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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Selm" data-source="post: 64008" data-attributes="member: 1592">Episode 2-2Episode TWO - Another Day in a Quiet Little Town - Part 2(Alahija playing with her newfound little friend <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /> )still Planting 16, 591CYBack into motion, Alahija is hidden behind the broken doorway of themoathouse. Suddenly, and before Diane could explain the plan to theothers, she decides to enter the courtyard as it seems really emptyand quiet.Now from another point of view ...Utreshimon was nearly sleeping, he was taking a sun bath in theMoathouse courtyard for three hours now and decided to refresh alittle in his new lair.Finally life could be fun even outside the Lortmill Mountains thinkthe young dragon. He finded this abandonned keep three days ago anddiscovered men inside. They are now trapped in the underground of thekeep and try to go out from time to time. It's hard to sleep whilewaiting for those pathetic attacks, but it's really entertainning, andUtreshimon likes to play games.He killed some men two days ago and started to eat them. Hum, he hasalready finished the first in fact, his mother has always said himthat he was eating too quickly. Now he's not so hungry and wait forfun.Then, while he's refreshing in the main room of his lair. Have I saidthat old castle ruins make great dragon lairs ? He suddenly sees awoman crossing his courtyard. Waooo, meat delivery service, thoughtthe dragon ... his mother said him that when he will have a greattreasure, food will be delivered directly in his lair from time totime, usually nearly enought to live without hunting, and so keepingtime to study magic (this is why older dragons are wiser and better inmagic, you know). So, as his mother said him, Utreshimon started topack a tresure (not only because he likes gold pieces and shiny littlejewels ... he likes them too that's right but anyway he has to do it,sad dragon life, they all have to do it, to eat ... adventurers ), but he was young and his treasure was'nt so impressive, he wasn'thopping to see tresure seekers so soon. Chance must be with himthought the dragon when going out of his lair.The little woman was too short and frail to be human, she must havesome elven blood and elves aren't as tasty as humans but hopefullyUtreshimon has food for now and he could play with this one. Headvanced gracefully in the courtyard, jumping on the sand with thehelp of his wings. As he's still young his wings are really greaterthan his body and when running, he's nearly like flying one meterabove ground.(Alahija then saw a huge blue dragon running at top speed right onher. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!    :eek:"  data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":eek:" /> Even if Utreshimon is not so big by dragons standards, hissix meter body with the tail and great wings were really enought tofrighten the young half-elf.)The first funny thing to do with a prey is to roast it and then seeits frightened face. Utreshimon doesn't think twice and breath adeadly bolt of lightning right towards the intruder. He is reallysurprised when he sees the small creature jumping on the ground androlling under the bolt, it was unusual, she wasn't even a little burnt... strange thinks Utreshimon, if you couldn't have confidence in yourbreath what will be a dragon life. He should have aimed better, yes ithas to be that, poor aim surely, perhaps he wasn't so lucky todayactually. Anyway the prey will only last longer, which means more game... and this is good for Utreshimon.(Alahija was mad, a dragon in this old moathouse, this was surely notexpected. She is still asking herself how she could have escaped fromthe deadly lightning bolt while going back on her feet. That's whenthe dragon started to pound at her)Utreshimon is now trying to get his two claws on the human. If hecould do it, it will be so great. Humans are always fun when they aretrapped, some even pledge for mercy. And the dragon likes to seeterror in the eyes of his prey. But this tiny little thing is evasive,it seems she doesn't even try to fight the dragon but only evade hisattacks, it must be fear, she must be completely terrified thinksUtreshimon. This is great game today, happy dragon day ...---When Gandigoot saw Alahija advance, he followed the plan and came totook her place at the door. Quickly he knew that something was not asplanned, just when a crackling bolt of lightning passed five meters infront of him. He arrived at the door and saw the newfound pet ofAlahija ... or was it the opposite ?The gnome fires a crossbow bolt into the dragon's shoulder. The boltconnects but dosen't seem to harm it much, even if it is enought forthe dragon to give to this little fellow an eloquent gaze.Gandigoot isn't a fool, he nearly saw death one week ago fightinggnolls and two of his friends were slain during the attack. One mustsurvive to get the corpses to the priest of Hommlet ... and isn't itbetter if the survivor is him ?He was once again on the drawbridge and saw water under him, he wasfaintly remembering of a potential danger but Gandigoot was morepreoccuped by the dragon than by physical properties of water andlightning and decided to jump into the moat. Hopefully he can swim andhe started to put as much distance as he could between him and theblue dragon. You need three gnomes to fight a gnoll on equal terms, Gandigoot neverlearned how much gnomes you need for a dragon, but he was sure thatone is far from the count. And he is probably right ...  ---Utreshimon is suddenly bitten by something on his shoulder, turninghis head to investigate, he sees a bolt and a gnome. The human-elfwasn't alone, good ... two are better than one, it will be even morefun. But gnomes are bad, too small and not very tasty, poor dragon,not even a good fat human with a big belly, these ones *are* tasty.Well, stopping his dreams of food, the dragon tries to bite Alahija,if there was other treasure hunters, he could still have fun even ifhe finishes this small one.(Alahija desperatly tries to avoid the dragon attacks, she knows thather friends will run to help her as they must have seen the dragon nowand Gandigoot surely fled to warn them.She only has to survive until their arrival and timely rescue.)After one more minute, the young dragon is already tired of his game.He grabs Alahija in one of his claw and pound her until she stopsmoving (humans are not smart enought to stop moving before beeingdead most of the time). He's now free to follow the small gnome whowill surely lead him to the other treasure hunters. As his mother wasteaching, humans are never alone, seek and kill the wizard and youwill be safe. (Alahija:"And the timely rescue! Where is the timely rescue ?You do *know* that I'm dying right now ... do you ?")Utreshimon always follows the advices of his mother, as we will seenext week <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> For now he's tacking of, the body of Alahija bleedingin the courtyard ... Where is the rescue team ?... soon ...-----------------------------------------------------------Episode TWO - Another Day in a Quiet Little Town - Part 3(Yes you're level 4 and after, this dragon was not SOOO big ...) <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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