This choice: Stay where you are and try not to get kicked off! • Go Back...Chapter #5Knives, Knives, Knives! by: Doom   You fully expect to have to cling to the toe of this girl's boot, but when she begins walking, it turns out that won;t be a problem. The simple power of her steps presses you into her shoe with inescapable force, and the stench of the worn leather encases you.
It is when the foot lands after each step that your position is shaken, and you swing around wildly, powerless before a single walking cycle of a knife-happy goth.
Still, you cling on with all your spirit, more afraid of the fortune-teller tracking you down than whatever fate this ordinary, non-magical person could have in store for you.
She stomps to a stop after all too long a journey, her constant kicks to your chest bruising your fragile form. With the walking ended, you take the opportunity to climb a little higher, digging your fingers into foot-long scuffmarks to help your ascent. Above, the commerce of gods commences.
"So, these are real knives, yeah? No blunt shit?"
"Everything you see here is for real, mistress!" prattles the market seller, clearly in character as a medieval merchant. "Verily, thou shalt find no finer blade in all the land!"
Jesus. Anyway, hopefully she should be browsing the wares long enough for you to get away from her dangerous feet. Every inch you climb reawakens the damage she's already inflicted on you, and you don;t want to repeat the experience!
They talk above, distant monsters roaring at each other, and you pull yourself up sheer shin. You haven't thought beyond hitting knee-high on the woman, but you'll cross that chasm when you come to it.
"SHIT!"
A tower thunders down from above, gleaming steel embedding itself in the torn-up grass beneath you. The knife has landed point first, quivering before the toe of the woman that dropped it, the ornate faux-bronze pommel around your level. Why, if you were to jump, you could probably catch onto it, be there when the woman retrieves the blade...   indicates the next chapter needs to be written. |
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