Siobhan's fantasy epic of eipc fantasy (open, PM me first)

[Goonmaster]

Where's Petra?

The interrogations left Kath in a rather bitter boredom. She did try breaking the monotony of them by flirting with the Dragoons, teasingly begging them to tie her up, but these guys were not your common City guard. They were out for blood. So she had just gone back to Ludmilla’s. Back behind the bar, to what she did best: talking and fucking. Without Petra.
Of course she’d already left… The Magistrate was safe. The City was more or less back to normal. Why would a beautiful and highly sought out superwarrior like her want to stay in this shithole? Kath couldn’t even believed she had just thought of Gradzlata, her beloved City, as a shithole. But she was genuinely hurt that Petra had left without saying goodbye. This had been the most terrifying, but EXCITING night in Kath’s entire 78 years of existence (even though she appeared in her twenties…her father had truly gifted her with stunning elvish features). But for Petra, it was probably just a Tuesday…
Kath felt stupid. Like a teenage Human girl overreacting to her first rejection. She realized she hadn’t felt this stupid for someone in decades. Since Alberto…
She tried to shake it off, and focus on her bartending duties. With all the shenanigans she had gotten herself into the night before, she was going to be mopping that floor for weeks…Then Felicia came in, prancing and flaunting her superiority to them all. Of course she had to ask Kath about Petra. The half elf bastard tranny tried her best not to erupt into tears. It took more concentration than a ninth level spell.
“I…em…I guess she just took off…like the rest of them…see if I care…”
She felt a tear trickle down her cheek, and she had to make up an excuse to go cry in the basement.

 

[siobhancan99]

Felicia puts her hand on Kath's "Kath, you have a pretty poor self image. The city's been a wreck for days and it still is. Volks and Ludowy are still congregating and deciding how to cut each other up, and while the natives have it under control for now...Just because her ass isn't parked on a stool gazing adoringly at you doesn't mean she left the city. be calm. make yourself some tea and sit down"

felicia parks her ass on the stool on the other side of the bar "so you really like her huh? is she you know, into it? you two looked pretty comfortable on the floor, well. as comfortable as two people can be sleeping on the floor."

 

[Goonmaster]

Kath felt embarrassed. She smiled sheepishly at Felicia, apologizing for her behavior.
“Its THAT obvious I have a thing for her, isn’t it? Ugh…I can’t believe I’m acting like a little girl over this. I don’t even know if she’s into me. I think THAT’S what’s killing me. I’m so used to people throwing coins at me to fuck that I forgot what love actually feels like…”
She pours herself and Felicia a drink.
“I know my mom always told me not to fall in love, but…damn' that warrior woman…there’s just something about her…about her lifestyle. Felicia, if some badass Prince Charming came walking through this door, and took you on an adventure to save the King, and made you feel just as badass as him, would you not want to follow him? Aargh! Some days I really wish I could just leave and go adventuring like my dad does! Then I’D be the one to roll into random taverns and break bartenders' hearts before I sail off to go slay a Dragon or something. That’d be a nice change…”

 

[siobhancan99]

"why not? are you so in love with slobbering on knobs for cash that you can't imagine some other life for yourself? I have 4... 5 years tops left in this business. I take all the gifts, all the jewelry, and after a time i sell it and i buy houses with it. You gotta have a plan. time comes to us all, lady and the boys don't line up like they used to" Felicia sips at some water "Here's the other thing too. Don't get ahead of yourself. Sure she might look super cool slicing some dude open, and running around with her cloak billowing in the wind, but she might have terrible political opinions or hate cats or something. She is pretty hot though, like... if you're into strong aggressive chicks"

 

[siobhancan99]

Reply to Clancy

Kasia steps into the shop, and is immediately ignored. Clancy, however, draws attention. "Well! Aren't you fashion forward for a human." the elf behind the counter comes out to admire Clancy's current coat "For human work this is just exquisite. you're so narrow, like an elf. it really accentuates your hight and detracts from your narrow shoulders." he moves around, picking at it "obviously the condition isn't great, which is why you're here! Splendid. I do so love taking care of a customer with an actual eye for fashion." he pauses "i like that hat as well. Also good, for a human.... Anyway! What are we looking at today hmmm? Let me know it all. color, materials... i assume youll want an enchantment to keep the heat away during the summer. All the rage. If you are planning on having the coat enchanted its best to use our source. We can weave all the necessary materials into the fabric during inception, which I'm sure a customer like you appreciates."

