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If it were anywhere else you’d probably have trouble getting lost on a rooftop or anywhere high up for that matter, but you’ve experienced all sorts of things since you arrived in Zoral, and not all of them have been pleasant!
For example, you and Volka trying to locate your guides without making a scene! That’s a new one! And the sound just barely reaching your ears over the roar of harsh, wintry winds stinging your cheeks and the rustling of forgotten rags and clothes left to hang between the buildings… the dull scraping of nails, no, <span class="mu-i">claws</span> slowly creeping up from the alleyways and streets below to meet you!
That’s new too!
Drawing your <span class="mu-s">CURVED BLADE,</span> after hearing Volka draw hers, you exchange a curt nod as you ready yourselves for whatever’s coming to greet you…
Whatever they are, you can hear their ragged, gasping breaths from a mile aw-
“Helloooo!? You comin’ or what?!”
Tzah-Tzie’s chiding words rouse you better than any spell could–following the voice to its pint-sized source, you and your Skog bodyguard, your ‘<span class="mu-i">Skoggyguard</span>’ as you call her in your head, waste no time in catching up!
“How’d you get lost on a <span class="mu-i">roof?</span>” Smirks the Spinner, her hangover growing weaker by the moment, “You okay?”
“We should keep moving…” Pants Volka as she steals a glance behind you, “It’s not safe-”
“That’s what we’re <span class="mu-i">TRYING</span> to do!” Dilah interjects! “Keep up!”
Before you can explain yourselves, your supposed ‘<span class="mu-i">guides</span>’ rush off again prompting you to shake a proverbial ‘<span class="mu-i">tail feather</span>’!
Incensed though you may be, your ire is swiftly transformed into gratitude as you watch the girls work–tripwires you never would have noticed, footholds to take you to new heights, and despite your scare a few minutes earlier, <span class="mu-i">zero</span> encounters with the district’s more unsavory inhabitants!
Still shaken by your would-be ambushers, it’s only after you receive a gentle prod on your hip that you realize you’ve stopped… and you’re at ground level again!
“Look alive! We’re here!” Announces Vilah, the girl crouched low and ready to bolt at a moment’s notice! Following her gaze, you hear the creaking of a building that probably should have collapsed centuries ago–and maybe already did.
“Go ahead an’ knock! We’ll wait fer’ ya!” Says her sister with a genial grin!
Hey, you remark as you match her smile, that’s nice of them–
“Ya’ still gotta pay the rest of our fee.”
Oh yea, huh… staring at your pals until it’s clear they’re not gonna volunteer, you crack your neck and approach what you’re pretty sure is a door! A few rappings from your knuckles confirm your theory, and you only get a few knocks in before the door swings open to reveal a fiery-eyed giant looming past the threshold!
“... Go away.”
>CONTD.
