Sophia White
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Aqua arrived at the Thirsty Goat, absolutely exhausted. Annie had her running ragged trying to take advantage of the empty space left by the dissolution of Browning Brewery. She popped her knees, and adjusted the flowers in her tealish-blue beard; she put a lot of effort into looking like she wasn’t putting a lot of effort into her appearance. Between her collection of fashionable dresses and her very expensive silver armour accents, she was quite the fetching dwarfess if she said so herself. Her…-
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Living in a fantasy world gives a man - er, Dwarf - a lot of options. Should I work on learning more magic with Richter? Should I ask Balin to take me into the dungeon? Should I start trying to revolutionize gnomish tinkering with futuristic knowledge? Should I take up an axe and learn how to fight in case I’m ever attacked by monsters again? All the options meant I was in danger of losing the plot. A plot whereby I was an interdimensional traveler Chosen from his own plane and placed in a different…
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Malt brought me down into the dark places of the Guild of Brewers. I was on my guard, for there were likely older and fouler things than Malt here, in the deep places of the Erd. I waved my hand in front of my nose and tried not to breathe. That Every once in a while we met a black-robed Titled and went through a series of formal greetings before continuing on our way. What should have been a two minute trip down to Malt’s office quickly ballooned into a twenty minute nightmare. “It gets a bit…
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I had several meetings today; three in fact. First I had to see an object, then a grain, then a fruit. All in all, Gnomish and Dwarvish names could be very hunger and/or confusion inducing at times. “So you truly think Whistlemop himself will hire me?” Asked the finely dressed, but slightly wide gnome following closely behind me. We may have turned Bimbleberry down for working at the brewery, but I was absolutely not going to throw away such an incredible find right while we were expanding. As for…
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I spent the next hour or so just chatting with my brother. Balin was the first dwarf on Erd who gave me compassion and comradeship. He was strong-hearted, kind, considerate, brave, and outgoing. You could trust him to have your back in a scrap, and he couldn’t tell a lie to save his life. He was a bit of a royalist, but nobody's perfect. I sent Zirce to grab us coffees from Joejam Cuppa and then Balin and I retired to the alley out back. It was nice and cool and quiet, only occupied by a pack of…
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I peeked inside the sack and cringed at the slimy organ-like sacs filling the bag. There were also a number of vines, flowers, and other odds and ends. “I know I asked you to bring me stuff you got in the dungeon Balin, but… why?” Balin gave a giant smile. “Just you wait till ya hear what those are Pete! Let me tell you how I gottem. It all started when we were fightin’ a terrible monster in tha Darkwood…” — “Fer Crack and Annie!!!” Balin charged forward into the flailing mouth…
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Bimblebery was impressive, but he didn’t quite hit the same level as Kirk when it came to However, when Richter jumped up in his way, Bimbleberry bounced off and onto the floor. He was back up on his feet in an instant, smoothly apologizing, but the Thirsty Goat could get a bit rowdy, and that was going to be an issue. Bimbleberry One thing that made Bimbleberry stand out from Kirk was that he didn’t return to the kitchen to deliver orders. He vanished them into his paper storage, and with a…
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I glanced over the resumés again. “I dunno Annie. They’re both amazing.” “What, you don’t want the goatboy anymore?” Aqua asked. She was doing some cleanup around the brewpub while Annie and I discussed who we wanted to hire. “He insulted our princess. We don’t need some dirty goatboy that can’t appreciate true beauty, isn’t that right, Penelope?” I pulled Penelope's head close by her horn and gave her a nuzzle. She gave me a testy head butt and pranced off, her tail held high.…
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“So, uh, I'm just gonna step outside for a second." I began. “NOOOPE!” Aqua put her arms up in an ‘X’. “Explanations first! How do you speak Manish, and why did that seem to surprise “Aqua, we're still in the middle of an interview.” Annie said crossly, pointing at Kirk. “We can always discuss this later.” Kirk immediately gained my I knew it! Sudden and inevitable betrayal! “See! He knows how things work. Smart move, maybe new guy. Spill Pete!” Aqua walked over to my seat…
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“Would you please invite the first applicant in, Ms. Aqua?” I pitched my voice to practically Aqua flinched. “Ugh, that’s even creepier than when you and Whistlemop do that simultaneous evil laugh thing. I still have nightmares about that time I walked into the room and the two of you were cackling at nothing.” “Why, Ms. Aqua, I do declare! If ya have any complaints with my behaviour you are more than welcome to bring ‘em up with dwarven resources. Oh wait, that would be “Annie, do you…
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