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Re: Destined to be Queen (YoukaiFan) GMed by thetwo
With John left on the edge of the orchard, in easy sight of the house when the family awoke the next morning, the two slimes headed for the town Xetal had seen earlier.
Shortly after a cloudy dawn, Xetal was looking down over the town again, this time from a much closer vantage. The road lead right up to a sturdy dock on the river, with a large, mastless boat tied to it. There was another, similar dock on the other side, with a few sheds near it, and the road continued on across the country. Most of the buildings in the town seemed to be houses, one much larger than the rest and with a sign that Xetal couldn't make out hanging over its door. There was also a stable, and a mostly-open building with no clear purpose, until a heavily-built man approached it and started working, quickly building up a white-hot fire with almost no smoke, and setting a bar of metal into it while he checked various hammers and tools about it. One final building might have been a store. That left eight certain homes, and perhaps 20 adults or near-adults in the town. Certainly more than had been back at the farm, but it was about as small a town as could exist outside the shadow of a big city.
While the slimes observed all this there was a sudden commotion in the town, and it wasn't until the ferry started moving across the river that Xetal spotted the party on the other dock. The two horse-drawn wagons were covered, but there seemed to be weapons about the six men standing around them, calming the horses or checking on their cargo.
With John left on the edge of the orchard, in easy sight of the house when the family awoke the next morning, the two slimes headed for the town Xetal had seen earlier.
Shortly after a cloudy dawn, Xetal was looking down over the town again, this time from a much closer vantage. The road lead right up to a sturdy dock on the river, with a large, mastless boat tied to it. There was another, similar dock on the other side, with a few sheds near it, and the road continued on across the country. Most of the buildings in the town seemed to be houses, one much larger than the rest and with a sign that Xetal couldn't make out hanging over its door. There was also a stable, and a mostly-open building with no clear purpose, until a heavily-built man approached it and started working, quickly building up a white-hot fire with almost no smoke, and setting a bar of metal into it while he checked various hammers and tools about it. One final building might have been a store. That left eight certain homes, and perhaps 20 adults or near-adults in the town. Certainly more than had been back at the farm, but it was about as small a town as could exist outside the shadow of a big city.
While the slimes observed all this there was a sudden commotion in the town, and it wasn't until the ferry started moving across the river that Xetal spotted the party on the other dock. The two horse-drawn wagons were covered, but there seemed to be weapons about the six men standing around them, calming the horses or checking on their cargo.
Xetal: 94 EP (below normal)
Jessica: Normal EP
Jessica: Normal EP