The Hezi And Row Show
3
Flowersniffing Treehugga stood in front of the mirror in his family's house. Plucking at his new "do" with a bone pick, he adjusted several areas until it met his expectations. Placing the pick on the table, he pointed to the mirror and winked at himself. Taking an additional moment to smooth his mustache, he nearly jumped out of his own skin when he heard an unexpected giggle behind him. "You finally did it, didn't you? You finally went nuts and went for the 'fro," she teased. Moonunit, the youngest of the Treehugga family, reached a tentative hand forth to touch the offending hair style. Flower slapped her hand away. "Back off sis. You wouldn't know a good quaff if it jumped up and bit you!" "Yeah well, apparently it did bite you!" She giggled again. "If my man shows up tonight with hair like that, I'll break up with him on the spot!" Flower crinkled his brow. "Your man?" Then he realized. "Wait, you don't think you're going out with the priest of discord again do you? Mom and dad said you were forbidden from seeing him again!" His anger now very apparent. She didn't flinch. "Yes but our parents aren't even here now are they? So I'm going!" She picked up a few items and placed them in her bag. "Well I'm going to tell them when they come back!" he snarled. She turned to him, shocked. "You wouldn't!" "Oh I would!" She pointed at him, "Nark!" "Floozy!" "Poofy-head!" "Slut!" "Ronus Jeremus wanna-be!" He sneered, "Tease!" "Freak!!" "Cross-breader!" She gasped and then shouted, "TWEE!!" Flower gasped and threw his hand in front of his mouth. His eyes widened to an obscene size. He stumbled back a step and clutched his chest. "Oh, you didn't-" She grabbed her bag and headed through the door. "Oh, I did!" With that she slammed the door behind her. Flower sighed and shook his head. Then looking at the door he shouted at the top of his lungs, "I hope he dumps you for a gnome!" From down the opposite darkened hallway a smooth, deep voice rang out towards the frustrated halfling. "Now, now, was that really an appropriate come back?" Flower nearly jumped through the roof again. Catching his breath he turned towards the voice. "My god! Would you people stop doing that?! Wait," he squinted. "What are you doing here? You know you're not allowed in the house yet!" Emerging from the shadows came a black and orange armored figure, toting a shield and a short but deadly looking sword in a dark leather sheath. "Yes, well I'm not one much for taking orders. Besides, you can't tell me you're not happy to see your brother?" Flower coughed. "Half-brother. Maybe. And now isn't the time to bother me, I have things to do." "Oh, I'm deeply sorry. Far be it for me to come here and drudge up old skeletons." At this he chuckled to himself. Noticing his opponent not laughing he elaborated. "Me? A shadow knight. Raising skeletons?" Still nothing. He arched one eyebrow before continuing. "Well I see my humor is lost on the lesser educated. You do at least know what a shadow knight is, don't you? Flower cleared his throat and turned away. "Yeah, it's a guy who follows really close behind actual knights." He sat on a small stool. "Now why don't you beat it, before my parents find you here, Entrails. They still haven't accepted your gnomish ass, as part of this household." He grew more angry. "In fact, you're the reason why I don't even know for sure who my father is!" Entrails stepped closer, more into the light. "Come now, boy. I am full blooded gnome and I don't think you're a quarterling, so what are you worried about? I only said we had the same mother." Seeing the glare from his supposed sibling, the shadow knight grabbed his helmet and stepped towards the door. "Very well. But don't be too hard on your sister. I have it on good authority that the Rivervale Priest of Discord is quite a lovely fellow." He chuckled to himself again, and then spoke a few words of magic. Swirls of white and blue light surrounded him as he faded from sight. As he disappeared, "Until next time, brother." Flowersniffing didn't even look to see him go. But he spoke under his breath anyway. "Man that guy really bugs me!" After the thought of Entrails possibly knowing or recreating with the local PoD, Flower couldn't help but make his decision. He had to stop his sister. Moonunit had no idea what she was getting into, he thought. I have to stop her for her own good. After several moments of ultimate thinking, Flower finally had a plan forming in his head. He had to take out the PoD. Granted he was a druid, and thusly revered all life, but he had to do it for the family! He could...make it look like an accident! A suicide, maybe! Well no, he thought, that would be dumb. He would just have to make the PoD attack him. Of course then he would get killed. He thought some more until a few better thoughts entered his head. I'll walk up and kick him in the knee! Course, then he kills me. Hmmmm. Maybe I could call him names, until he attacks