Julian Stillsmore was not having a good day. First he had
realized that some punk kid had attached a "D" to every article of clothing.
it must have been done the night before when he gave his clothing to some
young rascallion to wash at the inn. he had walked around the whole day
as if he had a "kick me" on his back. At this particular moment, the D"
was the least of his worries. On one side he had a drooling creature about
the size of a small ogre, and about as smelly as one. He (if indeed the
creature was male) had extremely long fangs and looked a bit hungry. About
twenty feet to the other side, Julian was being rushed by two angry ....
mountain goats?!
"maybe they are mad 'cus I ate their momma last night
for supper," he muttered, "not my fault I am higher up the food chain."
he looked around, the sky was just clearing from what looked like a pretty
bad storm, and although he could see no one, Julian felt he was being watched.
Julian Stillsmore, Lord of Cadentry then did what any normal person would
do - run. Not far though, only to a point were the ogre-creature and the
goats saw were introduced to each other. At that point, his problems took
care of themselves. Apparently, the ogre agreed with Julian, thinking goat
meat was much tastier than human flesh, and
took to chasing the two billy goats disgruntled.
"I probably should do something more about that creature,
but frankly I am more interested in other things right now, liking finding
the Princess and rescuing her from the evil enchanter Gavriel." Then he
stopped and thought. What was an ogre doing in the middle of a crowded
city street? Gavriel must have something to do with it. he glanced around
again. On a distant rooftop, Julian thought he caught a glance of a ridiculously
dressed figure with a pink cloak, but in a moment, the figure disappeared.
Just in case, he reached into his pouch and pulled out a small bauble.
He chanted a few words into it, and it exploded into a long line a flames.
He bid the newly formed fire-pede to follow the figure. The creature crawled
up the wall and after the pink-clad man(?)
"That should do it, now to find some grub."