Joined: Aug 2003 Gender: Female Posts: 11 Location: Nidea
A Stunning Proposal « Thread Started on Aug 10, 2003, 6:20am »
A few months have passed since Samee Flanberg made the Greenswill Inn her temporary home. She wakes up in the afternoon, drinks until the morning, and sleeps during the day. The exciting life of a wandering warrior is never without its quirks.
-------------------------------------------
"And then...and then!!! That's not all!!! You have to hear about how I defeated the monster of the Kinne Pass!"
The barkeeper rolled his eyes. Not this again. She'd always come down from her room, demand eggs, meat, and beer, and talk endlessly about her adventures. Not that they weren't exciting, just that she had a habit of repeating the same story over and over again...
"It was all big and hairy and eww. I drew my sword and insulted it repeatedly until it CAME AT ME."
Samee makes swinging motions with her arms. The barkeep cant help but chuckle as he watches her reenact the fight. He crosses his arms.
"And then what happened?" he asks.
"SMACK!!!!!" cries Samee, swiping the air with her sword arm. "He got a big gash...right on his face!!!"
She begins to laugh, amused by her own story. The barkeep watches as she guzzles the last of her beer. Samee was not totally drunk, but she was almost there. Her cheeks were bright pink. It was almost morning, and the bar was completely empty except for those two.
"Want another?" the barkeep asks, taking her empty glass away.
"Suuuuuure!" nods Samee, eating her eggs with her fingers. Samee always liked eggs.
The barkeep smiles and goes back to the counter to fill her glass again. Samee continues to eat her eggs. Suddenly, a loud clang is heard from the entrance of the bar. Samee jumps up from her seat. The barkeep turns around from refilling Samee's beer to look at the source of the loud noise.
A mysterious figure stands at the door to the bar. He wore a hooded blue cloak and carried with him a long metal staff, no doubt the instrument he used to get everyone's attention. The man was tall and had long golden hair that hung down from the opening of his cloak. He stepped inside, into the light, and took his hood off. He had a handsome face, Samee thought.
"Got any business here?" the barkeep asks.
"In fact, I do," the cloaked man replies, "I've got a proposal."
"Then you've got no business with me," the barkeep shrugs, "Perhaps you should talk with her."
The barkeep points to the woman in the corner of the bar. The cloaked man shifts his eyes to Samee, who is staring at him from her seat in the corner.
"Hmph," the cloaked man retorts after walking over to Samee's table, "You look like you're going to go dancing instead of fighting. I don't think you're up to my task."
Samee rests her leg on the seat adjacent to hers, making a banging noise as her shoes knock against the wood of the chair. She folds her arms and stares at the man.
"What do you know?" she asks, frowning, "To me, you look like you stole clothes out of a woman's dresser, but that's just me..."
The cloaked man cackles as he takes a seat across from Samee.
"Actually, I've come specifically for you," he says in a low voice.
"For me?" Samee asks, completely uninterested, "I don't take jobs from lazy Suuran nobles. Forget it. You wanna kill someone, do it yourself."
"Ahh, so you know..." the man says, leaning back against his chair. "Yes, I am from Suuran. My name is Thyion."
He offers his hand to shake. Samee stares at his hand and keeps her arms crossed. Thyion smiles coolly, pulls his hand back, and continues.
"And yes, I would like to hire you for your skills as an assassin. How bright you are," Thyion confesses.
"All of my jobs are carried out in Charamal," Samee replies, "There's no guarantee I can get away in Suuran. Too risky."
"But isn't risk a part of the job?" asks Thyion, "I would very much like for you to take my proposal."
"Nope," Samee counters, "I'm not doing it. Go find someone else."
Thyion laughs and leans toward Samee.
"I happen to know what happened between you and the Duke of Pheros..." he says in a low voice, "Perhaps you'd like to keep out of the Knight's hands?"
Samee looks surprised. No one knows about that except for her, the Duke, and...
"You're blackmailing me!" she huffs, taking her leg off the chair and sitting straight up. "How low is that?"
"Regardless of what tactics I may use to get you, I don't think I'm doing anything 'low.' Nothing as bad as what you did, of course."
"I can't believe this!" shouts Samee, looking off in another direction to try and figure out what to do. She just didn't want to make eye contact with that stupid man...
"Everything all right?" asks the barkeep from the counter. He was wiping the clean glasses and putting them on the shelves. Apparently, he didn't bring her beer to the table because he wanted to stay out of her business.
"It's fine!" assures Samee. The barkeep nods and goes back to wiping the glasses.
"You are such scum, you sorcerers..." growls Samee, "I'll do your job, but for a price."
"But of course," the man grins, "I can't hire you without giving you compensation."
"Heh."
"200,000 gold coins for the kidnapping, another 100,000 for the murder," Thyion suggests.
"Kidnapping?" asks Samee.
"Yes, I can't expect you to kill this person right where you find them. I want you to take this person out of the city and then kill them," the man replies.
"Fine."
"When the job is done, I'll meet you back here in two weeks with your money. If the job is not finished, you can expect the Charamal Knights to find you shortly," explains Thyion.
"And? Who am I killing here?"
The cloaked man hands her a paper with a description on it. He then gets up, bows, and leaves the bar without making a sound. Samee looks at the paper for a while. What a way to end her unemployment streak...
-------------------------------------
"Leaving already?" the barkeep asks, "Why not wait until daylight?"
Samee slings her pack over her shoulder and pays the barkeep for her stay.
"Nope," she shakes her head, "I've gotta get going. Or I'll miss my chance."
"Well, okay. Hopefully we'll be seeing you again soon..."
![[Home]](http://members.lycos.co.uk/windrealm/images/home.gif)
![[Help]](http://members.lycos.co.uk/windrealm/images/help.gif)
![[Search]](http://members.lycos.co.uk/windrealm/images/search.gif)
![[Login]](http://members.lycos.co.uk/windrealm/images/login.gif)
![[Register]](http://members.lycos.co.uk/windrealm/images/register.gif)
![[Search This Thread]](http://s4.images.proboards.com/search2.gif)
![[Send Topic To Friend]](http://s4.images.proboards.com/buttons/sendtopic.gif)
![[Print]](http://s4.images.proboards.com/buttons/print.gif)
Author
![[avatar]](http://members.hometown.aol.com/_hta/sameemon/images/sameeavatar2gif.gif){kind=avatar}
Logged![[image]](http://members.hometown.aol.com/_hta/sameemon/images/sameebannergif.gif)