everything that you thought I would be
has fallen apart right in front of you
WILL YOU MAKE ME SOME MAGIC WITH YOUR OWN TWO HANDS?: in which the Song and Dance Crew performs their first act, Iago opens with a fish, and the competition catches fire
The evening before our competition, everyone was preparing. Felegum had scoured Reach’s Fallow for instruments. “I need instruments for me and Dronie,” he’d said after dinner at the Raven’s Talon. Outside, a bird cawed. “A little late in the game,” said a server dryly. “Mine,” Iago said proudly, “is coming in tomorrow morning.” Felegum contemplated…
I HOPE HOPELESS CHANGES OVER TIME: which involves a variety of rings, as well as a fishy interlude
Breakfast the next morning was mealed oats. I had never had them before, and neither had most of us, so Zeno was getting us acquainted with the local custom. “If you get two of them, you can make a sandwich,” he said, demonstrating. “Sometimes I’ll put bacon in the center.” “Looks very crunchy,” I said.…
KEEP A SINISTER SMILE AND AHOLD OF MY HEART: in which we enter the city of bards and audition
As our travels brought us closer to Reach’s Fallow, the roads became more congested with travelers, carts, and portable stages en route to a fortified city. Dirigibles floated in the sky above it, painted with the caricature of a dude with a dopey smile, winking halfway. Judging from Zeno’s cringe, this was someone he knew.…
YOU SEEM LIKE YOU’RE SO RESTLESS, YOUNG AT HEART : where we take a break from adventuring and run an inn instead
Perhaps having given up on me, or sensing that I was still in such a foul mood that I was not to be asked again, Felegum talked to Helli about diamonds. Tem had tried to heal Helli, also to no avail, and now the entire group was concerned about both of us. While it was…
HOW BLINDLY I BELIEVED: in which a new frog emerges and we finally leave this accursed village
The kid in my hands wasn’t quite dead, which was saying a lot considering that he had endured at least two fatal injuries. Hoping that he’d last long enough for me to get him to someone who maybe knew more about what they were doing, I picked him up and ran. “Tem!” I yelled to…
FORFEIT THE GAME BEFORE SOMEBODY ELSE TAKES YOU OUT OF THE FRAME: in which nothing, absolutely nothing will stop Tem from burying the dead
I was deep in the process of laying the dead to rest in Clap-sic, which was neither clean nor easy, as most of the deceased were very badly burned and therefore relatively upsetting to deal with. Helli, Zeno, Felegum, and Iago were all off in the village doing something they deemed important, leaving me and…
AM I MORE THAN YOU BARGAINED FOR YET: where we discover desolation and a battle of the bards
“Get me away from that place,” Zeno said as we did just that, leaving the Cemporium in the distance as we traversed the wilderness once more. Felegum, meanwhile, wanted to investigate the other side of the spire for trails left by the mysterious assassin. As this potentially concerned Milto’s safety, I was in support. What’s…
HOLY GHOST CAUGHT SPOOKING ALL MY OLD FRIENDS: in which I speak with the dead, Felegum rides a dragon, and Helli takes the lift
The sun was setting on the Cemporium, perhaps both metaphorically and literally. No one seemed particularly surprised that I’d talked to Milto, which I was only slightly offended by since it had taken me a lot of effort to work up the nerve to cast all those spells to chat with him. Zeno summoned Lily…
ALL I KNOW ARE SAD SONGS: in which the voice of the dragon speaks
Mist and the cold chilly air of the peak filtered in as we stepped out. There were strange chemical smells mixed in with the natural ones, like brimstone, smoke, and manure. It was both very clean (the alpine freshness of great altitudes, rock laced with rain) and very gross (noxious things that smelled more like…
AND WHEN I FEEL THE WIND I WON’T LOOK BACK NO MORE: where a lock is challenged and Zeno finds a solution to doors
Being presented with a flat platform and a complete lack of instructions might have worried some, especially after the debacle of our last encounter with a complicated machine. Luckily, we were not like most adventurers. Tem looked at it, clearly confused. To be fair, it was a wooden platform held up with metal chains. Three…
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