User blog:RedNSFW/Dragon : What Would You Do? - Nola19

Hi! Here is another WWYD answer that I have written a while ago, but didn't post because I didn't like exactly how it was and couldn't find what was wrong with it. So I let it rest for some time, and here it is now in its director's cut edition (and the intro's as well)! It's pretty short, but I think it's long enough to tell the story I wanted to tell (maybe I'll do a super director's cut deluxe edition someday, who knows). Hope you'll like it :)

''You're a travelling merchant specializing in elixirs and medicines. Everything from from 'Milk of Wolfsbane' for curing poison to 'Salamander's Kiss' for aiding with burns you have on stalk and sell at a 'reasonable' price, man's got to eat after all. Besides, finding all these ingredients can't be a right pain in the ass and then actually preparing it to a useable solution can be dangerous not only for you but others as that same cure of poison that is popular in the desert where scorpions and snakes are common could end up killing someone faster.''

''Regardless, as you make your way you enter a town up in the mountains. People stare at you and your cart as you enter the town square, "Ladies and Gentlemen!" You called out, "I'm *whatever your name is* and I bring with me various, marvellous medicines and stimulants! My potions can aid you with-."''

''"Shut up!" Someone yells at you.''

''"We don't need your snake oil! We need a warrior!" Someone else yells at you.''

''"Warrior?" You repeated to yourself as a large shadow appears overhead. The people scatter at the shadow running into buildings or alleys to hide as a large dragon lands in front of you. You could only stand there flabbergasted as the creature turns to you with a sinister look on her face.''

What do you do?

 ''Wait. Whaaa-? Did the villagers provoke her? Maybe. Did I steal something from her without knowing it? Probably not, I've never been here before. 'Plus, I KNOW it's suicide to steal from a Dragon.' Is she going to attack me? There's a high 'probability' of her to do so, but since she's a monster, I guess she won't hurt me, right...?''

I back off and turn around : "Well, this is literally none of my business, this is not part of my contract. You can hire me to get the world's most difficult to get products, but I've never said I could or would fight a Dragon. Now could anyone be kind enough to indicate to me an alternative route to the next-"

I hear the Dragon coming towards me, and I turn around once again. Let's try being diplomatic... "Errr, I'm just passing through, don't worry, I'm not affiliated with anyone here. Bye!", I say nervously before continuing on my way. Then I feel her gripping my left shoulder. I sigh. What does she want from me?

"You. You're going to help me", she declares sternly. Before I can say anything, she catches my arm and takes off suddenly. The acceleration is powerful and I feel really uncomfortable. Then I look down and notice I'm dangling at about a hundred meters above the ground. Oh, well, as long as she holds me, I'm fine, right?

We then arrive at her home, where her treasure is all over the place, a huge mountain of jewels and gold in the center of the cave. I ask : "Is your problem the storage? Maybe the storage space? Probably both? Then I have exactly what you need, the Store-o-Matic 2000! It will store everything in a pocket dimension and-" I'm cut off and she declares : "I feel like there's something missing. Something very, very important. Something shinier than anything you can find here."



"I'm sorry, madam, but I'm afraid I have no idea of what you're looking for, nor what I can do to help you.

- I have an intuition concerning what I am missing...

- Wait a minute. Could we go back to the village? I need my cart to check what I have in store...

- I believe you already have everything you need with you, though.

<p lang="en-GB" style="border-width:initial;border-style:none;padding:0cm;font-weight:normal;line-height:0.44cm;">- OH WAIT. Don't tell me... Err, I'm afraid it is not something I can provide to anyone, it is very personal.

<p lang="en-GB" style="border-width:initial;border-style:none;padding:0cm;font-weight:normal;line-height:0.44cm;">- Yes you can.

<p lang="en-GB" style="border-width:initial;border-style:none;padding:0cm;font-weight:normal;line-height:0.44cm;">- Phew, we're not talking about the same thing then. I was talking about my golden pocket watch, a childhood friend of mine gave it to me when we both left our village a few years ago. And I believe you were talking about... Yeah, that crossed my mind too. So you need love, right? (*sigh*) Go ahead... It's not like I'm in a good position to negotiate anything now anyways.

<p lang="en-GB" style="border-width:initial;border-style:none;padding:0cm;font-weight:normal;line-height:0.44cm;">- Deal", she says smiling right before stripping me.

<p lang="en-GB" style="border-width:initial;border-style:none;padding:0cm;line-height:0.44cm;"> After a few hours of private affairs, we get back to the village, and she   helps me   bring   ing   my cart to our new   common   home. There, we start rebuilding the cave into a fully-functional house thanks to the various products I have in stock, and I help her out setting up her "treasure room", which she decided would be our bedroom. She also seems to consider me as her most precious treasure now, her second one being my pocket watch, and her third one the rest of her  possessions.