Trapped in Da'ta Quest 33

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"Anial" Sam growls from the seat of the cart, so I turn and look at him, rolling over onto my side as Little green continues to trot along the dusty road "I swear to the seven, if you don't stop telling us to go faster, I am going to shove my foot so far up your ass, your mask is going to the be the bottom of the boots I make out of you"

Okay, can't say I wasn't thinking the same thing about the priest, he's really been laying on reasons for me to hate him lately. I swear he's trying to make me snap and wring his neck for insulting Blue or snorting in disgust pretty much every other minute, I mean he does it often enough.

"Oh quite with your threats, we must hurry lest we get caught by bandits rushing to fill the recently vacated hideouts" The priest says flatly "they're like roaches, if you don't burn the nest, they come rushing back in droves"

"We can kick their asses if we do meet them, which I highly fuckin doubt" Sam says, sounding rightfully pissed off as he picks his teeth and winces "It won't change nothing if we stop to have lunch"

"Yeah" Lucy groans "I need something hot to eat, can't we just slow down so we can cook something, I'm feel like I'm starving back here"

"Well" Bailey says teasingly "you look like you could lose a few pounds, lucy"

"Or shut up" Lucy whimpers, her ears drooping down as I sit back up "I'm really not in the mood right now Bay"

"Look you just simply do not understand, we can't afford to be late" Anial hisses, his mask shimmering in the afternoon sunlight, like an open flame. It's hard to focus with it glinting like that

"Why not?"I ask tilting my head as I flutter my wings, feeling the dry air flow over and under them as I do so "even if there's a deadline, having some lunch won't make us late to it, you're acting like a slave driver"

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"He's just scared we'll get corned in the canyon if we get there after night fall" Thas says with a heavy sigh, pulling on the reigns of his mule, forcing it to go off of the road into the over grown grass to the side, looks like he's heading towards the one hole in the woods "But Samson has a point, we do need to stop, the horse will kheel over if we don't get them some water"

Anial grumbles, lowering his head like an angry kid, which is actually a pretty accurate description of him, underneath the robes and mask

"Oh cheer up" Uli says "We can all use some rest here, isn't that right Lady Krovachi"

"Well" I say looking back into the cart, watching Smiley nap, forcefully cuddling Toora.

I giggle as the little rabbit girl tries to kick her way free

"I think some of us are already getting it" I say happily

"Luckily there's a spring over here" Thas says, grinning happily, which looks pretty creepy on his weasle like face, like he wants to strangle someone or something.

I hear a wet slorshing behind me, and very loud pops and bubbbling.

"Water!?" Poi shouts happily, as she shoots out of the cart like a blue bolt, and rushes past Thas, turning into a blob as she runs down the road, chanting "Water water water" over and over again

"Well" Sam says , pulling on the horses reigns to make them go down the same path "At least one of us is excited"

What do I do at the spring?
[] take care of thunder With Blue and Lucy
[] nap and dream
[] splash around with poi and Sam
[]try and teach minor how to swim
[] chat with the priest
[]help cook lunch with Smiley and Karla
[] practice my swordmanship with some one
[] keep thas company
[] wander through the woods 1d100
[] write i

>[] take care of thunder With Blue and Lucy

>[]help cook lunch with Smiley and Karla
>[] practice my swordmanship with some one

>[] take care of thunder With Blue and Lucy
>[] practice my swordmanship with some one

>[] nap and dream
>[] chat with priest

>[] splash around with poi and Sam
>[]try and teach minor how to swim

Hey green? Stop looking for something to eat and follow them. come on hurry up or I won't stop kicking your sides like this. I smirk as little green grumbles, lifting his head from the dusty road, shaking the dirt and dried up grass from his mandibles and teeth.

"I was just making sure the way was safe my queen" He laughs, tilting his head as he trots along, skittering along "Can never be to safe now can we?"

"I guess not" I yawn as I lay back on him, and stare up at the stark, almost violently blue sky, I squint, and cover my eyes.

And then I start to hear it, Blue's panicked thoughts, worried, horrified. Sort of like dread compressed in a thick, gooey drop. No words or anything that complicated, just raw emotions.

And it puts me on edge, makes me feel like I'm dying. I sit up, and stare at the cart, frowning. Thunder hasn't been doing good, I mean to be honest he never did, but the way his hair hangs and the bags under his eyes, he just...

"Stop!" Blue screams, making me jump as thunder stares at me and smirks weakly, pushing himself up, trying to chuckle through his wheezing "He's doing fine, it's just adjustment isn't it? he lived in the swamp his entire life, it's this damn dried air, he just needs some time...just some time"

"Of course, it's just a little two hot out for him" Lucy says weakly, looking at me as she hands thunder a small glass bottle to drink from "I'm sure you'll be right as rain by the time we get to the holy city, Though I have a feeling you won't make many friends there, old guy"

"Of course I won't, I'm a hiver' He says flatly, chugging the water "Just need to get out of this heat and I'll be fine"

"See" Blue says haughtily, crossing her arms, as I still hear her worry clawing at the back of my head like a hive of hornets "See?"

