To town
We had decided to leave and go to town, but the Sslik said: "After a few days”, so we have to prepare a lot of provisions because Biniki eats like uh, well as a dragon.
She hunts alone now, while I repair the handcart to transport our food, as Dad did when he was there.
It is the Sslik who told me that the house with wheels is called “handcart”.
It is too big for me but I think Biniki will be able to pull it, after all it is mainly for her we should make lots of provisions.
When Biniki comes back, she tries to pull the wagon.
It takes several days to manage to build a harness that allows her to pull without being hurt, but she needs a few more days to collect enough supplies, so when the cart is ready, I help her to hunt and I also collect roots
The cart is full, and Biniki is ready on the road, but I still have something to do ...
Biniki does not want her parents' house to remain open with no one inside, and we do not know how to close it, we decided to bury the entrance.
To do it, I have weakened several rocks above the entrance, and they only stay in place because I put unstable planks. Now I'm going to remove them using my slingshot .
I climb up the mountain, to a large flat rock a little up and aside from the weakened rocks, them I make them fall. Well to tell the truth, it takes me several shots to make the first one fall, because the plank is well held by the weight of the rock, but in the end, it starts to fall and roll, then another and another and, in the end, it’s like the whole mountain falls. Falls and does a lot of noise and dust. I crawl on my rock, because I fear to fall because the whole mountain shakes, and I close my ears, pressing them on my head.
I do not see anything and I'm full of dust. But when the dust settles, the entrance to the house is totally invisible.
Of course, Biniki and I know where it is, but the day we will return, we’ll have to spend a lot of time to reopen the lair.
Covered with dust, we go wash ourselves in the river, then take the road in the direction the sslik said, towards the new Trismus.
Evening comes and we still walk. We left in the morning and we walked all day, then slept, then walked again.
The road meanders in the forest and the trees are so tall I can’t see the sun, only rays through the trees, and now the evening comes again.
In addition it starts to rain. Fortunately I can sleep, curled in a ball under The wing of Biniki, and she tucks her head under the other wing, and we sleep bad, all night.
When the morning comes, we eat and it remains less than half of what we had when we started. Another day, maybe two, and we will have to hunt.
Miauuwwww my legs hurt.
We now walk on this road since four days, and this noon we ate the remaining food.
I want to stop and go back to the lair, but then I remember it is totally blocked and it will probably take months of hard work to access it again.
So, as it is impossible to go back, we both go on. Biniki does not complain, for it is a game, it’s novelty ...
It is no longer possible to delay the decision now. If we want to eat, we have to hunt. Leaving the cart on the side of the road, we enter the forest to hunt.
Biniki has eaten and has her tummy full of food, and I have two rabbits for me to cook, but we continue to hunt for at least one day worth of food, when we hear rhythmic shocks.
We carefully approach the source of the noise, and it is stronger now, and then there's a huge crack and the ground shakes. Then the forest is quiet again for a short time, and shocks start again.
We move more cautiously, and finally we see the source of the noise. It is a dwarf and he has a large metal tool. He uses it on trees and he has already broken two trees.
I shout "Hello" to cover the noise, so he stops, and look around, seeking who called, then keeps his eyes on us, without moving.
As he does not move, and I advance and Biniki follows me.
As I approach, I notice he has clothes with many pockets and tools that stick out of them, and has something like a cart without wheels hanging in the air on his side.
Now I’m closer, I see he’s really small, his head is at the same level as my chest, he starts to squint as I approach, he is wrinkled and all red. He also must have problems in his head because he mumbles to us.
"Hell .. Good evening ... Gentl.. err… Pretty young lady and hatchling. Are you lost in the woods? Can I offer you a bed err... I mean hospitality?”
"Hello Master Dwarf, we are on the way to new Trismus, is it far ?"
“The road is in that direction" and he shows roughly the right direction "and the city is three hours walk from here”
I thank him and reward him with a gentle lick on the cheek, where there is no beard, and then we go, leaving the dwarf silent and motionless where he is.
Indeed, late in the afternoon, we sight the city and we find a large coloured slab on the road.
I touch it, I try to understand what it is, I gently tap above, and then I turn to Biniki
"What do you think it is?”
"I do not know"
And that’s when a young elf appears in the middle of the slab, in a falsh of light and a “plop”, looking disoriented, then his eyes slide on Biniki and lock on me.
He looks outraged and vitriols “You should not walk around naked, it is indecent," then he turn and pretend to leave.
"Wait, what am I doing wrong?”
He turns again and answers:
"Exactly that, Nothing, while you should get dressed, that's what is wrong. Your fur does not cover all that should be hidden.”
"But I have no clothes"
“Then go buy some." With these words, he throws a few coins, like the ones Mom and Dad used to buy their tools, and he goes away while I pick up the money.
We reach the town, and at the edge of it I found two sellers, to who I buy clothes using the money of the elf.
These are not beautiful, and they are somewhat large, but at least people will stop looking at me.
The vendors tell us where to find the inn, the vault, the trainers and the caves of dragons.
Hearing these words, Biniki wants to go but the sellers tell us we need to touch the shrine of the city before anything else, then, to follow their traditions, we both go touch the shrine.
It vibrates a bit and I have a weird feeling, but if touching it can make other people happy ...
I go with Biniki to the dragon caves, there are two of them, with a dragon in each.
One says he is name Avatarian and is a dragon adventurer. He asks Biniki if she wants to learn the skills that will make her able to survive.
The other is named Kerian and is a dragon crafter. He offers to teach how to craft whatever she may need.
As we first need to survive, she accepts the training of the adventurer, who told her to go hunting gruoks and bring proof of their death.
Going through the town, Biniki comes with me to talk with the biped trainers and I found one that wants me to hunt gruoks for him, so I accept the task to stay with Biniki.
Then we want to go buy some items to help us hunting, but we’re broke and to gain money, we need something to sell, so we both go hunting, Biniki with her claws and me with my slingshot.