Chapter 25, in which the
Adventurers take a break by the fireside
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Katherine,
looking a little worn-out from casting so many spells in a short span of time,
used her Staff as a support.
"Do you guys have any spells to heal fatigue?" asked Katherine,
looking over to the rest of the group. "And....Don't mind if I ask, where
are...you guys heading anyway...? Ermmm. Mind if a lady join in your
battle...?" added Katherine, the fatigue still on her.
Vitata
Vitata
stood up and looked himself over. His clothes were still tattered and had
hardened blood all over it. Otherwise, his wounds were entirely healed and even
his broken bones seemed to be in perfect condition. He was amazed at how well a
dwarf could handle healing magic. "Er… thanks. By the way. What are you
all doing? You come here, get tons of people attacked by wild wolves and then
say you best be going? You must be up to something. Trying to steal stuff from
us in the outlaw camp eh?" Vitata asked suspiciously. Earlier, there had been
a group of strange people coming to the outlaw camp and threatening people to
give them food. Some had resisted but were soon killed. Vitata had been one who
escaped, but it caused some people to be jealous of him. That's why he made
sure not to be seen by any jealous outlaws who might rob him. He still didn't
like people robbing his food though and was ready to take on these dwarves,
regardless if they healed him or not. "So? Say something, dwarf!"
Braldril
Braldril
looked at his axe which was now no longer capable of being used.
"Oh well I have another one just like it back at home."
Braldril pulled out another axe and attached it to his belt.
Fire
Aclay
"To
the carpet, people?" Fire Aclay asked. He was growing anxious and was
already heading down the road as he asked.
Red Un
"No
mister, we aren't thieves or looters, we're just on an expedition to find the
Library Of Legends, where all the books from the past, present...and future!
are stored. Wanna join
us?"
Vodok
Vodok was
drinking some beer. He went back to the wolf head, picked it up and looked at
it. He called Vodivir and told him to smash out its teeth, and Vodivir did.
Vodok took some teeth and pocketed them, the teeth were sharper than most
swords, and were nice and small stabbing weapons. He gave a few to Vodivir to. "Let's
take a little break 'ere... Gettin' tired..." Vodivir said and sat
down, and wiped the blood off his war hammer.
Fire
Aclay
"Gather
some sticks for a fire," said Fire Aclay. He was too impatient. He
gathered sticks and was ready to set up a tent if Red Un said so. It would be
tough goings if they had to still walk after a battle.
Braldril
Braldril
placed some fire wood on the ground and pulled out a Great Fire Ball Rune.
"Are we going to be staying the night here? If so I'd like to set up a
camp now."
Fire
Aclay
"I’m
waiting for the commander to set camp", said Fire Aclay. Fire Aclay pulled
out his rolled up tent and tent sticks just in case.
Red Un
"Oh
well, if you insists. Set camp!"
Red Un rummaged around in his backpack and found an old, dirty and torn pillow.
"That's all I need. I just hope we won't have any nasty surprises
tonight..."
Fire
Aclay
Fire Aclay
pitched his tent. "Now who will stand guard?" asked Fire Aclay with a
hope it wasn’t him. He stood guard once before and froze at the haunting
silence. It was once as a child he remembered being a guard at night for a
battalion but failed. He couldn’t face that again.
Vodok
"Um.
Be careful with 'em, um... what-cha name... Them things us'lly explode..."
Vodok said backing
off a little. When Fire Aclay mentioned guard both Vodok and Vodivir quickly
jumped to the ground and pretended to sleep.
Tranquillity
"We
could draw straws to decide." suggested Tranquillity.
Fire
Aclay
*gulp*. "That’s how I got picked last
time."
Braldril
Braldril
placed the logs in a ring of rocks and shot the GFB at it. The fire instantly
roared up.
"I'll stand guard tonight. Anyone wish to stay up with me?"
Braldril pulled out his crossbow and loaded it.
Vitata
Vitata
followed them the whole time, wondering if he should join on this quest Red Un
had mentioned.
Quests are dangerous...but quests have money. I could use some money. Plus
he mentioned a library...I never was a book reader but libraries got books.
Idiots buy books for quite a lot of money. I could use some money...
Vitata turned to Red Un and said "Well, I'll join your quest thing if I
get a share of the treasure. What's your name anyways, dwarf? My name is
Vitata." Vitata held out his hand then noticed Red Un's hand to be all
bloody and sweaty. He made a face and took his hand back. Looking at the dwarf
that had healed him, he asked "Hey. You’re pretty short to be a dwarf.
