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Post by sirinnu on Feb 15, 2012 12:23:34 GMT -5
Initial Context:
It once was an orc! Green , ugly, strong & smelly! He was rejected lately by his community because he didnt want to go raid that humans vilage. The orc was rather dreaming to become something else than what his orcish nature commanded.
Being expelled by his orc sibblings, he then decided to travel around the country to learn about the world and its inhabitants......
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Post by sirinnu on Feb 15, 2012 13:03:13 GMT -5
The morning that he left his hometown, his feelings where mixed up. He would have wanted to be accepted by his peers, , yet , he didnt share their values. He would have loved to be a popular orc model among other orcs, but he was not enough vilain, he never enjoyed fightings with other orcs, for an xtra piece of meat, or the get the best part of a new loot.
So , the orc went in his small shack, gathered his few possessions into a small backpack. Not much possessiv was this orc, a rusty dagger, few meals , his favorite axe and few marks, were all he was carrying.
He didnt know where he was going, he just wanted to go as far as possible from this village where he was ignored, unpopular, a paria, an expelled poor orc....
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Post by sirinnu on Feb 18, 2012 16:50:10 GMT -5
On his first day, he traveled many miles. He wanted to quiclky be far away from his hometown! He almost reached the opposite side of the huge forest where he was born. The mountains were getting closer , yet he was too exhausted to continue walking all night long.
He decided to set up his camp late in the evening on that day! Not much of a camp; a campfire, small branches as a bedroll, with his knife , he was able to kill a big bird earlier to get some meat for his dinner.
That night , the sky was clear, many stars up there! It was a fullmoon night! From a distance he could hear some wolves howling at the moon!
Thats when his happy mood changed! He knew that wolves were numerous in this area. Usualy they arent too dangerous for an orc such as him. But alone, and on a full moon night, , , it was another matter! The forest where the orc came from, is feared by most humans, because it is said to be haunted. Sirinnu's knew something unatural lived there, but he was not easily scared. Usualy, he wouldnt have went alone in the forest on a fullmoon night, but it was on that day that he was forced to leave. On this night, when the sound of the wolves did get closer and closer to his campsite, , sirinnu started to fear for his safety for the first time in his life.
Normally, a small fight in the middle of the night would'nt have bothering him too much , but an incoming pack of wolves would be another thing.
He was exhausted. Most trees around him were too small for him to climb up , or the first branches were too high to reach! So he tried to make a bigger fire, to keep the wolves away.
Yet , it did'nt take very long before sirinnu saw several red eyes watching him from the blackness of the surrounding forest.
As he feared, alltogether AND on a fullmoon night, the wolves were not much afraid of the fire! In fact that night, , the wolves were not mere wolves but rather werewolves!
Sirinnu panicked when he saw the first few wolves standing up and walking toward him! All teeth and claws ready to strike!
A couple of blind swings with his axes allowed him to survive this first round, , but it was too much for him!!!
Still several werwolves were geting closer! Without thinking, the orc saw only one solution !! To run for his life!
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Post by sirinnu on Mar 7, 2012 19:57:29 GMT -5
While running from the werewolves, the young orc felt into an hole in the forest ground. The ground disapeared from under his feet and the following fall was long and scary! In its fall , the orc was sure to break his neck and meet his end. Tough, during the fall the orc could feel a sticky rope along the way, and with a keen alert sense he grabbed it. The chock was hard in his arm, but the orc hand was strong enough to prevent a mortal end.
Climbing down the rope, it was a plant, sirinnu ended up in a cavern, far below the forest!
At least no more werewolves alive in the vincinity.
Yet , he could feel a presence in a corner of the cave. Even in the total blackness of the place, the orc alertness allowed him to catch a little animal when afraid, he tried to run away near sirinnu!
From the smell , the size , and the form of it, it was a small rabbit!!!
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Post by sirinnu on Mar 13, 2012 7:57:22 GMT -5
Not interested to carry along a rabbit, the orc dropped it on the ground. (he wasnt hungry right now). Strangely, the little animal didnt run away as expected , but instead he did try to attract the orc attention!