I frown and smile, patting little green on the head as I step off of him, fluttering over to the cart,as I hear Poi shouting in slime as she slams into the small spring in front of us, making sam curse
cont

loudly

"May the seven guide his soul" Uli says cheekily, as smiley continues to sleep, even as I toss my sword down next to her, and crouch down next to thunder as the cart stops

He stares at me with his orange eyes, the wrinkles around them softening as he smiles. He doesn't say or think anything

"The sky really is beautiful out here, never saw it under all the trees" He sighs, chugging the bottle as Blue frets of him, trying to drag him into the shade "Must really be something to fly up there"

"I could take you sometime" I say happily as I grab a torn piece of cloth and start to wet it, before blue licks it, leaving it covered in that thick bluish spit of hers...smells like medicine..really strong medicine.

I shrug and wipe some of the sweat off the old warriors face, he doesn't react to it and just closes his eyes

"If you wanted" I continue "it's completely different when you're up in the clouds"

"I'm sure it is" He says calmly, sounding a bit better than he did a few seconds ago

"Yeah, it's blood terrifying" Lucy whimpers "I don't know how you can stay up there all the time, sister"

"Closer to the seven?" I say with a shrug as i continue to wipe sweat off of thunder "Don't really know"

"Well, that is interesting" the calm priest says, walking by the cart, chuckling "but it is the dream of all to take to the skies is it not?"

"Really?" Blue asks, peeking over the edge of the cart "Because I don't beileve I've ever though of that"

"Well we are different are we not?" the priest asks "We men walk under the sky, you hivers walk under the earth, mayhaps we asspire to what is above us"

"You sound like a college student" Sam grumbles as he walks next to him

"Ah, well I did study in the royal" the priest begins, stopping as sam walks away

"Don't worry" Uli says softly as she walks into the back of the cart "I'm sure he's always like that"

"You don't know the half of it" Bailey giggles as the priestess walks over to my side and takes
cont

off her mask.

"Want to cut me up?" thunder asks, making Blue hiss and clack her jaw defensively.

Blue, she isn't

*Oh* she says, sounding embarrassed

"Do you know what's wrong with him?" Uli asks, looking up at us

"No" Lucy says sweetly, faking obviously, I shrug and blue keeps her mouth shut.

"Hivers like me don't last long, I'm just lucky" the old man himself says "Tis the ages of battles on my bones, I've been worse before"

"Hmm" uli says, putting her hand on his head "I think you might've caught a bug from around here...If I had some local flowers I could"

"What do they look like!?" Blue shouts, nearly pushing the priest over as she grabs her robes

"the little red and white ones" the priest says, grabbing the little queens slightly claws hands.

Blue chitters happily and runs off, grabbing berry as she wakes up.

"Come on little red" She says "we have things to get, so come on"

"Wha?" Berry asks tiredly

"Big red?" Blue asks, like she's asking if she can have a toy.

"Yeah" I say boredly as she vanish into the stunted and runty trees around the spring

"Wait what's going!" Berry shouts before she's dragged off

"That's a lie isn't it?" Thunder says flatly when she gone "We both know this ain't no sickness, besides the breath of age"

"I know" uli says, brushing the cords of white hair out of his eyes "but it'll help to relieve some of your pains"

"Bah" thunder huffs "never needed it, Hey hands off my"

"Sit down thunder" Lucy sighs "and stay down, we don't need you up and about right now, besides, it might make a difference"

The hiver growls

"Leave me, Krovachi" He says "I don't need to see your vigor right now, in all it's youth"

"Alright" I yawn, picking up my sword, taking a second, I realize smiley is gone and woken up, I smirk.

Well, she's always good with her blades, maybe I can get some training in?

Who do I practice with?
[] Sam
[] Smiley
[] Toora
[] Bailey
[] Poi
[] green
[] Thas *Hardest
[] Anial
[] Uli *easiest*
[] write in

>[] Smiley

[] Thas *Hardest

>[] Sam

>[] Thas *Hardest

>[] Toora

>[] Thas *Hardest
NO PAIN NO GAIN!

No no. I sigh and tap the tip of my massive blade on the ground as I walk over to the spring, Sam is sitting on the edge of it, holding minor by the appron as poi hugs her and tries to pull her into the water, poing happily as Minor squeaks, her ears standing straight up. I giggle and walk past her, and see smiley. I groan and shake my head, nah, she doesn't look like she'd be up for it, especially since she's swimming right now.

And I don't want to ruin her good time shoving my sword in her....Okay that sounded dirty. I shake my head, and hear thas cursing as I trip and fall to the ground.

"Tainted hells, you have wings, how can you trip over someone" He growls, picking his hat back on, covering his greasy hair with it, as he glares at me as I get back up "Honestly, you've got two left legs or something, hopping around like a warbler like that"

"Why were you just sitting there!?" I shout, feeling myself blush as thas picks his nose and grunt

"Hnn?" he says flicking whatever he picked out away "Ah, well I was getting some sun, realized I was a little pale, and I was trying to think on how I'd word you lovin hivers so much, I was thinkin..."Odd obsession" myself, not rude, not too....agreeing, I think"

"Do you try to be an ass?" I ask tilting my head as he smirks

"Nah, it's a finely honed craft, like your friend over there" he says pointing at sam as I hear minor shriek and whimper as she runs back on land "He's on his way to mastering it, like I have, but he ain't subtle at all"

Sam laughs loudly, and gets hit by a pot flying from the cart

"Fucking asshole!" Lucy shouts

"Whaaaat, my hand slipped" Sam says grinning

"You pushed me" Minor whimpers

"Maybe a little, but I couldn't help myself" Sam chuckles, getting hit by another pan

"...You have a point there thas" I sigh shaking my head as I stab Major friend into the ground, and thas doesn't even react to it, besides scratching his cheek "Now lets get down with it all ready"
cont

"Sorry, not one of the interested suitors" He yawns, walking away "You'll just have to suffer and pine away like"

I throw a punch, without thinking about it, I'm too mad to think about it, the only thought even passing through my head is wondering what sound his jaw will make when I hit it.

