A Bad Joke: Chapter two

The woman laughs, her face crinkling. She has so many wrinkles in her face from laughing. It's beautiful. "No, it's not a joke. GABBY, that is the ancient sword of the Queen of the Sun Kingdom. You are now in possession of it, as I, the Lady of the Laaaaa" her voice keeps skipping, just saying the aaa sound. I look around to see what might be happening to her. Maybe it's a projection? "Oh, almost got it!" I hear a different voice as I walk closer, "come on, come on, not while we're choosing the most important person!" "hello? who are you?" I go around the woman and start heading more to the back, sword held aloft. A head pops out of the water, with blue skin that's a bit darker and black hair that is in curls that swirl out from their face, "Oh, sorry, technical difficulties. our regularly scheduled programming will be back soon" it's a customer service voice with just a hint of frustration. "Um, who are you?" I ask "It doesn't matter. Just look at the avatar. I don't think you're supposed to see me," says the person. "why not? you're gorgeous," I reply. their face turns a bright green. I think it's a blush. "Oh, um, well, I don't really know. sorry, I just started this job like, ten hours ago and the previous lady of the lake just told me to use that recording of her," "Oh, well, maybe you can explain to me what's happening?" I ask "Sure" they step out of the water into the pocket of air, "My name is Maera. I'm the current Lady of the Lake. I organise and sort all of the weapons of the Knights Circle. I think that's all I do. maybe" "How do you not know what your job is?" I ask "Again, I just started this job ten hours ago with only thirty minutes of training," she replies "That seems irresponsible," I reply, "But eh, I'm irresponsible all the time." "That's not good for a queen," says Maedra, "Any way, I think you're the queen. we had a few different candidates," "Cool," Gabby replies, "does this have powers?" "You'll find out. anyway, I have to send you back because something is here," says Maedra She waves her hand and a rushing goes through my head. I wake up and it feels like when you wake up from a falling dream. I look up and see something chasing a royal messenger. I fall back, "Oh, this is a bad joke,"

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