A flare of her aura, just a little.

Bwimb jiggles and oozes all over, "Oh! Oh! OH! It's true! You've really grown, Kascha!" The ooze-woman flows over Kascha, like a full body hug. "Congratulations! You must be so proud that Lord Ao approved of you! You'll be a great deity! I bet you'll be friends with everyone and get invited to all the nice places!"

Quietly Lady Sanzha subtly takes a step back.

[Corwin]

"Speaking of travel, have you been anywhere away from Ooze before?"

[Anastasia]

As Kascha is freed, a little greener for the experience, Bwimb turns to you. "A few times, but well...." Bwimb visibly sags.