# E4 - The Requesting Circumstances of the Late-Blooming Orc/The Monitoring Circumstances of the Egg and Big Sister
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**[00:05] Glind**
All right, full payment received.
***SIGN*** Orc furniture maker
***SIGN*** Glind
***SIGN*** Age 21
**[00:10] Fennel**
Thanks for the great work, as always.
**[00:14] Fennel**
Sorry for the rush delivery request.
**[00:17] Glind**
I won't do it again.
**[00:19] Fennel**
Anything I can hook you up with
as a thank-you? I know all the vendors.
**[00:25] Glind**
There is one thing.
**[00:30] Glind**
I want a cute girlfriend.
**[00:35] Fennel**
Go for it. There's some papier-mâché
on the cabinet shelves.
**[00:38] Glind**
You want me to *make* one?!
**[00:40] Fennel**
Dang, this is fine work!
**[00:42] Glind**
That's no way to treat a friend!
**[00:45] Glind**
This is why girls don't like you,
you damn elfin virgin!
**[00:47] Fennel**
No one asked for your input,
you damn orc virgin!
**[00:51] Glind**
Please!
**[00:52] Glind**
Introduce me to a tall, strong-willed,
pretty, long-haired elf babe!
**[00:58] Glind**
Even we orcs want a girl
to mess us up once in a while!
**[01:01] Fennel**
Don't say stuff like that!
It makes me wanna hook you up *less*!
**[01:05] Glind**
Should you really say that to me?
**[01:08] Glind**
You owe me for helpin' you
set up business on my turf.
**[01:15] Fennel**
If you're okay with a non-elf,
I do know one girl that fits the bill.
**[01:21] Glind**
Yay!
***SIGN*** Family Circumstances of the Irregular Witch
***SIGN*** Family Circumstances of the Irregular Witch
***SIGN*** Family Circumstances of the Irregular Witch
***SIGN*** Family Circumstances of the Irregular Witch
***SIGN*** Family Circumstances of the Irregular Witch
***SIGN*** The Requesting Circumstances of the Late-Blooming Orc
**[02:55] Glind**
"The Requesting Circumstances
of the Late-Blooming Orc."
**[03:05] Fennel**
So, this is Viola the witch.
**[03:10] Glind**
What a pleasure to meet you!
**[03:14] Viola**
Witch Kick!
**[03:17] Fennel**
That's a dumb attack name!
**[03:21] Viola**
Explain why you called me out of the blue
and introduced me to a man.
**[03:25] Viola**
I'd win any lawsuit over this.
**[03:28] Fennel**
Yes, Miss Viola.
**[03:35] Fennel**
I really am sorry! But you're
the only one I can go to with this.
**[03:40] Fennel**
All I'm asking is that you have tea with him!
**[03:42] Viola**
Meh, don't wanna.
**[03:44] Fennel**
Okay, then all I'm asking is for you
to shout "crawl back to the swamp,"
**[03:48] Fennel**
slap him in the face, and spit on him!
***SIGN*** Get lost!
***SIGN*** Get lost!
**[03:53] Fennel**
Yes, ma'am.
**[03:53] Viola**
That's *less* appealing!
**[03:55] Fennel**
He's my friend, and I owe him,
so I want to help him out.
**[03:58] Fennel**
Just a few minutes, okay?
**[04:02] Viola**
Well, he doesn't seem like a bad guy...
**[04:08] Viola**
Fine. If you can meet my
conditions, I'll talk with him.
**[04:14] Fennel**
Lay 'em on me!
**[04:16] Viola**
Say, "Please save my poor
stupid loser self, Viola."
**[04:22] Fennel**
P-Please save... my poor...
stupid... loser self... Viola!
**[04:33] Viola**
Of course.
**[04:40] Waitress**
One cream soda.
**[04:43] Fennel**
Okay, let's start over
with self-introductions.
**[04:47] Glind**
I'm Glind! I'm an orc!
**[04:49] Viola**
I'm Viola. I'm a witch.
**[04:54] Glind**
Fennel, you pulled it off.
She's really cute!
**[04:58] Fennel**
I did my part.
Whatever happens next is on you.
**[05:02] Fennel**
By the way, she may not look it,
but she's still 16.
**[05:05] Fennel**
Don't do anything creepy.
**[05:09] Glind**
I wouldn't do that no matter
how old she was.
**[05:11] Fennel**
Also, she may suddenly get violent.
**[05:15] Fennel**
If that happens, either flee at high speed
or surrender unconditionally.
**[05:19] Glind**
Wait, what?
**[05:23] Viola**
So, how did you two become friends?
**[05:27] Fennel**
I met him when I went
to buy furniture from him.
