A Special Batch of Brew! (Drink Up Renown) (Invite Only)
Aug 11, 2023 12:38:06 GMT -5
Post by Mariana Eadburg on Aug 11, 2023 12:38:06 GMT -5
The only thing worse about the Marsh Flats than the insects that buzzed around, biting and stinging everything they could, was the horrid humidity. Mariana had flown into many locations and never found the ride as miserable as this last one. All for a flyer she'd found detailing an easy job, small pay, and the kicker - Free drinks for life! She wasn't about to turn down an offer like that even if it meant she needed to trek to Charon's sweaty armpit for that drink. Octavia stayed alongside her in this place, Lillicors Village, as she would be in danger of being poached by enterprising locals just as Mariana would be of getting robbed by those same individuals.
She approached the place the flyer had mentioned with her hands busy swatting away bugs and curses leaving her lips at the same bother. It was a small building of wood and mud bricks with a roof of sod on which a makeshift greenhouse had been erected. A wide variety of herbs, some very illegal in the rest of Charon, grew about the building's base and peaked out of the rooftop greenhouse's windows. A smell of strong and exotic ales wafted through the air as multicolored smoke billowed out of the chimney that poked outside of the house at an odd angle. A sign atop the place declared it "Harcolier's Herbs & Hatchlings". She could see the herbs, but had no idea what sort of "hatchlings" would be inside...
She pulled the ad out once more, reading through to be sure she'd made it to the place mentioned.
"WANTED!!! EASY MONEY!!! FREE DRINKS EVERMORE!!! BRAVE PEOPLE TO DRINK AND BRAVE SIDE EFFECTS!!! COME TO LILLICOR, BIG SHOP ON CORNER OF SWAMP!!! GREENHOUSE ON TOP!!! WILL PAY WELL!!!" The note was scribbled in a thick and rough pen. The exclamation points dots were actually holes as a result of the force used to make them. A tiny blood splatter was present in one corner of the flyer as well...
She chuckled to herself as the flyer and shop now seemed to mesh in the personality of their shared creator. This would be a ride and a half.
"Well girl, we've found the place... You stand watch out here and if you need me screech like you've been shot, especially if you have been shot. I'll do the same." She patted Octavia's head, grasped it between her hands and kissed the griffon on the beak before turning and turned to head into the shop.
Before she could make it inside the door burst open and a goblin with his head on fire, burning a shimmering pink, ran out of it screaming.
Mariana drew her halberd and Octavia riled, spreading her wings and gripping the ground with her claws.
A skinny lizardwoman wandered out of the shop after the goblin. She wore a long headwrap that lay over a ridge of green scales that draped down her neck, raised they would make a crown, now they resembled scaly hair. Her outfit was a mish mash of cloth and leather covered in patches, pouches, and potions of every variety. She mumbled to herself and laughed maniacally before jumping with a shrill scream at Mariana and Octavia.
"AhHhH!! No, No, No! Thief, you see, they were stealing from me so I tossed some of my 'Self Defense Poison' onto him! Totally legal!" She yelled in defense of herself, obviously thinking Mariana meant to kill her for attacking the goblin.
She approached the place the flyer had mentioned with her hands busy swatting away bugs and curses leaving her lips at the same bother. It was a small building of wood and mud bricks with a roof of sod on which a makeshift greenhouse had been erected. A wide variety of herbs, some very illegal in the rest of Charon, grew about the building's base and peaked out of the rooftop greenhouse's windows. A smell of strong and exotic ales wafted through the air as multicolored smoke billowed out of the chimney that poked outside of the house at an odd angle. A sign atop the place declared it "Harcolier's Herbs & Hatchlings". She could see the herbs, but had no idea what sort of "hatchlings" would be inside...
She pulled the ad out once more, reading through to be sure she'd made it to the place mentioned.
"WANTED!!! EASY MONEY!!! FREE DRINKS EVERMORE!!! BRAVE PEOPLE TO DRINK AND BRAVE SIDE EFFECTS!!! COME TO LILLICOR, BIG SHOP ON CORNER OF SWAMP!!! GREENHOUSE ON TOP!!! WILL PAY WELL!!!" The note was scribbled in a thick and rough pen. The exclamation points dots were actually holes as a result of the force used to make them. A tiny blood splatter was present in one corner of the flyer as well...
She chuckled to herself as the flyer and shop now seemed to mesh in the personality of their shared creator. This would be a ride and a half.
"Well girl, we've found the place... You stand watch out here and if you need me screech like you've been shot, especially if you have been shot. I'll do the same." She patted Octavia's head, grasped it between her hands and kissed the griffon on the beak before turning and turned to head into the shop.
Before she could make it inside the door burst open and a goblin with his head on fire, burning a shimmering pink, ran out of it screaming.
Mariana drew her halberd and Octavia riled, spreading her wings and gripping the ground with her claws.
A skinny lizardwoman wandered out of the shop after the goblin. She wore a long headwrap that lay over a ridge of green scales that draped down her neck, raised they would make a crown, now they resembled scaly hair. Her outfit was a mish mash of cloth and leather covered in patches, pouches, and potions of every variety. She mumbled to herself and laughed maniacally before jumping with a shrill scream at Mariana and Octavia.
"AhHhH!! No, No, No! Thief, you see, they were stealing from me so I tossed some of my 'Self Defense Poison' onto him! Totally legal!" She yelled in defense of herself, obviously thinking Mariana meant to kill her for attacking the goblin.