 

[Goonmaster]

Kath's Adventure has only begun...

"Why not?"
Felicia's words resonated deeply with Kath. She wasn't wrong. Maybe slobbering on knobs for cash wasn't her only talent in life after all. And the years of doing it as a job had indeed taken its toll on her. She used to enjoy it so much, but now it was precisely that: a job. An everyday, BORING job. Most of the Johns weren't even into most of the stuff she REALLY liked anyway.
She wiped her tears, and her smile came back. She hugged Felicia with all of her heart.
"You...are the voice of fucking reason. I...really needed this right now."
Finding an inner courage she had no idea she possessed, Kath kissed Felicia on the cheek, and headed upstairs to her room.
"I'm actually going to miss you, and this place, believe it or not. Felicia, I really wish you all the best. I really hope that one day, you rule this town. I honestly think you'd do a better job at it than most fat horny guys do..."
Once upstairs, she gathered her few belongings: mostly clothes, makeup, wigs, her favorite dildo, and a pocket-sized painting of her parents. She cleaned the room as neatly as she could, then sat down by the small table in the corner, pulled out a piece of paper and a quill, and wrote a letter for Ludmilla:

"Dear Madame Ludmilla,
It is with a heavy heart that I must announce my resignation from my position of Brothel Assistant. As fun and fulfilling as my years under your employment have been, I have decided to finally spread my wings, and fly into the unknown, as my mother and yourself did before you settled in this amazing City, and establishment, which you have built into a Staple of Gradzlata. I want you to know that I have always held the utmost respect for you. After Mother died, you cared for me as if I were your own child, and under your tutelage, I have proudly blossomed into my own person. Which is why I must take this final step in your teachings, and spread them to the World at Large. Everywhere my Path takes me, your name shall be spoken with great reverence, and through me, your epic reputation shall live on through the ages. This is not a farewell, but merely a love letter that I write you until our paths cross once more. And my instinct tells me they will, more than once. Until then, please receive my deepest love and admiration, as well as this money to help refurnish this room, and to make up for lost profits. It is not much, but should my fortunes rise, then so shall yours, mark my words.
Until we meet again, Yours truly, now and forever,
Kathalyna Luminare, The Cock Lady of Gradzlata."

She left the bag of gold on the table with the letter, after taking 5 coins for herself. She put on the Magistrate's silver bracelet, and decided it looked good on her. Kath stared at herself in the mirror, and looked at the empty room one final time. Oh, the memories she had in this room. If these walls could talk, they would be a legitimate sexual encyclopedia. She sighed heavily, and climbed out the window, just like she did in her fourties. One last time, for fun. She stood alone in the alley, with the same outfit she wore to save the Magistrate a few nights ago, and her backpack.
"Well, now what, bitch?"
She thought hard. All this violence had happened all over town, and she WAS a bonified healer.
"Let's go to the closest hospital and heal some fuckers. That's what a HERO, or adventurer or whatever with my powers would do, right? Yeah! Watch out World, I'm coming to save you!"
And off she went...

 

[siobhancan99]

Reply to Clancy

The tailor nods "i cant pretend to understand what goes into that" he laughs "but here's what we can do. we will make a mock up of the coat you want out of cheap cloth, to get the fitting right and get a feel for where you want the pockets and whatnot. Once that's done, we can contact our enchanter and look into what materials have to be included in the coat as well as the cost of his services. Obviously, if you get the coat made now you can get it enchanted later... assuming its in good condition." he starts measuring, clucking as he goes and looks to clancy after "i want you to come back this afternoon so we can discuss pocket placement"

 

[siobhancan99]

Reply to Kath

And so Kath heads out into the world, leaving no clue for Petra as to where she might be headed. Felicia is indeed the voice of reason. She's good at what she does because of what's between her ears, not between her legs.

Kath makes her way down to a Dragoon hospital, and after a brief conversation with a captain who remembers her as the magistrate's savior (or rather one of) she is welcomed aboard. The hospital staff are swift to tell her that most of the things they deal with are dealt with without magic. towards the end of the day, they don't mind fixing things that way, but they like to save that particular remedy for when someone's life is really on the line, and not for a broken toe. They get her set up with her own clean corner, as she's considered a little more important in some ways than the basic medics. The hospital is doing brisk business, with wounded dragoons from the rioting, and some wounded citizens who were cornered by rioters. Among those are some particularly nasty burns that the hospital staff gives the ok to heal with magic. As with Petra, everyone is amazed. While lay clergy for the gods is common, true powerful spellcasting clerics are not.

