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Sat 16th Apr 2022 02:07

Telling my Truth

by Never Nestknitter

Well, I told everyone my story. They all were mighty nice about it. Said it wasn't my fault seeing how I was only a kid at the time of the dragon attack. They don't even want me to leave the group or nothin'. I appreciate their kindness and understanding, but I can't help but wonder if it's misplaced. I'm not a fool, I know a child never stood a chance at defeating a dragon... But my little brothers an' sisters all bein' dead... that's all on me. If I hadn't made them hide in that damn tree... If I'da kept 'em with me... Or if we had ran... Or hid underground... There are so many ways it coulda turned out different. One bad choice cost me everything.
 
On our journey to the headwaters, we got attacked by a mist of all things. One shot from Arc is all it took to take care of that.
 
A time later, we fell into a sinkhole. There we got attacked again. This time by a thing one of the others said goes by the Name Karen Crawler. Strange name for a monster. My Aubrey got the final attack on that thing. IN anouther room, we found some electrum and some mighty fine tinker's tools that got Arc all in a tizzy. In anouther room there was a huge golem. Without even thinking, I shot an arrow at the thing, which seemed to irk it cuz then it attacked us. Maybe I shoulda tried talking to it first. Guess we'll never know. It put up a real fight, but finally one of my arrows stopped it. When we inspected the golem, we found a ruby inside. Arc said it is what was powering it. There wasn't anything else in that pit, so Arc made a device that let us get out of that sinkhole.
 
At one point we saw a beautiful white stag. It knelt in front of Abby, and we all got warm and tingly. I'm not sure exactly what happened, but I'm pretty sure it was good.
 
For one reason or another, Bob started talking to me in my head. He told me his real name is actually Rerae. Good to know, 'cept he asked me I don't tell any of the others on account a he don't trust none of them.
I told him I think they're all good eggs and he should let them in. He said he'd ponder on it.
 
A little while later we reached a sign that read, "Qaeryn Creek." It marks the boundary of Stonebriarshire. Hey wait a minute... Qaeryn... ya know what? I bet that thing we fought is called a Qaeryn Crawler, not Karen Crawler!

Continue reading...

  1. Onward
  2. The Adventure Begins
  3. Overcoming Fear
  4. Cousin Companion
  5. The Change Within
  6. Metal Ruins
  7. There and Back Again
  8. Haunted House and a Hag Hut Oh My!
  9. Home...
  10. Telling my Truth
  11. The Death of Never Nestknitter
  12. Meteor Mishap
  13. Mind Splinter
  14. Missing
  15. Barg's Orcs
  16. ...
  17. My Family
  18. Ciendris
  19. An Awakening?
  20. Flower and Travels
  21. My Most Recent Failure
  22. Terrible Days
  23. A New Friend
  24. Barg & Phindwillas
  25. Barg's Back
  26. The End of Asharreth
  27. A Conversation with a Giant Dead Tree
  28. Family Visits
  29. Shady Folk
  30. We're Spies!
  31. Nirksi's Safe House
  32. Nirksi's Safe House part 2
  33. It's Been a While
  34. Titles and a Keep
  35. Mad as a Box of Frogs
  36. Not Knitted Nest
  37. Into the Light
  38. Are all Angels Bitches?
  39. A Year in the Life
  40. Double Knight
  41. Feeling Lost
  42. One with the Earth
  43. Let's Do the Time Loop Again
  44. Into the Shadowfell
  45. I Don't Want to Lose Arc...
  46. The Road to Kiivj'gakh
  47. Four Years
  48. Bittersweet
  49. The Festival
  50. Oops
  51. The Guide Revealed
  52. Betrayal
  53. Horror
  54. The Beginning of the End
  55. Goodbyes
  56. Ch-ch-changes

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