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Tue 5th May 2020 01:28

Castle in the Clouds

by Iados

So, long time, no see. Been a while. Been busy setting up my Dens - but it was nice seeing the croc and the others again. Who'd have thought? A bloke named Tyre Summit was on his way - one of Monrett's finest - so I thought I'd ask some of my mates in the Den if they knew anything. And boy, did they have some juicy news about what Summit had been up to behind enemy lines... if you catch my drift ;) Baqara was kind of busy, so I tried persuating the croc to make a fool out of Summit if need be so I wouldn't look like a bloody idiot alone - I think I made somewhat of a deal with him. Anyway, Summit was every part the silver spoon, stuck-up prick I thought he'd be - sending his son to sniff out the premises like a lap dog, marching into the throne room like he owned the bloody place, and asking Ghostboy to stop doing his thing. Reminded me of all the self-righteous pricks back in Monrett. I bit my tongue and entered a somewhat civil discussion with him. He didn't seem to like me mentioning old Gerald, but hell, what do I care. Later, we reconviened in Baqara's wagon. I dropped the bombshell, thinking we'd be about to do some lovely, but discrete blackmailing when all of the sudden Valok bloody explodes! When my eyes have stopped hurting and I could see again, Baqara's castle is bloody floating! Why do I hang out with these mates?

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