Niccolo's Business Unusual
I went back to Domina again today, hoping to get some shopping done and avoid Mr. Stick-Up-His-Butt. Well, I accomplished one of those things at least. I didn't run into Elazul again. Sadly, I ran into someone equally annoying, if not worse, as Elazul; Niccolo.
Niccolo is a rabbit…a merchant rabbit to be exact. I've actually thought of rabbits as nice, cute, and adorable little creatures...until now.Niccolo has warped that view dramatically. He is a scamming, greedy little rabbit. But somehow he managed to get me to tag along on his little expedition to the highway, saying it was too dangerous by himself. That wasn't surprising really. He was a pushy salesman, not a fighter.
I was proven wrong about him not being a fighter. It turned out he was rather skilled in fighting with his fists. But then, what else could a rabbit fight with? I cant really imagine him holding a sword. But he was a good partner and we managed pretty well. Then we came to a fork in the road where a cat like girl paced back and forth, obviously worried about something. Niccolo was immediately infatuated with her, stating that she had such cute ears and that they were obviously meant to be together. I blanched at the thought of anyone being with him.
After she had glared him down, she resumed pacing. I went over myself and asked her what was wrong. She said she was going to go see one of the Wisdoms who lived near here. She asked if I was going to go see the Wisdom too, but I told her no. She looked, if possible, even more downcast than before. Niccolo called me away before I could question her further.
So Niccolo and I traveled the rest of the Highway. We came to some Chobin Hood monsters, who demanded our money. Niccolo looked mortified at the thought of anyone stealing someone's money, like he didn't do that every day. When we refused to give our money they set their boss on us, which turned out to be a gigantic ant. What the hell? Ants being the bosses of Chobin Hoods? That's a little..odd. But between me and Niccolo, we made quick work of him. Afterwards he gave me an Iron Pot helmet, a Greenball Bun, and a Tako Bug for my troubles. But, of course, I had to pay 300 lurce for it. What a rip off.
Niccolo disappeared after that, but I went back. I wanted to see if that cat girl was still there. Turns out thatshe wasn't. I didn't want to make my trip futile though, so I went down the other road in the fork. There were some caves down there and I managed to loot some stuff. Further down was a huge mountain. Well…it looked like a huge mountain anyway. It turned out to be the Wisdom that thecat girl was talking about.
I still cant believe it really. I mean, how often do you see a talking mountain? He actually even picked me up! I was standing, unaware, in his hand, which was embedded into the ground. Then suddenly it moves! It brought me up to eye level with him. I was too busy gaping to actually say anything. It was okay though, he didn't notice it because apparently I had woken him up. Mountains sleep?
His name was Gaeus, and he told me that there was a helpful tree around my house, then lowered me back down. Talk about strange.
I managed to make it home alright though, but even now, as I write this, I think I'm still a little shook up about it. Talking mountains? Great, what's next? Talking turtles?
Until next time.
-Azhure, the girl who has conversations with mountains. I always wanted a pet rock.