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<blockquote data-quote="the Jester" data-source="post: 3859651" data-attributes="member: 1210"><p>The day is overcast and there is a light breeze. A few trees dot the landscape, which is increasingly dominated by long thin grass. One of these trees, Ari ascends. He looks about from a fairly high perch and takes in the surrounding area, getting an idea of the nearby features. Several miles away is a mid-sized town, which seems to be belching foul yellow smoke into the air. A huge smear of brown besmirches the air for miles around it. There is a small village not far past it; what looks like a halfling wagon is approaching it. In the distance, further south, the Stern Mountains rise up from the ground. Somewhere, in that direction, our heroes will- hopefully- find the Flapjacks clan.</p><p></p><p>After Ari scrambles back down the tree and reports, the party decides to skip over the polluted town and instead seek out the halflings heading towards the village. They marched cheerfully towards the village, reaching it in about an hour and a half. They have no trouble finding the hafling wagon. The halflings greet the party happily- “It’s always good to see others of our kind,” one of them squeals. </p><p></p><p>”Have you guys seen the Flapjacks at all lately?” asks Federico. </p><p></p><p>The halflings from the wagon are Goodwheels. A young, handsome fellow scratches his chin and says, “Well, we ran across them a few months ago... but not since then.”</p><p></p><p>“Oh yeah?” Federico squirms happily. “Where were they?” </p><p></p><p>“Along the base of the Stern Mountains,” the lad replies. </p><p></p><p>“So what are you guys doing here?” asks Naomi, gnawing on a piece of jerky.</p><p></p><p>Two of the Goodwheels exchange a glance. One of them says, “There is a cooking contest here, and we’re checking it out.”</p><p></p><p>“The truth is,” the other one says, “there’s someone specific we are kind of... interested in.”</p><p></p><p>“Really?” asks Nara. “Another halfling?” </p><p></p><p>“No, a human. Her name is Taksha.” He sighs. “We want to know what her secret ingredient is!”</p><p></p><p>“I’m telling you,” the other Goodwheel says, “it’s something in the sour cream. She does something weird with it. Or maybe she uses the milk of some weird kind of creature or something.”</p><p></p><p>“Well, we’ll be happy to try to help figure out the answer for you guys.” Nara grins. Rush heaves a sigh and shakes his head; he’s only here to kill things for the party, not taste test sour cream.</p><p></p><p>But to a band of halflings, taste testing sour cream sounds great. They attempt to be appointed judges in the contest, only to find that it is already over. Fortunately, the town’s tradition is to leave all of the entered food dishes out for public consumption, and so our heroes get to try a number of delicious entrees. One of them- the winning dish- is a delicious layered meat and sour cream dish, and indeed, the sour cream is very good, faintly spicy, with an interesting, unidentifiable tang to it. </p><p></p><p>“What is that?” Erasmuz wonders. “Some kind of spice?”</p><p></p><p>“That isn’t cow cheese,” Naomi mumbles around a bite.</p><p></p><p>“Goat?” asks Nara. </p><p></p><p>The fat one shakes her head. “No,” she belches, “not goat either. I’m not really sure.”</p><p></p><p>Ari frowns. He nibbles at it. “Hmm...” He puts his piece down, barely touched. He looks thoughtful while he masticates. Rubs his chin. Swallows. <em>It’s not a cow, but certainly it’s from something cow-like. And it almost seems like it’s part-human, too.</em> He examines a few possibilities in his mind. Then, he pronounces, “It’s from a minotaur.”</p><p></p><p>”What?” exclaims Rush, looking slightly green. </p><p></p><p>“The sour cream. It’s from minotaur’s milk.”</p><p></p><p>“That’s... bizarre!” Nara bursts out, rather at a loss for words. “Why would... what reason... and how, I mean, does someone have a she-minotaur who he... like, milks, or something?” Well, maybe not a loss for words, but certainly for complete sentences.</p><p></p><p>“Yeah, that doesn’t make too much sense at all, now that you mention it.” Ari looks puzzled, too.</p><p></p><p>“Well, buddies,” Erasmuz suggests, “let’s ask the human.”</p><p></p><p>***</p><p></p><p>But as soon as the human realizes that they’re on to her, she jumps out the window of her room at the inn. And when they race to the window and look outside, she’s nowhere in sight. </p><p></p><p>“Wow, she’s quick,” Erasmuz remarks.</p><p></p><p>“Or invisible somehow,” Nara replies. </p><p></p><p>“Huh,” shrugs Rush. “We should have killed her.”</p><p></p><p>“We can’t just go killing everyone who doesn’t want to talk to us,” Ari says.</p><p></p><p>“Why not? This is Strogass.” </p><p></p><p>“That’s true,” Ari admits.</p><p></p><p>***</p><p></p><p>Out of the village, then; and on towards the mountains. The town that is spewing pollution into the sky is passing to the east, and Ari turns into a hawk to examine it from above. The air near it is foul. The land around it seeks wilted. A strong stream runs into the town, but some weird kind of water wheel turns it into a trickle of a creek, and a polluted one at that, with slicks of yellow-brown sludge clinging to the edge of the water wheel and dangling downstream like long tails. Some kind of refinery belches smoke from multiple tall smokestacks into the sky. The air is behazed with greasy soot-like material.</p><p></p><p>Ari returns to the others and tells them what he saw. “I think we should go in and destroy that water wheel,” he says. “That refinery, too. They don’t need to be doing that- despoiling nature like that!” </p><p></p><p>“I agree!” Rush cries, mostly because he wants to get into a fight. “It’s time we killed something!”