Vong swings the door open wide and shuttles us through. Immediately, I regret coming. Half the people, workers and patrons alike, greet Vong by name or knowing wave. He is buoyant and goes around greeting some of the customers while Rakatha and I mill about uncomfortably. Or at least we would have if Rakatha did not make a beeline for… Read more →
Month: October 2019
Passage 43: The Treat
Vong turns to Rakatha and I, shrugging his massive pack onto his shoulders. What else could he possibly have to say, and why is he always smiling? “Hey, dinner is on me. I know a place,” his face scrunches into a mischievous grin that, with his black top-knot, makes him appear a little like a squash. He turns to step… Read more →
Passage 42: The Report
With the setting sun on the seventh day, we arrive back in Nodkis and check in with the Adventurer’s Corps. Surprisingly, Corporal Level is still there and crowds us into his cramped office almost immediately for our report. He glances at his ledger, “C-4, around Tullikins. How’d it go?” Level smiles and waits patiently to write it all down. I’d… Read more →
Passage 41: The Spot
We return to the edges of Tullikins farmville by a slightly different path and, as dumb fucking luck would have it, stumble upon another patrol being attacked by a small band of goblin archers. The patrol is at a disadvantage in a small gully lined with trees where the goblins have both cover and the high ground. The goblins outnumber… Read more →
Passage 40: The Stray
Vong looks up from his cleaning and grins also. I don’t think he has any idea what he is grinning about but is simply glad for the opportunity to do it with others. Voella’Tien is still attending to the man as we crowd around his unconscious form. “I think we should take him back to town,” says Vong. “He’s starving.… Read more →