Post by BronzTrooper on Jul 10, 2021 22:45:09 GMT
This town was kind of boring. Nice, but boring. Nothing interesting or fun happening, but nothing bad either. Maybe that last part was ok?
Not like I really knew where I wanted to go next, though. Would've probably helped to have a map, but oh well. Maybe the innkeeper here had a spare map he could give me? .... on second thought, probably not.
Still, the inn itself was nice enough, I guess. Comfy beds- at least, as comfy as they could be for me- and some good drinks. Well, drinks that weren't ale, rum, or whatever else people drank to get drunk. Was kind of surprised that they had milk here. Ooh, and the ham here was pretty good too.
"Well, hello there."
I raised an eyebrow and looked at the weird voice. Some human man had walked up to me while I was eating- I still find it funny that I'm as tall as most humans while sitting in a chair. They're so short compared to me.
"Never see one of you qunari around here, but I have to admit, you're real pretty," he said, smiling. It was a weird smile, though. Not a 'I'm happy' smile, but not one of those scary 'I'm crazy and gonna kill you' kind of smiles either. It was just weird.
I shrugged. "A lot of people say that. The 'pretty' part, I mean. Not the qunari part."
He looked confused for a bit. "Well, then they're just stating the obvious." That weird smile again.
"Umm... thanks, I guess." I decided to go back to eating my food.
"I do like taller women, just so you know." Guess I can't just ignore him?
"Good for you?"
"What would you say about going up to my room? We could get to know each other better."
"No thanks. I like my room."
"Ah, then perhaps we could just go to your room instead?"
I shrugged again. "Nope. I like having my own room."
He was quiet, but I was more interested in my food. I honestly forgot he was still there when he said, "How much for a night?"
I looked right at him, confused. "What?"
"How much coin to sleep with you?"
"I don't even know you- why would I want to sleep in the same bed as you?"
"What the-? Maker's balls, do I have to spell it out for you?"
I raised an eyebrow. "Spell what out?"
Well, now I think he's really annoyed. "Ugh, it's good that I'm just looking for a one-night thing." He shook his head. I kind of wanted that weird smile to come back. "Look, how about we go upstairs and I can show you what I'm trying to get at?"
"But I'm still eating."
Ok, now he seems pretty mad. "Fuck it- come on, let's go." He grabbed my arm and tried to pull me out of my chair.
Well, 'tried' is the word. And he really was trying, but I'm pretty sure I'm stronger than him. I looked over at the innkeeper and said, "Uh, excuse me? This guy won't leave me alone. Can I stab him?"
The guy stopped pulling on my arm. "Wait, what??"
The innkeeper sighed and looked back at me, "Look, kid, if he doesn't know how to take a hint, then do whatever you want to him. Just don't break any of the furniture. Pain in the ass to get Oswald to fix the chairs as it is, let alone make replacements."
"Ok, thanks!" I leaned down and grabbed my big stick (yeah, yeah, I know it's a spear) with my other arm and stood up, looking down at the weird guy. I poked his shoulder with my stick and he looked really scared. "Can you let go of my arm please?"
He let go really quickly and held his hands up. "Oh shit, I'm sorry ma'am."
I laughed. "'Ma'am'? I'm not old."
"Erm... miss?"
"I guess that'll work." I poked him with my stick again. "Can you please leave me alone now?"
He started nodding a lot. "Yes, of course ma'am- I mean miss. I'm sorry, I'll go and won't talk to you ever again, just don't hurt me!"
I laughed again. "I'm not stopping you from leaving."
He just looked at me for a couple seconds before running away. It was really funny how scared he was of getting stabbed- I mean, it wasn't like I was going to stab him anywhere important. And apparently everyone else thought it was funny too.
I sat down and started eating again when the innkeeper walked up to me. "I thought you were gonna stab him?"
I shrugged again. "Well, he listened to me when I asked him to let go of my arm. Didn't see any point in stabbing him." I took another bite before I realized what I said. I giggled a bit. "Point."
The innkeeper sighed again. "Guess it just means I don't have to worry 'bout cleaning up blood. If another moron tries that bullshit with you in here, you can just go ahead and stab him. Don't want to see you gettin' hurt because they can't take 'no' for an answer."
"Oh, thanks, but don't worry- I can take care of myself!"
He smiled. Not a weird smile, a good one. "Sure you can, kid."
OOC Note:
There's no real overarching plot to this, it's more just a collection of random stuff that happens to Karda. Not putting any dates or locations since these posts happen whenever I feel like typing them out and they don't happen in any particular order. Debating whether or not I'll continue this whenever I get Karda into the RP itself, but whenever I'm not actively posting for her in a RP thread, I'll probably add to this.