Thas turns and ducks down, grabbing my arm with a friendly smile.

"Aight, so you aren't playing knight then" He says with a shadow falling over his eyes "You know I am one of the knights of the seven right? if you weren't an angel, that punch would've been heresy...or a challenge"

I stare at him. How the hell did he...He was right in front of my fist, how did he turn around and grab it before I even grazed him with it.

"Mee thinks you've bitten a greater predator" Thunder says seriously "back off"

"My queen, you are mighty, but...his aura is..it's like, it feels like death" Little green whimpers "flee...flee!"

"He's right you know, so I'll even the odds" He says "I'll used blunt blades, and all you have to do is knock my hat off, deal?"

WHat do I say?
[] deal, seems fair
[] No, use real blades
[] nah, how about to first blood
[]..er sorry, I've changed my mind
[] well aren't you cocky
[] *Nah, it'll be a fun story to tell, little rank and file turned angel beating the shit out of one of kingdoms finest, it'll make for a hell of a verse* (Supremely terrible idea, unless you somehow beat the man MANY levels above you)
[] write in

>[] deal, seems fair

>[] No, use real blades
>[] nah, how about to first blood

>[] No, use real blades

>[] deal, seems fair

"No" I say, grabbing the hilt of my oversized sword, ripping out out of the ground, as Thas smirks, his beady eyes glinty as he calmly scratches his chin "Use real blades"

"Gah, you bumpkins are always so cocky" He chuckles "reminds me of Antoss, seven give him rest and...Simon's boy"

He makes a sign of the hound, and I repeat it back to him, sharing a somber silence for a moment.

"Alright, so real blades, my hat comes off, you win" He says with a nod

"That's the deal" I say with a nod, as the woods go silent "Seems fair to me"

"and this is why you should've gone with your sister to her school, could've learned some common sense" Thas says reaching into his coat, throwing his cloak back behind him "Now....draw"

He shoves a black mass of roots into his mouth, and his eyes go wide and.

He vanishes
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WARNING, WARNING, you are facing a massively strong foe

Thas, the blade of shadows
Knight of seven
and the chosen's second
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Roll 1d20+speed

>[] *Nah, it'll be a fun story to tell, little rank and file turned angel beating the shit out of one of kingdoms finest, it'll make for a hell of a verse* (Supremely terrible idea, unless you somehow beat the man MANY levels above you)
Go big or go home.

Rolled 14 (1d20)

Rolled 12 (1d20)

Rolled 12 (1d20)

Rolled 7 (1d20)

Rolled 18 (1d20)

...

18+23= 41= success
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the wind whistles, making my hair stand on end as I try and figure out what just happened, my mind slowly ticking as...ah this is just like Bailey's animes isn't it. He didn't teleport or anything, he's just insanely.

I hear a sheath click right as the thought gets through my head, my instincts scream. I pivot, dragging my blade through the ground and swinging up.

My spine tingles as I hear metal dragging down it. Thas is running against my blade, using one of his daggers as a shield to.

I blink and he's leaping over it, shoving his elbow right at my face like a spear. Somehow, I manage to let block it with one of my arms, and only get sent back, nearly into one of the trees.

"Hmm, faster than I thought you were' He chuckles as I lift myself back up, and glare at him

He melts into the air, laughing as pieces of him break away and meld into the shadows of the leaves.

I rub my arm as it pulses with pain and heat, I'm sure I heard a crack when he hit it, a very, very wet one, ow, it really fucking hurts, like he shoved a bunch of nails under my skin.


And then he laughs right over my head, I look up, and see him rocketing towards me, head first, holding his blades in a way that instantly makes me think he's trying to take my head off.

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Current hp: 4000 out of 4610
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What do I do?
[] gutstab 1d100
[] Flurry of strikes 1d100
[] Throw a punch 1d20+strength
[]stab my sword down into the ground 1d100
[] EN PASSANT 1d100
[] Whirlwind 1d100
[]Armor break 1d20+strength and weapon
[] Deflect the attack 1d100
[]Disarm him 1d100
[] write in

Rolled 39 (1d100)

>[] Deflect the attack 1d100

Rolled 27 (1d100)

>[] Deflect the attack 1d100

Rolled 57 (1d100)

>[]Disarm him 1d100

Rolled 82 (1d100)

>[] EN PASSANT 1d100

Rolled 59 (1d100)

>[]stab my sword down into the ground 1d100

I take a step back, and dig my heel into the dirt, lowering myself and holding my blade to my side. Okay, I have only one chance at this, or he's going to land ontop of me and then there's nothing I can do to to stop him from beating the hell out of me. It's really a good thing he isn't trying to kill me, even if just being near him is making my heart and brain scream and thump around, trying to get me to run away.

