Let's Get Outta Here! [Fargus]
Jul 12, 2017 9:53:33 GMT -6
Post by Colchys on Jul 12, 2017 9:53:33 GMT -6
Colchys was out of her league.
The two of them had been led to the cavern by promises of treasure. What they’d found instead was an elaborate bandit ambush – or would have been, if the bandits hadn’t been massacred a few days prior by a group of gargoyles. Evil was abroad in Laus, that much everyone knew…but Colchys had assumed she’d known all the signifiers of the more dangerous ones well enough to steer clear of them.
She spat. The gargoyle she’d been fighting was ambling near the hallway she was hiding in. It had been wounded, but she’d been hurt worse, a gash from its spear blossoming at her side. She stilled her breathing despite the pain – the gargoyle saw nothing but shadow, and then passed on. When she was sure it was out of earshot, she sighed in relief.
Her eyes scanned around for Fargus. In the heat, the two had been separated – dangerous for them both, but most especially for him. He only had one eye, and without a spotter…
Colchys’ train of thought was interrupted by an object whirring in her direction from well over the other side of the hall. She rolled to dodge it. Another gargoyle had spotted her – a healthy one – and she’d been left with no choice but to fight…
The two of them had been led to the cavern by promises of treasure. What they’d found instead was an elaborate bandit ambush – or would have been, if the bandits hadn’t been massacred a few days prior by a group of gargoyles. Evil was abroad in Laus, that much everyone knew…but Colchys had assumed she’d known all the signifiers of the more dangerous ones well enough to steer clear of them.
She spat. The gargoyle she’d been fighting was ambling near the hallway she was hiding in. It had been wounded, but she’d been hurt worse, a gash from its spear blossoming at her side. She stilled her breathing despite the pain – the gargoyle saw nothing but shadow, and then passed on. When she was sure it was out of earshot, she sighed in relief.
Her eyes scanned around for Fargus. In the heat, the two had been separated – dangerous for them both, but most especially for him. He only had one eye, and without a spotter…
Colchys’ train of thought was interrupted by an object whirring in her direction from well over the other side of the hall. She rolled to dodge it. Another gargoyle had spotted her – a healthy one – and she’d been left with no choice but to fight…