"That's the second time you've mentioned that. I'll bite." He is pulling the noodle dough right now, using telekinesis (he's too small to do it himself). "What happened in Pohaku city?"
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'I wasn't always the hardened sewer survivor I am now. Made a few rookie errors, a main one being Pohaku City. It seemed perfect- lawless enough that the City Watch had bigger fish to fry than me, but not too dangerous that I wouldn't last five seconds. Overpopulated, chaotic, teeming, just the sort of place for a guy like me to thrive. What I hadn't really considered was how the whole place was crazy low-lying, tropical, and coastal. Nearly lost everything in a storm, when the whole place sorta backed up and flooded. The next day, I'd stowed away on a ship and was out of that place. And that's not my only major screw-up. Wanna hear about the others?'
'I wasn't always the hardened sewer survivor I am now. Made a few rookie errors, a main one being Pohaku City. It seemed perfect- lawless enough that the City Watch had bigger fish to fry than me, but not too dangerous that I wouldn't last five seconds. Overpopulated, chaotic, teeming, just the sort of place for a guy like me to thrive. What I hadn't really considered was how the whole place was crazy low-lying, tropical, and coastal. Nearly lost everything in a storm, when the whole place sorta backed up and flooded. The next day, I'd stowed away on a ship and was out of that place. And that's not my only major screw-up. Wanna hear about the others?'
"Sure!" He is now chopping up the vegetables and proteins.
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Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.
May each word that I speak be backed by each of my teeth.
'Well, there was this time when I'd showed up at Stonekeep City. Didn't realise that the sewers were already taken, in this case by a thieves' guild. Knew I couldn't stick around long, spent a while hiding in the uninhabited areas- the ones too gross even for the thieves, and stole off them for a bit. Got into their food supplies, took a few weapons here and there. Knew it couldn't last though- only so long they could assume it was just rats. Managed to get out having made a decent sum off selling their weapons, but it sorta sucked they were there in the first place. I mean, it had taken me ages to get there, trekked for weeks, and then found the thieves' guild and had to move on pretty quick.' He seems pretty happy reminiscing.
'Sure! Never tried fried noodles before! And yeah, pretty much. Plan to stick around here for a while- no thieves' guilds or mega floods. You know, someday I sorta plan to become a healer. And when I do, I know what I'll do. I'll travel round behind the armies, show up at the battlefields once the fighting's over, heal the injured, and make a fortune off robbing the dead. Life goals.'
'Sure! Never tried fried noodles before! And yeah, pretty much. Plan to stick around here for a while- no thieves' guilds or mega floods. You know, someday I sorta plan to become a healer. And when I do, I know what I'll do. I'll travel round behind the armies, show up at the battlefields once the fighting's over, heal the injured, and make a fortune off robbing the dead. Life goals.'
"Becoming a healer requires a lot of learning. Like, a lot. I've got a couple of books on first aid if you wanna start learning now." He's now boiling up the ingredients in a small pot with not much water in it.
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"The books should be in the alley. Keep in mind that they are devil first aid, and we have longer muscles and larger adrenal glands than mortals typically do."
He drains a good amount of the broth and adds oil to the pot.
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Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.
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'Course. Thanks, mate' He goes into the alley and returns with a stack of books, which he begins to read. 'You're a decent guy, you know. I heard somewhere that all devils are lawful evil...'
'Course. Thanks, mate' He goes into the alley and returns with a stack of books, which he begins to read. 'You're a decent guy, you know. I heard somewhere that all devils are lawful evil...'
"Well, I stray farther towards Lawful than Evil. Honestly, I think I might actually qualify as a Yugoloth now, given that I'm more interested in self-preservation than spreading evil or adhering to order." The noodles are sizzling now.
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Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.
May each word that I speak be backed by each of my teeth.
'Maybe, I'm no devil-ologist or whatever. But you definitely don't seem to be a spreader of evil. Man, those noodles certainly don't sound evil!'
"Supposedly, I'm slowly corrupting you by showing you all this 'fiends are actually okay' stuff so I can take your soul when you die. I don't want to do anything with it other than show it off for a little bit for clout and then let it go. Sort of a catch-and-release program." After adding some sauces and sugar and frying it for a bit longer, he dumps it out into a bowl. "Fork, chopsticks, spoon, or none of the above."
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Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.
May each word that I speak be backed by each of my teeth.
'You're joking right. Not even temporarily are you having my soul. Don't care if it's catch-and-release, I've worked hard trying to keep my soul free from the influence of society. And anyway, if you want clout, I'm really not your guy. Bet my soul smells terrible, stink out the 9 Hells and send the devils into a disgusted frenzy.' He takes a fork. 'As some wise old mentor told me, 'Use the Fork, Flint''. He grins crookedly
'You're joking right. Not even temporarily are you having my soul. Don't care if it's catch-and-release, I've worked hard trying to keep my soul free from the influence of society. And anyway, if you want clout, I'm really not your guy. Bet my soul smells terrible, stink out the 9 Hells and send the devils into a disgusted frenzy.' He takes a fork. 'As some wise old mentor told me, 'Use the Fork, Flint''. He grins crookedly
"I'm kinda joking. It would take hundreds of foul, wretched souls for me to get a promotion. Plus, you're too nice for me to take your soul."
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Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.
May each word that I speak be backed by each of my teeth.
'You think I'm nice? A guy whose idea of a good day is finding and looting a body floating in the sewer? Man, you must have seen some things if you think I'm nice'
'You think I'm nice? A guy whose idea of a good day is finding and looting a body floating in the sewer? Man, you must have seen some things if you think I'm nice'
"You're the nicest guy I've met. No one else even comes close. You're also one of the cleanest people I've had the pleasure of interacting with."