He unfurls his arms like I do my wings, majestically, and begins to spin around as he does so, like a top. And this is the chance, his arms are apart so he can't grab on. I twist major friend around, so the blunt face of it is facing him.

I don't want to hurt him after all, in case I can pull this off.

I swing and hear a clang.

There's a glint in the sky, and I blink, wincing and expecting something to hurt around my face.

Instead I hear a splash, and thas sighs

"Damn" He says as I slowly pull my eyes from the spring up to where I stopped my blade, and there he is, standing there, pushing his hat back into place, his iron toed boots on the tip of my fused blade "that almost took my fuckin head off there, well, Tally ho"

I swing my hand around, touching just above my ears, I need my music if I'm going to have a chance here
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youtube.com/watch?v=lyzQL5EjKhM
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What do I do?
[] Whirl wind 1d100
[] Punch him 1d20+strength
[] Swing my sword down 1d100
[] flip it around and try to slam him under it 1d100
[] Toss it, with him on it 1d100
[] BURNING WINGS
[]fly up 1d20+dex
[]Leap into the spring
[] Recklessly charge him 1d20+speed and strength
[] write in

Rolled 46 (1d100)

>[] BURNING WINGS
>[] Whirl wind 1d100

Rolled 85 (1d100)

>[] BURNING WINGS
>[] Whirl wind 1d100

Rolled 66 (1d100)

>[] BURNING WINGS
>[] Whirl wind 1d100

Rolled 30 (1d100)

>[] flip it around and try to slam him under it 1d100

Rolled 26 (1d100)

>[] BURNING WINGS
>[] Whirl wind 1d100

He tips his toes over the edge, and starts to slide down, his eyes showing nothing but an infuriatingly bored intestest as he flies down towards me. And then my wings ignite, wilting the grass around my face and making his eyes light up as I spin around, closing my wings towards him.

He hops off and I spin back the other way, he ducks, and there's a clang as I manage to hit his hat, but when it wobbles he pushes it back down and sighs, shaking his head.

"Damn, so close" He says, adjusting it one more time "Still not sweating over this though"

"Shut up and get back to it" I sigh as he smirks and shrugs, pulling his cloak over his face as he puts his dagger away, and pulls a scimitar out of his cloak, spinning it around.

I blink as light bends around it, and shadows drip down it into puddles that melt and evaporate into light.

"Well, I'm getting tired of this" he says simply.

He's going to rush me, I know he is, I need to get that hat off now, or well, he's just going to wear me down and tire me out. Why does it feel like he's toying with me. Oh, right, because he really fucking is, look at that smile on his face, it's really sam like.
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Hmm? Sounds like metal? and choir, can't understand it, but it sounds nice and exciting. It's enough to boil my blood at least

What do I do?
[] REAPING DANCE 1d100
[] EN PASSANT 1d100
[] Gut stab 1d100
[] Flurry of strikes and try to simply overwhelm him 1d100
[] Armor break 1d20+Strength +weapon
[] Recklessly charge 1d20+speed and strength
[] write in

Rolled 54 (1d100)

>[] REAPING DANCE 1d100

Rolled 96 (1d100)

[] REAPING DANCE 1d100

Rolled 99 (1d100)

>[] EN PASSANT 1d100

Rolled 72 (1d100)

>[] REAPING DANCE 1d100

Rolled 39 (1d100)

>[] REAPING DANCE 1d100

I grit my teeth and run at him as he strides towards me, cutting rays of sunlight in half as he runs over the wilting grass, wearing a face like someone who's just mowing the lawn, or taking out trash. Like he's doing something mundane and not even worthy his full attention.

He's standing like he's drunk. I run past him and try to slam my sword into his metal hat. He smirks and ducks to the side matching my blade, sparks flying as he grins lazily, the smug bastard.

And then mist flows off of my sword, forming the vague outline of a man, who puts his hand on Thas' shoulders. The weasel face man turns, looking shocked as he lowers his guard, his face turning paler as his eyes go wide as Antoss' scarred and mustached face lets cuts itself out of the mist

"Thas, I know you're pissed off, but this is what Simon wants, I know he was trying to get out of this lifestyle of ours but...they took it from him, and he needs a friend by his side, so darkness doesn't creep into that golden heart of his" The shade says as Thas starts to shake, looking confused and utterly destroyed emotionall

"Antoss is...but you're feeding crows' He says weakly.

I swing and making him yell in surprise, sparks flying as I twist around and swing again. He blocks it, stumbling backwards, still out of it from who he just saw.

And I pivot around, and swing again, this time like I'm using a bat. He ducks, and starts to fade into the air, shadows reaching up my legs.

I freeze, my heart stopping as.

*Clang*

"FUUUUCK!" Thas screams, his eyes turning black as my heart starts again, and I can move my legs. I sigh in relief and fall against my sword, as I shove it into the ground.

I smirk as his helmet spins around at the bottom of a tree, with a deep gouge in it.

He stands there, and turns back to me, his eyes serious.

