Orja

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Orja
File:Orja.png
NPC Info
Species	Villager
Location	Detlas (During Festivals)

Orja is a Hive servant who has come to Detlas to represent the Qira Hive. She could be found in Detlas from March 7th, 2022 to March 31st, 2022 during the Festival of the Heroes, and later reappearing for the 2022 Festival of the Blizzard.

Festival of the Heroes

Orja
File:Orja.png
NPC Info
Coordinates	X: 432 Z: -1614
Species	Villager
Location	Detlas

Dialogue

First Conversation (2022)

• Orja: ...I wasn't really expecting to get this kind of opportunity. Thank you, mistress- Hm? Oh! Oh, um, hi!
• Orja: You're... You're one of the Fruma soldiers, right? I remember hearing about you from the others around the Hive.
• Orja: ...well, not YOU in specific, but...people like you, anyways. I suppose I'm still adjusting to things.
• Orja: I'm actually here as a representative of the Qira Hive, for the festival. Admittedly, it's been... tricky.
• Orja: Still, I'm enjoying myself. I've never gotten to go to any kind of festival like this before. Maybe I'll see you around again?

First Conversation (2023)

• Orja: ...I can't believe Mistress is letting me come again so soon... She must have a soft spot for me- Hm? Oh! Oh, um, hi!
• Orja: You're... You're one of the Fruma soldiers, right? I remember hearing about you from the others around the Hive.
• Orja: ...well, not YOU in specific, but...people like you, anyways. I suppose I'm still adjusting to things.
• Orja: I'm actually here as a representative of the Qira Hive, for the festival. Admittedly, it's been... tricky, again.
• Orja: Still, I'm enjoying myself. I'm really getting spoiled, getting to come to these festivals so often. Maybe I'll see you around again?