**[05:31] Glind**
We kind of hit it off,
so we've kept up the relationship.
**[05:37] Fennel**
It's been a pretty long time, huh?
**[05:38] Viola**
Then would you know Fennel's weaknesses?
**[05:42] Fennel**
Don't try to exploit our friendship.
**[05:44] Glind**
I'll sell you any information you may desire!
**[05:48] Fennel**
You backstabbing pig!
**[05:52] Glind**
I make furniture for a living.
I'm a pretty good general craftsman, too.
**[05:57] Viola**
That's so impressive!
I'm so clumsy, I'm jealous!
**[06:03] Glind**
No, wielding magic is more impressive!
**[06:05] Glind**
How do you do it?
**[06:07] Viola**
Most things work out if you throw
enough magical force at them.
**[06:11] Glind**
Is magic usually a muscle-brain thing?
**[06:14] Fennel**
I'm pretty sure it's just her.
**[06:16] Viola**
Shall I try demonstrating summoning magic?
**[06:19] Viola**
I can call up a monster
who loves to eat live elves.
**[06:24] Fennel**
Do *not* do that!
***SIGN*** Live Food Lover
***SIGN*** Live Food Lover
**[06:30] Waitress**
Here's your parfait.
**[06:33] Viola**
Thank you.
**[06:34] Waitress**
Enjoy.
**[06:35] Glind**
What's your type, by the way?
**[06:38] Viola**
That'd be Mama.
**[06:40] Glind**
Do you have a hobby?
**[06:41] Viola**
That'd be Mama.
**[06:43] Glind**
Uh, does she hate me?
**[06:46] Fennel**
What? Of course not.
**[06:48] Glind**
But she's not answering me seriously.
**[06:51] Fennel**
It's fine. She means every word.
**[06:53] Glind**
Is that really fine?!
**[06:59] Viola**
My mom is an herbalist,
so I help out with that.
**[07:04] Viola**
And sometimes the townsfolk
ask me to do magic for them.
**[07:08] Viola**
Finding lost things, minor fortune
telling, that kind of stuff.
**[07:16] Viola**
I was actually supposed to go
to the library with Mama today.
**[07:20] Viola**
But Fennel was so insistent
that Mama told me to do this for him.
**[07:28] Viola**
Isn't Mama kind?
**[07:31] Viola**
Unlike me.
**[07:34] Viola**
*You* haven't done anything wrong,
Glind, so don't worry about it.
**[07:38] Viola**
*You* haven't.
**[07:40] Fennel**
Do you understand, now, that
I risked my life to arrange this?
**[07:44] Viola**
Gotcha! I was just joking.
**[07:48] Viola**
Did I scare you?
**[07:50] Fennel**
Liar! I know you were serious!
**[07:53] Viola**
Was not!
**[07:54] Viola**
Obviously, I wouldn't have come here
if I had plans with Mama.
**[07:57] Fennel**
That part was the joke?!
**[08:00] Viola**
But don't get me wrong! I didn't mean
that I didn't want to meet you, Glind.
**[08:04] Glind**
It's all right. It's my fault
for asking so much.
**[08:10] Glind**
Viola, you're a kind, compassionate person.
**[08:15] Fennel**
* Consider her attitude toward me*
* before you say that!*
**[08:18] Glind**
She must be a wonderful mother,
if you respect her so much.
**[08:22] Glind**
I'd love to meet her one day.
**[08:27] Fennel**
You'd better not be after Alyssa.
**[08:31] Viola**
Get close to Mama
and I'll show you no mercy.
**[08:33] Glind**
What?!
**[08:35] Glind**
You've got it all wrong!
That's not my intent!
**[08:37] Glind**
I have no interest in her at all!
**[08:39] Fennel**
You've got no right to say that
when you've never even met her!
**[08:42] Viola**
Are you calling Mama unappealing?!
**[08:44] Glind**
What do you want from me?!
**[08:47] Viola**
But I like that you grasped what a wonderful
mother she is from so little information.
**[08:51] Viola**
You have good instincts.
**[08:53] Glind**
*I think she just accepted me.*
**[08:55] Viola**
You can come visit our house
if you promise never to flirt with her!
**[09:00] Viola**
You're my new friend, after all!
**[09:02] Glind**
*Ba-dum.*
**[09:03] Viola**
FYI, I don't mean, "let's start
with friendship."
**[09:07] Viola**
I mean, "this will never progress
beyond friendship."
**[09:11] Glind**
Thank you for not leaving me
false hope, I guess.
**[09:16] Waitress**
Here's your bill.
**[09:18] Fennel**
Right, thanks.