"The tainted hells was that" He says, grabbing me by my horns "That was antoss, I know that man's face, why was he here? he's a rotting corpse"
cont

What do I say?
[] He's been helping me out since I was gifted the hell hunter, I just put it in this one, neat init
[] you're guess is as good as mine, I saw him die, with this eye
[] Helpful, isn't he
[] I don't know what you're talking about, I won fair and square
[] Hey, hey watch the horns, they're not sensitive or anything, but that feels weird
[] Oh? What? can't hold yourself back now
[] I have honestly no idea, he's been popping up for awhile now
[] Did you know him?
[] Don't talk like that
[] write in

[] He's been helping me out since I was gifted the hell hunter, I just put it in this one, neat init
[] you're guess is as good as mine, I saw him die, with this eye
[] Did you know him?

>[] He's been helping me out since I was gifted the hell hunter, I just put it in this one, neat init
>[] you're guess is as good as mine, I saw him die, with this eye
>[] Helpful, isn't he
>[] Did you know him?

>[] He's been helping me out since I was gifted the hell hunter, I just put it in this one, neat init
>[] you're guess is as good as mine, I saw him die, with this eye
>[] Did you know him?

>[] you're guess is as good as mine, I saw him die, with this eye
>[] I have honestly no idea, he's been popping up for awhile now
>[] Did you know him?

>[] He's been helping me out since I was gifted the hell hunter, I just put it in this one, neat init
>[] you're guess is as good as mine, I saw him die, with this eye
>[] Did you know him?

"He's been helping me out since I was gifted hell hunter" I say, holding up my sword calmly "I just put it in this one, neat init?"

"I knew that damn thing looked familiar" Thas hisses, letting go of my horns, sighing and rubbing his eyes "at least half of it, so why did he come?"

"You're guess is as good as mine" I say, dusting my legs off as I stand up "I saw him die, with this eye"

I hold my hand over my real eye, as Thas glares at the sky, the rest of our group watching us as he sniffles, and his glares breaks. He shakes his head, and stares at the priest

"Hey, the tainted hells you lookin at? the horses have rested enough, get packed up, and that means the rest of you to" He says angrily, as he stomps away.

"Did you know him?" I ask, making him stop

"Antoss?" He asks, his voice losing it's bite as he slumps over "Yeah...all legion leaders were noble back when he joined, he had no name, and died without one, he came from the streets, no blessings or gifts from the gods like Daltross had, even I found something to give me an edge, but he...never did, he wasn't even given a legion, when he asked, the lords laughed, and that boy just grinned, grabbed the ugliest colors I saw, made a banner and marched besides them, claiming himself a legion that hadn't been made, the 33rd"

Thas' hair and cloak blows in the wind, which seems to be silent in respect.

"I was rank and file, serving under Simon during the cataclysm before the one that you faced, when demons came back, many men died, nobles, farmers, knights, priests" thas says lowering his tone "So many years ago, and I still see that day when I close, Simon being chosen with wings of burning light behind him, everyone talks about that, but he wasn't the only legend born that day"

Thas smiles sweetly, and turns back to me, his eyes clouded over and distant.

"Antoss marched along five "other" legions, the Black ravens, dragon eaters, Serpent's end, Stone slayers, and Golden code" He says slowly
cont

"all of those were ground to near uselessness for years after because of this fight, this first fight, when the Corrupter awoke and spread his blight over the land, cursing us all with beasts and devils"

Thas turns and sits down, closing his eyes, a smile curling on his lips. I lean closer, so I don't miss a word, even though I know all of this...or bits of it at least, from Krovachi's life. I mean I knew about this, but well we never really learned much about it on that farm did we. and I never read the game manuals or listened to Sam or Bailey talking about lore.

*Yeah, I learned about radishes and you couldn't learn anything, seems bout right*

Oh shut up, I'm trying to listen right now

*So am I, Antoss never talked about this*

I know.

"He marched with them" He says holding up a finger "One man in front of five armies, with none behind him, into the meat grinder of demons"

Thas covers his head, shaking it slowly

"They had fought nothing but men, demons were different, hivers were different from the beasts in the woods, dires were...all of it was different, you couldn't fight taint the way you fought men" Thas says, burying his head in his arms "But Antoss never learned how to fight men, he just had a sword in his hand and burning, righteous fury in his heart"

Thas turns to me, glancing over his shoulders. I swallow, and stand at attention, holding my breath so I don't interrupt him. What happened then? what did Antoss do then? I blink, and lick my lips hungrily. This story is actually making me hungry, for more of itself, and for a snack to chew on while I hear it.

"He was just a man, no blessings, no gods taking him by the hand, no angels singing his praises" He says slowly, staring past my soul "And out of the six legions, his banner, his plain banner of orange and green with thirty three stitched onto it, was the only one blowing in the wind, Ravens, dragons, serpents, stone, Golden, all were wiped out"

cont

"Besides the dragon slayer, who...well he went a little mad that day" he says softly, closing his eyes again "But Antoss, he came out, half chewed up, but he did it. The lords were furious, he was gutter trash, he wasn't supposed to kill a demon general, wasn't supposed to live through a dragon attack, wasn't supposed to survive a charge into hell that took the lives of five legions"

My stomach feels warms as I sit down, a smile spreading on my lips as wonder starts to numb the pain still in my arm, and makes my heart stop beating a mile a minute as I start to feel like a little girl hearing stories again.

