Wednesday, March 16, 2022

A Quest Resolves (Part 1)

"So after we tracked down all the Deathlords, it was finally time to go to the castle and face Lord Darkblood Killdeath himself."  Wolf Knight was explaining to a patient looking Lazer Gaiden as he finished cleaning the last of the dog drool from his desk.

"I thought you were visiting family."  Lazer Gaiden said, eyeing Turbo Thunder.

"I uh...well the truth was, I went to help Wolf Knight on his quest."  Turbo replied.  "I thought he could use the help."

"And you realize that the council didn't actually expect Wolf Knight to come back, right?"  The Super Wizard pressed.

A silence fell across the room as all of them absorbed this information.

"I told you so."  Wolf Knight said, turning to Turbo.

"But he did come back!"  Turbo argued.  "We all did!"

"Is this going to take much longer?"  Burning Mermaid asked.  "I have a few items in my possession that have some nasty curses loaded into them set to activate on contact with dog drool.  I need to make sure they didn't kill anyone.  Or if they did, that my dad sends them to the right places."

"Why would you have them set to..."  Lazer Gaiden started, but then stopped.  "You know what?  I don't want to know.  Anyway, what happened next?"

"Well, when we got to the castle, Lord Darkblood Killdeath took us to the roof."  Wolf Knight said.  "When we reached it, the six other deathlords were waiting."

"Six?"  Lazer Gaiden asked.  "There are eight of them though."

"I stabbed one in the face."  Burning Mermaid said.

"Ah."  Lazer Gaiden replied.

 "So...once we were there..."  Wolf Knight started.

"He challenged us to a game of Wizardball!"  Turbo Thunder chimed in.

"Since no one actually knows how to play Wizardball, he expected to win by default."  Burning Mermaid added.

"He's not wrong, I suppose."  Lazer Gaiden said, thoughtfully.  "How'd that go then?"

The three students exchanged looks.  "That's...where the story starts to get a little weird."  Wolf Knight replied.