The Dragon's Revenge by Conor Kostick

Author:Conor Kostick [Kostick, Conor]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781912701834
Publisher: Level Up Publishing
Published: 2019-08-08T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

Arrow of Dragon Slaying

I’d never seen a view like the one from Watson’s office. Well, perhaps in a film. Blue sky filled most of it. If I looked down, I could see grey and brown rooftops as well as a sizeable stretch of green, which was the Golden Gate Park. Then there was the iconic, red suspension bridge, a vast amount of deep blue sea and Alcatraz island. Plenty to look at and if I were Watson, I’d probably spend hours daydreaming, staring out of my windows.

The room itself was large enough to contain his desk, a private Epic 2 rig and a coffee table, around which was a couch and four comfortable, thickly padded, brown leather chairs. Present were Watson, Blackridge, Katherine Demnayako, myself and Braja, whom I had asked along, partly to fill him in on what had happened as we took the elevator upwards, mostly to have a witness in case there was a row.

Sprawled in the corner of the couch, arm resting along the back, Braja appeared to be very relaxed. I, on the other hand, probably looked anxious, though I tried not to. I was on the other end of the couch, sitting forwards, hands on knees.

‘This is an informal conversation, off the record, so to speak,’ said Watson, who looked slightly comedic in his bright glasses, sky-blue, short-sleeved shirt and flannel shorts. His voice, however, was severe and earnest. ‘Let’s speak our minds here and work out where we are at.’

‘Paul, why don’t you start.’ Watson gestured to Blackridge, sitting to his right. Black shirt and trousers, wet hair, like he’d just showered, and heavy face. From this angle, looking up at him, Blackridge reminded me of a pixelated character from a kid’s game, so solid was his head.

‘Well, thanks to Tyro - Tom, I mean - we are nearly back on course. If we can have another month, I think we’ll get there. Even if we have to tell the players stuck in Fort Hellsmouth to start over.’

Apart from the unexpected compliment from the man who had just tried to fire me, Blackridge didn’t really interest me: I had been watching Watson. When the idea of an extra month was expressed, a sharp twinge crossed Watson’s bearded face like he’d been stabbed.

‘That’s out,’ Watson said immediately and with surprising vehemence. Then he drew a breath and spoke more calmly, in the fashion I’d become used to, which was much more gentle and mannerly. ‘You all need to know something about our investors.’ He peered over the top of his blue glasses and I felt he was giving me particular attention. ‘Strictly between ourselves, they are the founders of Blackcoin.’

No one stirred while Watson seemed to be examining each one of us for a reaction. When I caught Braja’s eye, he gave a slight twitch of his lips, as if to say, Interesting.

‘There are five people,’ continued Watson, ‘who paid for Epic Two in the belief it would net them hundreds of millions of new Blackcoin users.

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