What are you, midget?"
Tujex
"Well
I don’t usually sit guard with other guys, but I guess I’ll stand guard with
you." Tujex said to Braldril. "It’s the least I can do after denting
your axe like that," Tujex then took a seat on a stump and began polishing
his blood-covered sword.
Vodok
Vodok, who
considered himself out of danger from taking watch, let his backpacks slide of
his shoulders and got up to his full height, which wasn't very high. "Firs'ly,
whaddaya mean 'midget', secon'ly, whaddaya mean 'wha' am I'?" Vodok
asked, in not the kindest way possible.
Braldril
"Well
Tujex, welcome aboard. We need to find ourselves some entertainment for
tonight... otherwise it is going to be quite boring..."
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The
Library of Legends....Hmmmm....I think I should join them. Maybe I might find
some information about my parentage... Thought Katherine to herself.
Katherine walked over to Red Un, tapping his shoulder. "Ermm...Red
Un...You mind if a Lady like me join your group's quest for the Library of
Legends?" Katherine asked, as she saw the group starting to pitch tents
for the stay over.
Vitata
Vitata noticed
Vodok trying to make himself look larger. Noticing the challenge, Vitata stared
down at the dwarf and poked Vodok on the head. "What's your name then,
midget?" he asked rudely then smiled. He turned around and sat, right on
top of Vodok's head. "Wow, midget. You make a good stool to sit on."
He got off and walked over to Red Un, pretending to ignore Vodok.
Vodok
"Me
name's..." Vodok
said, making a pathetic attempt for a dramatic pause. It was during this pause
Vitata decided to sit on him.
Red Un
Dammit,
thought Red Un, why does my party always have to start fighting among
themselves when they're not fighting something else?
"Well, anyone who wants can join us, but remember, I have the first pick
on any book we come across."
Vodok
Vodok
growled a bit then decided to go to sleep beside the already sleeping Vodivir.
Braldril
Braldril
made sure everyone had gone to sleep then walked over to his fire and sat down.
He pulled out one of his axes and began to sharpen it.
"Well looks like everyone is asleep except you and me," he said to
Fire Aclay.
Fire
Aclay
"Wasn’t
Tujex standing guard?" asked Fire Aclay. All of the sudden he felt he was
being watched. He remembered the spies note he received from a sparrow.
Fire Aclay took a torch around the camp to make sure.
Braldril
"Ahh
yes I remember now, I must had a bit of amnesia from fighting that wolf
man."
Braldril kept himself busy to make himself not look any stupider.
Fire
Aclay
Fire Aclay
said, "Just in case, let's make a bigger fire".
Braldril
Braldril
added more logs until the fire was three times bigger.
"This big enough?"
Braldril spun around as he heard something moving in the woods....
"Must just be a deer," he said to himself.
Fire
Aclay
"I
think it’s big enough", said Fire Aclay. He had to stand a few feet back.
He also heard rustling in the brush and started throwing rocks. He heard an
"ow". "Who goes there?"
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"Whisky!"
Katherine shouted towards the bushes.
A pearl white owl came flying out from the bush, with a bum on its head.
"Sorry guys, it's my owl doing its business in the bushes...."
Katherine tried to laugh in order to cover the blooper her owl made.
"Hey...ermmm... anyone have marshmallows? I'm hungry..." Katherine
asked, as a Grrrrr... came from her tummy.
Tujex
Tujex
walked over to Vodok pulling a bag from his backpack. "Sorry Vodok, but I
got tired of carrying it." Tujex said, but Vodok didn't seem to be paying
him any attention. He was to busy yelling at someone. Tujex tossed the bag to
Katherine. "There should be some marshmallows in that bag
somewhere..." Tujex said as he took a seat next to her, trying to sneak
and wrap his arm around her.
Red Un
"Hrmm...an
owl. Oh well, time to sleep."
Red Un laid down with his head on the pillow and drifted away to sleep...
Braldril
Braldril
began to whistle and looked into the sky.
Tranquillity
Tranquillity
looked towards Tujex snaking his arm around Katherine and felt a bit jealous.
She sighed to herself, "Oh well, plenty of other things to entertain me
during this trip I guess." She went over to where they had laid the
branches for the fire and picked out a branch. Next she reached into her
backpack that she had placed by her spot next to the fire and drew out a knife.
