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Sovereign's Will: The Edge of War [Looking for new players]

With the merchant's polite refusal to "do business" (even for a free service), the girls felt they had experienced enough excitement for the night, and decided to get some sleep.

Sovereign's Will: The Edge of War [Looking for new players]

"Oh fer FUCK'S SAKE--"
"Stop cooin' at da man ladeh! Ya's aready ENGAGED, 'member!? YEESH!"
"Yeah-- Ta DUMB-SHEIT 'ere!"
"Cool it Lil'-- Mistah, Dis 'ere fella clearly ain't from out'n da sticks likes we is--"
"Ain't used ta "Special peoples" likes us, and dun know knows tuh behave-- Clearleh!"

Their attention once again got directed at Louise.

"Realleh naow-- Mistah Good'nuff dere dun poured 'nuff buttuh fer 5 damn birds aready, so knocks it off. What he NEED, be a drink ta soothe 'is throat!"
"'Esactleh. Mistah, you gots the fixins, we gots de kit rights 'ere. Brew ya up a bottle, no charge."
"Leas' we kin do, af'er mistah TIN PANTS o'er ere dun gone an been a LIT'RAL pain in ya neck!"

The two let out a synchronized nervous giggle, while rose opened up her side satchel, and pulled out parts of her makeshift potion kit.

Rose gave an expectant look, with her ears up, indicating her rather diminutive alembic, before finishing for her sister.

"Leas' we kin dos."

Sovereign's Will: The Edge of War [Looking for new players]

"Sumbuddy ya knowed lady?"
"If'n he is, bettah talk' 'im daown!"
"We ain't push-o'ers"
"---But HE WAAY BIGGER'N US!"

Rose was clearly still trying very hard to push the imposing figure's unseen aura out away from the group, and struggling to do it. Lily ready, but fearful, to try physically tangling with him.
"You gots a trick up ya sleeve--
"--Bettah pull it! Afore uhs pass out!"

"Pardon the roughness in my voice, Friends. For The wound from this fool's marble hasn't healed yet."

Intoned the monstrous elder being.

Timidly, the girls started to back down, the odd "pressure" Rose was exerting, seeming to relent.
"Sorreh fella-- Dis here MO'RON dun know how tuh behave hiself!"
"We ne'er wunn'd no trouble ta start wit! DA DUMB-ASS!"

Sovereign's Will: The Edge of War [Looking for new players]

"LISSEN YA DUMB FUCK--"
"WE'S AREADY SUSSED HE AIN'T NORMAL!"
"BU' LOOKS AT US!? WE AIN'T NORMAL EI'ER!"
"DIFF'REN' AINT WRONG, YA DUMB SHEEIT!"

The two glowered at the incomprehensibly thick man.

"LIKES WE JUS' DAMN TOL' YA! ONLY DA *SPECIAL* ONES AS COME OUT FAR!"
"LIKES WE JUS' DAMN TOL' YA! ONLY DA *SPECIAL* ONES AS COME OUT FAR!"

" 'SPECIALLY WHEN DEY AINT GOT GUARDS!"
"MMM HMMM!"

Sovereign's Will: The Edge of War [Looking for new players]

Two sets of large brown eyes showed white incredulous rims, within stunned, silent furry faces.

Moments later, a click, then a bang, as the brazen man in the tin trousers opened fire on the receding merchant.


"HOLEH SHEEIT MISTAH!?"
"DA FUCK YA THINK YA DOIN!?"

Blurted the pair, almost on top of each other. Within moments, the peddler man's transformation became apparent.

"NO TIME FER 'A NAOW! DUMBSHIT 'ERE DUN STIRRED IT UP!"
"YOU SAID IT, SISTAH!"
"ROSEH?! YOU KNOWED WHAT TUH DO!"
"ON IT!"

Lily once more returned to all fours, and assumed a tactical blocking position in front of her sister Rose, the later of which crunched forward on her front legs, closed her eyes, and seemed to be straining very hard. Moments later, an strange.... "gust" of something unseen passed through nearby people.

