“Yup, yup, Rodger that Cap’n!” He piped happily, swinging a hand up to tousle the girl’s hair. Setting off at a trot, he aimed to right his direction back to where he had been going. Before the hill rolling, elephants and whatnot. A brief moment of forlorn loss panged as he realised he...
Raury stood for a moment, musing over what to do about the whole mess.
Jus’ a confused wee thing, after all. Shouldn’t be runnin’ ‘round here at all. Let alone by herself. Probably scared ta the dickens.
Draining off another long swallow from a half-tanked gourd, Raury took a step forward...
After the moment of brief, heat-seizing terror that was watching a small child explode into glass in his hands had passed...who are we kidding? Those moments do not pass that quickly.
“What the bloody hell!?” He sobbed, terrified that he had done something wrong and trying mindlessly to...
These bones were growing weary. The fluidity of youth had steadily been draining for some time. Bones grow brittle. Eyes grow rheumy. And the mind wearies from the endless weight of time as it presses ever downward. A lifetime of hunting had only exacerbated the natural course of life, but...
The strangely colorful bursting of a baby elephant just inches from one’s own head is not something you just forget. Or ignore. Or anything else involving the discarding of thoughts. Fantastical in its absurdity, Raury was dazed by the entire experience. Both from mental and physical...
Just as he had entirely innocently restrained the little fox girl, Raury had thought the root of the problem had been established. Maybe now he could get some answers, then be once more merrily on his way, drinkin’ and laughin’ just as happy as a clam stuffed with pearls. But then the...
Landing far more gracefully this time around, Raury glanced around wildly, seeking the source of this madness as bits of shattered dragon rained down around him. There! A flash of movement from a tree nearby. And a...girl fell out. A little girl.
“The flyin’ fuck?” he gasped, throat still...
That glorious moment when a solid strike hits. It’s a beautiful thing, feeling your force collide with another. Yours winning out, and your opponent caving. He felt this charge of elation, that singular feeling of satisfaction, as his palm connected with the dragon. He felt, he watched, as...
He had expected something most likely dangerous. Maybe a sneak attack, or perhaps some wilds barbarian striking from the nearby brush. Gremlins, goblins, kittens and more dogs perhaps. Fucking plains raiders. But no one really expects a goddamn dragon.
Yet as he spun to his feet, there the...
Raury rolled to his feet upon striking the creature, staring back at where it had been moments ago. As far as his reckoning went, animals and insects alike, no matter how grotesquely large, were not supposed to just...poof.
“Where’s the ‘Ooouuugh...’” he muttered, blinking rapidly...
What can turn an innocent moment of happiness into a horrifying death lock in under five seconds flat? If you answered scorpions, you would be correct. In this case, anyway. Halfway through his second descent he noticed he was no longer alone. This realization came as quite a surprise. Both...
A wonderful hill bathed comfortably in fine honey-gold light sat amongst its brothers, proud, but not too tall. The grass grew in abundance, lending the land beneath it its handsome and soft bristles. Reeds slapped playfully at each other, swaying in gentle dance at the cadence of a crisp...
Letting out a few steaming breaths, he tried to clear his head while the adrenaline rush began to fade. He was still somewhat bewildered by the entire scenario, and wouldn’t have minded venturing a question or two, but decided he couldn’t speak bloody mess and left well and well alone...
Grunting in muffled rage as his attack was cast aside, Raury caught the legs of his assailant in an effort to divert the force of the kick. The discharged wave of reiatsu, finding no mark, exploded errantly, sending both man and wolf alike sprawling in the aftershock. The kick’s full...
The hounds swift reprisal halted Raury’s intent of pressing the advantage, quickly reducing him to frantically staving off tooth and claw as he fought to maneuver into a more favorable situation. Batting away one of the leaping beasts with the back of his hand and quickly rolling out of the...
“News flash, fucker, I ain’t got a clue what yer spoutin’ b’out!” As the hunter had gained his feet, Raury had already been disengaging, taking a quick succession of steps back to avoid reprisal. His movement had been too sluggish to avoid the entirety of the assault, and his lapse earned...
Though the chilling howl pierced his ears, Raury saw none of the blur of motion, having been in the middle of falling flat on his face. Deciding to move forward once more, he had taken his first step. Poorly.
His attacker’s seeking fist whizzed through the empty space that not moments ago...