She began sharpening the tip of the branch and removed all the bark. Next she
reached back into her bag and drew out some meat, which she speared on her
stick and began to cook over the fire. When it was done she took it off the
stick and began eating. Seeing Vodok nearby she smiled and handed him a piece
also. He didn't seem to notice since he was preoccupied with Vitata. She
decided that if Vitata didn't quit bothering Vodok soon she would have to teach
him a lesson about manners.
Fire
Aclay
Fire Aclay
had one eye open watching the whole thing. The rustling in the bushes had
stopped. "I wondered why the owl said 'ow'.”
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"Oh...thanks!!!"
Katherine joyfully exclaimed, as Tujex passed her the bag. She racked through
the bag unconcerned about what the others were doing, in search of the
marshmallows, as her tummy continue to cry for food...
"Oh man... I'm soo damn hungry!" Katherine complained softly, as she
continued searching the bag. "Tujex, you said there are marsh... AH!!!
There you are!" said Katherine, pulling out a packet of marshmallows.
"Marshmallows....Marshmallows...pretty pretty Marshmallows..."
Katherine sang to herself as she cooked the marshmallows.
Whisky, now tell me what were you doing in the bushes a moment ago....
Katherine looked suspiciously at Whisky, now that her dinner/supper was a no
problem.
Whisky turned its head away and hooed away, Nothing Master, as you say I was
doing business...
Katherine gave a glare at the owl, not taking the bullshit Whisky gave. A sweet
aroma drifted past her nose, "OH! It's Done!"
Braldril
Braldril
leaned against a rock he had dragged to the fire, using his backpack as a
pillow. He put the hood of his cloak on. He looked around the fire, looking at
those who chose not to go to sleep yet. He didn't speak.
Vitata
Vitata
smiled as he put the large slug he had found into Vodok's backpack of runes. Wonder
what he'll do if when he finds his runes all slimy and slippery. Heheh.
Vitata chuckled at the thought of his little trick and walked over to everyone
else who was gathered by the fire. Without a word, he sat down on someone's
backpack and put his hands towards the fire, rubbing them to gain some warmth.
Watching the others talk throughout the night was boring and he thought of what
he could do to make it more interesting.
Braldril
Braldril
only laughed to himself in disgust as he watched Vitata's annoying trick.
"This is going to be a long night," he said to himself.
Tranquillity
Tranquillity
didn't see Vitata put a slug in Vodoks backpack of runes but she did see when
he sat down on her backpack. Without speaking she pulled the backpack out from
under him and left him sitting on the ground rubbing a bruised backside. She
got up and moved over next to Braldril.
Braldril
Braldril
saw Tranquillity move over towards him so he made room for her and gave her
something soft to lean against.
"Vitata is a strange one...."
Vitata
Vitata sat
up again, rubbing his sore lower back. He winced when he felt a bruise and
looked at Tranquillity. "Hey...what did I ever do to you?" he
complained. He watched Tranquillity and Braldril and snickered. "Yea yea,
I'm a strange one am I? That short, sleeping midget over there is stranger than
me. What's a dwarf doing with a bunch of runes? Am I right or am I right?"
he commented at Braldril. He looked at Tranquillity. "What's your name
anyways, bottom-bruiser. And you too, personal-pillow." He asked looking
at Braldril. He found someone else's backpack and placed it on top of some
rocks. He leaned against it and drew his hood over his head. "So? Nameless
are you two?"
Braldril
Braldril
looked at Vitata and laughed.
"My name is not important, but just the fact that I am here. I am here to
help on this quest, not entertain myself with pranks."
Braldril looked at Tranquillity and rolled his eyes.
Fire
Aclay
Fire Aclay
said, "I propose we go around the circle each one telling one segment of
the story till it’s done. I'll start; a dark figure crept around Carlin. He was
looking for something of great value and when he saw that it was retrieved by
another he became angry and dashed through the city. He hoped he could unleash
its power before someone else did. Alright, your turn Braldril".
Braldril
"Alright.
'This man had a glass eye, one that was magical. It could see through the
thickest of walls. This man wanted this possession, and he could find it if he
wanted to.' Alright who's next?"
Tranquillity
Tranquillity
glared at Vitata, she was getting quite annoyed with their new companion.
Tranquillity could remain calm during many times that others couldn't, but intentional
rudeness was a thing that could get her extremely mad.
"Alright, I'll go." responded Tranquillity. "All the man could
think about was this powerful object, night after night he searched for it,
always searching, ignorant of anything in his way."
