"One day, there came a hero who could vanquish the fell demon. The young Toad from Petal Meadows was strong of arm, but shy of voice."
It was just after he had listened to one of the tales that we find Tim back in the alleys of Rougeport, acting as if he was the Hero the storyteller spoke of. A strong and brave Toad, with an odd voice. It didn't sound much like him, but one could pretend.
"All those around the boy teased him endlessly about the way he spoke. But when the demon cast his fearful gaze across the lands and reached out, the young Toad used strength and honor to defend his people and he became a hero to all, despite his odd voice."
That was him, Tim the brave Toad, who saved his people from the demon and its monsters. The monsters stood no chance against him.
"Get back!" he called to the crowd behind him, fighting off the next crowd of monsters. Then to the monsters he shouted "back I say! Back!"
It was with that that the monsters left, and the demon turned its attention elsewhere.
"You did it!" the crowd cried "thank you Tim! You saved us! You're a Hero! Thank you! You've saved us all! You're a Hero!"
Cries such as these continued, and he did his best not to take all the glory, for it was only the beginning of adventures yet to come.
"There you are Tim!"
Tim turned, as the voice pulled him out of his daydreams. Jenny stood there, looking not so happy. "I've been looking for you for ages!" she continued "is this where you've been disappearing off to all these days? You're sitting back here in an alley!"
"I'm not sitting!" Tim said
"Then what are you doing?"
Tim thought about that himself for a bit, before saying: "Hey, you like a good story don't you? Especially a good history tale, you wanna come hear a good story?"
"Okay…" Jenny replied slowly
"But first things first, do you happen to have five coins?"
"Why would I need five coins?" she asked, but Tim wasn't listening anymore. He started heading off towards where the storyteller was, Jenny at his heels.
"You see," he was saying "there's this ancient tale of a city that once stood here. But the city was destroyed in a single day by a demon, who made it sink beneath the ground and used a quarter of it as its den. Its den was filled with stolen treasures, and out of its treasures, the most beautiful of them all, were the Crystal Stars. They were cast throughout the land, spreading fear of this demon"
They had reached the crates that formed a staircase up to the roof tops, and he was already halfway up. Jenny was still at the bottom, trying to decide if she should just ditch him now or follow him. Tim continued the story.
"The demon also had three dragon pets, that spread fear and sorrow throughout the lands. They destroyed whole villages. There was also a dungeon that the demon filled with terrifying monsters, and any who angered it were thrown in there to rot."
He was doing his best to sum it all up as he ran across the last few rooftops. "But then a hero arose, and he could get rid of the demon. He was a young Toad from Petal Meadows, who had a strong arm, but a shy voice. But he proved his heroism when the demon tried to attack his village, and he saved them!" Tim turned back around to look at Jenny, who was giving him an odd look.
"Don't you see? If this tale was real, I'd be that Toad! I think the next story's gonna interest you, but it's only a guess. But listen to it at least."
"Alright" she said, rolling her eyes "but this better be worth it!"