2nd Reading ❂ Trouble is brewing?

[l33t_magician]

[It had been some time since Brietta had addressed the populace. She'd seen no point in getting attached to the people here given her intention to leave, and fully believing that she still could. Leaving too early could spell disaster for her back home, but the longer she remained here the more she missed her friends and acquaintances. She wondered if any of them had been looking for her or thinking about her.

If only she could send them a message to let them know she was all right without letting her enemies know it as well.]

Has anyone noticed the townspeople acting .... a bit strange today?

[You could see a row of boarded up shops in the background. The merchants that usually ran them were no where inside, presumably hidden away safely inside.]

I wonder if it's some sort of holiday.

Comments

[canistricari]

[ Coyote cackles. ]

Strange? My dear, this is perfectly normal for them.

[l33t_magician]

Normal? I would think that if it were... I would have seen them do it before.

[canistricari]

Oh? And you're an expert, then, are you? Ahahahahaha!

[l33t_magician]

[This might be the weirdest person- thing- she'd met since her arrival. Wrinkling her nose she replied..]

I never said that I was, but I have been observing them for sometime now.

[canistricari]

[ He twists his neck so his head is all the way upside down. ]

Then tell me, child, what is happening now that has not happened since you arrived here?

[l33t_magician]

[She tries not to feel squeamish at the sight of it]

They have been ..fairly open but this time they're not just closing up their houses but closing up themselves. As their "heroes" it seemed like they were only too willing to talk to us before but no one can get any answers from them this time.

[canistricari]

Ahahahahaha! You're only looking at what's right in front of your nose! Think harder.

[l33t_magician]

I'm.. not sure what you're expecting. [One riddle, after another.]

[canistricari]

Of course, it's alright! You're just an ordinary girl, after all!

[l33t_magician]

If only that were true..

[She sighed.]