The shop has a bell on the door, which rings when I push it open. The shop owner—a short, balding human with a mustache that looks like a woolly caterpillar—quickly comes from the back room with a smile on his face to greet his new customer. He doesn’t stop smiling when he sees me, but the genuine mirth falls out… Read more →
I duck into the room and say, “I won’t be going out on patrol with the others. I’ve come for my pay.” His disappointment is plain to see, “I see. Well, let me handle your dues right away.” He counts out my share, more than the previous patrol run even accounting for the additional days, and hands it to me.… Read more →
My destination is the inn I am staying at, though I still have to wonder if it will be safe for me or if another cutthroat-for-hire will be breaking in tonight. I haven’t the coin for another room, though. Not until I can get my pay. I take a detour to the Adventurer’s Corps to see if Corporal Level is… Read more →
Vong continues, unaware of the storm in my thoughts, “I’m sure he’ll give it out in the morning, so no big deal, right? Anyway, I told him we wanted to hit that tower and he was fine with that, so I want us to make a plan of attack for it, okay?” Rakatha nods, but I’m not sure he’s sober… Read more →
Evening rolls around and I gather my belongings to go to the Pale Pine. As I walk, I wonder who will be on time, who will be late, and who won’t show up at all. I land on Rakatha being very late, Ralith not showing up at all, Vong being slightly late, and Twitch being on time. When I step… Read more →
My wounds are quite sore when I wake and I rise more slowly than I’d like. My exercise routine is also challenged, especially the squats and lunges. Even so, I manage to finish and move on to my morning meditation. I clear my mind and allow the wholeness of the universe to settle in my mind like a great basin… Read more →
Reaching down, I grab the assassin by the wrists and pull him into the closest alleyway. He struggles well enough, despite the magical suppression, and I know I don’t have much longer until the spell effects wear off. I kneel, as much from my wounds as anything, and press my attacker against the ground with my weight, cupping his mouth… Read more →
I book two nights in a double room on the second floor at an inn with decent food so I can settle in. I push the beds together and angle them in such a way that my entire body will just barely fit and I don’t have to sleep on the floor. As a bonus, there is a desk and… Read more →
If I still had my shop, I would be spending my time creating useful tinctures and salves for the patrol work I am doing. It seems that, despite the sales pitch sounding rather banal—just rounding up some stragglers from the Orc Hordes—I will be in some rather more considerable danger due to the reckless nature of the party. Since I… Read more →
Morning begins with a ruckus outside the inn that wakes the entire block. The sounds of agitated people and a suffering animal make further sleep impossible. I rise make the rare decision to skip my morning routine. I use the pail of water to wipe away whatever filth might have rubbed off from the mattress and blanket. I dress and… Read more →