"But he did it, stabbed his broken blade through the skull of the horned fuck, and took its as a trophy" He continues "and despite all the wounds and blood, he was tainted, maybe that was the seven patting him on the back for effort, who knows, maybe he was to stubborn to fall to it. But that day, that horrible day, the seven chose their champions, and picked their knights, and Simon become more than a simple commander...but Antoss just got a legion,all he wanted really, and he loved it...He was just a man, and every day after that, he charged after demons like a hound, got his fame from it, he had no gifts, he just did it all because he had no fear of death, he was protecting people, and that gave him his edge...but he was still a man, and there was not eighth god to claim him, so he died like one, far away from praise, his name simply added to a list, and...I fucking hate that, they threw him away like nothing, and he accepted the order without a even a dash of hesitation...and he took how many down with him, to hold the line? All because of a fuckin order?!"

I wipe my eyes as Thas shudders in rage and sighs.

"Aight, none of you are on your horses, I'll give you five seconds to do it" He says angrily, his eyes going cold again
cont

What do I say?
[] *Hug thas*
[] Well, we remember him, and we'll make damn sure everyone else does
[] He really was a great man
[] Alright
[] He volunteered you know, we all did, so don't hate them for that.
[]It's how he wanted to go, hell was our home, we dug our graves, nothing to get upset about
[] I hate it to, all of them they...*they did this to us*
[] If I remember right, at the time of the retreat we had seventy left, out of...two hundred and fifty?
[]write in

[] *Hug thas*
[] Well, we remember him, and we'll make damn sure everyone else does
[] He really was a great man

>[] Well, we remember him, and we'll make damn sure everyone else does
>[] He really was a great man
>[] If I remember right, at the time of the retreat we had seventy left, out of...two hundred and fifty?
>[]It's how he wanted to go, hell was our home, we dug our graves, nothing to get upset about

>[]It's how he wanted to go, hell was our home, we dug our graves, nothing to get upset about
>[] Well, we remember him, and we'll make damn sure everyone else does
>[] He really was a great man

>[] He volunteered you know, we all did, so don't hate them for that.
>[] If I remember right, at the time of the retreat we had seventy left, out of...two hundred and fifty?
>[]It's how he wanted to go, hell was our home, we dug our graves, nothing to get upset about
>[] Well, we remember him, and we'll make damn sure everyone else does
>[] He really was a great man

>[] Well, we remember him, and we'll make damn sure everyone else does
>[] He really was a great man
>[] If I remember right, at the time of the retreat we had seventy left, out of...two hundred and fifty?
>[]It's how he wanted to go, hell was our home, we dug our graves, nothing to get upset about

>[] *Hug thas*
>[] He really was a great man
>[] He volunteered you know, we all did, so don't hate them for that.
>[] If I remember right, at the time of the retreat we had seventy left, out of...two hundred and fifty?

"If I remember right" I say, hearing Krovachi repeating the words in the back of my head, hissing them angrily as I say them on the verge of tears, and slowly, so does she "at the time the retreat was ordered we had seventy men left, out of...what two hundred and fifty?"

Thas twitches, not saying a thing as he clenches his fists, shadows oozing around him like he's melting, his face looking oh so much like a skull as he grits his teeth.

"But he volunteered you know, we all did, so don't hate them for that" I say slowly, softly as I put my hand on his shoulder, and hear him cry as I do "We dug our graves, there's nothing to be upset about, hell was his home, it's how he wanted to go"

"I know, but it isn't right" Thas hisses, like a snake, rage and grief filling his eyes "None of it was, what happened to simon's family and so many others, and Antoss dying like a dog, he worked to get to the top and...he threw it all away so others could live, no great victory, just a blood end"

"He really was a great man" I say sniffling, my voice cracking as I try to keep it in and not cry, even as I hear Krovachi sobbing and wailing in my head "But...well we remember him, and we'll make damn sure everyone else does"

"Seven's lights we will" Thas says with his usual smug huff "No lets stop crying over the dead and get back to the road"

What do I do?
[] Reminisce about antoss
[] talk about life before with lucy, both lives
[] Yell at sam for being mean to minor
[] See how the flowers blue and berry got do
[]Spoil the minor
[] Take a nap *slight time skip*
[]Clean and sharpen Major friend
[] write in

>[] talk about life before with lucy, both lives
>[] Yell at sam for being mean to minor
>[]Spoil the minor

[] Reminisce about antoss
[] talk about life before with lucy, both lives
[] Yell at sam for being mean to minor
[] See how the flowers blue and berry got do

>[] Yell at sam for being mean to minor
>[]Spoil the minor
>[]Clean and sharpen Major friend

>[] talk about life before with lucy, both lives
>[] See how the flowers blue and berry got do
>[]Clean and sharpen Major friend

>[] talk about life before with lucy, both lives
>[] Yell at sam for being mean to minor
>[] See how the flowers blue and berry got do
>[]Spoil the minor
>[] Take a nap *slight time skip*

>[] talk about life before with lucy, both lives
>[] Yell at sam for being mean to minor
>[]Clean and sharpen Major friend
>[]Spoil the minor

I watch him walk away to his mule, and then I see sam, and he sees me, and his laughing and smiling stops instantly as he realizes just how upset I am with him pushing minor into the spring earlier.