Braldril
Braldril
saw Tranquillity glare at Vitata and tried not to laugh.
"Ah, I'll go again I guess. 'This man came across the other man who had
the possession and began to follow him. The man with the possession became
suspicious and tried to run, but the glass-eyed man chased him through the
city."
Fire
Aclay
"The
man with the glass eye was too fast and killed the man! The citizens of Carlin
witnessed this ghastly murder. They ran for their lives as the man ran for his.
He went to the Femur hills to hide" continued Fire Aclay.
Tranquillity
“The guards
of Carlin chased after the man and eventually caught up with him at the femur
hills in a cave.”
Braldril
"The
man talked to the King of the Goblins about the guards that were chasing him.
'If you have you army get rid of the guards, I will share this magical item
with you. It's a teakettle that never runs out!! What do you say?' The Goblin
King agreed and had his army take care of the guards of Carlin."
Braldril moved a little closer to the fire.
"Bit chilly out here."
Fire
Aclay
"I’ll
put more logs on," said Fire Aclay. "The goblin army was bigger than
the man thought and the guards went back for reinforcements. They realized they
had to go deep into the caves before too many came. The goblins mentioned a
tunnel system that went all through Tibia that only they knew. They had finally
reached the main goblin palace and had tea for the night."
Braldril
Braldril
felt the warmth of the fire run through him.
"Ahh much better."
Fire
Aclay
Fire Aclay
went into a deep sleep.
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Katherine
munched happily on the cooked marshmallows. "Yummy..." Katherine
exclaimed as she took another bite. "Ermmm... anyone of you feeling
hungry... I can always cook more. There's more than enough here..." Katherine
offered a few sticks of the marshmallows to the rest who were apparently
starting to tell story.
Master, Can I have some... Pl… PLEASEeeee... Whisky gave its Master an
innocent & hungry look, hoping that Katherine would spare a few.
Well...I can give you one...IF you... Katherine looked at Whisky with
her mouth still full of marshmallows, swirling the marshmallow stick in front
of Whisky, then looked up in the sky.
NO! Like I told you...I was doing my business... replied Whisky, still
defending its stand.
Oh well... fine... if you want it that way... Katherine purposely
munched on the last marshmallow, and made it seem like the marshmallow was so
tasty that practically Tujex & Braldril could hear a growling sound coming
from Whisky's tummy.
Tujex
Tujex
looked down at the owl whose stomach was growling. "Oh man I almost
forgot," Tujex snatched his backpack from under Vitata’s head and dug
through it. He pulled out a bag that smelled of fresh cooked meat. Tujex dug
into his pocket, pulling out a small whistle. He blew into the whistle, letting
out a high-pitched sound that only elves could hear. In a matter of seconds the
wind on the ground began to pick up. Tujex smiled as Araciel landed beside him,
the large dragon letting out a roar. Tujex placed his hand in front of
Araciel’s match. The dragon cut off his roar and laid down. Tujex leaned upon
the dragon, tossing the meat on the ground before it piece by piece. The dragon
gulped them down without even chewing, a happy growl coming from it with each slab
of meat.
Braldril
Braldril
looked at the dragon in amazement.
"It's amazing that such a deadly creature can be so calm..."
Tujex
"Only
if you train it from birth." Tujex said as he tossed his final slab of
meat. Tujex then crouched next to Araciel whispering in its ear. Araciel’s head
rose, looking from Katherine to Tranquility. Tujex just stared at the dragon as
if he was waiting for an answer. "That one," Araciel’s voice
called out inside Tujex’s head. Tujex turned to Tranquility. "Her?"
Tujex asked. Araciel nodded his head. Tujex then stood and walked over to
Tranquility. "Okay what are we doing now?" Tujex asked as he slowly
slid his hand under Tranquility’s bottom.
Braldril
Braldril
didn't know what Tujex was doing but he was quite amused by it.
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Katherine
looked up in amazement, never being so up-close and personal to a dragon,
especially one that large. "Tujex....Yo..Your dragon is HUGE..."
Katherine was stunned as she watched the Dragon gulped down the piece of meat
which was almost as twice the size of her face, without much effort.
"Tujex...ca...can I touch it??" Katherine asked Tujex, stretching her
left hand out trying to touch the dragon's scaly nose.
Suddenly she smelt something burnt. "What is that smell..." Katherine
looked around trying to locate the scent, "SHIT! MY MARSHMALLOWS!"