</p><p></p><p>“Sure, buddy,” Erasmuz grins. “Let’s go do it!”</p><p></p><p><em><strong>Next Time:</strong></em> Our heroes wreck a town, then run into... Holstein!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="the Jester, post: 3859651, member: 1210"] The day is overcast and there is a light breeze. A few trees dot the landscape, which is increasingly dominated by long thin grass. One of these trees, Ari ascends. He looks about from a fairly high perch and takes in the surrounding area, getting an idea of the nearby features. Several miles away is a mid-sized town, which seems to be belching foul yellow smoke into the air. A huge smear of brown besmirches the air for miles around it. There is a small village not far past it; what looks like a halfling wagon is approaching it. In the distance, further south, the Stern Mountains rise up from the ground. Somewhere, in that direction, our heroes will- hopefully- find the Flapjacks clan. After Ari scrambles back down the tree and reports, the party decides to skip over the polluted town and instead seek out the halflings heading towards the village. They marched cheerfully towards the village, reaching it in about an hour and a half. They have no trouble finding the hafling wagon. The halflings greet the party happily- “It’s always good to see others of our kind,” one of them squeals. ”Have you guys seen the Flapjacks at all lately?” asks Federico. The halflings from the wagon are Goodwheels. A young, handsome fellow scratches his chin and says, “Well, we ran across them a few months ago... but not since then.” “Oh yeah?” Federico squirms happily. “Where were they?” “Along the base of the Stern Mountains,” the lad replies. “So what are you guys doing here?” asks Naomi, gnawing on a piece of jerky. Two of the Goodwheels exchange a glance. One of them says, “There is a cooking contest here, and we’re checking it out.” “The truth is,” the other one says, “there’s someone specific we are kind of... interested in.” “Really?” asks Nara. “Another halfling?” “No, a human. Her name is Taksha.” He sighs. “We want to know what her secret ingredient is!” “I’m telling you,” the other Goodwheel says, “it’s something in the sour cream. She does something weird with it. Or maybe she uses the milk of some weird kind of creature or something.” “Well, we’ll be happy to try to help figure out the answer for you guys.” Nara grins. Rush heaves a sigh and shakes his head; he’s only here to kill things for the party, not taste test sour cream. But to a band of halflings, taste testing sour cream sounds great. They attempt to be appointed judges in the contest, only to find that it is already over. Fortunately, the town’s tradition is to leave all of the entered food dishes out for public consumption, and so our heroes get to try a number of delicious entrees. One of them- the winning dish- is a delicious layered meat and sour cream dish, and indeed, the sour cream is very good, faintly spicy, with an interesting, unidentifiable tang to it. “What is that?” Erasmuz wonders. “Some kind of spice?” “That isn’t cow cheese,” Naomi mumbles around a bite. “Goat?” asks Nara. The fat one shakes her head. “No,” she belches, “not goat either. I’m not really sure.” Ari frowns. He nibbles at it. “Hmm...” He puts his piece down, barely touched. He looks thoughtful while he masticates. Rubs his chin. Swallows. [i]It’s not a cow, but certainly it’s from something cow-like. And it almost seems like it’s part-human, too.[/i] He examines a few possibilities in his mind. Then, he pronounces, “It’s from a minotaur.” ”What?” exclaims Rush, looking slightly green. “The sour cream. It’s from minotaur’s milk.” “That’s... bizarre!” Nara bursts out, rather at a loss for words. “Why would... what reason... and how, I mean, does someone have a she-minotaur who he... like, milks, or something?” Well, maybe not a loss for words, but certainly for complete sentences. “Yeah, that doesn’t make too much sense at all, now that you mention it.” Ari looks puzzled, too. “Well, buddies,” Erasmuz suggests, “let’s ask the human.” *** But as soon as the human realizes that they’re on to her, she jumps out the window of her room at the inn. And when they race to the window and look outside, she’s nowhere in sight. “Wow, she’s quick,” Erasmuz remarks. “Or invisible somehow,” Nara replies. “Huh,” shrugs Rush. “We should have killed her.” “We can’t just go killing everyone who doesn’t want to talk to us,” Ari says. “Why not? This is Strogass.” “That’s true,” Ari admits. *** Out of the village, then; and on towards the mountains. The town that is spewing pollution into the sky is passing to the east, and Ari turns into a hawk to examine it from above. The air near it is foul. The land around it seeks wilted. A strong stream runs into the town, but some weird kind of water wheel turns it into a trickle of a creek, and a polluted one at that, with slicks of yellow-brown sludge clinging to the edge of the water wheel and dangling downstream like long tails. Some kind of refinery belches smoke from multiple tall smokestacks into the sky. The air is behazed with greasy soot-like material. Ari returns to the others and tells them what he saw. “I think we should go in and destroy that water wheel,” he says. “That refinery, too. They don’t need to be doing that- despoiling nature like that!” “I agree!” Rush cries, mostly because he wants to get into a fight. “It’s time we killed something!” “Sure, buddy,” Erasmuz grins. “Let’s go do it!” [i][b]Next Time:[/b][/i][b][/b] Our heroes wreck a town, then run into... Holstein! [/QUOTE]
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