"Hey asshat" I growl as I stand back up to my full height, and he stares me down, or up as it were "What the hell do you think you were doing?"

"Having fun and a good time at the expense of others" He says shrugging "You know, it's kind of my thing"

"That's no excuse fucker" I hiss as he just keeps smiling his shit eating grin as my face burns with anger "get your kicks from the priests, or insults, not kicking Minor into a pond"

"Spring" He corrects me calmly "Sorry, I didn't think she'd freak out about it that much, I swear I won't do it again, mostly so you don't eat my face"

"Shut the hell up" I sigh, chittering angrily as he smirks

"Mhrrrmph" He grunts as he climbs up the front of the cart, and I climb in the back.

"Hey, how does it taste?" Blue ask as thunder chokes down a green paste

"Horrible" Uli says calmly

"It looks like something you'd find in a sick fish...is that really going to help him?" Berry asks "it looks like it'd kill him"

"Trust me, it'll relieve pain" Uli says happily

"That makes it sound like it will kill him" Blue sighs, glancing at me as I walk past her "....sorry big red"

"Don't worry" I say as I scoop Minor up as she puts on a clean set of clothes and squeaks "come here"

"Again?" Minor sighs, smiling as she leans back against my chest as I sit down "Well...at least I'm warm now, also, could you push sam into the next lake we find"

"A lake is a bit bigger than a spring" Sam says calmly

"There really isn't much of a difference when you can swim" Minor whimpers as I hug her close to my chest, resting my head on hers as I let her get comfortable.
cont

"You don't know how to swim?" Smiley asks as I try and get Minor more comftarble

"I never learned, and I don't like water" Berry sighs as I giggle, as she turns bright red, blushing and puffing her cheeks out

"Don't start" She squeaks as I scratch her behind her ears

"I won't I won't, just relax?" I say, as something touches my hair, I look over my shoulder and see lucy, calmly running her hand through my hair "Huh sis? What are you doing back there"

"Oh, just wanted to feel your hair" She says happily, her ears wagging as Minors do the same "couldn't resist touching it, cause its so soft...much softer than it used to"

"Still smells like blood though" I say, making her cringed "But I think that's better than soap at least"

"Or dirt and sweat" She says giggling "or alcohol, can't believe how much has changed"

"From what?' I ask looking back at her

"All of it" She says sighing "this is a lot different from having to worry about you fainting or getting horribly sick, or spending all of our days on our farm, our only friends eachother and misfits we found wandering around"

"Hey, I prefer to think of myself as a freak" Sam chuckles

"Oh no your not" Bailey says happily "You just want to be one"

"Yeah, it really has changed a lot when you look at it like that, from both ways" I say happily

"What are you talking about?" Uli asks

"They get like this sometimes" Berry says

"Yeah we do" Lucy says with a nod "But now that I think about it, it was pretty much the same on both ends wasn't it"

"yeah" Sam snorts

"Yeah" Bailey says with a nod

What do I do?
[] Yawn and cuddle minor
[] Try and explain it to the non former players
[]Say this is better anyways
[] Pull Lucy into my lap to
[] Well this is easier than growing radish *No, killing is a lot easier than farming*
[] write in

>[]Say this is better anyways
>[] Pull Lucy into my lap to
>[] Well this is easier than growing radish *No, killing is a lot easier than farming*

[]Say this is better anyways
[] Pull Lucy into my lap to
[] Well this is easier than growing radish *No, killing is a lot easier than farming*

>[] Well this is easier than growing radish *No, killing is a lot easier than farming*
>[] Yawn and cuddle minor

>[] Yawn and cuddle minor
>[] Pull Lucy into my lap to
>[]Say this is better anyways
>[] Well this is easier than growing radish *No, killing is a lot easier than farming*

>[]Say this is better anyways
>[] Pull Lucy into my lap to
>[] Well this is easier than growing radish *No, killing is a lot easier than farming*

>[] Try and explain it to the non former players
>[] Pull Lucy into my lap to
>[] Well this is easier than growing radish *No, killing is a lot easier than farming*
>Take a nap *slight time skip*

[] Yawn and cuddle minor
[]Say this is better anyways

I'm finally here, this almost feels surreal.

Welcome to the show then. Sadly we're kind of in a unexciting part of the story right now

Eh, we got to fight Weasel Fuck (who was way stronger than I ever would have thought, and a drug addict to boot) and cuddle Minor. I'm just far too happy about being here.

