Elves, Maybe It's Better Not to Wake Them?
* Chop chop chop chop Chop chop chop chop chop
"It's fine to play games. But don't skip meals. If I see this again, the games get confiscated."
"Huh..?!"
A peaceful afternoon in the bunker. Hero-i and Hogol-i were getting scolded by Sora for skipping meals to game. I had that scene as my backdrop while replying to SeSooJa in chat.
Wasn't it just a week? I'd only entrusted the tree nutrient experiment to SeSooJa a week ago. And now, a report that results were already in.
SeSooJa seemed different somehow. Normally, she'd excitedly spill the whole experiment process and results to me. With a question mark over my head, I clicked the concept post that the elf had apparently written.
(Skinny green dwarf like an anchovy gif)
(Buff green dwarf flexing muscles gif)
The buff green dwarves were flexing their muscles. But yeah, as the comments said, super unnatural muscles.
"That thing. Roider, roider."
Those weird muscles couldn't come from normal training. Abnormal muscles from juicing drugs.
> What is a "roider"? First time hearing the term.
No such word in this world, right? Sora would be hearing it for the first time.
"People who juice muscles with drugs are called roiders. Look at those muscles—all weird, right? Not from training."
Ballooned muscles. Monstrosities ignoring body proportions, just bloated.
> Indeed, they look extremely poor. At least proportionate growth would have been better.
Nod. If juicing, at least train while doing it. Just juice and you turn into a freak. I cleared the monstrosity from my mind and shifted to the SeSooJa chat.
After some heartwarming exchange with SeSooJa, I immediately added the nutrient to PaDdak items. Now it'd be the World Tree's daily grub. Imagining elves swarming the gallery, I grinned. More heads would liven things up.
"Oh right, forgot to ask about the boomer elves."
The boomer elves the Gallers were super wary of. Thought it was just teasing old elves before. But seeing Valerian wary too today. If he cared, something was up. Maybe gallery posts had info?
I switched to NyanNyan mode and glanced at Sora on my lap.
> Based on gallery posts: Some elder elves are deep into elf supremacism. 4 of 5 elders believe it. Led to all continental races declaring war on them in the past.
"They were public enemy number one and still didn't learn?"
Dizzying. Normally that'd cause huge change?
> Efforts to abolish elders failed. Created queen position to check them. But needs World Tree approval, so no queen since first one's death.
"Thanks, SoraSora."
Some change attempted, but big fail. Real serious boomers. Elves, maybe better not to wake? I pondered a bit, but decided to stick to plan. Couldn't bear disappointing happy SeSooJa after giving the nutrient. No take-backs. Handle issues if they arise later. Shoved worries aside and checked new gallery posts.
Gallery flooded with game posts. Seemed all Gallers having fun. Checked a eye-catching one to ensure no issues.
BookEater seemed pretty pissed. Saw the real-life ban threat in comments, but pretended not to notice. Wouldn't be a big deal even if they met. Archmage and Hero, probably awkward laughs? Hit back, scanned more titles.
Gallery conquered by Xiangqi, chess, Go posts. Gallers even posting guides already. Game feature added sooner than planned, but everyone enjoying. I smiled warmly and kept lurking the gallery.