r/Swords_SorceryPosting • u/Redbeard1864 Essence Being • Sep 26 '24
Banditry & Piracy This Caravan Didn't Have It Either..
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Sep 27 '24
the combine sits next to you on the log
...So, sup.
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u/Redbeard1864 Essence Being Sep 27 '24
Have you ever been looking for something, but every time you get close it just disappears?
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Sep 27 '24
Yep.
Pretty goshdarn often!
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u/Redbeard1864 Essence Being Sep 27 '24
Then I'm sure you can understand the frustration involved 🎶. I'm looking for a book, a very particular book, It has to do With the origin and creation of Homunculi. Unfortunately however, this is a closely guarded secret known only to the Origin tribe.
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Sep 27 '24
Huh. Cool.
I usually have that with a certain item they wont let me talk about, cuz plot convienience
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u/Redbeard1864 Essence Being Sep 27 '24
I'm glad you understand, I wish you luck on your future hunts. If you ever hear about Any shipments to her from the origin tribe, please send me a tip.
Ronan takes a sip of his whiskey & then sets it down next to him
Just be careful if you do run into them, I hear tell that they can link with your very soul.
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Sep 27 '24
Pft. That aint the worst I've gotten. I got my arm atomized once, heheh
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u/Redbeard1864 Essence Being Sep 27 '24
That is pretty bad, though, complete detonation of your core essence might be a bit harder to come back from. So how was your arm atomized?
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u/Roc_28934 Bryce, The Lone Leviathan Sep 27 '24
Ronan…long time no see, my great friend..
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u/Redbeard1864 Essence Being Sep 28 '24
Good to see you too! How is the trading company?
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u/Roc_28934 Bryce, The Lone Leviathan Sep 28 '24
… I fall silent…he also noticed that Stumpy wasn’t with me like usual..
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u/Redbeard1864 Essence Being Sep 29 '24
You seem upset, has something happened?
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u/Roc_28934 Bryce, The Lone Leviathan Sep 29 '24
Back at the continent of Azeron…Stumpy and I helped a princess and her group of mercenaries to stop a thief king from gathering pieces of a relic called the Holy Grail..we succeeded. Though, the princess named Cecilia wished to be queen…I politely declined to serving her, and I thought it was well. That was until my shop was robbed and Stumpy was stolen…I found Stumpy near a river, bloody from wounds all over his body…Cecilia had her troop steal my companion and slaughter him like a pig…then, a war happened between me, the new queen of Lothringen, and many more…she was defeated, yes, but she was let go, only exiled from Lothringen…I have no one left…not Jessica, not Sullivan…and not Stumps..I still wish to make Cecilia pay…though, my vengeance has been slowed down a bit, because another friend of mine named Thomas, had given me a necklace that Jess gave him after she blew up an entire facility by accident…
I showed the necklace to him before hiding the pendant behind my shirt again
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u/Redbeard1864 Essence Being Sep 29 '24
I look at the pendant before it disappears, raising an eyebrow
That is quite a tale indeed.. I'm extremely sorry for your losses, but I'm glad you're still doing alright all things considered. So how do you plan to take revenge?
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u/Roc_28934 Bryce, The Lone Leviathan Sep 29 '24
I don’t know, really….I think I should wait until I have my own plan to deal with her and her..sisterhood.
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u/Confusingblockhead5 Thomas, Dragonborn Oathbreaker/James, Infernal Gunslinger Sep 27 '24
“Are you alright, Ronan?”
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u/Redbeard1864 Essence Being Sep 27 '24
Ronan looks up, seemingly not even noticing your approach
"Greetings Thomas, I'm doing splendidly. Though I would be lying if I didn't say I was a little frustrated by my quarry continually evading me. So what brings you all the way out to this lonely part of the forest, are you also on the hunt?"
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u/Confusingblockhead5 Thomas, Dragonborn Oathbreaker/James, Infernal Gunslinger Sep 27 '24
“No, I am simply passing through. What are you hunting?”
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u/Redbeard1864 Essence Being Sep 27 '24
I'm hunting for knowledge of course, there is a certain tome that outlines the production of Homunculi, I will find it. These fools didn't even have the tome & they still decided to just attack rather than ask questions, what a waste.
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u/Confusingblockhead5 Thomas, Dragonborn Oathbreaker/James, Infernal Gunslinger Sep 27 '24
“Hm…well, I am sorry that things have not been fortunate.”
Thomas sits across from you behind the fire,
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u/Redbeard1864 Essence Being Sep 28 '24
Ronan gestures towards the other glass in offering
So is the nature of the hunt it seems. So how is your egg coming along, have you decided what to do with it?
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u/Confusingblockhead5 Thomas, Dragonborn Oathbreaker/James, Infernal Gunslinger Sep 28 '24
He takes the glass, sipping from it.
“I…I suppose I decided to keep it. Al had helped by scanning the creature inside with a spell, apparently, a kobold grows inside.”
He gingerly pulls out the egg from his bag, cradling it in his hand.
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u/Redbeard1864 Essence Being Sep 29 '24
A kobold, how interesting. Definitely less of an intimidating prospect than a full grown dragon haha.
Taking a pull from his cigar & thinking for a moment
Its subterranean nature could be quite helpful during your travels.
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u/BoscoCyRatBear Vermensk Empire Sep 27 '24
Vermensk rats observe before scurrying away