"TRY AN PUSH ANUTHANG HE THROW AT US OFF, ROSEH!"
"UH CAIN'T HANDLE TOO FER AOU' SIS, YOU KNOWED AT!"
"UH KNOWS!"

Lily turned and bared teeth at Erwin

"YA HAPPEH NAOW DUMBSHEEIT!? 'TIS WHY YA DON'T HASSLE **LEGIT** MERCHANTS!"
"ONLEH DA 'SPECIAL' ONES AS COMES OUT REAL FAR!"

Sovereign's Will: The Edge of War [Looking for new players]

The two heads swung toward the newcomer, very displeased with her tone. They were grownups now, and talking to them like they were still 3 was beyond rude.

"Lis'n lady-- we's grown assed bears."
"--cool it Lil, lemme handle dis- ma'am, we was aready plannin' how best ta thank da nice blonde girl ya dun runned off--
Without skipping a beat, Lily chimed right in, on synch.

"--We dunno what she want yet, but we gunna find ou'--"
"--den we's 'll thanks 'er proper-like."
"Mmm-Hmm!"

Sovereign's Will: The Edge of War [Looking for new players]

Two nearly identical, fur bearing heads swung around to face the merchant, then both girls stood up on their hind legs, crossed their arms at him, and scowled-- though the posture could well have done for both Erwin, and Mr "So-called GoodEnough".

"S'CUSE MEH, Did uh JUS' hear 'at righ?!"
"Misteh, how long you been runnin' trinkets?!"
"You KNOWED dere's RULES--"
"You don' ask OUR business--
"---An we don' ask yours!"

The heads swung to Erwin's direction
"Stop hasslin' da man! Part-a da problem whys em shittin' thangs so dayum 'spensive's on accounta people givin' legit dealers a bad time!"

"We's onleh pick' on -em tuh tes' 'im out-- Wit high prices, comes dem damn theivin scoundrels sellin horse-shit, an' claimin' it cure cancah!"

"Nei'er smart buyahs-- Likes us---"
"Nor good merchan's, Likes him---"

"Puts up with dat shit."
"Puts up with dat shit."

The girls once more finishing in that otherworldly synchronous staccato of a final statement, like they had done at the earlier meeting.

Sovereign's Will: The Edge of War [Looking for new players]

"Weeelll...." grumbled Lily irritably. "..ya gunna pay da man, er not? He got places to go, more'n'likely-- Dis a sale, er a hol'-up?"
"Be nice, Lileh-- girl's payin'-- we gunna has tuh make it up ta 'er some'ow sooner'r'laters no-how. Dun go makin' it worster an' it a'ready is."

Lily's eyes rolled a second time, then addressed Rose and Erwin in turn.

"Fiiiiiiine... ahright... ya win... Fella, Mr Good'nuff 'ere gots a stash a fanceh 'kitchenware' back o'er yonder. -- was a makin' muh way ta go 'verify da merchandise' afore he dun come unglued at us-- I's really dun' thank he gunna lets me just moseh on o'er and starts touchin' on 'is stuffs ag'in, sos' ya gunna has tuh put up wit' mistah buttuh-ball heya's smooth talkin' astead."

"He seem legit, but wit' a name like "good'nuff" a girl cain't be tuh careful, migh' be a bit slippreh, all at butteh he a bastin' you wit'-- ya asks meh though, I says we should pay da man fer 'is trouble, 'en le' hims moseh on out-- but ya wanna play in da fire af'er lett'n hims git yas all greased up--"

"--don' blames us if'n yah gits burned--"
"Mmm-hmm!"

Sovereign's Will: The Edge of War [Looking for new players]

The merchant and the blonde woman seemed just about ready to make the purchase-- Finally--- She even hauled out the coin, and counted it out, offering two small sacks for collection--

"You two have forty-eight gold each. Take your desired product and I will do the transaction."