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Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.
May each word that I speak be backed by each of my teeth.
'Again, you must be joking. You've seen where I live. You haven't really met many people, have ya?'
"Not outside of the fly-infested layer of hell called Maladomini. The Archduke of that layer spent the last three millennia as a slug that cant stop vomiting flies and [GP]ing on the floor. Asmodeus doesn't quite like that layer very much. It's hard to believe that it used to be almost as rich as Minauros and twice as beautiful."
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'I've been pretty much everywhere at some point. Pohaku City, well, that was a mess. And it had so much potential...'
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"That's the second time you've mentioned that. I'll bite." He is pulling the noodle dough right now, using telekinesis (he's too small to do it himself). "What happened in Pohaku city?"
Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.
May each word that I speak be backed by each of my teeth.
'I wasn't always the hardened sewer survivor I am now. Made a few rookie errors, a main one being Pohaku City. It seemed perfect- lawless enough that the City Watch had bigger fish to fry than me, but not too dangerous that I wouldn't last five seconds. Overpopulated, chaotic, teeming, just the sort of place for a guy like me to thrive. What I hadn't really considered was how the whole place was crazy low-lying, tropical, and coastal. Nearly lost everything in a storm, when the whole place sorta backed up and flooded. The next day, I'd stowed away on a ship and was out of that place. And that's not my only major screw-up. Wanna hear about the others?'
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"Sure!" He is now chopping up the vegetables and proteins.
Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.
May each word that I speak be backed by each of my teeth.
'Well, there was this time when I'd showed up at Stonekeep City. Didn't realise that the sewers were already taken, in this case by a thieves' guild. Knew I couldn't stick around long, spent a while hiding in the uninhabited areas- the ones too gross even for the thieves, and stole off them for a bit. Got into their food supplies, took a few weapons here and there. Knew it couldn't last though- only so long they could assume it was just rats. Managed to get out having made a decent sum off selling their weapons, but it sorta sucked they were there in the first place. I mean, it had taken me ages to get there, trekked for weeks, and then found the thieves' guild and had to move on pretty quick.' He seems pretty happy reminiscing.
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"Did you come here next? Also, would you like me to fry your noodles for you?"
Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.
May each word that I speak be backed by each of my teeth.
'Sure! Never tried fried noodles before! And yeah, pretty much. Plan to stick around here for a while- no thieves' guilds or mega floods. You know, someday I sorta plan to become a healer. And when I do, I know what I'll do. I'll travel round behind the armies, show up at the battlefields once the fighting's over, heal the injured, and make a fortune off robbing the dead. Life goals.'
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"Becoming a healer requires a lot of learning. Like, a lot. I've got a couple of books on first aid if you wanna start learning now." He's now boiling up the ingredients in a small pot with not much water in it.
Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.
May each word that I speak be backed by each of my teeth.
'Sure, I guess. It'd be good to learn. Turn a crazy dream into some kind of reality.'
*Flint is a level 1 monk, if he somehow gets XP points to become level 3 he's going to take Way of Mercy*
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"The books should be in the alley. Keep in mind that they are devil first aid, and we have longer muscles and larger adrenal glands than mortals typically do."
He drains a good amount of the broth and adds oil to the pot.
Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.
May each word that I speak be backed by each of my teeth.
'Course. Thanks, mate' He goes into the alley and returns with a stack of books, which he begins to read. 'You're a decent guy, you know. I heard somewhere that all devils are lawful evil...'
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"Well, I stray farther towards Lawful than Evil. Honestly, I think I might actually qualify as a Yugoloth now, given that I'm more interested in self-preservation than spreading evil or adhering to order." The noodles are sizzling now.
Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.
May each word that I speak be backed by each of my teeth.
'Maybe, I'm no devil-ologist or whatever. But you definitely don't seem to be a spreader of evil. Man, those noodles certainly don't sound evil!'
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"Supposedly, I'm slowly corrupting you by showing you all this 'fiends are actually okay' stuff so I can take your soul when you die. I don't want to do anything with it other than show it off for a little bit for clout and then let it go. Sort of a catch-and-release program." After adding some sauces and sugar and frying it for a bit longer, he dumps it out into a bowl. "Fork, chopsticks, spoon, or none of the above."
Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.
May each word that I speak be backed by each of my teeth.
'You're joking right. Not even temporarily are you having my soul. Don't care if it's catch-and-release, I've worked hard trying to keep my soul free from the influence of society. And anyway, if you want clout, I'm really not your guy. Bet my soul smells terrible, stink out the 9 Hells and send the devils into a disgusted frenzy.' He takes a fork. 'As some wise old mentor told me, 'Use the Fork, Flint''. He grins crookedly
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"I'm kinda joking. It would take hundreds of foul, wretched souls for me to get a promotion. Plus, you're too nice for me to take your soul."
Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.
May each word that I speak be backed by each of my teeth.
'You think I'm nice? A guy whose idea of a good day is finding and looting a body floating in the sewer? Man, you must have seen some things if you think I'm nice'
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"You're the nicest guy I've met. No one else even comes close. You're also one of the cleanest people I've had the pleasure of interacting with."
Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.
May each word that I speak be backed by each of my teeth.
'Again, you must be joking. You've seen where I live. You haven't really met many people, have ya?'
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"Not outside of the fly-infested layer of hell called Maladomini. The Archduke of that layer spent the last three millennia as a slug that cant stop vomiting flies and [GP]ing on the floor. Asmodeus doesn't quite like that layer very much. It's hard to believe that it used to be almost as rich as Minauros and twice as beautiful."
Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.
May each word that I speak be backed by each of my teeth.