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Tue 1st Nov 2022 01:16

27. Old Dwarf Road

by Rory Emberscale

sooo... nuthin happind in the nite tho we got up and wint bak to the gilden iwon to tawk to fwanz abowt wat we fownd tho far. i think ith a gud idea to giv one of tha wockie tockieth to fwanz or lard comandor jerky jutht in cathe we ever gotta tell them thomethin agin and sortafine thinkth ith a gud idea to.
 
well we git to fwanz and we tell him evwything even abowt the portelth that we wint thwu and we giv him thome noteth abowt it altho. wile were hear i akthted him if he mabee comed acwotth n e thing elthe abowt the mammith thimbel and that name on the paper he gave me. he thaid he did and that he herd abowt wut happind to me gettin taked away fwom my famiwy and thtuff. he thaid he dont no wher wufwik the wadewewew ith but he thaid ith pwobwy a gud ideea to thtawt wookin awound the aweath north of kithwev way up north in the fwotht. he thaid ith cold up there tho we dethide to by thome cwothes to keep uth worm. and we giv fwanth a wockie tockie and he thaid thankth and ith gud that we want to keep in tuch becuz not many other gwoopth want to do that. we go meat the wetht of the gwoop at the meth hall. not the dwug but the eetin kind of meth hall. u no wat im tawkin abowt.
 
n e way twevow thaid heth more than happy to help uth with any pewthonal thingth if we got n e thing to take cawe of and gold wath wike yea we gotta figgur owt wat happind to wowy and hith pawenth. i told them i didnt want to put them owt doing thomethin for me but they wudnt withten. ekthept fwaya she wath all wike WELL WAT AM I GONNA GIT OWT OF IT WATH IN IT FOR ME and im wike wook u dont have to help becuz you wath thuppothed to be with uth for the iwon but you can thtick awownd if you want and mabee nuthin ith in it for u ekthept mabee gettin thtwonger and better thkillth and thtuff. thin she thaid that she didnt hav much tiem weft for wat she hath to find owt or thomethin wike that and i wath wike how old do u think i am and she didnt no but she new i am not a kid and i thaid ekthactwy. evewything that happind to me my famiwy my fwiendth and my home hath alwedy happind or even ith thtill happening and that ive alweddy wan owt of tiem and that i cant even wemembew wat happind in the time between then and now. i dont no if i maid her mad but she dont have to help if she dont want to.
 
anyway we do watevr shopping we gotta do cuz we pwan to weave in tha mowning. gold gave me won of the helth poshins that he bot and he wudnt wet me pay him bak tho i thankd him and wint with the otherth to find thoren to hav him figgur owt wat tha neckwathe and the thord are all abowt. we find him and we akth him abowt are thtuff. he thaid the neckwathe ith a cornite waiding ainker thomethin abowt it can open a wift to cornth pwathe i dont get it but it thowndth cool! it leth uth twavel to that fiery pwathe that the portel tuk uth the othew day. and he thaid the thord ith a hell bwade and that if thomewon attakth with it they mite not be able to thtop until they thnap owt of it but it hits a bit hawdew than other thordth wike it. that thowndth vewy cool but wetthin doethnt theen to wike it cuz heth afwaid i mite attak uth inthted of the bad guyth. i twied to make a joke abowt well mabee i cud him him with it but he didnt wike that joke.
 
i tawkd with gold abowt the thord and he thinkth ith a gud idea to uthe it but if thingth get outta hand we mite haf to think abowt uthing it agin. i thaid i wud twy weal hawd not to atak the gwoop and he thaid thankth.
 
we tawk abowt how we r gonna git to kithwev and we come up with thome ideath. i thot it wud be a gud idea to athk awownd here firtht to thee if they cud git uth there fathter and if not maybee they no where to go to make that happin. i go bak to fwonth and tell him im sowwy fow athkin tho miny quethchinth and i athk if he nose a way to git there fathter. he thaid no but he thaid we shud twy gettin to averhime i git a bote to nuln but if that didnt work we cud go to altdorf and they shud hav a portel to git uth to kithwev. i thaid how do we no ith will take uth there inthed of thomewher elthe wike thothe portleth we jutht wint thwu and he thaid thethe wonth wud be thafe tho that wath gud enuff for me.
 
i wint bak and told the gwoop abowt wat fwanth thaid and they were wike ok on to averhime! tho we thtawt walkin down old dorf rode and we make it to a thity calld gwinthtat or thomethin wike that. it wookth wike ith pwetty garded but ith thuper busy. there ith a buncha cawtht goin in and owt but it wookth wike we gotta pay to git in. well we paid and we got in. we twy to find a gwoop thath goin to averhime tho mabee we can twavel with them and defend them for thome money on the way. we fownd won and they thaid they cud pay uth all thome thilver and were wike ya thatht gud tho we will meat them in the morning.
 
then we fownd an in to thtay at but it wath THUPER BUSY tho we had to wate to git are woom and thome food. they onwy had one woom and ith kinda thmall tho we gotta all fit in there thomehow but thath okay. aftew we ate i wached sortafine and twevow pway thome weerd kind of wowwieth i dont get how it workth but aftew a wile sortafine one tho that wath cool to thee!
 
aftew thati thot i wud twy to find thomeone to tell me wat that awwow ith that i hav. i fownd a appwaither or somethin wike that and he toad me that ith a vewy old and powewful awwow hed on there calld twue fwite that can do all kindth of twitht and turnth to hit wat the perthon wath shooting at. he thaid he wud giv me wike 50 gold fow it but i thaid i dont wanna thell it i jutht want to no wat it tih. i tuk it bak fwom him and thin he thaid he wud giv me 100 gold and im wike thankth but i got a fwind who mite cud uthe it. i gave him a gold to thank him fow tewwin me wat it wath and thin i tuk it bak to the in to show twevow. i told him evewything that the guy told me abowt it and that he even told me where we mite cud go to get thome made. twevow wath confuthed cuz he doethnt uthe a bow and awwowth but i thaid mabee we cud make them into thothe wittle oneth he utheth for hith cwoth bow and he wath wike oh that wud be awethome thankth wowy.
 
twevow thaid ith gettin wate and we gotta meat up with thothe othew peepel tho we better git thome thweep. i agweed and jutht made my bed on the fwoor nektht to him and wint to thweep.