(Well, hard as it was I actually sat down and wrote a chapter even though I
went home sick and didn't have keyboarding today, I felt I owed it to my
faithful fans, well at least the two of you that reviewed it...all you
other people are just getting a free ride. I really should start demanding
reviews for my chapters, but so far I shall just post em as I write em)
Chapter 3
The Briefing
K'tar and Cynthia quickly hurried to the main hall. Along the way they were waylaid by a few would-be robbers which K'tar quickly dispatched, all the while saying strange things like "fear my wrath for I am he who is known as him" and other such odd things.
After stopping to greet the gatekeeper they hurried to the main hall where Korzab was waiting for them.
"First things first, K'tar those bracers you found? They make your attacks a little quicker and they thicken the air around your arms a little so any incoming blows to your hands or arms will be slowed a little." Korzab beamed "I wish it was I who found those but alas they are yours. Although there is one other thing… you should try them on" He handed them to K'tar
"Is it safe?" K'tar asked
"Of course" Korzab had a hint of a smile, which as always made K'tar nervous.
K'tar put them on and was slowly shutting the snaps that held them on and all of a sudden there was a blinding flash of light and there was this annoying voice that seemed to come form the bracers themselves "SMASH, KILL, BURN, DESTROY!"
"What in the Nine Hells?" K'tar Gasped "What the hell are you?"
"Hello I am Lofar Ashmongler, my spirit was fused to these bracers because I pissed off the wrong mage but over the centuries I came to accept my fate, how may I aid you in killing stuff?" The bracers asked politely
"HI LOFAR!" Cynthia yelled as she ran over and tried to give the bracers a hug "What's it like being bracers? Does it hurt when a sword hits you? Once I had hit with the flat side of a sword and it was ouchies and I was sad and it hurt and I was crying and it hurt so much and it made me sad and it was the flat of a sword and it hurt and-"
"Umm excuse me, lady? Umm can ya stop which the hugging and touching? It's kinda annoying so if you don't mind…STOP" Lofar demanded
"You're mean!!! Hmph!, mean bracers I'm not gonna talk to you anymore!" Cynthia growled
"Good!"
"Fine then!"
"Umm yeah… Korzab?" K'tar asked
"Yes K'tar?" Korzab said
"WHY THE IN THE NINE HELLS ARE MY BRACERS TALKING!?!?!?!!!?" K'tar yelled
"My spirit is in them you dolt. Now stop talking and let's go kill some stuff!" Lofar said
"The only way to make them quiet would be to remove the spirit and thus make the bracers normal." Korzab explained
"NO!!, you guys can't do that! Even if he is a mean pair of bracers it doesn't mean that you can just cast a spell and kill him! That's NOT NICE." Cynthia said
K'tar smiled "NO YOUR NOT GOING TO KILL HIM I WON'T LET YOU." Cynthia jumped at K'tar trying to rip the bracers off his arms
"What are you doing I'm not gonna kill Lofar!!! I'm smiling because I have magical bracers now get off me." K'tar said
"Oh... alrighty then." Cynthia smiled and gave K'tar a huge hug.
K'tar was beginning to wonder, was she some 8 year-old in a 19 year-olds body? Or was she partially retarded or was she just like that. Either way, K'tar found himself strangely attracted to her. Just a momentary thing he thought, they had nothing in common at all, it would probably pass in a little while and everything would go back to normal and he could go back to killing people for money.
"Back to business people. You were called here for a reason." Korzab interrupted K'tar's thinking. "There is a band of orcs out in a small forest that the main trade rout to Baldur's Gate runs through. They have intercepted many caravans with amazing efficiency and incredible success, over 15 caravans have been captured and we have sent three teams to try to resolve the problem, we never heard back from any of them. We are relying on you two to put an end to this. Feel up to it?"
"Your damn right they are! Right guys? I mean cmon don't you just have the urge to go out and kill some orc? I mean think about it. Killing those foul dirty child-slaying tuskers with your righteous blades and spells of destruction. Those things truly deserve death and we must be the ones to deliver it to them!" Lofar seemed determined to convince them but K'tar was already way ahead of him.
"How many, where, what kinda of weapons, what tactics?" K'tar asked
"I can only answer the second. I'll mark on your map where it is" Korzab said
*Your World Map Has Been Updated*
"Well that's less than I wanted to know but alright, after we get some rest and I get my magical sword, we shall set out first thing in the morning." K'tar said
K'tar and Cynthia headed back to K'tar's permanent room above the Ugly Orc where he kept his belongings and slept during those brief times when he was in Waterdeep. "Well you are welcome to sleep here Cynthia and I shall sleep on the floor because the place is full for the coming carnival of fruit." K'tar said
"Really? Thanks a lot K'tar cuz the place I was staying at kinda burnt down yesterday." Cynthia smiled "but I'll take the floor, it is your room."
"No way you get the bed." K'tar insisted
"Fine then neither of us gets the bed!" Cynthia said
"Fine then!" K'tar said and they both settled down on the floor.