Katherine screamed, when she saw her marshmallows burning. "Ah... My
marshmallows..." Katherine sighed with a sad tone.
Tranquillity
Tranquillity
was at first quite startled by the sudden entrance of the dragon, but was more
surprised that she hadn't heard it while it was in the air. Perhaps the fire
had covered the sound of its wings, she thought as she went for her sword. She
was already standing up and had her hand on the hilt of it when she saw that it
seemed to be Tujex's friend.
Tranquillity sat back down and began relaxing her muscles and thinking of a
dynamic plot twist for the story. Suddenly she felt Tujex slide his hand under
her and say "Okay what are we doing now?"
Tranquillity couldn't help but grin as she slid closer to Tujex and put her arm
around him. "It had been too long since she had been able to sit around
like this." she thought.
Vodok
"Nme..."
Vodok said tiredly.
He slowly opened his eyes. "Can't 'cho lot eve' shu' up?" he
asked moodily and tiredly. "AAAARGH!!" Vodok said, suddenly so
much more awake, and awakening Vodivir, who decided to keep on trying to sleep.
"DRAGON!!!" Vodok yelled hysterically. Vodok noticed the
others not doing much to try and defend themselves. "THERE'S A DRAGON
OVA' THERE!!" he yelled, running around like a maniac.
Braldril
Braldril
sat against a rock and began hitting his fist against the ground. He looked at
Tranquility and Tujex and smiled then looked at Vodok and frowned.
Tranquillity
Tranquillity
saw Braldril looking at her and smiling so she smiled back at him and then got
to her feet and approached Vodok, hoping to calm him down before he hurt
anybody with his runes.
Braldril
Braldril
looked over at Red Un who was in a deep sleep.
"Wow he snores very loudly."
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Katherine
who was trying her best to concentrate again on cooking her marshmallows, was
interrupted by Vodok's yelling.
"Dragon! Dragon!" Vodok shouted as he came running towards
Katherine.
"OH...SHUDDUP! Will you..." Katherine grinned, pulling out a pan and
slammed it into Vodok's face, as he passed Katherine.
"There...peace at last..." Katherine breathed out a sigh of relief.
Katherine looked over to Braldril as he made the comment about Red Un's snoring,
with raised eyebrows as she listened to Red Un's snoring. Seconds later she
busted out in laughter. "Red Un's snoring is so cute!"
"Guys, what happened to the Glass-eyed man and the King Goblin's
Minions?" Katherine asked looking at Transquility, as she tried to stop
laughing and concentrate on cooking her marshmallows.
Tranquillity
Tranquillity
saw Katherine slam the pan into Vodoks face and was immediately madder than she
had been for quite awhile. She began shouting at Katherine about being kind to
others and manners and anything else she could think of. Finally done she
helped Vodok up to his feet.
Vodok
Suddenly
Vodivir was up on his feet. He approached Kathrine in what he hoped was a
threatening pace. "Heal him. Now." he said, fighting back some
rebellious laughs.
Fire
Aclay
Fire Aclay
was still in a deep sleep. He was dreaming of the Library of Legends. If others
found of that they could possibly find spells for the future as well. Oh how
dangerous it would be if it fell in the wrong hands. Fire Aclay awoke when a
sparrow dropped a note on him. The note read
Dear Fire Aclay,
Watch for storms this week. The clouds have turned wavy and some others are
dark but small. A big one is coming. Watch for it.
your editor,
Rukell of Zion.
Braldril
Braldril
sat and just watched the fire, ignoring everyone else. The flames sparkled in
his eyes.
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"I'm
sorry... But he was making a din..." Katherine apologised to
Transquillity, "Vodok, sorry for that slam..." looking over to Vodok
who was up in his feet now, "The nose. Is it ok?" asked Katherine as
she attended to Vodok.
After swallowing the last marshmallow, Katherine was beginning to feel tired.
Dragging her tired legs across the forest ground, she climbed up a big tree,
just a few feet away from the camp fire, making sure that she was still able to
be kept warm by the big fire made by Braldril.
After making herself comfy on the big branch, Katherine took one last glance of
her newly made friends, Braldril, Red Un, Fire Aclay, Vodok, Tujex &
Tranquillity and also the dragon, which was sleeping soundly.