"Well this is better anyways" I say sternly, sitting up straight, trying not to move Minor too much as I do so "Even if it isn't as easy as growing radishes"

"It really is, but we're having adventures, even if they're scary most of the time, and...we would've never been able to spent this much time together before"

"Yeah" I say nodding as I reach back and grab my well endowed sister by the shirt "now come over here"

"Hey what are you doing!?" She yelps as I force her next to minor and wrap my arm around her "l..let me go this is embarrassing"

"Ah, nope, she's got you, she isn't going to let you go until she's had her fun" Bailey says teasingly "Soooo lucky"

"Hey stop pushing" Minor huffs "Besides, it's not like we can make her stop, just lay back and enjoy the fluff"

"I know, but it's still embarrassing" Lucy whines "Besides it looks...why are you soft anyways"

"Instant defeat" Sam laughs loudly

"Yeah, she's really soft isn't she?" Minor sighs "Well her fluff is at least, the rest of her tends to be hard as a rock"

"Hey" I say, feeling my cheeks turn red as Minor smacks my stomach "that isn't"

"And you used to only fit in my lap, not the other way around" Lucy giggles

"And I'm the older sister" I mumble

"Fuck really?!" Sam shouts

"Fuck off" I whine as Bailey giggle

"You were just a late bloomer, Krovy" bailey giggles teasingly

"Still, you always tried to make me fit anyways" Lucy sighs as I squeeze her and minor and lay my head back, why do they have to bring this shit up now?
_
Several hours later
_

"Listen Thas!" Anial yells "We need to take the path up the canyon, the one right through it will be filled with bandits"

"Funny cause we just cleared it out" Thas sighs as the cart slow shudders to a stop "Besides, you were warbling about time earlier"

"Safety is more important" Anial says angrily
cont

Who do I support?
[] Thas *Go straight through the whispering canyons*
[] Anial *go the long way ontop of them*
[] look at the two paths first
[] groan and cuddle minor and Lucy harder
[] snatch blue up to
[] take a nap and let the two of them work it out
[] write in

Knights of the seven are serious business, Thas is the assassin/thief of the group, if it wasn't obvious.

>[] groan and cuddle minor and Lucy harder
>[] snatch blue up to
>[] look at the two paths first

>[] groan and cuddle minor and Lucy harder
>[] snatch blue up to
>[] take a nap and let the two of them work it out

>[] groan and cuddle minor and Lucy harder
>[] snatch blue up to
>[] take a nap and let the two of them work it out

>[] groan and cuddle minor and Lucy harder
>[] snatch blue up to
>[] take a nap and let the two of them work it out

Yeah, you guys argue about stupid shit, I'mma cuddle everything

>[] look at the two paths first
>break off a branch, toss it in the air, and go where it points. *points to fun*

Also, can we get a ranking on the Knights of the Seven based on actual power, not just rank? Cause is we almost got a few good hit's in on the second strongest warrior in the kingdom (though I doubt he is) I'll feel really good about ourselves.

>[] groan and cuddle minor and Lucy harder
>[] snatch blue up to
>[] look at the two paths first
NO ONE IS SAFE FROM THE CUDDLE ANGEL! MUAHAHAHAHAHA!

I groan as they start to argue and bicker like an old married couple, with Thas threatening several ways he'd kill Anial if it wasn't against the codes of the order. And Anial fires back with several threats of turning those words against him and so forth. It's basically a bunch of whining bull crap, and I don't want to get tangled up in it, it'd probally get my hair dirty somehow anyways.

I sigh and force my sister and my minor closer to my chest, wrapping my arms around them as they squirm, staying asleep as I cuddle them a little harder, rubbing my cheeks against theirs' as they lay sprawled ontop of me.

But something is missing here.

"Okay, just be sure to wake up brother" Blue says softly as she walks away from thunder, and doesn't pay attention to me, maybe she thinks I'm asleep, but that is a fatal mistake

My legs shoot out and wrap around her. She yelps as I pull her into my lap, lifting her arms as she falls face first into my chest.

"Big red?" She asks sounding tired already as she tries to burrow, her eyes closing as I wrap my legs around her, as she yawns sleepily "Why are you...doing"

I lay my head on hers, and she mumbles, falling asleep as I close my eyes, in utter bliss.

roll 1d100

Simon Daltross= Chosen of the seven
Dragon slayer
Hound's knight
Hunter of Hunters
Thas, the blade of shadows
Burner of secrets
Lord of the forests

Rolled 75 (1d100)

Thanks for that HM, I see we have a long ass way to go.

Rolled 75 (1d100)

Goddammit, I need to get used to the dice, sorry.

Rolled 39 (1d100)

Rolled 77 (1d100)

And what seems like a moment later, I hear shouting and cursing, very angry, and loud cursing. A second later my ears register the sounds of battle, and my arms shoots out on its own, and grabs an arrow that nearly hit Lucy as she slept in my arms.

It's sun down, and we are ontop of the canyon, I glance to the side, and see a horse with a man wearing a metal mask under bandages swinging a spikey ball on the end of a chain.

But green rips his horse out of him before he can do anything. Literally, he rips the poor thing in half. The riders are shouting a language I don't understand
*and neither do I*

But uli is shouting it already
*it isn't Toldadarian, that's for sure, didn't her family come from Razlithur*

What do I do?
[] Keep the three in my arms safe *using myself as a shield* 1d100
[] Hop on little green and Deus vult youtube.com/watch?v=NRbDLIXAp4o
[] Grab thunder before he can run off
[] Fly up, and burning wings, if they don't run dive bomb one 1d100
[] "WHAT'S GOING ON?!*
[] Razlithur...that's the kingdom by the coast, aren't they slavers
[] Stab Major friend through the cart 1d100
[] write in

Rolled 2 (1d100)

>[] Keep the three in my arms safe *using myself as a shield* 1d100