(Well I hope ya liked it, by the way for those of you who don't know the *Your World Map Has Been Updated* thing is making fun of the Baldur's Gate and Icewind Dale games, which are set in the Forgotten Realms)
Chapter 3
The Briefing
K'tar and Cynthia quickly hurried to the main hall. Along the way they were waylaid by a few would-be robbers which K'tar quickly dispatched, all the while saying strange things like "fear my wrath for I am he who is known as him" and other such odd things.
After stopping to greet the gatekeeper they hurried to the main hall where Korzab was waiting for them.
"First things first, K'tar those bracers you found? They make your attacks a little quicker and they thicken the air around your arms a little so any incoming blows to your hands or arms will be slowed a little." Korzab beamed "I wish it was I who found those but alas they are yours. Although there is one other thing… you should try them on" He handed them to K'tar
"Is it safe?" K'tar asked
"Of course" Korzab had a hint of a smile, which as always made K'tar nervous.
K'tar put them on and was slowly shutting the snaps that held them on and all of a sudden there was a blinding flash of light and there was this annoying voice that seemed to come form the bracers themselves "SMASH, KILL, BURN, DESTROY!"
"What in the Nine Hells?" K'tar Gasped "What the hell are you?"
"Hello I am Lofar Ashmongler, my spirit was fused to these bracers because I pissed off the wrong mage but over the centuries I came to accept my fate, how may I aid you in killing stuff?" The bracers asked politely
"HI LOFAR!" Cynthia yelled as she ran over and tried to give the bracers a hug "What's it like being bracers? Does it hurt when a sword hits you? Once I had hit with the flat side of a sword and it was ouchies and I was sad and it hurt and I was crying and it hurt so much and it made me sad and it was the flat of a sword and it hurt and-"
"Umm excuse me, lady? Umm can ya stop which the hugging and touching? It's kinda annoying so if you don't mind…STOP" Lofar demanded
"You're mean!!! Hmph!, mean bracers I'm not gonna talk to you anymore!" Cynthia growled
"Good!"
"Fine then!"
"Umm yeah… Korzab?" K'tar asked
"Yes K'tar?" Korzab said
"WHY THE IN THE NINE HELLS ARE MY BRACERS TALKING!?!?!?!!!?" K'tar yelled
"My spirit is in them you dolt. Now stop talking and let's go kill some stuff!" Lofar said
"The only way to make them quiet would be to remove the spirit and thus make the bracers normal." Korzab explained
"NO!!, you guys can't do that! Even if he is a mean pair of bracers it doesn't mean that you can just cast a spell and kill him! That's NOT NICE." Cynthia said
K'tar smiled "NO YOUR NOT GOING TO KILL HIM I WON'T LET YOU." Cynthia jumped at K'tar trying to rip the bracers off his arms
"What are you doing I'm not gonna kill Lofar!!! I'm smiling because I have magical bracers now get off me." K'tar said
"Oh... alrighty then." Cynthia smiled and gave K'tar a huge hug.
K'tar was beginning to wonder, was she some 8 year-old in a 19 year-olds body? Or was she partially retarded or was she just like that. Either way, K'tar found himself strangely attracted to her. Just a momentary thing he thought, they had nothing in common at all, it would probably pass in a little while and everything would go back to normal and he could go back to killing people for money.
"Back to business people. You were called here for a reason." Korzab interrupted K'tar's thinking. "There is a band of orcs out in a small forest that the main trade rout to Baldur's Gate runs through. They have intercepted many caravans with amazing efficiency and incredible success, over 15 caravans have been captured and we have sent three teams to try to resolve the problem, we never heard back from any of them. We are relying on you two to put an end to this. Feel up to it?"
"Your damn right they are! Right guys? I mean cmon don't you just have the urge to go out and kill some orc? I mean think about it. Killing those foul dirty child-slaying tuskers with your righteous blades and spells of destruction. Those things truly deserve death and we must be the ones to deliver it to them!" Lofar seemed determined to convince them but K'tar was already way ahead of him.
"How many, where, what kinda of weapons, what tactics?" K'tar asked
"I can only answer the second. I'll mark on your map where it is" Korzab said
*Your World Map Has Been Updated*
"Well that's less than I wanted to know but alright, after we get some rest and I get my magical sword, we shall set out first thing in the morning." K'tar said
K'tar and Cynthia headed back to K'tar's permanent room above the Ugly Orc where he kept his belongings and slept during those brief times when he was in Waterdeep. "Well you are welcome to sleep here Cynthia and I shall sleep on the floor because the place is full for the coming carnival of fruit." K'tar said
"Really? Thanks a lot K'tar cuz the place I was staying at kinda burnt down yesterday." Cynthia smiled "but I'll take the floor, it is your room."
"No way you get the bed." K'tar insisted
"Fine then neither of us gets the bed!" Cynthia said
"Fine then!" K'tar said and they both settled down on the floor.
(Well I hope ya liked it, by the way for those of you who don't know the *Your World Map Has Been Updated* thing is making fun of the Baldur's Gate and Icewind Dale games, which are set in the Forgotten Realms)