**[09:20] Restaurant Staff**
Thank you very much!
**[09:25] Glind**
Aw, she's not interested.
**[09:28] Fennel**
Don't give up on her.
It's not like there's zero hope.
**[09:34] Fennel**
I'm on your side, no matter what.
I'll support you.
**[09:39] Glind**
Fennel...
**[09:41] Fennel**
Plus, if she gets a lover, her
over-protectiveness for Alyssa might let up.
**[09:45] Glind**
So it's about *you*?!
**[09:46] Glind**
I don't want to be "supported"
out of self-interest!
**[09:49] Fennel**
Why not?! I'm saying let's help each
other out as two self-interested men!
**[09:53] Glind**
Don't get mad at me!
**[09:55] Fennel**
I'm telling you, it's fine.
She's got some big weak spots.
**[09:59] Fennel**
You can do this if you push it!
**[10:01] Fennel**
And if you two get together,
that'll be the perfect setup
**[10:04] Fennel**
for me to get closer to Alyssa
while she's lonely for her kid!
**[10:08] Glind**
Um...
**[10:11] Viola**
You left your wallet at the restaurant.
**[10:25] Viola**
I'm home!
**[10:28] Alyssa**
Welcome—hmm? Who is this?
**[10:32] Viola**
This is Glind. We made friends!
**[10:36] Alyssa**
Hello! I'm Alyssa, Viola's mother.
**[10:41] Alyssa**
Er...
**[10:42] Glind**
...won't defy...
**[10:43] Glind**
...defy...
**[10:46] Glind**
I will never defy your daughter, ma'am.
**[10:50] Alyssa**
What happened today?!
**[10:51] Viola**
Nothing, why?
**[11:09] Alyssa**
I'm home!
**[11:11] Viola**
Welcome back!
**[11:13] Viola**
You left so suddenly. What were you—
**[11:16] Viola**
Mama, what's that?
**[11:19] Alyssa**
Let me show you.
**[11:23] Viola**
You laid an egg, Mama?!
**[11:25] Alyssa**
Why would you think that?!
***SIGN*** The Monitoring Circumstances of the Egg and Big Sister
**[11:28] Viola**
"The Monitoring Circumstances
of the Egg and Big Sister."
**[11:32] Viola**
I didn't know angels laid eggs.
**[11:35] Alyssa**
I'm hearing some scary things
from you, but they're *wrong*!
**[11:39] Alyssa**
This is a lizardkin egg!
**[11:42] Viola**
Lizardkin? Does it belong to
Guita and Malak from town?
**[11:49] (Flashback) Gita**
Sorry this is so last-minute!
**[11:51] Alyssa**
Yep, the hunter couple.
***SIGN*** Lizardkin hunter
***SIGN*** Guita Age 27
**[11:54] Alyssa**
A job came in that they need
to work together on,
**[11:56] Alyssa**
so they asked me to watch their egg.
***SIGN*** Malak / Ditto / Age 31
**[11:59] Viola**
Sorry, Mama. The shock got me all confused.
**[12:03] Alyssa**
I didn't hatch from an egg, by the way.
**[12:06] Viola**
So you were born from a flower!
**[12:10] Baby Alyssa**
Goo goo!
**[12:11] Alyssa**
Are you still confused?!
**[12:15] Alyssa**
Anyway, do you want to
try holding the egg, Viola?
**[12:19] Viola**
Me?!
**[12:20] Alyssa**
Uh-huh!
**[12:30] Alyssa**
* People who aren't used to babies*
* have a special sort of awkwardness...*
**[12:38] Viola**
I can't! I'm afraid I'll drop it!
**[12:40] Alyssa**
It's scary when you're not used to it, huh?
**[12:43] Viola**
But I guess the baby's
protected inside the egg.
**[12:47] Viola**
I'd probably be even scareder
with a human baby.
**[12:51] Alyssa**
You're right, the egg
is pretty hard to break,
**[12:53] Alyssa**
but they still seem to worry.
**[12:55] (Flashback) Gita**
I'm terrified every day
**[12:58] (Flashback) Gita**
that I'll leave it somewhere,
or break it, or let it get kidnapped.
**[13:03] (Flashback) Gita**
I wish I could keep it inside me
until the baby's born, like a human.
**[13:07] Narrator**
Egg-rearing pressure!
***SIGN*** Egg-rearing Pressure
**[13:09] Viola**
I guess it's rough for everyone...
**[13:13] Viola**
Oh, hey—do different eggs
have different markings?
**[13:17] Alyssa**
They vary, but eggs from the same parents
all have the same basic pattern.
**[13:24] Alyssa**
So apparently, affairs by female lizardkin
always get found out...
