Yes I lied about the title of todays entry, no I don't feel bad about it. I'm a liar, have you not read the other entries? Besides this one is less wordy and more to the point. I was pleasantly passed out drunk in an alley, just minding my own business (as much as one can be while passed out in an alley) when I felt someone poking me. Now for anyone who's ever spent time drunk in public this is usually some kind of authority telling you to move along, so any kind of threat or unkind word can end badly for you. At the same time you are still probably a little drunk possibly hung over, so kindness is not paramount on your mind when rudely awakened in an awkward sleeping position where certain things hurt more than others.
"Are you an only child?" I inquired of the poker not knowing at the time they were literally a child.
"No no no no sir I have a brother." Small dirt on his face, not unlike hundreds of little street urchins in every city I've ever been in.
"Keep poking me and your brother will become one." He stopped nudging me and I propped myself up on the wall I'd been using as an unsuccessful pillow.
"I have have have have have..." His stutter seemed to be one of fear, he also could have just had one because he was a dumb little urchin child they all seemed to have one kind of vocal problem or another.
"Slow down use words." The boy swallowed and tried again, failed, and ended up handing me a letter and running off. I'll have to say it wasn't the oddest way I've had mail delivered, but it was one of the more obnoxious. Honestly I prefer mail to be left on my door step so I can retrieve it at my leisure, not poked and handed it by some obnoxious stuttering child before he runs off (if you are keeping track of my preferences I prefer also to be awakened by the smell of food). The letter was a simple fold piece of paper with only a few words on it.
-Captured by Darkness, need help
I didn't need to be a mind reader to know it was from Valrym, now how he got the message to a child will go down in mystery, or how the child managed to find me as well. What did not go down in mystery was what was standing in front of me when I lowered the letter. Val's description of creatures of the darkness was kind of vague, but having seen them with my own eyes it was obvious where they came from (and again having fought a few monsters in my own day). I figured they probably could feel the sword even though it was dangerous to them, or perhaps they followed the child on his errand as he sought out whoever he was after. All the same they were standing in front of me and I was still slighty drunk.
"Are you guys only childs?" And the battle was on.
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