RE: The Ballad of Adler Young, Canto 2.5
04-25-2019, 10:35 AM
(This post was last modified: 04-25-2019, 11:00 PM by typeandkey.)
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Spoiler>Typantronn Smuchpep-etc. etc.: Inform Adler that he needn't have worried about everyone believing a "Salv Fauxfox" sent Jerry. The loudmouthed idiot hasn't stopped bragging about it since he got there. Everyone in Percysthorpe knows. Everyone in all the other surrounding towns probably knows too. Also, the Shrubs haven't captured Jerry for questioning yet, but that's sure to happen soon enough. The Duchess is also aware of the stories Jerry's been spreading and, on the belief that the Vulpitanians are trying to sabotage her, she probably has a few questions for him of her own.
>Typantronn Smuch-whathaveyou: On that note, you have some good news and some bad news. Adler's plan to sic his enemies on each other is working wonderfully. Both the Duchess and her minions and the Shrub Soldiers are aware of what's to come and gearing up for a fight, but Adler might need to rethink who he's rooting for. "Pun intended, Sire." The Duchess still believes that her scheme to block Adler's scrying succeeded and that he's still locked away and no threat, if she comes out of the battle on top, she's content to leave Adler where he is and go deal with Vulpitania. On the other hand, the Shrubs, though distracted by the Duchess, have not forgotten their Sap-Oath of retribution sworn on Adler's head. If the Shrubs succeed, whatever they find out about the Vulpitanians, they will not pursue them until after they've skinned Adler alive, torn him limb from limb, placed his head on a pike, and made branch ornaments out of his entrails. With the Shrubs having seemingly summoned all the forces of nature to assist them, the newly surrounding hostile forest, the approaching battle looks to be leaning in their favor.
>Adler: "Branch ornaments?! That's disgusting!"
>Typantronn-wossname: "I may have been using artistic license."
>Ethel: "Hold on, All that nonsense about an army of bushes was true? That is the single dumbest thing I have ever heard. No wonder that never showed up in the Chanson."
>T-dumb name ixie: "By the way sire, did you set yourself on fire again? Please say, 'Yes.' I have a lot riding on it."
>Typantronn Smuch-whathaveyou: On that note, you have some good news and some bad news. Adler's plan to sic his enemies on each other is working wonderfully. Both the Duchess and her minions and the Shrub Soldiers are aware of what's to come and gearing up for a fight, but Adler might need to rethink who he's rooting for. "Pun intended, Sire." The Duchess still believes that her scheme to block Adler's scrying succeeded and that he's still locked away and no threat, if she comes out of the battle on top, she's content to leave Adler where he is and go deal with Vulpitania. On the other hand, the Shrubs, though distracted by the Duchess, have not forgotten their Sap-Oath of retribution sworn on Adler's head. If the Shrubs succeed, whatever they find out about the Vulpitanians, they will not pursue them until after they've skinned Adler alive, torn him limb from limb, placed his head on a pike, and made branch ornaments out of his entrails. With the Shrubs having seemingly summoned all the forces of nature to assist them, the newly surrounding hostile forest, the approaching battle looks to be leaning in their favor.
>Adler: "Branch ornaments?! That's disgusting!"
>Typantronn-wossname: "I may have been using artistic license."
>Ethel: "Hold on, All that nonsense about an army of bushes was true? That is the single dumbest thing I have ever heard. No wonder that never showed up in the Chanson."
>T-dumb name ixie: "By the way sire, did you set yourself on fire again? Please say, 'Yes.' I have a lot riding on it."