Sigurd

The EWIP- Fantasy RP

"While I can't conjure a deer, I can make some noise!" said Habb upon hearing Diego's plan. Someone needed to play dead on the ground, but the beasts did not seem to focus their attention on anyone in the fellowship; and they needed to be distracted so that the others could regroup and get ready to jump on their backs as soon as possible. Habb would distract them and fall, he decided, and he had an idea how to do it.

He took a deep breath and filled his lungs with air, and then, after pressing his lips with his thumb and making a strange symbol on them, he let the air out in a loud thundering explosion that echoed all the way to the hill beyond the woods. The wolves twitched and whirled around, howling louder than before, their sensitive ears so violently pierced. They turned around towards Habb and descended upon him with open jaws, just as he fell on the ground, seemingly dead.

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jacque's three-word-commentary and reaction to the bizarre scene perfectly summed up Habb's feelings. It took him a couple of minutes of staring at the flying pack of... whatever the ridiculous wolfish creatures were to finally collect himself and start thinking. Instinctively, his first idea was to simply slay them all somehow; but Diego's idea seemed much more productive. The beasts flew through the air, making circles around and howling at them. They are massive! Habb thought, ducking to avoid being decapitated by one of them.

"Say, have you any experience with hunting or studying actual wolves?! Those that, you know, don't fly!" Habb asked Jacque, waving his sword above his head to repel the descending animals. "What is the best way to distract them if you see 'em in the wilderness? Maybe I can come up with something, using my magician's tricks, but I'll need them occupied for a while!"

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"That is a fair price," Finn said and reached for this money-pouch, glad that he the damage caused was not more serious. "And don't let any militiamen or elderly townsfolk see your...goods, lest you want to get in trouble. You know how people are, they might even think you a witch!" Finn said; "How silly and superstitious are they, no?" He smiled and placed the money on the desk. "And I apologise once again, for the ruckus."

Before he left the store, he suddenly halted, turned around and shouted: "Miss! Do you happen to know if there are any news concerning Morgia's disappearance?"
A group of children burst into babble and laughter outside. Who's gonna teach them now? Finn thought. A substitute teacher?

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"Oh, no, not at all!" Finn said, embarrassed and sorry for what Tooth had done. "He's...heh, better. Something's gotten in him this morning, he's been acting strangely."
Finn made his way through shards and pieces of broken bowls on the floor. Tooth sat in the middle, breathing heavily with his eyes wide open. There were a lot of strange bags, pouches, vases, eprouvettes and other peculiar objects all over the place. What a strange apothecary... Finn though, scanning the shelves. "Get out of here, Tooth, you wild animal! You've mad a mess!"

"What the...?" said Finn, puzzled, looking and poking at a jar with some weird inscriptions on it. "I cannot read this." The jar was empty. "I am sorry, I shouldn't be poking around. You have a rather interesting place here, is all," Finn said with a smile. "How much do you reckon I owe? And forget the antidote, I probably won't have enough money for both now."

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"Suicide..." Habb said, almost whispering, as the two dashed up the ramp.

Habb had totally forgotten about the people inside, and when his new acquaintances dashed up the ramp to help them he found it brave, noble, but also perilous. They could have all been dead, slaughtered by the soldiers inside, and lying with the corpses he woke up on. Having been in the army he'd heard a lot of stories about such brave men and women who sacrificed their lives to save their friends, and even comrades whose names they didn't even know. He had never been in a situation where he had to do the same, or when he was the one being saved, but they had all pledged their lives and sworn to protect everyone who fought on the same side as them. Had he forgotten his vows when he deserted? Had he relieved himself of his duty? There was a conflict in him: soldier vs thief. He was obviously trying to convince himself it was a suicide mission, just to forget who he once was. But why now?! he thought. In his thief career he'd never had problems letting people jump in the fire until now. Ah, shit! I am so going to regret this

"Does anyone have a spare weapon?" he said. "We should go around too and see what we can do in the front to help those guys inside!"

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@Disciple CainAgreed. We need some guidelines at least.

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As soon as the owner of the apothecary opened the door Tooth started barking maniacally and running in circles around Finn as if mad.
"Oh, this guy?" said Finn as the hound went on like a hurricane; "He wouldn't break a thing! Is that right, Tooth?"
Tooth kept circling and the dust from the ground rose around them all like a cloud of golden dust. His behaviour wasn't working in Finn's favour at all.
"That's his way of saying he likes you, never mind him," said Finn, trying to somehow excuse his pet's misconduct and rudeness. "Anyway," Finn went o, "I am looking for some medicine that works as the common antidote for snake venom. Do you have anything of that sort? I can't find anything in the forest nowadays and it's their time of the year now, I don't wanna risk not having the cure in case I get bit, you know--"
Then disaster struck. Finn never found out what Tooth had seen, but the animal dashed straight into the shop and before they could blink the sound of shattering pottery came from the inside.
"And calculate the damage too..."

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Sorry for the inactivity, I was hoping someone would make a post before I posted again. I guess we were all having similar expectations.

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I can't wait until Amaeda meets Tooth.

@BelatedGamer

Me too. ;-)

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The speed at which the town woke up was fascinating. No sooner had Finn reached the town square than townsfolk went about their business. The the smell of mists and the morning dew was gone and noises came from all around: issued commands, shouts, laughter, whistling, the rustling of tools and items for sale... Finn left his horse at the inn, tossed a coin to the stable boy and told him to have some breakfast ready for him in about an hour.

Walking around, Finn reached the apothecary.
"There must be a lot of animals around here, Tooth," said Finn, listening to the ruckus that came from beyond the building. "Listen to all that noise."
He approached the door and reluctantly knocked on it a couple of times.
"Now, don't do anything stupid, alright?"
"Woof!"