Sunday, 1 March 2026

Wanted: Preferably Dead

While scraping up the separate pieces of the Halfling bandit; Marvin’s sloppy corpse into a large bucket, Chape tries to hold his, still only half digested, breakfast down. 

“Why are we doing this again?”

Ringo shrugs.

“There was a fair sized ‘Dead or Alive’ reward offered for the Halfling nutter and a lesser one for each of his dirty bandits but the city will only pay out on the presentation of irrefutable evidence.

Chape shrugs.

“Do the adventurers even care? They seem pretty indifferent to pursuing wealth and, as soldiers in Lord Urdurel’s army, were not even allowed to stake a claim in it.”

The third Brother; Locket wanders over.

“Don’t worry about mopping up all the squidgy bits that leaked out, the Halfling’s head and our word will, almost certainly, be evidence enough.”

3 comments:

  1. Ah those unsung hero's, the normal soldiers/ guards - bet they even have a latrine duty roster.
    I did think I only skewered Marvin and jiggled him down to the hilt. Was hoping there was just one nice little hole thro' middle....

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  2. It’s hard to be subtle with a blade that can slice through stone.

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