more salvatoresque crap — avert your eyes while you still can (part 1)

She gasped bloodily as i held her.  "Don't... hhhh... don't let him... get away."

I lost the fight against my tears.  "Damn it.  Damn him.  Don't— don't—"

She coughed up laughter and blood.  "Don't tell me... that i stole your heart... after i stole your purse."  And she exhaled for the last time.

I put Cossu's corpse down and grabbed my axe.  I'd managed to chase Teraad off; i'd interrupted the evil bastard's spell, whatever it was that he intended to set upon me, but with my luck he'd by now found some magical device that would expel my bowels from my body and set them upon me like a nest of enchanted, bloody, rubbery snakes.  Still... i had to finish the job or die trying.  Damn adventurer contracts.  I needed to get a better agent.

I ran down the corridor.  I could hear him cursing and throwing things around in his library.  Good, i still had a chance.  I charged into the room and saw him at the other end of the long room, as he whirled around with a large fire opal in his hand.

"HA!  You pitiful mercenaries gave me a good fight, but all that's left of your company is one very bloody thug!"  He sneered at me as i still came at him (what, you thought i was going to stop and listen to his bullshit?).  "Meet your fiery end, worm!"  And he started chanting, and i started praying, and he started screaming as he suddenly exploded into flames, and i stopped running towards him and started backing away.  The fire that engulfed him kept growing.  I turned around and fled back to the giant atrium.  I started to pick up Cossu's corpse, until i saw the fire that had followed me was starting to fill the room.  I ran towards the outer wall as i apologized to her ghost, even as i could hear her memory in my mind giggling and saying, "A cremation's a PERFECTLY acceptable burial, silly!"  I started to rappel down the wall when the keep exploded and everything went dark.

I woke up in some thorn bushes and saw the keep's flaming remains.  No treasure, no companions, and our horses had run away.  I started walking back towards the King's Road as i considered a career change.

more salvatoresque crap — avert your eyes while you still can (part 1)

She gasped bloodily as i held her.  "Don't... hhhh... don't let him... get away."

I lost the fight against my tears.  "Damn it.  Damn him.  Don't— don't—"

She coughed up laughter and blood.  "Don't tell me... that i stole your heart... after i stole your purse."  And she exhaled for the last time.

I put Cossu's corpse down and grabbed my axe.  I'd managed to chase Teraad off; i'd interrupted the evil bastard's spell, whatever it was that he intended to set upon me, but with my luck he'd by now found some magical device that would expel my bowels from my body and set them upon me like a nest of enchanted, bloody, rubbery snakes.  Still... i had to finish the job or die trying.  Damn adventurer contracts.  I needed to get a better agent.

I ran down the corridor.  I could hear him cursing and throwing things around in his library.  Good, i still had a chance.  I charged into the room and saw him at the other end of the long room, as he whirled around with a large fire opal in his hand.

"HA!  You pitiful mercenaries gave me a good fight, but all that's left of your company is one very bloody thug!"  He sneered at me as i still came at him (what, you thought i was going to stop and listen to his bullshit?).  "Meet your fiery end, worm!"  And he started chanting, and i started praying, and he started screaming as he suddenly exploded into flames, and i stopped running towards him and started backing away.  The fire that engulfed him kept growing.  I turned around and fled back to the giant atrium.  I started to pick up Cossu's corpse, until i saw the fire that had followed me was starting to fill the room.  I ran towards the outer wall as i apologized to her ghost, even as i could hear her memory in my mind giggling and saying, "A cremation's a PERFECTLY acceptable burial, silly!"  I started to rappel down the wall when the keep exploded and everything went dark.

I woke up in some thorn bushes and saw the keep's flaming remains.  No treasure, no companions, and our horses had run away.  I started walking back towards the King's Road as i considered a career change.