Following Conversations

• Orja: Oh, hello again. I suppose the festival has been going well for you, which is good! It's so colorful here.
• Orja: So different than where I used to live. Different than the Hive, too. It's a tiny bit overwhelming, really, but...
• Orja: Well, enough of that. It feels like you want to talk, maybe?
  • [1] So you're from the Hive?
    • Orja: Ah, yes. I was sent to represent the Hive in this festival...and for a few other reasons, but...that's aside.
    • Orja: If you haven't heard of it... The Qira Hive is a massive nest, in the Canyon of the Lost. I and other people live there.
    • Orja: Mistress Qira presides over us all, and makes magical creatures to test the power of adventurers in combat.
    • Orja: There's the other things we do there too, but the combat challenge is what she's most known for. ...well. I think, at least.
    • Orja: I serve under her, there, helping upkeep the place. I... I don't mean to sound like I'm bragging but I think Mistress has a soft spot for me.
    • Orja: I mean...I didn't hear the end of it from one of the other servants, Yansur, about how I got picked to come instead of him...
    • Orja: And, I am new there. I lived on the streets barely a year ago. That...that has to count for something, right?
  • [2] You mentioned you were having problems as a representative.
    • Orja: Yeah. We're...seen as evil. A lot of rumors fly over in Gavel about supposedly illicit activities at the Hive.
    • Orja: It's stupid! Everyone's just too scared to go there and see for themselves that what we do isn't that bad! I...I bought into those rumors 'til I was brought there myself.
    • Orja: But... Well, part of the reason I'm here is to try and deal with that stigma. To show people what we offer is valuable.
    • Orja: One of the things we brought with us was water, created by one of the creatures at the Hive, the Aqua Nitashi? It's completely pure water.
    • Orja: We wanted to sell it at the food stalls, because the way it's made means it's full of magical energy. It can make you stronger if you drink it, and it's delicious!
    • Orja: The festival committee danced around saying no... They never said it was "because we don't trust you" but the fact they couldn't give a straight answer...
    • Orja: Really, try it! It's the freshest water you'll ever taste, I've been handing out samples.
    • [+1 Hive Nitashi Water]
  • [2] The water is good. Do you have any more samples?
    • Orja: Oh, absolutely! See, I told you it was good! And I bet you felt stronger for having drank it, right?
    • Orja: I can give you some more if you'd like, but...well, we WERE trying to sell them, and I've got so much.
    • Orja: So...how does...oh, I don't know, uh, what was the price...I think we were going to sell them for [15 Emeralds]. Is that okay?
      • [1] I'll take one.
        • Orja: Okay, here you go then! Um, thank you for giving it a try.
      • [2] I'd like to buy eight.
        • Orja: Oh, wow... You must have really liked it! I knew that festival committee would've regretted not having the Nitashi Water for sale! Thank you, really!
      • [3] I haven't got the money on me.
        • Orja: Oh, that's too bad. Well, I'm going to be here til the festival ends, so... Come back again, okay?
  • [3] Have you met any notable fairgoers?
    • Orja: ...just one, and I really wish I hadn't.
    • Orja: That man over there, by the spinning wheel game. Dr. Legendary...more like a legendary idiot. Legendary jerkface. Legendary...uh...stupidhead.
    • Orja: I met him once, at the Hive... Mistress Qira was ill with a cold. He barged in, demanding to see her, not even bothering with the challenge...
    • Orja: ...he made her angry. Really, really angry. He paid for it, but... I never want to see him again.
    • Orja: And he's...insistent that it's all water under the bridge. I want to remind him why he has that fake hand.
    • Orja: I want to remind him why his nose is crooked. Why he's not allowed at the Hive anymore. ...dirtbag...
  • [4] What do you think about the games?
    • Orja: Well, they're actually fun! Very different from the card games and sports we play around the Hive area.
    • Orja: Though, eheh, I didn't quite understand them at first. That sword there? It's actually a game. Some kind of test of strength, I guess?
    • Orja: I just pulled it out because I thought someone had dropped it, and then I won a big prize. I didn't even realize until afterwards.
    • Orja: Um, I bought a prize with the coins though! Just a Wybel stuffy for my room...
  • [5] Why did Qira send a servant instead of coming herself?
    • Orja: ...part of it is that she's busy. Taking so many weeks off running from the Hive... I don't think she could afford to do so.
    • Orja: Part of it is that Yansur, our usual representative, is...ornery? Stuck-up? Rude? Condescending? ...All four, really.
    • Orja: And...another part, is...it's a reward for me. I've been loyal, I've done my job well, I've helped enforce rules around Craftmas time.
    • Orja: So, I get to come here...as a special reward for my loyalty. And...even for all the problems there's been, it's been nice.
    • Orja: I'm thankful. I wouldn't have any of these opportunities if Mistress hadn't come along to Gelibord one day and taken me to the Hive.
  • [6] Not particularly.
    • Orja: Oh. Um...okay. I hope you...enjoy the festival?
    • Orja: ...why would you come up and talk to me if you didn't want to talk...?

Festival of the Blizzard

Orja
NPC Info
Coordinates	X: 432 Z: -1517
Species	Villager
Location	Detlas

Orja is invited to the Festival of the Blizzard alongside Gale.

Dialogue

First Conversation

• Orja: ...I've got to improve the decorations for next year. This just- Oh! Um, hi. Merry, uh, Craftmas.
• Orja: A Fruma Soldier? You're, I remember hearing about people like you a while ago. Can't remember if I've seen you before or not...
• Orja: Suppose you're here to enjoy the festivities, right? I'd be at the Hive, decorating the servant's quarters, but...
• Orja: ...Gale, uh...decided she really wanted me to see this and wouldn't take no for an answer. I, uh. Only regret it a little bit.

