Encounters by A O Storm

Author:A O Storm [Storm, A O]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: JG Publishing LLC
Published: 2020-04-15T22:00:00+00:00

Fifteen - Settling in at the White Rabbit

Kano woke the next morning from an unpleasant dream. He'd been boarding again, only this time, he wasn't teaching a lesson. He was competing in the X Games, something he had considered but never attempted. The event was a downhill race and he knew, based on the other competitors no longer ahead of him, he was in the lead.

Wind in his face, he crouched down and flexed his legs, feeling the freshly packed powder underneath his board. And his heart started racing in fear for no apparent reason.

"Roaaawwwwr," came a sudden, loud sound from behind. He looked up and to the sides, but could not find the source, until he risked a glance uphill, momentarily slowing his momentum.

"Oh, shiiiii--" was all he said before turning back, resuming his crouch and aiming for the slope that would give him faster speed. The velocity was dangerous, he knew. If he hit a rock or a patch of ice, a concussion would be the least of his troubles. However, what he'd seen uphill frightened him like nothing he'd ever imagined.

A dragon was flying down the mountain, chasing the snowboarders, blasting flames and roasting a few competitors, as well as trees, on its way over the course. Eventually, the dragon flew overhead and he could feel the heat, blasting from above, the snow melting underneath his board. He hit a bare rock. Flying, falling toward the icy slope, he knew it would be a terrible landing. He tried to scream just as he was about to hit the ice patch, but nothing would come out of his throat.

Kano woke from his bed breathing heavily, safe in his room in the White Rabbit. He was disoriented for a moment before he understood where he was. The experience was jarring, real, for all that he knew it wasn't. Dreaming isn’t very pleasant in this world. Why the hell would the developers give people nightmares? It troubled him when he thought about it more deeply.

Stretching and yawning, he found a chamber pot in the room and eventually finished his business. "Romans had plumbing, right?" The topic had never interested him, but standing there with a pan full of his own excrement, he suddenly felt a keen desire to learn and improve the bathroom situation.

"In the meantime, where do I put this shit?" he asked aloud, standing there in his nightshirt and nothing else, holding the pan.

"Sir Kano, you put your shit where any civilized person would, in the dung heap. Bob called it the drop spot," Bertha called from the doorway. Her voice startled him and then she continued. "The walls are thin, my lord. I heard you hollering in your sleep."

A few minutes later, he had disposed of the mess and cleaned the chamber pot to the best of his ability, swearing to himself that he would prioritize some modern amenities for the inn and maybe even the village. He could see how if they developed the right kind

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