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[enhancomancer]

The ghosts don't know as much history as the Castle Roogna ghosts, but they're more coherent. Are we going to get zombies too? I've never gone so long without seeing any zombies! Lacuna and Hiatus let me play with their zombie moat monster with them, but I never play with the zombie dragons so Stanley won't get jealous.

He's already a very pretty green!! He's the best dragon! He has six legs, vestigial wings that can even almost fly, and he's a steamer! Oh, and he's the Gap Dragon, that's very important in Xanth.

Xanth has lots of dragons. Fire dragons, water dragons, land dragons, air dragons, I'd have to ask the Good Magician how many, but they like to eat virgins. [ 8| ] In the past, a bunch were sacrificed to dragons who rescued them and decided they should be saved from their abusive villages instead, and there's a famous story of a human and dragon that ran away to the Isle of View to be unicorns instead! Isn't that sweet? [ 8| ]

So tell me all about your favorite ghosts, zombies, and dragons! And if your realm doesn't have any of those -- that's really sad, and I feel bad for you, but you can tell me your favorite story about a couple that proved true love is stronger than even a dragon's jaws! And dragon jaws are really strong. Stanley chomps rocks and swords!

'Kay!!!

Oh!!! And I'm Ivy! Hello!!

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[princess_weia]

[Leia nodded her understanding.]

Yeah, I bet I'd be annoyed too if somebody did that. But what'd he shrink him for?

And Alderaan is really nice! It's peaceful and beautiful and lots of people like to come there for vacations. Plus we have thrantas! They're flying animals with big, wide wings that people can ride on. I've had thranta-riding lessons since I could barely walk, and my teacher says I'm almost ready to do it without him in the air with me! I can already handle the thranta by myself, but he has to fly nearby for now, just in case something happens.

[enhancomancer]

His father told him to spray him and the dragon with some fountain of youth, but Hugo couldn't control how much, and overdid it! So his father became a baby too, and so did Stanley!

What's a vacation?

Gee, that sounds neat!! Mother goes flying sometimes on Birds of Paradise plants she grows, but only in an emergency. Usually we ride centaurs instead, except for me, because Stanley's so big so he lets me ride on him!

[princess_weia]

Was his daddy OK? Aside from being a baby, I mean. And did he still remember being his daddy?

And a vacation is when you take a trip somewhere just for fun, usually for at least a couple of days. Or sometimes when you just take a break from work for about as long to relax; I think it can mean both things.

[enhancomancer]

He was okay! His father's the Good Magician Humphrey, so he has lots of spells in case of emergencies, and it kicked in and brought him back to his castle and Hugo's mother. He had to get older before he remembered how to be Hugo's Dad again, but he did!

But trips are never fun. We use can-trips as safety traps in case of invasions. [ 8| ]

I guess we could never go on a break like that though, because we're always being... ourselves! But we're careful to enjoy voyages even when it's official business!

[princess_weia]

[Leia giggles.]

Not that kind of trip. A trip like when you go somewhere away from home. A voyage, like you said.

But yeah, it's a little different when you're Queen or a Princess or something like that; you're always going to be that, no matter where you are. But that doesn't mean you can't go somewhere just for fun though. And it's good you try to enjoy official trips too.

[enhancomancer]

Kind of. We've never gone anywhere just for fun. And when Grandpa Trent was King, he sent Grandpa Bink and others on the quest to find the source of Xanth's magic, because he couldn't go himself.

[princess_weia]

[Leia nods.]

My mommy and daddy do that sometimes to. Not to find magic, I mean, but they have a lot of people who work for them, doing important jobs that they can't themselves. Like ambassadors and things.