***SIGN*** First
Child
***SIGN*** First
Child
***SIGN*** Second
Child
***SIGN*** First
Child
***SIGN*** Second
Child
**[13:33] Viola**
That's dark.
**[13:44] Phoenix**
Who is that egg-based creature?!
**[13:48] Viola**
I bet this is what the husband acts like.
**[13:53] Phoenix**
I see, a lizardkin child.
**[13:57] Phoenix**
If I touch it, I might invite calamity.
**[14:01] Viola**
Huh? Is there a legend about that?
**[14:04] Phoenix**
Nay. But I thought the parents would not like
**[14:07] Phoenix**
a stranger getting touchy with their baby.
**[14:10] Viola**
*His reason was grounded in reality.*
**[14:13] Phoenix**
As the big sister, thou shouldst care for it
with devotion enough for us both.
**[14:19] Viola**
Big sister?
**[14:24] Viola**
Say, Mama. Want me to change its diaper?
**[14:27] Alyssa**
But it's still in its shell.
**[14:30] Viola**
Then should we give it a bath?
**[14:32] Alyssa**
Guita said they don't bathe babies
while they're still in the shell.
**[14:35] Viola**
Oh...
**[14:37] Alyssa**
But the lizardkin village has a tradition
**[14:40] Alyssa**
of putting eggs in a special spring
and praying for their health.
***SIGN*** Local Event
**[14:46] Viola**
Wow, that's kind of cute!
**[14:49] Phoenix**
It soundeth like egg-boiling.
**[14:51] Alyssa**
Hey!
**[14:54] Alyssa**
Look, Phoen, now Viola's on the defensive
because of your insensitive remark!
**[15:00] Phoenix**
The maternal instinct bareth its fangs.
**[15:06] Alyssa**
There aren't many things we can do
for an unhatched baby,
**[15:08] Alyssa**
since eggs don't need baths,
diapers, or feeding.
**[15:12] Viola**
Aw, I wanna do something for it!
**[15:17] Alyssa**
In that case, why not read it a story?
**[15:21] Alyssa**
Babies can hear outside sounds
even while they're still in eggs
**[15:24] Alyssa**
or in their moms' tummies!
**[15:27] Viola**
Then I'll explain the pictures
in your album to it!
**[15:30] Viola**
I'll soothe it with the cutest
thing in the world.
**[15:33] Phoenix**
I bid thee to select thy educational
materials by normal standards.
**[15:37] Alyssa**
Exactly! Let's do Viola's album instead!
**[15:40] Phoenix**
I bid thee learnest from
the mistakes of others.
**[15:43] Phoenix**
If sounds reach it,
perhaps my song would suit?
**[15:47] Phoenix**
I shall serenade it with
the warblings of the little birds.
**[15:51] Alyssa**
"Little"?
**[15:52] Viola**
Is that okay? There won't be a weird wave?
**[15:56] Phoenix**
Thou woundest me.
**[15:57] Phoenix**
My song bringeth serenity to all life,
regardless of species.
**[16:03] Phoenix**
It shall lead ye to peace of mind as well!
**[16:08] Viola**
I kind of want to hear that!
**[16:12] Phoenix**
The visual and auditory hallucinations
which beset listeners after the fifth minute
**[16:15] Phoenix**
are its only drawback.
**[16:17] Viola**
Then there *is* a wave!
**[16:22] Alyssa**
I'll hold it, so why don't
we just talk to it normally?
**[16:26] Viola**
Okay, I'll do that.
**[16:28] Viola**
Grow up big and strong!
**[16:31] Viola**
Specifically, around five meters!
**[16:36] Alyssa**
Your expectation is too high!
**[16:38] Alyssa**
I think we should avoid putting pressure
on the baby before it's even born.
**[16:42] Viola**
Good point. We want kids
to grow up free and independent.
**[16:46] Viola**
Either big or small is okay!
**[16:49] Viola**
Even not being a lizardkin is okay!
**[16:53] Seaweed Baby**
I wanna be seaweed!
**[16:55] Alyssa**
That's too much freedom!
**[17:11] Gita**
Thanks so much for today.
**[17:13] Alyssa**
Nonsense, it was my pleasure.
**[17:16] Malak**
A token of our thanks.
**[17:18] Malak**
It's an ostrich egg boiled
in a magma hot spring.
**[17:20] Narrator**
This is a gift associated with
the lizardkin village's baby blessing event.
**[17:26] Narrator**
It's a sort of dark joke which non-locals
aren't sure whether to laugh at or not.
**[17:31] Narrator**
It's tasty.
**[17:33] Malak**
You can do whatever you want with *this* egg.