Vitata
Vitata
awoke from his sleep. Was it the story or the fire that made me fall asleep?
he thought and he sat up. Feeling a bump on his head, he turned around to see
that he had been sleeping on some rocks. The backpack he had used as a pillow
was gone. Grumbling, he turned towards the fire put his hands out to gather
some warmth. Looking around, he saw a humongous dragon and he widened his eyes.
"Dragon? Huh?" and he fainted.
He awoke again. Rubbing his head, he looked at Braldril. "What was your
name again? I didn't catch it," he asked. Vitata grabbed another backpack
and put it on the pile of rocks to use as a pillow. Leaning back, he waited for
an answer.
Tranquillity
"Well,"
sighed Tranquillity, "at least she apologized." She went and sat back
down next to Tujex.
Braldril
"As I
said before my name is no concern. But if you wish to know you may call me
Braldril, just as everyone else does."
Braldril pulled the hood of hid cloak over his eyes and looked into the roaring
fire.
Vodok
"'Course
'tis! Tha' blood on me nose is AAAAAAALLWAYS there!" Vodok said sarcastically. The dragon
didn't appear to be a threat. So Vodok decided it was time to go asleep. "Exura
gran." He muttered quietly as he tried to find a nice rune to have
beside when he slept, just to (hopefully) scare the rest of them to not smash
him with a frying pan. "Hm. Weird... These runes seem 'bit
wAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!" Vodok yelled, pulling out a slug and
throwing it away, as it landed in Vitata's face. "WHO DID
THAT?!?!" Vodok yelled glaring angrily at everyone.
Braldril
Braldril
laughed in disgust and glared at the fire.
Fire
Aclay
"Yawn.
I want to move into a building before the storm comes." said Fire Aclay. The
thin horizon turned dark and the fire was starting to waver slightly.
Vitata
Vitata
sputtered and grabbed the slug off his face. He was laughing and spitting out
slime at the same time. Holding the slug firmly, he shoved it down Vodok's
pants and fell backwards, laughing. "Wahahahahahah! The dwarf makes me
laugh more than anyone I've ever met! Hahahahaha!" he shouted, while
holding his stomach. After a few minutes of laughing, he finally regained
control of himself. Smiling, he sat up again. Looking at Braldril, he commented
"Braldril eh? Think I've seen your name somewhere before. Ah well."
Vitata grabbed a piece of cloth next to him and held it up. "Is this
anyone's?" then without second thought, he tossed the tattered cloth into
the fire. The fire roared and grew larger. Leaning back, he took another
backpack and used it as a headrest. Looking at Vodok, he asked "Well.
What's your story? You must have some reason why you’re on this quest. Share it
with us, shall you? This is going to be a long night...we have nothing better
to do, anyways."
Braldril
"Ahh
yes. You may have seen my name on wanted signs. I'm being hunted by the Guards
of Thais. Apparently the king doesn’t like strangers kissing his
daughters..."
Braldril got up and stretched. He walked over to the dragon and began to stroke
its large neck.
Fire
Aclay
"So...
How many of you have encountered a cyclops army before?" Fire Aclay asked
for the fun of it.
Braldril
Braldril
laughed at Aclay's question.
"I've fought quite a few cyclops before, but an army? I have just one
question? How much beer did you drink that day?"
Braldril continued petting the dragon.
Vodok
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!"
Vodok yelled
running around instead of trying to do something about it. About the same time
as the slug, who somehow had survived managed to crawl out Vitiata had stopped
laughing. So Vodok took up the slug, which had died and threw it as hard as he
could at Vitata, missed, and it passed through the flames and onto a rock and
burst to pieces. So instead Vodok took up a small stone and chucked at Vitata,
the stone hitting its target.
Vitata
Vitata fell
backwards as the rock smashed into his face. Picking up the bloodstained rock,
he smiled and threw it back at Vodok. The rock missed but hit the backpack of
runes behind him. Flames and energy exploded from the backpack. Vitata widened
his eyes when he knew he had just wasted the dwarf of his precious runes.
Vitata jumped into his shadow to escape any punishment that might befall him.
Braldril
Braldril
laughed at Vitata's stupidity.
"If you wish not to get yourself into trouble perhaps you should not speak
or do anything at all."
Tranquillity
Tranquillity
watched the going-ons and laughed. She continued to move in closer to Tujex.
