User blog:Redknight910/WWYD Lizardman PhantomGeneral

I kneel beside her, making my own quiet prayer to various divinities, before asking what happened here.

“Some men, order soldiers I think, came and lit the house on fire. My parents, they…” She begins to cry and I put a hand around her shoulder, telling her I was only asking, not demanding she tell me what happened.

“No, no, I should tell someone. I always thought mum and dad were invincible, but there were so many of them.” I look around and notice the number of armoured corpses around, her parents must have really been great warriors.

“They told me to go look for something deeper in the cave when they saw them. I went without a second thought, but when I came back…” She shrinks into me, tears streaming down her face as she stops again. I use my free hand to grab a cloth from my bag, handing it to her.

“Thank you… Mother would be so embarrassed to see me like this.” She dried her eyes and continued.

“There were two of them still here, and when I saw my parents just… Lying there on the ground, I… I just… I grabbed mums and dads swords and attacked. I killed both of them, and I didn’t even notice my eye until after…” She looks away, suddenly conscious of the wound. I smile kindly and pull another strip of cloth from my bag.

I lift her head so that she’s facing me and tie that around her wounded eye. She smiles sadly at me.

“Would you mind… Would you mind taking me away from here? There’s not really a lot left for me to…” She’s on the verge of tears again, and I pull my other arm around her, telling her I’d be happy to have her come with us.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt0cm;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">We walk out of the cave together, and my friends raise their eyebrows at us. I explain what happened, trying to keep it short for the girl’s sake, and tell them she’s coming with us. No one objects, and we continue to the dungeon.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt0cm;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">That night, camped outside the entrance to the dungeon, our alchemist/healer has a look at her eye and tells her it looks as healthy as could be expected. He applies a salve to the cloth I gave her and goes to tie it back on, but she grabs the cloth from him, doing it herself. Some of us laugh at the action.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt0cm;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">“Good to see she’s feeling better.” Someone comments. I walk over to the two, patting the alchemist on the shoulder. I thank him and take the girl over to the fire for introductions. After we’ve all introduced ourselves she smiles, looking a little brighter.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt0cm;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">“I’m Jade, thank you for letting me come with you.” After all’s said and done we eat, have some banter and head off to bed fairly early. I wake partway through the night to the feeling of an arm wrapping around my waist, when I look behind me I see Jade, a troubled look on her face as she sleeps. I reach down and put a hand around hers, whispering soothing words to her until her grip loosens and her face calms.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt0cm;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">When morning comes we’re still in that position and some of my friends make some jokes about going soft. That earned them a whack to the head. We walked into the dungeon laughing, but before long we were crawling through it in silence. After some close calls and more than a few debts earned for life saving, we left with a few chests of goods that were more than what we’d hoped for.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt0cm;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Using the money we earned from selling the treasure we brought whatever it was each of us wanted, most of us put in for a large house that we’d use as a base for our dream jobs. That first night back Jade came into my room, a warm smile on her face.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt0cm;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">“Could I ask you something?” She seemed fairly nervous, I told her to ask away.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt0cm;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">“I’d like to challenge you tomorrow, after breakfast. It’s something my people to with those they care about.” Being semi-professional adventurers, I knew exactly what she was talking about. I smiled and accepted her proposal, offering to let her sleep in my bed. She climbed straight in, snuggling up to me.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt0cm;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">“Win or lose tomorrow, I’ve already made up my mind.” She whispered to me, and I felt something wet and warm rubbing up against my crotch.