But She and Her Furry Friends (Not-So-Humble Bumble Quest Log, Closed)

[roseeclair]

🧙 WHO: Makoto Kino and Robyn Goodfellowe
⚔️ WHAT: Two girls go bee wrangling and hopefully don’t shrink too much…
🕒 WHEN: Sometime in April before the event
🗺️ WHERE: Red Springs
⚠️ WARNINGS: Bees. But otherwise N/A, will warn as necessary.


[Being two nature affiliated lasses, of course Makoto and Robyn wanted to take a more peaceful route with the humilibees. They find a good location in the woodson the outskirts of the spring- far enough away from the actual resort, they think- and Makoto uses her Green magic to scout out a snag hollow enough for a swarm of extra-large bees to make a hive in.]

Think this one’ll work?

Comments

[wolfhunted]

That looks good. They'll need room to make a new hive.

[Robyn knows for a fact that she doesn't want to just get rid of the bees outright, but to find a safer place for them to live as well. If she can't go back home and help the wolves there, she may as well help the bees here.]

But now we have to figure out how to get them all here...

[roseeclair]

Hm, well, you've got animal magic... Any chance you could talk to the queen? If she moves, the rest of the hive has to follow, right?

[wolfhunted]

I could try...though there are a lot of other bees in there. I wonder if they'll even let me talk to her.

[When she saw the hive earlier, she could faintly hear buzzing from it, and at the same time it sounded like several voices all talking over each other. Who knows how it'll sound if she gets even closer.]

But I'll have to talk to them somehow. [Even if she might get stung in the process.]

[roseeclair]

[A nod, and then a pat on the shorter girl's shoulder.]

You'll be fine. And I'll be right here if you need help.

[wolfhunted]

...thanks. [She appreciates it.]

I suppose we should head back to the hive now. I hope they'll listen to us.

[roseeclair]

[Another nod, and back towards the resort they go. It's not long before they find a few of the finger-length worker bees buzzing through the air on their way to collect nectar, a few heading back towards the swarm on the side of one of the buildings.]

So do we just... ask for an audience with the queen or...?

[Look, science isn't quite Makoto's strong suit, despite relying so strongly on electricity and nature. She knows bees pollinate flowers and have a hierarchy, but bee etiquette? Is that even a thing?]

[wolfhunted]

Well, that could be a start.

[Just as Robyn thought, the buzzing sounds like a lot of voices talking over each other at once. But she has to try and communicate with them somehow.]

Excuse me! We, um, would like to speak to your queen. Can one of you take us to her?

[One of the bees hovers closer to her and buzzes a response, which causes Robyn's face to fall a little before she turns to Mako.]

She says the queen can't come out and talk to us, but they'll send another bee to give her the message...

[roseeclair]

Okay, that's a start at least. Maybe say we've got a good offer on a new hive?

[wolfhunted]

Alright.

[She turns back to the bees.] We've found a better place for your hive in the woods not too far from here. Can you please tell your queen that?

[Several bees head back to the hive, presumably to let the queen know about the offer.]

I hope she says yes...

[roseeclair]

[It takes about a half an hour, but thankfully beereaucracy tends to work fast. A few worker bees come out to tell Robyn that the two not-bees are to lead them to this "new hive" for inspection. In snooty bee-legalese, but hey, that's a maybe!]

[wolfhunted]

Yes! We can lead you there! Don't worry, it'll be much safer for you there than where you are right now.

[For both the bees and anyone who's near the Red Springs. She turns to Makoto with a hopeful look on her face. Things seem to be working in their favour so far!]