Herrick's Punishment:
When we told Katja about Herrick's plan to "steal her dragon" she produced the angriest laughter I have ever heard. I could tell she was vexed that her business partner would betray her, but she was also amused at his lack of understanding---and maybe even a bit excited that Herrick had given her every excuse to do something terribly nasty to him. After scarcely a moment of contemplation, the great dragon told us to pay Herrick a surprise visit and grant him an surprise audience with her. As I look back on it, it is a bit unnerving how eager we all were to carry out her wishes.
After a long stakeout, (so long that our knight, Hypatia, ate crepes until she was a bit loopy from something in the filling) we tracked Herrick to one of his mansions. After the sun went down, all sorts of party guests began arriving at the mansion. We noticed a comparatively large number of employees from certain houses of ill repute among the guests and concluded that is must have been a sexy party---certainly the most opportune time to pay Herrick his surprise visit!
Spike and Kwaku (the mystic and the sniper) infiltrated the compound and neutralized some of the more incompetent guards. We waited for Herrick to retire to his personal chambers with his personal, sexy entourage before acting on the rest of our plan. Hypatia, still in a crepe-filling-induced altered state, presented our priest and herself to the guards at the gate as members of Herrick's evening entertainment. When he asked about her armor, she replied that it was part of the act. The guard asked about her sword and she replied that she was an expert sword swallower. The guard stifled a snicker and muttered, "the master gets stranger every day." I still can't believe that got them inside the mansion.
Once Hypatia and her escort were in place, Spike and Kwaku entered the house through a window on the top floor. They hid a few roaming guards in a room with a sleeping man who turned out to be Herrick's son. We decided messing with Herrick's family was outside of our orders (and really low) and left the man alone. As soon as a few more guards brought Hypatia and the priest to Herrick's room, the sniper and mystic sprang from their hiding place and attacked. Herrick's guards didn't stand a chance against us; we cut right through them can caught Herrick, pants down, trying to escape through a secret passed. We stole away into the night with our victim. Once Herrick was bound, gagged and blindfolded we took him to Katja.
We strapped Herrick to a chair in Katja's lair and removed his blindfold. The enraged dragon shouted at him so ferociously that her every word nearly knocked the chair over. The meeting only lasted about two minutes, but it was all that was need. Afterwards we left Herrick, pale, quivering and still without pants, in a mud puddle a half away from Keening. I don't think Katja will have any trouble from him for a while.
No comments:
Post a Comment