astrakiseki:

pathopharmacology:

oh no oh no oh no

Stern lady adventurer who catches on to the pun thing in like two seconds flat and answers every single one with a totally straight face — “okay okay okay try this one: what did the scientist say about the book on anti-gravity?” “that it was impossible to put down?” “eeeeeee you guessed it!!!!!!“ — and at first the sphinx is super-excited because NO ONE EVER GUESSES PROPERLY, NO ONE!!!!!, but her elation soon turns to disappointment because the stern lady adventurer isn’t laughing and, like, that’s the whole point, and anyway the sphinx is hilarious, she knows she’s hilarious, puns are the bEST—

so basically it turns into a ridiculous and adorable adventure story where the sphinx decides she needs to accompany the stern lady adventurer on her travels because she is damn well going to make the woman crack a smile, and they get up to all sorts of shenanigans and the nerdy little sphinx girl puns her way out of half their scrapes and the stern lady adventurer is like “what” and “how” and “no”

The sphinx is all, “it’s probably a good thing you have me along, you know, because I make for a pretty great pawdyguard”

The stern lady adventurer scowls, all, “stop that,” and she IS NOT GOING TO SMILE at the way the little sphinx goes all wiggly and delighted

“Wait wait wait,” the sphinx says. “I have to tell you something. Me and you—”

“no. NO.”

“—make a TOTALLY—”

“don’t you dare”

“—PAWESOME TEAM!!!!!”

“oh gods why”

[shipping intensifies]

And the sphinx is just smiling and acting all kittenish until someone tries to attack the stern lady adventurer, then suddenly the sphinx pounces and defeats the idiot soundly.  The lady adventurer is wondering why did she go into a battle mode there and not during some of the scrapes they’ve been in.

“Beclaws I was hungry.”  The sphinx shrugs as she licks her paws clean.

And the lady adventurer just sighs again and covers her face again, shaking her head.