The Faerie Woods [Knight Otu Judging]

"I am Ishmael. This is Nars and Gorefoot. May I ask who thine master is? And if you have seen a friend of ours? She is a female human"
 

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Percy

The larger figure's shape becomes clearer as she approaches. It is the figure of a shapely woman, dressed in a tight-fitting leaf gown. As her strawberry hair becomes apparent, the party recognized Persephone.

"Oh! I'm so glad to see you all!" Percy rushes towards the group and enfolds each in a tight embrace. She saves Gorefoot for last, allowing her fingers to linger in his hair after her hug. "Oh Fondar. I'm so glad you're OK."
 



Percy

"Well. You see, Fridly & I woke up in the palace of the faerie king. He knows where the redcap is, and offered to lead us to him. You see the necklace, I figured this out, can teleport its possessor between here and Orussus. That's how Allanoth Fairblood moved between here and there so quickly when he was negotiating the peace accord."

"Now. Gontor wanted the necklace back, but that wasn't his primary concern, was it? He wanted revenge for its theft. Am I right?"

"And what have you guys been up to?"
 

When the faeries first walk into view, Rodimus was putting his rope back to his backpack, and quickly gets up when he notices them. When Persephone rushes to give them all her greetings, he relaxes a bit, but is still wary.
After she hugs the half-orc, he goes back to his backpack, muttering under his breath and obviously flustered.
 


Gorefoot blushes a matching shade to Nars, but otherwise says and does nothing. Taking advantage of the conversation between Persephone and Ishmael, he slips behind a tree and changes into his armor, stashing the leaf-clothing safely in his pack.
 

Percy

"Gontor is the redcap? No no. Is he?"

"No. But this redcap is killing nightly in Orussus. How would we find him without the help of the faerie lord? I felt I had to strike a deal. The faerie lord will lead us to the redcap, but he wants to necklace in return. We must give the necklace to the faerie lord in one month! I don't think Gontor will mind too much, as long as the redcap gets his due. What do you think?"
 

"Well, ah, if you made a deal then a, er, deal it is. Besides, no dwarf wants a, ah, magic necklace. Perhaps we c-could sell the necklace t-to the, ah, Faerie King, for a bargain price, say 200 gold coins. Th-That way the theft is, er, punished and, ah, the necklace is replaced. Surely it's, er, worth more than that."
 

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