• The* Tshahark

In a forest north of the Amward Plains. A large plain stretches to the
 south, crossed by the river Ulflenn, and ends at the Isyanyr Forest to the
 distant south. A mighty fortress stands near the Icecall Lake, near the
 Western Road. A stone bridge crosses the river, allowing the Western Road
 to reach the western part of the Amward Plains. Some houses are gathered to
 the southeast, forming the settlement of Bandama. Surrounding this forest,
 the Giat Mountains stretch toward the sky.
There are five obvious exits: east, southeastdown, southdown,
southwestdown, west.
An ebony-skinned white-haired male faerie.

You hear the distant river flowing.

You wield the pike in your right hand and left hand.

*// Fighting.. //*

>Skald storms in from west.

>The ebony-skinned white-haired male faerie is bleeding.

>Skald studies you carefully.
Skald studies the ebony-skinned white-haired male faerie carefully.
>Skald unwields a broadsword.
>Skald frowns.

Skald hisses in Common: Zssurprizsse find perzsson here.

You say in Common: A surprise to find people outside of the crossing?
>You say in Common: Outside of the city?
You say in Common: You're a person.
You say in Common: Are you surprised to see yourself?

Skald hisses in Common: I not sought place vizssited by many. Figured I
only one here.

You say in Common: I was simply walking by.

Skald tries to look thoughtful.

You say in Common: And the smell of flowers invaded my senses.

>Skald storms out east, across the rocks.
Skald storms in from east.

You say in Common: Did you need something, froggy Skald?
You smile sweetly at Skald.
>
>Skald hisses in Common: Zsso faerie attack you? Or you attack
faerie?

You say in Common: The faerie metaphorically attacked me. I felt my emotions
being assaulted. And my soul being stolen.
>
Skald looks very confused.

You say in Common: They steal little girls.

Skald hisses in Common: Faerie sief?

You say in Common: Cruel creatures.

>Skald looks at the ebony-skinned white-haired male faerie.

Skald hisses in Common: Sey not zsseem cruel.

You say in Common: It's not cruel to take things from crying human
mother?
You say in Common: Her own flesh and blood?
You say in Common: While she sits crying in a pile of tears?
>You say in Common: Hysterical?
You say in Common: IS that not evil?

You hear the distant river flowing.

Skald hisses in Common: Zsso you fight faeriezss for good of
people?
Skald looks at the ebony-skinned white-haired male faerie.

You say in Common: No. I fought the faerie because it invaded -my- space.
The people can defend themselves. I am not Legion. I am not a heroine. I am
not a savior.
You say in Common: Simply a human.

>Skald hisses in Common: Fairy rude, sen.

>The ebony-skinned white-haired male faerie died.
You killed the ebony-skinned white-haired male faerie.

>You say in Common: Faerie dead then.
>You twinkle your eyes.

>Skald nods.
Skald looks at the corpse.
Skald takes many copper coins from the corpse.
Skald hisses in Common: He not need sezsse anymore.

You raise an eyebrow.

>Skald shrugs.

You say in Common: You would take the money from *my* kill?
>You say in Common: Did you help?

>Skald hisses in Common: You want?

You stare at Skald.
>You tell Skald in Common: Yes. I want.

>Skald gives you many copper coins.
Skald shrugs.

You take two iron daggers and a leather loincloth.
>You say in Common: Money is a tool, Frog.

>You glimpse something out of the corner of your eye.

Skald hisses in Common: Copper izss cheap.

You say in Common: I'm not a rich person.
>You say in Common: Wealth is relative.

>Skald hisses in Common: I not rich, eiser.

You say in Common: I'm sorry. You're a frog. I forgot.
>You say in Common: See.

>Skald hisses in Common: I not a frog. I a tshahark.

You say in Common: If you had 1 gold coin. And 10000 copper coins.
>You say in Common: That would be better.

>Skald hisses in Common: I not going to try and gaser 10000 copper
coinzss. Sat ridiculouzss.

You say in Common: Is it? There are people with far more than that.

>Skald hisses in Common: I gaser zssilver coinzss before gaser
copper.

You say in Common: Then you have no reason, even more so, to loot people's
corpses of the wealth they earned with the sheding of blood.

>You feel someone's gaze on the back of your neck.

You say in Common: It is the story of the Tshahark who thought he saw a
bigger boar, after he had his own.

>Skald hisses in Common: I plan give to beggar. not keep for zsself.

You say in Common: And the carrion birds swooped down and picked the flesh
clean.
>You say in Common: And he starved to death.

>Skald hisses in Common: If I sat 'hark, I go pick berriezss.

You smirk.
>You say in Common: And you call yourself a Tshahark?
>You say in Common: Is *that* why you sit around humans and elves all
day?
>You say in Common: Because they don't want a vegetarian Tshahark?
>You say in Common: Tshaharks were MADE to be killers. To be strong. To eat.
To feed.
>You say in Common: These savage behaviors.
>You say in Common: And you would pick the fruits, rather than smash
them.

>Skald hisses in Common: I raser eat berriezss san zsstarve. Can't kill
if dead.

You slowly shake your head in disagreement.
>You say in Common: Frogs are not known for their intelligence.

>Skald hisses in Common: Tshahark.

You grin silently.

>The golden-haired delicate female elf graciously enters from west.

You say in Common: Fine. Tshaharks too. If that's your opinion.
>You twinkle your eyes.

*// Hehe. If you want to add to the statement, that's fine. //*

>Female Elf tells Skald in Common: Thanks for leaving me back there. You're a
really big help.

You hear the sounds of animal life surrounding you.

Female Elf sits down to rest a while.

Skald tells you in Common: What we lack in brain, we have in
zsstrengs.

You say in Common: Then perhaps you use it for killing rather than picking
berries and flowers.
>You say in Common: Or you could stop arguing with what you do not know.
>You say in Common: Trying to make points which aren't valid.

>Skald hisses in Common: I only pick berriezss azss lazsst rezssort.
Sink I like how tazsste?

You say in Common: Switching the subject when you get confused.

>Female Elf whispers to you in Common: Don't try to talk logic into him. He's
as stubborn and stupid as tshaharks get. Even worse than normal, even.

You grin slightly at Female Elf.

>Skald hisses in Common: I not change zssubject. You change.

>You tell Skald in Common: It's okay. Don't hurt yourself. Go pick
berries.

>You travel a long distance southeastdown.
 Deep within a forest so dense that nothing can be seen but trees. The
 foothills of the Giat Mountains stand to the northeast of here, and a
 silvery tree can be seen, standing lonely on the bare hill to the north.
There are eight obvious exits: northup, northeastup, east, southeast,
south, southwest, west, northwestup.
Five yellow big mushrooms.
A cute brown male rabbit and an ebony-skinned white-haired male faerie.

>Female Elf graciously enters from northwestup.
Female Elf graciously leaves south, vanishing between the trees.

*// Fighting.. //*

>Skald storms in from northwestup.
Skald hisses in Common: Funny you zsseem to alwayzss walk in zssame
place faeriezss are.
Skald storms out east, vanishing between the trees.

*// End Scene //*