heart to heart talks

Basil's perspective

As we entered the village we seen that most of the houses have giant tortoise shell roofs. they had a small farm growing some vegetables and a Treant guarding the farm. so I asked the village leader <I didn't know you could tame Treant> The village leader looked and said <yes you can they protect our crops by eating anything that would try eating our crops.>

as we continue through the village I couldn't help but notice how quiet it is. I guess because the migurdia they rely on telepathy. as we continue going through The village we come to the largest Hut in the village which appears to be the village heads home as he's letting us stay there for the night.

sylphy took norn and Aisha out to play as the rest of us discuss our plans with the village tea chief. as I go over once again what had happened to us. I began to tell them my plan. my plan is simple work as an adventure gain money and then move on to the next city. it was at this point that Ruijerd mentioned that he was going to go with us to make sure we got home safely. The village Chief ended up mentioning something I didn't think of when I accepted Ruijerd as a guide apparently he isn't allowed inside the cities.

Ruijerd said <I will go with them to make sure that they are safe even if I have to slaughter everyone in the city to do so> The village chief rebuttaled <always lose yourself when it comes to children do you really think that would help your tribes reputation can you really achieve your goal like that> curious I asked Ruijerd <what is your goal> he gave a short reply <to restore my tribes honor> I take a deep breath as I begin looking at the roof I was contemplating things trying to figure out how I would get him into the city or if there's any way to help him.

after a while I finally spoke <can you tell me why there are rumors about superd being bloodthirsty animals> Ruijerd began telling me his tale. apparently long story short lapless gave them enchanted Spears the spears made the superd go mad and start attacking everyone and they ended up killing their own family. it only stopped when there's fear was broken but by that time it was already too late they were ostracized everywhere. I continue to look up at the ceiling taking deep breaths.

finally I break the silence again by saying <I can't do much but I'll try to help with your tribes reputation and I think I might have an idea of how to get you inside the city without people knowing> Ruijerd looks at me and says <you would really do that for me> I nodded and then the village chief asks what my plan is to get them inside the city. I replied <easy all we have to do is get him to shave his head then we need something to go over his head to cover his third eye and with that covered the rest should be smooth sailing> The village Chief says<that sounds like that very well could work> we both look at Ruijerd he just said it will be done when we leave.

dinner that night was tortoise stew and again I had a hard time getting Norn and Aisha to eat it. to be fair it did taste kind of gross but I wasn't going to complain about free food. soon things started winding down as everybody started getting tired and laying down on the ground to sleep. it was just me and Lilia that were still up.

I had a lot on my mind trying to figure out how to find our families where are they even too many questions. it was keeping me from sleep.

Aunt Lilia ended up patting my head telling me that I should get to sleep I responded that I can't that I'm worried about the others. Lilia tries to soothe my worries by saying that <my mom and dad are both ex-adventures that they should be able to handle themselves. that my brother Rudy is an excellent mage in a pretty smart to boot. that Laws and his wife we're pretty good when it comes to surviving the wild. and with Philip and Hilda they're both nobles so with that they should be fine>

I responded by saying <my father's arrogant I can see him biting off more than he can chew yes my mother is an adventure but she's not that skilled in hand to hand combat. my brother although he might have excellent capabilities he hesitates gets thinking about things too much and has his own oversights. Laws and his wife have very little combat skills. Philip and Hilda because they are nobles it means that they are very valuable> Lilia continue stroking my head saying <you can't help anyone if you don't take care of yourself you won't be able to save anyone> I tried I tried to say something else but then Aunt Lilia hug me saying<know what you feel but right now what you need is to sleep you can continue to worry tomorrow> I nodded as I laid my head down and fell asleep.

the next day Aunt Lilia wakes me up saying that it's almost noon. which causes me to jump in surprise that I slept so long and I asked <why didn't you wake me up earlier> she smiles at me and says <because you needed it> I just gave a saw and started packing up my things and getting ready to go. on our way out of the village I ran into Roxy's father who had someone else with him and she introduced herself as Rokari. I performed the nobleman's bow and introduced myself. and she handed us a sword and some money for the trip and before I left they asked that if I seen Roxy to tell her to come by sometime after saying that I will we were off with the bald headed Ruijerd leading the way.