Kath is regarded as something of a miracle as a result.

 

[siobhancan99]

Reply to Clancy

"both i think" she laughs "i mean ive got narrow hips and all but i think he likes em just a little narrower" she winks at clancy "you're so fashion forward." then sticks her tongue out "Also Elves are super fucking weird about half breeds. I think to most of them we represent some sort of failure"

 

[siobhancan99]

Reply to Kath - supplemental

Towards the end of the day, after healing a child burned when the riots spilled into a poor section of the basin, Kath is disturbed by a young dragoon. "Excuse me your grace" he sketches a stiff bow "but there's a lady to see you"

Standing nervously at the entrance to the hospital tent is Petra. NOt dressed in her leathers, or carrying any visible weapons she seems like she feels almost naked. Instead, she's in a Red dress with a plunging neckline. She wore a simple gold chain, and her hair was tied up and bound by a gold mesh. She stood, fidgeting, reaching for a dagger that wasn't there to play with. When Kath was summoned, she seemed to visibly relax a little "Um. I checked for you. At uh... your former place of business"

 

[siobhancan99]

Reply to Clancy

Ludmilla's is abuzz. Felicia had been missing a few days, but now returned. Kath, the bartender and prostitute who lived in the attic had quit, and Ludmilla was beside herself for staff. A lot of girls still couldn't make it past the checkpoints as they were Volk or Ludowy, so only the natives were working. Janusz was there, but Ludmilla immediately attempted to press Clancy into working the door "there are savage men out there Clancy, burning things and killing each other in the streets... oh how could you leave us unprotected??"

Mostly, she's doing that thing she does where she guilts clancy into doing what she wants, but she does dangle a few coins in his direction "your girlfriend can help."

 

[siobhancan99]

Kasia slips an arm around Clancy, and looks to Ludmilla "frankly, Clancy has more expensive work to do." she looks apologetic "look, Ludmilla. you can't really expect you were keeping a mage on staff?" she laughs and Ludmilla glares at her but nods "this job is beneath you Clancy. I have always known that" she sighs and shrugs her shoulders a bit "everyone is safe enough. I'll get a few dragoons to watch the place on their off hours. Thank you for all you've done" she leans in and kisses his cheek "your girlfriend is cute. bring her by some time and ill give you your severance." she winks, then heads over to get a drink.

Kasia turns red, but keeps her arm around Clancy.

 

[siobhancan99]

Kasia laughs "Gods above Clancy you work in a whorehouse. you don't know what two women and a man get up to? maybe ill bring a friend over some night and show you." she rolls her eyes and slaps his ass "well come on, my celibate friend. lets scope out this warehouse we're going to."

 

[siobhancan99]

Reply to Clancy

The warehouse was in the Ludowy section of Harborside, and was the worse for wear. There were signs of the Volk attacks throughout the Ludowy section, burned buildings, smashed storefronts, all the sort of things that happenw hen men get it in their head to riot. Worse, there was at the harbor a collection of flotsam from the fishing boats the Volk had seized in their ill fated attempt to board the prisoner galley and lynch the Ludowy rapist. Still, it seemed the worst of the initial rage had passed, and the streets were calm enough.

 

[siobhancan99]

Reply to Clancy

Kasia does a quick circuit "there's some second floor windows, probably to let the heat out more than anything. a lot of warehouses dont have second exists to protect from thieves. This one seems to be no different,. one way in, one way out. at least we're mostly just here to talk... right?"

 

[siobhancan99]

Reply to Clancy

Kasia nods "yeah the foreman of the warehouse is a Ludowy by the name of Stosh. Big fat genial guy. I don't think anyone's gonna be real keen on telling us anything on the DL with our simic branded clothes you wanted." she shrugs "iwe can try though. maybe a bribe?"

 

[siobhancan99]

Reply to Jon

Karina loads up the wagon with produce from the farm "it will be better at the gate if I take you in. I'll sell this produce to some of the taverns and meet you at the gate when you're done"

She takes Jon in on the cart, and the gate guards merely wave thrm through. Jon makes the arduous trek up into the heights, arriving at the blacksmith.

He is bustled into the back, where the dwarves have made a dull blade, to test for lenght and balance. Already even this test blade fits in Jon's hand like a glove. The swing and draw are perfect for his arm, and he has the sense that the real blade will be everything that was promised.