Clearly she didn't pay attention to the merchant-- That was the combined price for both items alright, but the pricing between the items was not split down the middle, and this kind of shenanigan was just improper.

They were just about to discretely suggest that SHE conduct the transaction, given that it would be highly unlikely that the merchant would trust the two of them near his wares a second time --Once bitten, twice shy, as they say-- when that prettyboy from the front of the wagon sauntered up, and started causing more trouble than was needed.

Didn't he know not to harry legitimate merchants once they had been tested? There were LIMITS to civility!

The man walked right up to the merchant, and started demanding to see licenses and permits. What gall! Not even THEY would demand something like that from a merchant! They might never come back again, and worse, might tell their friends! That is NOT the kind of word of mouth you wanted spread-- Moreover, this was not where they lived, and the bad reputation they might cause from a bad sale with a legit dealer, could stifle the offers to people that DID-- and that was just plain wrong.

They were in danger of offending the man so badly that he just closed up and walked off, and that was just plain criminal-- Lily scowled at the man, and Rose made a frumpy "shoulders forward, ears back" warning posture in her stance. If the merchant was upset, he hid it well though.

Regardless of WHO conducted the transaction, it had better be concluded, and soon-- but they really did not want to be the ones on the carpet.

It was inappropriate.

Sovereign's Will: The Edge of War [Looking for new players]

Lily giggled.

"Naw ma'am, Muh name's LILY."

"I's Rose!" Shouted her sister, still near, but respectfully distant from the merchant.

"She says da magic look like some colored lights er summat, all whorlin' raoun' and being purdy an sheit-- I dun see nuttin' likes at, but she ain't ne'er been wrong-- sadleh, she caint tell a trinket at boils water from one as makes ice-- but At 'er's MUH job!" She said with a smile.
"An she damn good at it tuh!"

"Sadleh, I has ta a'chully TOUCH em ta does it, an wily merchant types tends ta take es'ception. Normalleh, fer sommat like at o'er 'ere, we asks ta try it on, but at onleh work summada time. Ta gets a reliable touch, we gots ta .. gits creative..."

"Sorreh again mistah-- we din' mean ta really upset ya-- hones'. But we dun been burned tuh maneh times. I purdy shour you knowed deep daow, you'd do da same dayum thang in our shoes... ifn we wore anuh."

"But ya knowed summat Roseh? Miss stingy-pants here got a fair point, nows Uh thinks a it... how come you di'nt finger at fellar's lights straight off?"
"Huh.. at a good ques'ion... he din' look all at sparkleh 'tall... tills he got mad at us... maybe he 'suckin' it in'? Ya knowed, like 'is--"
The demonstration was a bit comical, but completely wasted on her sister. All the same, Rose took a deep breath, then sucked her aura in as tight inside herself as she could, until-- from her perspective anyway-- she barely had a glimmer leaking out around her. It was actually rather uncomfortable.

"You KNOWED uh caint see sheit what ya doin, Roseh! You jus' suckin' in ya damn gut! --look dumb as hell!"
The aura, and the gut, bloomed out with vengeance as she snorted in indignation at her sister, and lost concentration on the effort.

"Not muh fault ya born blind, ya big fat-head! Uh knowed jus' where ta bite'cha when you aint lookin'!"

"AT AINT WUT UH MEANS!"

"Well spit it out 'en!"
"Haow manuh peoples DOES sees wut you sees?"

"... almos' nobuddy.. jus' our brudder, but he a cheater! Uses a spell fer it!"
"EEEEESSACTLEH!! Ifn YOUS da onleh one as can e'en sees at sheit anuhway, why he 'suckin it in' fer!? Mystical Exacise!?"
"At aint funneh Lil! Mebbeh YOU does somma dem exacises likes pappy tells ya, you woud'na be so dayum scrawney wit' YO magic! -- but ya gots a point... why IS ya suckin' it in, fella? --Ya gonna hurt yaself!"

Both sisters turned to look at the man more suspiciously.