Vitata
Vitata hid
in his shadow, but he could hear Braldril calling him "stupid". Anger
bubbled up in him and he strolled over to Braldril's direction until he was
directly under him. He drew his brightsword and jumped up. Appearing from
Braldril's shadow, he moved close to Braldril from behind. Taking his
brightsword, he lifted it high in the air. The blade came swishing downwards
heading straight at Braldril!!! Vitata sliced open Braldril's shirt from the
back and took a pile of nevermelting ice from his backpack and pressed it against
his back. Smiling with satisfaction, Vitata gathered the ice and laughed.
Tranquillity
Tranquillity
turned her head and whispered something into Tujex's ear.
Vodok
"ME
RUNES! NOW YEH
DIE!!" Vodok
yelled out of pure anger. Vodivir jumped to Vodoks arm and held it firmly. The
logical thing (for a dwarf, that is) was to punch Vodivir in the face and run
at Vitata. But Vodok decided to run as fast as he could against Vitata.
Braldril
Braldril
got up and put his hands on Vitata, one on his back and one on his chest.
Braldril stuck his foot out and tripped him while he pushed down with his arms.
"Now would you like to try that trick again? I doubt anyone would,
especially since they are pinned to the ground."
Braldril's right hand was on the handle of his axe, but he decided that Vitata
wasn’t going to try his stupid little trick again. Braldril stood up and walked
over to Tujex and Tranquillity and sat down.
"Strange one, isn't he?"
Fire
Aclay
"Where
did you get that axe?" asked Fire Aclay.
Vitata
Vitata got
up and dusted himself off. Damn! He's faster than I am...the devil. With
that, he bent down and grabbed a rune from his backpack. Firing the rune, he
set fire where Braldril was sitting down. Laughing, he called out "Your
fault for calling me strange!" He laughed once more and jumped into
his own shadow as, if it was a hole in the ground, and escaped into his
familiar realm. In total darkness, he walked around, looking upwards through
the clear "ceiling". He lay down and stared up at the camp, watching
what they would do.
Darkness
Fall-ll
"AHhhh...." yawned Katherine, as she rubbed her
eyes, waking up to find Vitata, Tranquillity, Vodok and Braldril running
around, screaming and throwing things at each other.
"Guys...what just happened??? And... AND why is the dwarf's backpack in
flames and fire???" Katherine asked the rest, still yawning and rubbing
her eyes.
AHHHHHHH!!!!!! Katherine accidentally fell off from the tree and slammed
into the forest floor. "OUCH!" Katherine let out a cry. She placed
one hand on her butt and one hand on her back, trying to pick herself up.
Vitata
Vitata woke up. He looked up at the ground above
him. Clear as glass, it let him see what was going on in the real world.
Feeling that the people were still hostile, he decided to stay inside his
hiding place. His stomach grumbled in hunger and Vitata frowned. He had eaten
the last of his food a day earlier. Looks like I have to steal it instead.
Standing up, he looked upwards and saw a backpack. He reached upwards and his hand
popped out of a shadow. Grabbing the backpack, he pulled it into the shadow as
if it was a hole instead of mere darkness. Vitata smiled as he opened the
backpack to find some meat and ham hidden inside. He stuffed himself quickly
and when finished, put the backpack back where it belonged. He walked over a
little to where Vodok was and reached upwards, bones in hand. He stuffed the
bones into his boots and pants without him noticing it. That should do it.
They'll think the stupid dwarf took it. Lying down, his hunger quenched,
Vitata feel to sleep again.
Fire
Aclay
Fire Aclay
saw this and was the dwarf's witness whenever the point was brought to him.
Vodok
Now that
Vitata had disappeared, Vodivir let Vodok go. The backpack was no longer on
fire and Vodok picked it up, counting the lost runes. He went to Vitatas
backpack of runes, picking up bones from various places. Then he started taking
some runes from the backpack. "Jus' since 'e destroyed me runes." He
explained as if it justified his act.
Fire Aclay
"Alrighty
then, what are we waiting for?" asked Fire Aclay. "And why are we not
putting logs on our fire?"
Vodok
"We're
waitin' for Red Un to wake up... Incred'ble he managed to sleep through 'is...
Best to not wake 'im." Vodivir said, looking over at Red Un and deciding to finally get some
sleep. Vodok was already lying on the ground trying to sleep.
Fire
Aclay
Fire Aclay
fed the owl.
Tranquillity
Tranquillity
nudged Tujex, pressing him for a response.
Tujex
Tujex
blushed a little. He looked to Tranquillity with a smile. "Of course I
like pie! What kind of question was that?" Tujex chuckled, and scratched
his head. He was growing tired, but he knew he would end up staying up a few
more hours.