Following Conversations

• Orja: ...it's way prettier when you're not forced to live out in it. The, um, the snow, I mean.
• Orja: We don't really get weather at the Hive, so it's been a while since I've seen it snow.
• Orja: Well, anyways. Did you want to talk?
  • [1] Gale brought you over to the festival herself?
    • Orja: She did.
    • Orja: I never want to fly again.
    • Orja: Ever.
      • [1] Sounds like there's a story in there.
        • Orja: So. You know how Gale is. She can, um. Do the windy...thing- Air magic. She has air magic.
        • Orja: That means, she can fly around with it. And, that's impressive and all, but... It meant she didn't want to wait to take an airship ticket to fly here.
        • Orja: She said she had a method of getting here that was...urp. Perfectly safe.
        • Orja: Holding! A basket! With me in it! Over the ocean! At top speed! Is!! Not!! Safe!!!
        • Orja: I got a weird bug in my eye too...
        • Gale: Hey, I told you to wear those goggles I gave you!!
      • [2] ...I'll let you be then.
        • Orja: ...yeargh.
  • [2] What do the Wynnter celebrations at the Hive look like?
    • Orja: Apparently, it's gotten better since I was brought to the Hive.
    • Orja: Yansur thinks the whole season is useless to celebrate, so he kept trying to say the decorations weren't allowed. No one bothered with it because of that...but that's not in the rules anywhere!
    • Orja: I checked! So, I started putting up decorations and tried to start a little gift exchange myself...
    • Orja: It was like...flipping a switch. Everyone was in a good mood! Even that grouchy guy in the room to the right of me ended up getting into it.
    • Orja: And of course, Yansur decided to be a busybody and say 'nay' to the thing, but I, um...got on his case about it. He got all huffy and his face turned...puce, or something, and he stormed off.
    • Orja: We got some time off from standard work- smithing, scrapping, tailoring, and all that. Some people get to visit their families or send letters.
    • Orja: ...actually, thinking of it, the guy to the left of me always complains about not being able to see his family... Why doesn't he just ask? He works hard, too...
    • Orja: Uh, Mistress Qira herself actually helps tending to some of the chores that need doing daily, around this time. She takes good care of us.
  • [3] It sounds like you didn't want to come here.
    • Orja: ...not necessarily. The festival here is good! I like the atmosphere, and the snow, and all.
    • Orja: I just...I wish Gale hadn't taken the most reckless way of getting me over the ocean possible-
    • Gale: Hey, I flew AROUND that thunderstorm! Jeez, you'd think I'd tried to drop you or something. I told you, I've done it before!
    • Orja: ...anyway.
    • Orja: That, and, while I'm not over at the Hive I'm worried Yansur's going to get in everyone's faces and stop them from celebrating again.
    • Orja: I'd hate to be the reason that they don't get to have fun, and...well, I already got to go to the Festival of the Heroes. Isn't it someone else's turn?
    • Gale: Hey, look. Don't worry about that so much, Orja. Just cause Qira's got a soft spot anyone else is getting treated bad.
    • Gale: And besides, I got Pleiadies to keep Yansur in line. Everyone's gonna get to have their Craftmas, and if Yansur tries to stop it again he'll just end up doing his best impression of a Wynnter ham!~
  • [4] How's the festival been so far?
    • Orja: ...um, keep this between you and me, but... I've sort of been indulging in all the food.
    • Orja: The carols are nice, but I don't know the lyrics, and I'm no good at singing. All the crafts and things everyone makes are nice too- I got a souvenir!
    • Orja: It's a...the merchant called it a snowglobe- You shake it, and the inside of the globe has snow flutter down, but...
    • Orja: Um, as much as the cooks at the Hive do a good job you sort of get used to what's there after a while.
    • Orja: So, um...roasted nuts, and peppermint candies, and those sweet jellybeans...I've sort of just been on a snacking spree.
    • Orja: I really recommend those jellybeans. They're really fruity-tasting, but also...not quite fruit? It's weird in a good way.
  • [5] What was your life like before joining the Hive?
    • Orja: No good. This, this time of year is to celebrate the good, and to be thankful for what you have, right?
    • Orja: So I'll be thankful I'm not eking out a living in Gelibord anymore, that Mistress chose to take me along.
    • Orja: I was a beggar. And...everyone hated me for it. I don't know why, because most of the people in Gelibord were barely doing better than I was.
    • Orja: I didn't have a house- their roofs are so rundown they might as well not have them. I had no money, they only had a tiny bit, but they acted like they were leagues above me.
    • Orja: I can't tell you how much my life's improved since I got out of there. I never want to go back. I won't go back. I'd sooner die.
    • Orja: ...er. ...maybe a bit much to be talking about. Right...right now. Let's...not bring this up again.
  • [6] Not really, no.
    • Orja: Oh. Um...okay. I hope you...enjoy the festival?
    • Orja: ...why would you come up and talk to me if you didn't want to talk...?

Trivia

• Orja was originally a character from Selvut's Hive Drabbles, a small (apparantly canon) series of stories written by Selvut on this thread.