Blue Me Away

"Nidget I don't have to do anything for you." You'll wonder how I went from him being my savior to him being my annoyance, theres not some big story here.  I know his family is a den of thieves and he lived down to their expectations.  I know just about every problem Nidget gets into are his own damn making, and anytime he comes to me for anything its because he's tried every one else and I'm his last resort.  Which is insulting! I should be his first turn down not his last!

"You owe me Lorentino, you owe my family!" Nidget was in the dark in my store (Rosetia had electricity, but not in the outlying areas where I was located, and I hadn't really bothered to set up oil lamps). I was a bit put off by him being in the shadows, its never a good thing for a thief to be in hiding.

"Come out of the dark so I can see you clearly Nidget, I'm not negotiating with the darkness." He emerged and I laughed.  I laughed and laughed.  I actually lost my footing and fell to the ground laughing.  He tried talking to me a couple times and all I could do was laugh.

"This is serious Trezlan."

"I can see that you are real blue in the face about it." I laughed some more.  You see Nidget was head to toe blue, his entire skin color had been changed to deep sea blue.  So you may see why I had an issue taking him seriously.

"Trezlan come on help me."

"Ok Nidget let me go find a can of paint and we'll fix you right up." He frowned at me and gods help me I tried to take him seriously.

"I'm cursed Trezlan, I need your help to get it taken off." I've dealt with curses, never ones that turned someones skin blue, but there is a first time for everything, my normal motto.

"Get Andre to help you, he's like your life partner or something?" Nidget looked away.

"He's at some kind of religious retreat! I don't have time for him to come back!"

"Ok ok I can help you Nidget, but you'll have to tell me everything, and I do mean everything, and you'll have to agree to watch my store while I'm gone."

"Why can't I come with you?"

"Because I respect myself way too much to have a blue shorty following me around." And with that Nidget told me how he got cursed blue, and why that meant he was in dire need of help.  Its an interesting story actually... you know the drill.