Darkness
Fall-ll
Whisky gave
a low-pitched cheer to Fire Aclay for the delicious roasted squirrel.
"Anyone feeling a bit cold?" Katherine asked. She was holding a bunch
of twigs and branches in her arm as she dropped them to the ground.
Katherine looked over to Tujex, who was blushing, "Tujex. Why are you blushing?"
she questioned Tujex, with a weird look on her face.
Tranquillity
Tranquillity
paused for a second then took it in stride and said, "well that’s good,
because I happen to have some pie in my bag that I would love to share with
you, so you can tell me what you think of it."
She reached into her pack and a few seconds later procured a piece of pie
wrapped in a napkin that she handed to Tujex.
Fire
Aclay
"Sigh…
Red Un must be really worn out to have slept this long." said Fire Aclay.
Tranquillity
Tranquillity
reached into her pack and drew out another piece of pie for herself.
Tujex
Tujex
quickly gobbled down the pie, wiping the crumbs and other leftovers from his
mouth. "That was gooooood," Tujex said with a goofy smile on his
face. He let out a loud belch, "Excuse me."
Vodok
Vodok was
now sleeping, so was Vodivir.
Vitata
Vitata
turned and woke up...again. He looked upwards in the total darkness and saw Red
Un still sleeping. He was quite bored and didn't want to wake up Red Un.
Reaching upwards once again, he stuck a toothpick under Tujex's foot, who was
too busy eating pie and blushing to notice. Vitata then stuck two of his
fingers upwards and a small flame emerged between them. He lit the toothpick
and the fire spread and heated up Tujex's foot. Smiling, Vitata lay down to
watch what would happen, from his hiding place.
Fire
Aclay
Fire Aclay
was bored out of his mind so he smashed down trees with his dragon hammer.
Vodok
Vodok
rolled over in his sleep, dreaming of gold, and platium in large amounts.
Braldril
Braldril
looked over to Fire Aclay.
"This was one of the axes my father gave me. It is a family heirloom. I
always carry it with me."
Fire
Aclay
"It
looks great in battle."
Braldril
"Yes,
this axe has served me well many times."
Tranquillity
Tranquillity
yawned and stretched out. It was time to go to bed she decided. She reached
into her pack and drew out a blanket and a pillow. She said goodnight to
everybody, lied down with the pillow under her head, pulled the blanket over
her and fell straight asleep. And she didn't snore.
Braldril
Braldril
stared at the sky and started to count the stars. He got to fifteen stars and
decided that it was stupid to try and count them. He noticed that Tranquillity
was going to bed and wondered why in the world he had volunteered to stand
guard.
Darkness
Fall-ll
Finally,
Katherine was getting tired and slowly closed her eyes... Using her backpack as
a support, she laid it against the trunk of a tree and laid her head on it.
Soon, she was falling asleep, Whisky gently pulled a blanket over her. She
snuggled a bit under the blanket. She broke a smile, perhaps a sweet dream...
Vitata
Vitata lay
back and fell to sleep.
Braldril
Braldril
looked into the woods, not knowing what was out there, waiting for them.
"Perhaps the rest of you should get some sleep as well. Tujex and I shall
stand guard until the bright light of the sun hits our faces."
Tujex
Tujex
hopped up only seconds before the fire reached his feet. He looked down to find
the place he was sitting was on fire. He glanced over to Vitata who had a
childish smile on his face. "Oh, so you wanna play that kinda game."
Tujex said with a grin. "Yeah Braldril I think we should stand
guard." Tujex said pulling a tiny scorpion from a rock and casting a Convince
spell on it. "Go hide near Vitata until he falls asleep," Tujex
whispered to the scorpion, turning to see if Vitata was looking.
Braldril
Braldril
tried to keep himself from laughing. He did not want to wake the others up.
Red Un
Red Un
dreamed...
He was running through a huge desert, with no other things than sand in sight.
Sweat poured down his face and the sun burned his exposed skin. He saw the
Master far ahead.
"Stop... stop this dream!"
The Master laughed.
"Try to catch me, fool!"
After many long hours of running, Red Un could see an oasis in the distance.
"Water...water..."
He quickened his pace and soon reached the oasis. Then he stumbled and fell
into the water. He sank...the water was in his lungs...he tried to scream...
"NOOOOOOO!"
He was awake. He looked around at the others.
"Ahem...just a...bad dream. Yeah. Should we get goin' now?"
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