Tsenre and Badger stood outside the shop, debating what their next course of action should be.
"Master, we should try to make some friends."
"I be a great and powerful mage! I can magic me up some friends!"
"You can't solve all your problems with magic, master. This is a dangerous place, and we're going to need all the help we can get."
Tsenre rolled his eyes. Maybe the badger had a point. But HE was the one with a magic wand and spellbook, and HE should get to decide what they did. Tsenre looked around, trying to ignore Badger. He turned just in time to see a pair of young, lithe males kissing and pawing at each other. Tsenre's mouth dropped open.
"Badger!" Tsenre hissed. "Badger! I've spotted ye evil!"
"What, master?"
"Over there, badger! Look!"
Badger shifted to face the couple.
"Master, that's perfectly normal. Could be a couple of sailors on shore leave, or something."
"Perfectly normal, badger? There be two men kissing over there!" Tsenre's face distorted in disgust as he said the word. "I be seein' to end this! T'aint natural!"
Tsenre begun to draw his wand, and Badger begun hopping furiously at his feet. "Master, that is really not a good idea!"
"Badger, there be a few things I can't be abidin' in this world, and that be one of them!" Tsenre yelled, gesturing at the pair.
Tsenre begun flipping through his spellbook, trying to find some manner of spell to deal with the situation. He came across a spell that was accompanied with a picture of a ball of fire. "Aha! Prepare yerself, fiends! I be blastin' ye with me great balls of fire!"
Tsenre pointed his wand at the pair, opened his mouth, and kissed the cobblestones as a large explosion from the rear knocked him face first into the ground.
"Master, are you alright?!" Badger nudged the old man, trying to elicit a response.
"Urrgh."
"Master!"
Tsenre opened his eyes, and slowly pulled himself upright. "Aye, badger, I be okay." He began to brush the dust off of his nightgown. "That spell be havin' a bit more of a kick than I thought."
"Master, you didn't cast anything. That came from behind us!"
"Wot?" Tsenre spun around, and saw a large hole with smoke pouring out of it in the side of a nearby building. He stared at it, and slowly a figure began to emerge from the smoke.
"Ohh, I don't think I was supposed to do that." A thin girl with long, pointy ears and big thick-rimmed glasses stumbled through the smoke. She stopped once she managed to get over most of the debris, and turned around to face the hole. "Oh shoot oh shoot oh shoot! Gregan's going to kill me!" she shrieked, and began fumbling with her satchel frantically.
Tsenre and Badger watched the girl have a mild nervous breakdown.
"We should help her, master."
"Aye."
Tsenre continued to watch the girl as she shuffled through her belongings.
"Now might be appropiate, master."
"Aye? Well, let's go then."
Tsenre and Badger began walking over to the girl.
"It has to be here somewhere! I know it is!" the girl mumbled, tossing vials and books out of her satchel. She pulled out a bottle containing a small amount of a brown, murky liquid. "Ah! Here we go! Liquid wall!" She stood up, uncorked the bottle, and started to pour the contents on the debris in front of her.
"OY! MISS!" Tsenre bellowed, standing approximately six feet behind the girl.
"EEEK!" the girl shrieked, tossing the bottle she was holding into the damaged house. It shattered, spreading the contents all over the furniture and floor.
"Oh no, no, no! That is not good!" she squeaked, covering her mouth with her hands.
"Wot? Did ye do somethin'?"
An ominous creaking noise began to fill the air. The contents of the house began to rattle violently, along with the floorboards. Suddenly, everything that had been touched by the liquid shattered, and reassembled itself as the wall that had been damaged by the blast.
Badger, Tsenre, and the girl stared at the wall. It looked like a wall, but appeared to be comprised of wood, glass, ceramic, brick, cement, and what appeared to be a number of books.
"Oh no. Oh no. Gregan's going to kill me." the girl said quietly, rocking side to side with her arms crossed.
"Who be tryin' to kill ye, lass?"
The girl turned to face the person in the nightgown, and acknowledged it for the first time. She brightened up considerably.
"Oh, hello!" She looked around. "Did somebody lose their grandma?" she yelled.
"Wot?"
"Miss, down here." The girl looked down, and saw a small furry animal.
"Hi! Who are you?"
"Badger, miss."
She adjusted her glasses. "Yes, you are a badger, but what's your name?"
Badger sighed. "It's Badger, miss. It's a long story." Badger reflected for a moment. "Actually, it's really short, but I don't wish to discuss it at the moment."
She smiled and cocked her head to the side.
"Anyways, miss, do you need assistance? We can likely be of some help."
"What? Oh, oh, yes!" She turned to face the mismatched wall, her face turning to mask of terror. "Gregan's going to be back soon!" she yelped, and started scooping up the vials and books she had tossed out of her satchel.
"Who's Gregan, miss?"
"He's my landlord! I was renting the room from him! I was just trying to perform an experiment..." She sighed, dumping her things back into the satchel. "But now, he's going to kick me out and I'll have nowhere else to go! I don't have any money either! I can't afford to pay for the damage!" She crossed her arms and slowly rocked side to side again.
Badger took a look at the girl. She had long pointy ears, golden hair tied into a pony tail, and large, thick-rimmed glasses. She had a large satchel that appeared to be filled with all manner of vials, potions, and books. She wore thick leather gloves, along with a thick leather apron over a plain blue dress. She had a pair of boots on, and gave the impression that it was take your daughter to work day at the local blacksmith.
"Perhaps you could come with us, miss?"
"Wot?" Tsenre suddenly drifted back to attention, having been staring at the weird wall.
Badger scurried over to Tsenre, and beckoned for him to bend down. "Master, this is what I was talking about. We need allies if we're going to survive, and this girl looks to be an alchemist. They're very handy to have around." Badger whispered.
"Aye, we could be doin' to have a pretty face around here too, badger."
Badger maintained a blank face. "Right, master." He turned to face the girl again. "What do you think, miss?"
"Oh, but we don't even know each other yet! I'm Lisirina Fildon, but most people just call me Liz." She grinned broadly. "Who are you, ma'am?"
"Wot? I be..." Tsenre again faltered, but decided to give it a shot. "Stenray the mighty mage!"
"Nice to meet you, Stenray." She looked confused for a moment. "But aren't woman normally witches?"
Tsenre looked baffled. Badger frantically beckoned for Liz's attention. She bent down.
"Miss, master is a he."
"Oh! Oh! I'm sorry!" Liz shot an embarrassed look at Tsenre.
"Anyways, miss..."
"Oh, right! Well, I suppose I don't have much of a choice. It's either you guys or facing Gregan." She frowned at the prospect.
"Great, miss!"
Tsenre, occupied with excavating the contents of his right ear, muttered an agreement.
"Let's get out of here before Gregan comes back, please."
"Right, miss."
"We be gettin' somethin' to eat, I says!" Tsenre suddenly yelled.
"That's a good idea, master."
Liz nodded, and followed the two into the Silver Hog, nervously glancing back at the mismatched wall. Hopefully Gregan wouldn't notice until she was long gone...
(( Dorcha and Dooley, Tsenre made an attempt to attack both of you from a distance but failed to actually do anything and lost interest. Essentially, he just kind of pointed a wand at the both of you and continued to be loud before being knocked down. There has been an explosion in the plaza. Lisirina Fildon, or Liz as she prefers to be called, joins our intrepid "heroes" Tsenre and Badger. The three of them went to the Silver Hog. ))
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