**[17:37] Alyssa**
Th-Thank you.
**[17:41] Gita**
Did Viola help look after it, too?
**[17:44] Alyssa**
Yes, and so did Phoen!
**[17:46] Malak**
Who's "Phoen"?
**[17:48] Phoenix**
Thou calledst?
**[17:51] Malak**
What's with this giant bird?!
**[17:52] Phoenix**
Hmm? Me?
**[17:52] Alyssa**
Er, he's a phoenix. He's Viola's familiar.
**[17:56] Gita**
My, how impressive!
**[17:59] Gita**
Viola.
**[18:02] Gita**
Give it a hug goodbye.
**[18:04] Viola**
Huh?
**[18:04] Viola**
Oh, no, I haven't even held it!
I don't have experience, so I might drop it!
**[18:10] Gita**
Don't worry! No baby of ours is that fragile.
**[18:14] Gita**
Here.
**[18:21] Alyssa**
Wonderful! You're holding it really well.
**[18:24] Gita**
She's right. Keep being friends, all right?
**[18:29] Viola**
Okay!
**[18:31] Viola**
I'll support this baby even if
it turns into seaweed.
**[18:36] Gita**
*Where did that come from?!*
**[18:48] Fennel**
* Alyssa invited me to eat with her.*
* My time has finally come!*
**[19:14] Fennel**
So what is this, exactly?
**[19:17] Viola**
A friend-making club, maybe?
**[19:19] Fennel**
How old do you think I am?
**[19:23] Fennel**
Er, Viola... Are you by any chance
holding a grudge about the café date?
**[19:29] Viola**
Oh, no. I just thought
maybe you'd back off of Mama
**[19:34] Viola**
if you made some new friends.
**[19:37] Fennel**
You're totally holding a grudge!
**[19:41] Viola**
You brought me someone last time, right?
**[19:44] Viola**
So this time, I brought *you* someone.
**[19:49] Fennel**
Me?
**[19:52] Fennel**
Are you really introducing me
to one of your female friends?
**[19:56] Fennel**
No, Fennel! Alyssa is your one and only!
**[20:02] Viola**
This is Live Food Lover.
**[20:06] Fennel**
You are obviously holding a grudge!
**[20:09] Fennel**
Dammit, Viola!
**[20:10] Fennel**
More importantly, what are *you*
doing here? Stay away from me!
**[20:15] Viola**
Livie wants to get to know you better.
**[20:17] Viola**
Good for you, getting a love confession.
**[20:20] Fennel**
This is a different kind of love!
Specifically, the "favorite food" kind!
**[20:25] Viola**
That's not a nice thing to say.
**[20:28] Viola**
People who can't respond
to others' emotions with kindness
**[20:31] Viola**
are Mama's least favorite type.
**[20:40] Fennel**
Too scary!
**[20:41] Fennel**
Its name is threatening,
**[20:43] Fennel**
and I don't get the point
of a monster who *only* eats elves!
**[20:47] Live Food Lover**
Oh, but I love the morning dew
and the flowers' nectar, too.
**[20:51] Fennel**
You can talk?
**[20:54] Fennel**
H-Hey, stop!
**[20:55] Fennel**
Viola! Don't just watch, help me!
**[20:58] Fennel**
We're at the limit here!
**[21:01] Viola**
See you later!
**[21:03] Viola**
The third wheel will leave so
you two can have a good time.
**[21:07] Fennel**
W-Wait! Don't leave us alone!
**[21:11] Fennel**
Hey! Hey!
**[21:20] Fennel**
Um...
**[21:22] Fennel**
You like flowers' nectar, right?
**[21:40] Fennel**
Help me!
**[21:42] Fennel**
Help!
**[21:44] Viola**
Hmm... Maybe I went a little too far.
***SIGN*** Preview
**[22:59] Viola**
This is Alyssa!
**[23:00] Viola**
This is Viola!
**[23:01] Alyssa**
Ready, go:
**[23:02] Alyssa/Viola**
Next time on *The Family Circumstances
of the Irregular Witch*...
**[23:05] Alyssa**
Fennel tells us the secrets of his hometown.
**[23:07] Viola**
Yay! Potato-digging with Mama!
**[23:10] Alyssa**
"The Classified Circumstances
of the Elfin Forest"!
**[23:11] Viola**
"The Potato-Digging Circumstances
of Love and Legend"!
***SIGN*** The Classified Circumstances of the Elfin Forest
***SIGN*** The Potato-Digging Circumstances of Love and Legend
**[23:14] Alyssa**
Hey, Viola, what is that running thing?!
**[23:16] Viola**
That? Just a potato.