In this huge cavern the orc didnt know where to go, , so he followed the rabbit jumping slowly to the est wall of the cavern. In the center of that wall, the orc discovred that a huge side of the wall colapsed to block an almost hidden hallway.
Aside from a pile of junk on the opposite side of the cavern, , and the hole far away in the roof, , this huge caverne seemed to be a dead end.
The rabbit knew a way in the rubble, but realized the orc couldnt follow him. So the small animal walked away toward the junk. The orc followed him to discovers broken mining tools in the pile of junk. Unfortunatly, no tools were usable to dig up a tunnel! Yet, this discovery convinced the orc that he was in an old mining cavern network. Probably owned by the dwarves who lived in this area years ago! Yet the orc was trapped in a dead end with a rabbit!
Again, the rabbit atracted the orcs attention! Near the rabbit, the orc found a wooden box, , inside was some strange powder. Knowing a little about dwarves digging methods, , the orc knew that the rabbit helped him find some blast powder. Not too sure how to use it tough, , the orc grabbed the box and puted it in the middle of the big rocks blocking the exit tunnel,
With tinderbox found near the powder, , the orc used it to light a improvised torch, and threw it near the box full of powder in the blocked tunnel entrance.
The orc grabbed the rabbit, and runned to the opposite side of the cavern....
Then, a big noise was heard, Shaking the whole cavern.!
KABOOM
The orc , was then unable to hear nor to see anything after the big Bang! When the dust felt down in the cavern... he walked toward the reopened tunnel !
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Post by sirinnu on Mar 14, 2012 8:29:29 GMT -5
After the huge Blast, , the rabbit was totally terrified... freezed in a corner and shaking. The orc was a little injured from the blasted rocks and he couldnt hear anything anymore from the.
At least, the tunnel looked to be reopened. The orc then grabbed the shaking rabbit, then walked slowly toward the tunnel entrance. It was as dark as in the cavern! The orc, tired to walk in the dark, did grab a stick, and did light it up with the remnants of the small fires here and there from the previous explosion.
With a rabbit under his left arm, and a flamming torch in the left one, , they started to investigate that dark tunnel!
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Post by sirinnu on Mar 19, 2012 16:58:35 GMT -5
The orc was in that cavern for some time now! he wanted to quiclky get out of it now..
The rabbit was now walking (jumping) beside the orc! A kind of weird friendship started between these 2 !
After a long walk, they finally reached what looked like an exit, , the sunlight was entering in the tunnel not too far away!
Anxiously, the orc and his new friend quiclky covered the last ground to freedom!
only to discover that...
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Post by sirinnu on Mar 20, 2012 19:17:08 GMT -5
another treat was lurking between em and the exit!
A huge Giant inhabits the tunnel entrance! The rabbit quiclky ran between the giant's legs to reach the exit!
But the orc couldnt do the same, , and when the giant turned his way grabbing a massive club, the orc readied his axe!
The orc was in a hurry to get out of here, so few axe swings worked well! The giant felt on the tunnel floor with a massive BOOM! the orc tough that he wouldnt see the rabbit again, , but this rabbit was still here, awaiting for him near the entrance. Under the sunlight (it was now the day) the orc could take a closer look to his animal friend. It was a nice white rabbit, something intelligent could be seen in his eye. He was digging the ground with his front legs, , like looking for something hidden in the area!. He then returned near the orc with a small box in his mouth!
The orc knew he had to open the box for the rabbit! Once opened, the rabbit quickly ate some of the herbs it contained!
Some things happens only once in a lifetime! the orc did witness such unique moment while he was thinking wich way to take now!!
The rabbit jumped thrice in the air. Doing backflips! After each jump, his size doubled! After the third jump, he was as big as the orc!
His next move was the most surprising! He did roll over on the grass, and when he finaly stoped rolling, a human was laying on the ground!
the human then moved toward the orc still smilling! Thanking the orc, for helping him to get away from this form! This human was a ranger wandering these parts of the land, while he met a crazy wizard days ago, , transforming him into a rabbit!
Gladly the ranger had some rare herbs with him to turn back to his normal shape. but he needed the help of someone to get out of the cave and to open the little box.
To thank the orc, the ranger decided to travel with him for some time! they had some lessons to teach to some crazy wizard.
and this is how this story ends!!!
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