The Improbable Adventures of Scar and Potbelly: Ice Terraces of Crystal Crag by Brian S. Pratt

Author:Brian S. Pratt [Pratt, Brian S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Briansprattbooks
Published: 2014-02-21T00:00:00+00:00

The sun had been down for hours and the common room of The Rested Traveler was bustling with activity. Off in the corner, a bard played a lute and sang a merry tune. Four men sat at a table on the far side and kept an eye on the inn’s comings and goings.

This was the second day they had staked out The Rested Traveler and they were beginning to think their quarry was not going to show.

Motion from the front showed five people entering, three men and two women. They made their way through the crowded room to a table near theirs. Two of the men were bandaged; one in the shoulder and another cross the chest. The two women helped them through the crowd and assisted them in sitting.

“Damn healers,” one man groused. “Just because we didn’t have enough coin all they did was the littlest they could. They did nothing for the pain.”

“At least we know we’re not going to die,” the other wounded man said.

“Serves you right,” one of the women said. “You should have known better than to take on two men armed to the teeth.”

“Scary looking, too,” said the youngest who was barely into adulthood.

“How was we to know they would attack instead of surrender?”

“Excuse me.”

The five turned to see a heavily armed man of fearsome aspect; across his back hung a double headed battle axe. The young man blanched.

“Yes?” asked the one with the shoulder wound.

“Did I hear you say that two men attacked you?”

Realizing there was going to be no trouble, fear and nervousness melted away to a moderate case of uneasiness.

“That’s right,” Shoulder Wound said. “There we were, minding our business when these two men came riding in, killed our friends, then escaped before we could rally a defense.”

“Did one wield two long swords while the other a knife and a sword?”

“Yeah,” replied Shoulder Wound. “That’s them.”

“Where did they go?”

“Why? You going to kill them?”

“Maybe there’s a reward?” said the younger man.

The man shook his head. “No reward. Now, where did they go?”

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