me. Course...then he kills me. Well he's human! Maybe I could get that sexy monk Sunki to like, distract him by seduction, and then I could sneak up behind him and hit him square in the back of the head....shoulders....uhhh knees. This last one brought a grin to his face until he remembered. Of course then he figures it out, smacks down Sunki and then turns and kills me. Flower kept thinking it through. Putting aside the whole unpleasant dying thing for a moment, he thought ahead. Even if I get the PoD to fight, if I start wining he'll just gate to Nexus or call more of his buddies in from other areas. Which means I must first stop the transportation industry. For just a little while. Of course this would require the cooperation of all the druids and the druid guilds. But I could swing that, he dreamed. Rowwanda could even help! Of course that doesn't take into account the Nexus scions and the teleport spires. That means I would have to take over the Nexus for awhile. Take down the guards for a bit and knock out all the scions. But if I do that the guards from The Bazaar or Shadowhaven would come running. So I'll have to take those too. Flower smiled at the next thought. While I'm there, we could take over The Bazaar for awhile and make a little money. Then I wouldn't have to do any more of that damn porting. No more putting up with snobby and cheap people! At this last happy thought, the weight of the whole situation hit him. He was going to have to get his guild, Kings of Brotherhood, his halfling brethren and any other help he could get! He was going to need a plan. He was going to need recon and a strategy of attack. Standing from his stool, Flower jumped to the top of that table and raised his arms to the heavens. He shouted in his fervor, and raised his voice so all could here him. "Come brothers and sisters! Come my kindred! Come forth Kings and Jesters! Come one and all! For we shall prevail!! We shall storm the halls of the moon! We...shall...take...The NEXUS!!!" From behind him, "Uhhh Flower?" For the third time that day Flowersniffing jumped in surprise and tumbled down form the table. He landed square on his rear and brought a host of items from the table crashing down upon him. He cleared some old paper scraps from his eyes and looked up. "Rowwanda? What are-" he looked closer and squinted through the paper. "Hey-" Rowwanda bent a little at the waist to examine Flower closer. "Hey-" Then, both at the same time, to each other, "What happened to your hair?"
Flowersniffing Treehugga stood in front of the mirror in his family's house. Plucking at his new "do" with a bone pick, he adjusted several areas until it met his expectations. Placing the pick on the table, he pointed to the mirror and winked at himself. Taking an additional moment to smooth his mustache, he nearly jumped out of his own skin when he heard an unexpected giggle behind him. "You finally did it, didn't you? You finally went nuts and went for the 'fro," she teased. Moonunit, the youngest of the Treehugga family, reached a tentative hand forth to touch the offending hair style. Flower slapped her hand away. "Back off sis. You wouldn't know a good quaff if it jumped up and bit you!" "Yeah well, apparently it did bite you!" She giggled again. "If my man shows up tonight with hair like that, I'll break up with him on the spot!" Flower crinkled his brow. "Your man?" Then he realized. "Wait, you don't think you're going out with the priest of discord again do you? Mom and dad said you were forbidden from seeing him again!" His anger now very apparent. She didn't flinch. "Yes but our parents aren't even here now are they? So I'm going!" She picked up a few items and placed them in her bag. "Well I'm going to tell them when they come back!" he snarled. She turned to him, shocked. "You wouldn't!" "Oh I would!" She pointed at him, "Nark!" "Floozy!" "Poofy-head!" "Slut!" "Ronus Jeremus wanna-be!" He sneered, "Tease!" "Freak!!" "Cross-breader!" She gasped and then shouted, "TWEE!!" Flower gasped and threw his hand in front of his mouth. His eyes widened to an obscene size. He stumbled back a step and clutched his chest. "Oh, you didn't-" She grabbed her bag and headed through the door. "Oh, I did!" With that she slammed the door behind her. Flower sighed and shook his head. Then looking at the door he shouted at the top of his lungs, "I hope he dumps you for a gnome!" From down the opposite darkened hallway a smooth, deep voice rang out towards the frustrated halfling. "Now, now, was that really an appropriate come back?" Flower nearly jumped through the roof again. Catching his breath he turned towards the voice. "My god! Would you people stop doing that?! Wait," he squinted. "What are you doing here? You know you're not allowed in the house yet!" Emerging from the shadows came a black and orange armored figure, toting a shield and a short but deadly looking sword in a dark leather sheath. "Yes, well I'm not one much for taking orders. Besides, you