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Post by Shaa Rhunn on Feb 24, 2023 23:14:32 GMT -5
Shaa took his hand and slowly stood up. He was still a bit woozy but he could feel himself coming together, he was going to be ok. He could see the look of concern and guilt in the knights face as he offered him free food. Of course, Shaa was not the kind of Minotaur to turn down free food, but he was confused at the guilt. As someone who had caused his fair share of collateral damage, holding something like this against him would just be ridiculous.
I appreciate that man, but it’s totally fine. I stab people all the time, they stab me. Frankly I think I was due for a good stabbing. Squid face is dead right? If he’s not dead, then I’ll really be mad I’m all stabbed for nothing. Shaa runes his finger up and down his chest, checking for seems. Satisfied with the work, he takes a deep breath. There. See? No problem. Make no mistake though, I am going to eat you out of house and home. Shaa laughed and the rest of the caravan laughed as well. Gemma walked up to the pair.
As great as this little love in is, we still have to get this caravan to the oasis tomorrow. Finish your repairs, we pull out at first light.
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Post by Leandros Aurthurian on Feb 25, 2023 9:41:21 GMT -5
"Thank you for your concern." Leandros was quick to dismiss Gemma, he thought to lay some of the blame at her feet, but if those things could control minds then it wasn't exactly her fault. Still....she could be less of a dick about it.
Just take the fact that Shaa is upright and in good spirits as a win and ignore the woman. Leandros checks on the body of the mind flayer, nudging it with his foot. No movement, either a really good ruse or it was truly dead. "Friendly fire is never a good outcome, but I am just glad to see you well."
He can't help but give a gentle laugh as Shaa mentions his appetite, "Lucky for you my wife is an excellent cook. She makes wonderful chocolate chip muffins if you are into pastries like that."
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Post by Shaa Rhunn on Feb 25, 2023 11:01:34 GMT -5
Shaa’s eyes light up at the mention of the delectable pastries. Muffins you say? A big grin crosses his face as he puts a big arm around Lee. Don’t take this the wrong way but, if what you say is true, I’m sure your wife and I are going to become fast friends. Shaa walks over to the mind flayer and kicks him hard for good measure. Almost got me there hunh, Squid Face? Because I don’t even trust your corpse, I’m going to show you a little trick I picked up a while back. Before I do that though, let me tell you a story. I was in this town once where a demon was posing as a Minotaur and I was getting blamed for his Shenanigans. There was this guy named Edward and he basically chased me all day trying to kick my butt for being a demon. Wrecked a town, chased by the cops, you know, good times.
Anyway, after being chased all day, we come to this small square in the town with a fountain in it. As it happens, the actual demon was there! There he was by a cafe, wearing my face of all things. I was about to go punch his handsome face in when, all of the sudden, the dude breathes fire at me! I was all like, WHAT? Fire breathing Minotaur. I had to jump in the fountain to save myself and then Edward came, I threw chairs at him because he missed the demon, it was this whole thing. Anyway. After the incident, the idea of a fire breathing Minotaur kind of stuck with me. It took me a long long time, but…I finally think I got it right. Shaa took a deep breath and blew a large cone of fire directly on the Mind Flayers body. The monster’s cloak then frame go up in a blue flame, the crackle of the burning and melting can be heard. What do you think squid face? Pretty good! Not as good as Demon Minotaur I admit. His was more firebally than cone of fire but still. Rot in the pit Squid Face. When I find your friends in the oasis, I’ll send them to join you. Hasta la pasta.
Shaa walks back to camp without saying another word. He does another quick circle and turns to Lee. I’m still pretty keyed up. I’ll take the first watch. Get some rest and I’ll get you in a couple hours. We have a long walk tomorrow.
The next morning, they pack up the camp and they are on their way. Shaa looks at the smoldering remains of the mind flayer as they pass and rubs his chin. Just who were you meeting Squid Face? They continue to walk for most of the day until finally, they can see the oasis in the distance.
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Post by Leandros Aurthurian on Feb 25, 2023 14:25:11 GMT -5
Leandros just laughs as Shaa mentions becoming fast friends, he had no doubt of it pastries aside. It was pretty easy to tell the good folk from the bad sometimes and Shaa was firmly in the good category. Taking his halberd, he sticks it under the mind flayer and flicks the charred corpse away to make a dull thump against a sand dune.
"He's ruined enough of our day, no sense letting the smell and sight linger....Clever work out there today Shaa. I think your inventiveness is what made this turn out in our favor in the end...Here, for your watch. A little preview of things to come."
He smiles and hands the minotaur a small bundle wrapped in a handkerchief. Lemon poppyseed muffins, three of them, rest inside. Leandros collects Byrr and ties up the horse for the night, trading off with Shaa midway through the night.
In the morning he gives a passing look to the corpse as well, a light frown tugging at his mouth. "I will be sure to bring this up with the guards in town. We may have taken care of him, but who's to say just how many of them there are....those creatures tend to embed themselves deep into societies."
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Post by Shaa Rhunn on Feb 25, 2023 20:10:42 GMT -5
The rest of the trip is relatively uneventful. Only full of sore feet and the occasional skirmish between wagon owners, nothing that they couldn’t handle. During the quiet moments, Shaa considered the oasis. They had left the cart at the site of the battle in various pieces. When they arrived, there would be no one to meet whomever was the other side of the transaction. With mind flayers involved, subterfuge would have been quickly detected. Any plan to capture them would have to be well thought out and coordinated. No sense in scaring them away.
It was late afternoon as they pulled into a large ramshackle paddock just inside the oasis. Groups of people were waiting for them as they started to unload the much needed supplies and word from all across the world. Shaa knew he wouldn’t see any mind flayers just casually walking around but he did keep an eye open for anything odd. People came and went for about 45 minutes until the carts were emptied and hired hands started the prep work for the next trip. No sign of anything odd. Gemma approached them both.
It was a little rough and slow but, here we are. Gemma tosses each of them a leather bag that jingled a bit as they caught them. You’ll get a good report from me so don’t do anything stupid to make me regret it. This is bound for the guild, not the bar ma’am. This officially concludes the commission. Shaa cracked his knuckles and bent down to stare the dwarves woman in the face. Unofficially, I have something to say. Everyone knows what happened here today. I am still not 100% convinced that you didn’t have a hand in this. If I find out that you are making money, any money, from smuggling kids, there is not a hole in all of Tyvatt that will be able hide you from me. Consider this Shaa pokes Gemma in the chest hard your only warning. No cops. No military. Mine will be last face you ever see. Gemma shakes but doesn’t say anything. She just turns and hurriedly shuffles away into the dimming of the light.
Shaa watches her go and looks at Lee. Come on, let’s go tie one off. Your buying.
END?
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