(Hours have passed and Delta has calmed down. She hangs limply while John Dory and Bruce carry her and the others walks behind them)
Bruce: Okay, so here's another question. Say there's a woman that digs you, right, but you don't really like her that way. How do you let her down real easy so her feelings aren't hurt, but you don't get burned to a crisp and eaten? How do you do that?
Delta: Ya just tell her she ain't your true love. Everyone knows what happens when ya find your...
(John Dory cuts her off with a deliberate, bouncing readjustment)
Delta: Hey! The sooner we get to Duloc, the better.
Poppy: Oh you're gonna love it there, Princess. It's beautiful!
Delta: And what of mah groom-to-be? Lord Farquaad? What's he like?
John Dory: Well, let me put it this way, princess.
(John dumps Delta to the ground unceremoniously and heads to a nearby pond to wash up)
John Dory: Men of Farquaad's stature are in..."short" supply.
(He chuckles and Viva joins in)
Viva: I don't know, John. There are those who think..."little" of him.
(They laugh even harder)
Delta: Stop it. Stop it, both of ya! You're just jealous that ya can never measure up to a great ruler like Lord Farquaad.
Clay: Yeah, well, maybe you're right, princess. But I'll let you do the..."measuring"...when you see him tomorrow.
Delta: Tomorrow?
(Panic-stricken, Delta looks back fearfully at the setting sun)
Delta: It'll take that long? Shouldn't we stop to make camp?
Branch: No, that'll take longer. We can keep going.
Delta: But there's....robbers in the woods.
Poppy: (gasps) Whoa! Time out, guys! Camp is definitely starting to sound good.
John Dory: Hey, come on. I'm scarier than anything we're going to see in this forest.
(Delta jumps in front of John, blocking him)
Delta: I NEED TO FIND SOMEWHERE TO CAMP NOW!!
(The group's ears lower, taken aback by her outburst)
(A few minutes later, Bruce is rolling a large boulder away from the mouth of a cave)
Bruce: Hey! Over here!
Floyd: Bruce, we can do better than that. I don't think this is fit for a princess.
(Delta turns her attention away from the setting sun)
Delta: No, no, it's perfect. It just needs a few homey touches.
Viva: Homey touches? Like what?
(She hears a huge ripping sound and looks over at Delta, who has torn the bark off of a tree with her bare hands)
Delta: A door. Well, everybody, I bid thee good night.
(She enters the cave and puts the bark door up behind her)
Poppy: You want me to come in there and read you a bedtime story? 'Cause I will.
Delta: I SAID GOOD NIGHT!
(John looks at the group for a second and then reaches to move the boulder back in front of the entrance)
Floyd: John, what are you doing?!
John Dory: (laughs) I just--you know - - Oh, come on. I was just kidding.
Branch: Sometimes, you can have a cruel twist of humor.
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Trolls x Shrek Au
PertualanganThis story is about five beast brothers: John Dory, Bruce, Clay, Floyd, and Branch. They all lived in isolation in the swamp in their Grandma's pod. They enjoyed their lives there until a ruler named Lord Farquaad dumped fairy tale creatures in thei...