can't tell me you're not happy to see your brother?" Flower coughed. "Half-brother. Maybe. And now isn't the time to bother me, I have things to do." "Oh, I'm deeply sorry. Far be it for me to come here and drudge up old skeletons." At this he chuckled to himself. Noticing his opponent not laughing he elaborated. "Me? A shadow knight. Raising skeletons?" Still nothing. He arched one eyebrow before continuing. "Well I see my humor is lost on the lesser educated. You do at least know what a shadow knight is, don't you? Flower cleared his throat and turned away. "Yeah, it's a guy who follows really close behind actual knights." He sat on a small stool. "Now why don't you beat it, before my parents find you here, Entrails. They still haven't accepted your gnomish ass, as part of this household." He grew more angry. "In fact, you're the reason why I don't even know for sure who my father is!" Entrails stepped closer, more into the light. "Come now, boy. I am full blooded gnome and I don't think you're a quarterling, so what are you worried about? I only said we had the same mother." Seeing the glare from his supposed sibling, the shadow knight grabbed his helmet and stepped towards the door. "Very well. But don't be too hard on your sister. I have it on good authority that the Rivervale Priest of Discord is quite a lovely fellow." He chuckled to himself again, and then spoke a few words of magic. Swirls of white and blue light surrounded him as he faded from sight. As he disappeared, "Until next time, brother." Flowersniffing didn't even look to see him go. But he spoke under his breath anyway. "Man that guy really bugs me!" After the thought of Entrails possibly knowing or recreating with the local PoD, Flower couldn't help but make his decision. He had to stop his sister. Moonunit had no idea what she was getting into, he thought. I have to stop her for her own good. After several moments of ultimate thinking, Flower finally had a plan forming in his head. He had to take out the PoD. Granted he was a druid, and thusly revered all life, but he had to do it for the family! He could...make it look like an accident! A suicide, maybe! Well no, he thought, that would be dumb. He would just have to make the PoD attack him. Of course then he would get killed. He thought some more until a few better thoughts entered his head. I'll walk up and kick him in the knee! Course, then he kills me. Hmmmm. Maybe I could call him names, until he attacks me. Course...then he kills me. Well he's human! Maybe I could get that sexy monk Sunki to like, distract him by seduction, and then I could sneak up behind him and hit him square in the back of the head....shoulders....uhhh knees. This last one brought a grin to his face until he remembered. Of course then he figures it out, smacks down Sunki and then turns and kills me. Flower kept thinking it through. Putting aside the whole unpleasant dying thing for a moment, he thought ahead. Even if I get the PoD to fight, if I start wining he'll just gate to Nexus or call more of his buddies in from other areas. Which means I must first stop the transportation industry. For just a little while. Of course this would require the cooperation of all the druids and the druid guilds. But I could swing that, he dreamed. Rowwanda could even help! Of course that doesn't take into account the Nexus scions and the teleport spires. That means I would have to take over the Nexus for awhile. Take down the guards for a bit and knock out all the scions. But if I do that the guards from The Bazaar or Shadowhaven would come running. So I'll have to take those too. Flower smiled at the next thought. While I'm there, we could take over The Bazaar for awhile and make a little money. Then I wouldn't have to do any more of that damn porting. No more putting up with snobby and cheap people! At this last happy thought, the weight of the whole situation hit him. He was going to have to get his guild, Kings of Brotherhood, his halfling brethren and any other help he could get! He was going to need a plan. He was going to need recon and a strategy of attack. Standing from his stool, Flower jumped to the top of that table and raised his arms to the heavens. He shouted in his fervor, and raised his voice so all could here him. "Come brothers and sisters! Come my kindred! Come forth Kings and Jesters! Come one and all! For we shall prevail!! We shall storm the halls of the moon! We...shall...take...The NEXUS!!!" From behind him, "Uhhh Flower?" For the third time that day Flowersniffing jumped in surprise and tumbled down form the table. He landed square on his rear and brought a host of items from the table crashing down upon him. He cleared some old paper scraps from his eyes and looked up. "Rowwanda? What are-" he looked closer and squinted through the paper. "Hey-" Rowwanda bent a little at the waist to examine Flower closer. "Hey-" Then, both at the same time, to each other, "What happened to your hair?"