Board Thread:Roleplay/@comment-30655593-20190218061847/@comment-38232361-20190717030629

(Done, and no, she was the barmaid who was sick of their shit. Also, regretting not getting screenshots of her defeating The Ebony Warrior in a {almost} no magic run. Enchanting, Paralysis and Healing spells are just too good to not level up for, and healing potions are not cheap or very lightweight.)

"Thank you, Sir Flamesman. I would be very appreciative of that." She gave a small bow of her head to the guard as she walked through the cell door to her son. Richard's eyes darted from his mother to Benvolio, to Kos, to the strange Devil Bug that just entered as if to try to find someone to save him.

"Richard dear..." Brianna's voice was calm and still and her face in a warm and gentle smile, but her eyes betrayed that farce, impaling him with an icy glare that could make a Hellhound cower and tremble like a Kobold hiding from her master after wetting the carpet.

"Y-ye-yes mam?" The half elf stuttered to his human mother, not moving an inch from his rigid, upright position. he quickly turned his head and closed his eyes as she reached towards his face. but instead of striking him, she gently stoked the side of his cheek with the back of her fingers.

"Did they hurt you? Are you alright?" She asked him, a concerned look taking over her face, apart from that piercing, unblinking gaze.

"N-no, I'm alri-"

SMACK!

No sooner had he let his guard down had the sharp slap he'd been bracing for earlier struck across his face, followed by a hard tug on his left ear, sending enough pain into him for tears to instantly start welling up in his eyes.

"OW! Ow ow ow ow ow-ho-ho-ho! Mom! What are y-" He protestsnas his very sensitive hearing organ is nearly ripped out from his skull from the force she's putting on it.

"WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?! Do you have any idea how dangerous it is to do something like that?! How stupid it is?!" She yelled at him with all the pent up rage she'd been containing since hearing about him being put there, all the while tugging at his ear, slapping and hitting him with the purse, both of them noticing it is slightly heavier and harder hitting than usual.

"Ow! Mo- Ow! Mom! He was-"

"I don't care what he was doing! You should have went to the guard first! You shouldn't just go off taking the law into your own hands like that! What if he caught you before you ran into Flamesman? You know what he thinks of your kind! You would have been strung up and your ears mounted on his wall!"

After a little more hitting and yelling, Brianna finally calmed down enought to stop, though she did not let go of Richard's ear as she walked up to the group of onlookers.

"I'm sorry about the behavior of both my son and myself, we'll just be collecting the things confirmed to be his possessions as well as the overpayment on the faulty taxes before we go home!" She then notices Kasia in the doorway and recognizes her as one of the adventurers she accidentaly bumped into earlier. "Oh, you again? Is there... something I can help you with?"

"Ow..." Richard softly wimpers over his ear being in her iron grip.

"What a baby!" Sylvia jeers at his crying.

''Shut up Sylvia! I'd like to see you switching places with me!''

"Tempting, but this whole 'trapped in a magic mask' deal is starting to grow on me!" she lies, still hoping not to draw Brianna's attention.