Another Asterix reference. In fact, this whole scene is practically right out of Asterix the Legionnaire. Even one of the legionaries here takes his name from his counterpoint over in Gaul… Incerto Statu, Dubius Status, same difference.
This one is a bit shorter, but in my humble opinion, it makes up for it in its humor. In fact, it's one of my favorites.
Daisy Crazy
Reinforcements for Caesar's Legion, disoriented by a duster, found themselves in the mountains near Jacobstown.
"Be cautious men," Incerto Statu the centurion told the legionaries under his command. "This place is said to be populated by blue demons without wits. No doubt the stuff of the profligates' overactive imaginations, but nevertheless, tread lightly!"
"Look!" The other centurion, a man named Justinian, pointed at a hulking blue form a short distance away.
Incerto Statu counted off machetes and cowboy repeaters. It would be more trouble to kill this monstrosity than to avoid it. He quietly ordered his soldiers to take shelter behind a nearby rock until the danger had passed.
Unfortunately the blue form, a Nightkin to be exact, walked straight to their hiding place. It wore a shawl with a daisy and a large hat, and upon seeing them, it drew itself up to its full height and placed its enormous hands on its hips.
"Aren't you ashamed now, aren't you?" It growled, "Tromping all over Grandma's pretty little daisies?"
The centurions were thunderstruck. Looking down they saw that they were, in fact, standing in an inexplicable patch of daisies, like the one the Nightkin wore. And… "Grandma?"
"Leo says people who step all over my flowers ought to be punished!"
WHAM!
The Nightkin (whose name was Lily) gathered up an armful of the flowers and gave one a deep whiff. "The trouble with you Legionaries is that you don't have any appreciation for pretty things. And the trouble with me is that I'm so shy and retiring, but I at least have Leo to back me up."
On that note, she wandered off. Incerto Statu wiped blood off his lip and looked around at his unconscious and semi-conscious companions.
"Hear what that monstrosity said?"
"If you ask me, they're crazy!" Someone else answered.