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Posted: Mon May 06, 2013 10:36 am
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Torgus approached the table with extreme caution, hand at his hip and ready to summon his weapon at a moment's notice. The subject of his ire lay draped languidly across one of the library's many workstations. So plain, so pristine, so innocent. The war horseman wasn't fooled, however. They said knowledge was power, after all, and what could hold more knowledge than a book?
A gentle breeze wafted by, and a page idly rustled -
It was much harder to read the words trapped on the pages of the tome with his knife through the middle of it, but Torgus considered it a necessary precaution. He didn't want all that nonsense trying to wriggle free, after all. Not before he'd had a chance to absorb the information himself. The book's spine groaned in protest as he pressed it flat, peering at the text greedily.
He was going to be famous one day, he was sure of it. All the clansmen would know his power and kneel before him. He just needed a little something, a dash of heroism with a touch of bravery and adventure.
He was going on a quest.
What better book to read, Torgus thought proudly, than Questing For Dummies: An Adventurer's Guide to Misadventure?
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Posted: Mon May 06, 2013 10:55 am
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Posted: Mon May 06, 2013 11:56 am
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"No," Torgus replied cheerfully, eyeing the other horseman's paper-animal-army with glowing appreciation. "That is, sorta. Y'see, books contain knowledge, and knowledge is power."
"Although," he added, tapping the side of his nose thoughtfully, "I'll bet drinking 'em would be faster than reading."
If the other horseman's shadow arms unsettled him, it wasn't immediately apparent. "Oh, sorry, didn't mean t' be rude. M'name's Torgus. Of the War clan." He laid a hand on the book gingerly, careful not to disturb the knife that pinned it to the table. "An' with the help o' this, someday I might even be Torgus the Mighty."
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Posted: Fri May 10, 2013 4:09 pm
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Posted: Sun May 12, 2013 12:11 am
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"Well, it says here," he indicated with a finger, squinting at the page and sticking his tongue out a bit as he concentrated, "that the key to adventuring, is like, to go on a QUEST."
He emphasized the last word, dropping the pitch of his voice so that it would sound deeper and therefore more important. He yanked his machete out of the book and set it aside, thumbing back through to the index.
"I already skimmed it earlier," he hadn't, "and the most important part -" it wasn't "- is here." After referencing the back briefly, he turned to a chapter entitled, 'SO YOU WANT TO BE AN ADVENTURER'. And, by some stroke of luck slash genius slash luck, a slip of paper was wedged into the book's pages. A paper, that, when unfolded, revealed a map, and a few key notes.
Across the top was written 'DON'T FORGET THIS PAGE, VERY IMPORTANT'.
"That's the ticket!" he exclaimed.
The best kind of work, he felt, was when someone else did it for him.
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