"so, any design work? what do you want the hilt to look like? do you want a stone set in it or not?"

 

[JonathanBair]

Jon was willing to walk it as his foot was feeling better, but he wasn't exactly looking foreword to hauling the shield on his arm. If it wasn't for his arm that he would wear his shield on being hurt. He would have protested. But this time in this setting Jon was glad for the ride, tho it is not something he would get accustomed to.. Jon says what about meeting by the river just before the gate? So I don't bother the guard by waiting around."



"so, any design work? what do you want the hilt to look like? do you want a stone set in it or not?" Yes can I get the base of the hand grip something hard and dont need to be flashy just solid, so I can bash with it? The sword is way better then what I could have ever dreamed of otherwise." Jon says almost glowing with joy as he eyes the blade. Even in the un-finished state it beats his sword hands down. Jon is quickly falling in love with his new blade.

 

[Goonmaster]

Kath sees Petra again

As Kath sees Petra, her heart bounces. And her attire is absolutely gorgeous. For once, Kath is the one who feels under-dressed, and she is covered in blood. She wipes herself off, rushes towards her, and hugs her like her life depended on it, making sure not to soil her stunning dress.
“Petra!! I thought you’d left town already! I was so sad! Yes, I just quit Ludmilla’s this morning. It was a tough decision, but after the other night, I figured I could put my talents to better use, and try my chance at …well…the World, you know? Funny what only one night can do to someone…”
She blushes a bit.
“You look…different by the way…I love it. What’s the occasion?”

 

[siobhancan99]

Reply to Kath

Petra smiles and hugs Kath back a moment, then extricates herself "i came to find you at work and they said you had quit. I assumed that you probably hadn't bothered to get yourself new lodgings, because you're kind of impetuous, and I came to check on you and see if you needed somewhere to stay." she Smiles at the half elf "I figured I could feed you and put you up for a bit. till you found something permanent" she looks around the field hospital "unless you want to barracks with the dragoons i guess..."

 

[siobhancan99]

The dwarf hmmms as Jon doesn't really provide a lot of description for inlay or anything. They speak a bit, amongs themselves in dwarvish, and then sketch out some orcish designs for the blade and show him a drawing of a hilt with a sinple stone set in it, but the base of the pommel is still steal for bashing.

 

[JonathanBair]

When Jon see's the drawing... The joy and clear as Jon nods eagerly with arpoveal.. Jon says "Looks wonderful far better then in my dreams." As he is more impressed then just a bit ago with seeing it for the first time.

 

[Goonmaster]

Kath fans herself with her hands.
“Oh by the Demigoddess, you’d let me stay with you? I couldn’t think of a better place in this World! Thank you SO much!”
She hugs Petra once more, and giggles.
“As much as I enjoy the Dragoon barracks, it DOES get a bit cramped in there after a while ..and the smell, ugh! Fun times…Here, walk with me for a bit while I make my final round. I think everyone is gonna live. The Demigoddess is in a good mood today.”
She checked on all her patients, and asked the priests/acolytes if they needed anything else before she called it a day.

 

[siobhancan99]

Reply to Jon

The dwarves mutter among themselves, and the human ushers Jon to the exit "It will be a week or so before the blade is ready. Perhaps two. you can't rush these things you know" he smiles "you can either check in in a week, or if you've a location you're staying we can send word"

 

[siobhancan99]

Reply to Kath

Petra laughs "gods you're such a goof" she hugs Kath and walks with her, then waits for her to clean up and get her things. They walk up the river road, as there's fewer checkpoints. Petra has a badge she shows so they aren't harassed "I'm technically part of Konrad's retinue right now." she pauses at an Inn, and comes out with a small barrell of beer and a basket Kath can smell food in the basket as it's handed over. They walk up the river, almost to the Gate and there they walk up a set of steps to an apartment over a shop "I own the building. The rent from the shop helps with the upkeep on the house."

Petra lets them in, and Kath can see a well appointed single room apartment. It's spaciious, about 15 by 40, with a large fireplace at one end, and a door to a balcony at the other. In the middle of one wall there is a bed. There's a table, some rugs with pillows strewn about for seating, training manequins and a collection of weapons, mostly daggers and other concealable items.

Petra gestures for Kath to set the basket down and she hammers a tap into the barrel. She goes over and grabs two mugs, filling them with Pilsner from the tap. "there's Cevapcici and Pogacha in there. get it out while it is hot" there's plates by the table, and cutlery on a little shelf. "