Emillion Mods (emillionmods) wrote in emillion, @ 2014-10-11 21:36:00 |
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The merchant's hands twisted together, a nervous look in his eye as he shifted his weight from foot to foot. Nearly a year ago he'd lost a shipment of precious metals when a trade ship had been lost in the various attacks on the docks. Now, he simply hoped - after scrimping, saving, and pulling things together for the course of the past year - that this new shipment wouldn't be lost as well. However, when the trader's boy came stumbling into his shop - the poor boy couldn't be more than sixteen - half beaten by... Something... it would seem, the merchant's first response was to run over to the boy, attempting to help him off of his feet, but the boy seemed as though he wouldn't have anything of it. "My father!" Came an outcry as the merchant attempted to steer the boy to a chair. "Are you all right? What happened?" "A monster!" "A monster...?" The merchant paused, trying to assess if the boy was in shock or not. "Yes! They scared our chocobos into crashing the wagon! Father is trapped with the merchandise and trying to catch the birds but those monsters made him climb up a tree to get away from them! If it weren't for him distracting them I wouldn't have been able to come down here and try to get help! Please mister, you gotta help me! I don't want them to eat my dad!" "It's all right son." A beat. "It'll be okay. We'll get your father out of there." Already a plan was emerging in the man's mind. "We'll just need some help." |