Board Thread:What Would You Do?/@comment-31401828-20170404201750/@comment-28718853-20170407193751

This vicious scene in the town of Idelbort was indeed a shocker: an innocent mamono being beaten by a madman by the name of Chad the Iron-hearted, once a knight of pure gold-hearted legend, now someone lost to the curse of constant paranoia.

"Stop beating her, she did nothing wrong to you!" I shout to him, hoping to turn his attention away from his victim. Chad looks up to me, frenzy in his eyes, and cries, "LEAVE ME BE, ARE YOU WORKING FOR THEM TOO!?"

I shake my head and shout, "I'm working for nobody, and I can't leave you be because you're attacking an innocent woman!"

"INNOCENT!? THIS WHORE TRIED TO LOOT MY POCKETS!" Chad screamed. "I did no such thing!" the Unagi Joro cried. "SHUT UP!!!" Chad roared in her face, causing her to break down into even more tears.

Seeing that words weren't getting to him, I notice a dented mug lying at my feet. I pick it up and hurl it at Chad, the mug bouncing off of his armored back and rolling across the pathway. The move was enough to make him release the mamono and rise in a fury to observe the crowd and find who threw the offending object.

"I won't tolerate your mistreatment of the innocent," I mutter, unmoved. Chad glares at me and produces his signature stone greatmace, a weapon with a look that would make even a Dragon quiver in her scales.

"Foolish man, I shall beat you to a pulp for that!" he snarls as he stomps toward me, his towering figure casting a violent shadow on my smaller size. "Better me than her you mad heartless bastard!" I grumble under my breath.

He stops inches from me and raises his greatmace high above his head, ready to strike down the defiant smaller man when a gunshot cracks the sky. Chad's eyes are wide and his mouth is agape. The goliath crashes to the ground, having taken a recognizable demon silver bullet to the back.

The crowd had already panicked and scattered like rats at the sound of the shot, leaving only Chad, the Unagi Joro, and myself. I look among the rooftop and spot my savior, a Vamp Mosquito wearing a monocle and wielding a bolt-action rifle loaded with DE Silver bullets.

She lowers herself to the ground and walks toward us. "Quite an uncouth fellow wasn't he?" she asked me. I look to the fallen, twitching Chad and reply, "Man had just lost his mind."

"Well, it's a good thing we put a stop to his barbaric nonsense," the Vamp Mosquito says as she walks over to check on the Unagi Joro. "Are you well ma'am?" she asks her softly.

"T...thanks to you..." she mumbles as she looks to me and adds, "And him."

Just then, I notice two armored Minotaurs appear and handcuff Chad. "Get him to the hospital, hopefully our Mindflayers can fix him up," the Vamp Mosquito orders the two bull mamono, who nod and carry him off, followed by a Manticore and a Cockatrice.

The Vamp Mosquito turns back to me and says, "You have some serious steel for going at a madman like that, a madman who was twice your size might I add."

I grin and shrug and say, "Well, I was raised in a family who always tried to seek a peaceful solution."

The Vamp Mosquito chuckles and says, "Well, I'm not sure the use of the word 'bastard', or throwing a piece of junk at him was a good way to achieve peace."

"Oh ummm...." I can't help but chuckle and smile in embarassment, which causes the Vamp Mosquito to laugh even harder. "Had to get him off of her somehow," I manage to say. "Don't worry, you did good chap," the Vamp Mosquito compliments as she turns back to the Unagi Joro and asks, "Now shall we get you medical help my lady?"

The Unagi Joro waves a dismissive hand and says, "No no, I have a healing potion at home but...could you walk home with me?"

She points to me, catching me off guard. I feel the Vamp Mosquito grab my arm and ask in a slightly cold tone, "Now chap, this lady had recently been through a nightmare, you're not going to turn down a request from a damsel in distress, are you?"

As much as I wanted to go straight home, I couldn't bear to think of that Unagi Joro going home alone, and a mess. Quietly, I walk up to her and take her hand. The Vamp Mosquito claps and says cheerfully, "Great choice chap!"

She then flies off into the night.

As I walk the lady home, she mutters, "I...can't thank you enough for saving me."

"Thanks ma'am but...don't leave out that mosquito girl, she was the one who took him down," I reply. "I haven't forgotten sweetie," she says, producing a gentle smile, the first one I've seen since that terrifying incident.

We eventually reach a small house and she treats me to some tea. She introduces herself as Clara and we both talk about our lives. After about two ours, we give each other our good-byes and I leave, heading back to my own house.

As I make my return, I think about that incident, the Unagi Joro, the Vamp Mosquito, Chad, and what caused him to go crazy. I never agreed with Mindflayers and their mind-manipulation techniques, but once they're finished with Chad, I really do hope that he comes out a better man.