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Red Fox
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Karax had to grit his teeth a little to ignore the pain of the overgrown moskeeto but he made though with only a few grunts, the men seemed to know the effect anyway.
And as expected, as soon as Karax had set her down, even before he got to sit down, she started her rant about not being a small toy. Though she was absolutely correct, that didn't really make Karax care in the least, it made sense at the time so he went with it.... The introduction to many, many, very many of his stories of almost killing himself in the process..
Karax might act like a doof, and indeed he is quite the one at times, but his doofy personality and way of being hides his intellect, or it might be that his intellect needs time to recharge between usages... And naturally as if rehearsed the man in question arrives at the very moment that Lyrnya chooses to speak ill of the man. And he was the very example on why clichés are a thing.
Glorious.
Karax got to his feet and met with the mayor, no hand was extended as greeting so he assumed that the mayor was indeed very busy and of too high stature to even be talking to them. He silently wondered what the guard told him to even grant the duo the privilege to speak to him.
"Indeed so-" Karax answered the rhetorical question about them being the ones. "-and I'm not going to waste your precious time and get to the point. I come requesting information, and though it will sound weird I request that you answer if possible."
The mayor looked like his whole ancestry were just offended at once and that someone had shoved a small ant-farm into his backside. Someone actually dared to indirectly order him?!
"Where are we? What is the name of this world? Also, what is the most powerful form of weapons or combat abilities that exists here?" Karax went straight to the point, after all he didn't really want to speak to this walking clichè more than needed.
"W,... What do you mean? You don't know where you are and you come barging in here taking up MY time?!" the man answered as expected, really.
Karax sighed and threw the mayor two silver coins.
"Don't think me stupid-" his grin left his face for a short while as it was clear as the midday sun he contemplated leveling this building and reducing the man to ash. Grin forming again after a short second, "-Take your coins and answer my questions the best you can."
"Oh, oh, naturally I will be of service and answer your important questions!" the mayor stated in glee as he picked up the coins from the seemingly newly washed wooden floor. "-Come with me and we'll go into my office" the jug of lard stated as he waddled happily into his office.
Letting out a dissatisfied 'pfeh' it was far from hard to guess where the mayor was on Karax' like-list, he followed the man into a rather lavish and for the lack of a better word; shiny office. All wooden surfaces were buffed to an almost reflective surface. Large expensive looking books were filling a bookshelf and high quality paper was spread across the man's desk. The mage even got a glance of a large map before it was rolled up; he had zero ideas on where this was.
"Please, please, sit" the mayor stated being as accommodating as humanly possible given the circumstances. "As for your questions. You are in Lisica, that's the name of the world. Specifically on the north-east part of the northern isle of the V'ida kingdom. And.. I don't know how to answer that last question... We have bows, ballista, catapults.. .Strong warriors and archers?" it was clear that there were no magic here, though that was not too hard to guess based on the way the mana flowed in the air. Karax just wanted it confirmed.
"So, there are no mages?"
"Mages?" The mayor had a slight problem digesting that question, but tried to answer. "You mean like the stories? The best I know of are card-tricks and petty sleight of hand floating coins or whatever." Plomping further back in his chair waving his hand around rather annoyed it was clear that there were no publicly known magic more than tricks that were far from arcane in nature.
Karax' grin grew back to it's normal size and he seemed rather happy about himself. Not really knowing the capabilities of his pint-sized friend, Karax might well be the most powerful man in this world! Perhaps going back could be postponed!
Though, a deep sigh shortened the man's smile and he looked a little more down, turning to his companion. "So, what do you think? Odds of finding someone to aid is slim, might be stories or lore but... yeah... Also, we could have some fun here, don't you think?"
The mayor was clearly oblivious as to what was just said, but Lyrnya should understand given what she had seen since they met only several hours ago.
Getting to his feet Karax gave Lyrnya a single pat on her head "Tag, you're it. Have at him".
He clearly meant that it was her turn to ask questions if she had any, Karax took up pacing round the room looking at things in the shelves.
And as expected, as soon as Karax had set her down, even before he got to sit down, she started her rant about not being a small toy. Though she was absolutely correct, that didn't really make Karax care in the least, it made sense at the time so he went with it.... The introduction to many, many, very many of his stories of almost killing himself in the process..
Karax might act like a doof, and indeed he is quite the one at times, but his doofy personality and way of being hides his intellect, or it might be that his intellect needs time to recharge between usages... And naturally as if rehearsed the man in question arrives at the very moment that Lyrnya chooses to speak ill of the man. And he was the very example on why clichés are a thing.
Glorious.
Karax got to his feet and met with the mayor, no hand was extended as greeting so he assumed that the mayor was indeed very busy and of too high stature to even be talking to them. He silently wondered what the guard told him to even grant the duo the privilege to speak to him.
"Indeed so-" Karax answered the rhetorical question about them being the ones. "-and I'm not going to waste your precious time and get to the point. I come requesting information, and though it will sound weird I request that you answer if possible."
The mayor looked like his whole ancestry were just offended at once and that someone had shoved a small ant-farm into his backside. Someone actually dared to indirectly order him?!
"Where are we? What is the name of this world? Also, what is the most powerful form of weapons or combat abilities that exists here?" Karax went straight to the point, after all he didn't really want to speak to this walking clichè more than needed.
"W,... What do you mean? You don't know where you are and you come barging in here taking up MY time?!" the man answered as expected, really.
Karax sighed and threw the mayor two silver coins.
"Don't think me stupid-" his grin left his face for a short while as it was clear as the midday sun he contemplated leveling this building and reducing the man to ash. Grin forming again after a short second, "-Take your coins and answer my questions the best you can."
"Oh, oh, naturally I will be of service and answer your important questions!" the mayor stated in glee as he picked up the coins from the seemingly newly washed wooden floor. "-Come with me and we'll go into my office" the jug of lard stated as he waddled happily into his office.
Letting out a dissatisfied 'pfeh' it was far from hard to guess where the mayor was on Karax' like-list, he followed the man into a rather lavish and for the lack of a better word; shiny office. All wooden surfaces were buffed to an almost reflective surface. Large expensive looking books were filling a bookshelf and high quality paper was spread across the man's desk. The mage even got a glance of a large map before it was rolled up; he had zero ideas on where this was.
"Please, please, sit" the mayor stated being as accommodating as humanly possible given the circumstances. "As for your questions. You are in Lisica, that's the name of the world. Specifically on the north-east part of the northern isle of the V'ida kingdom. And.. I don't know how to answer that last question... We have bows, ballista, catapults.. .Strong warriors and archers?" it was clear that there were no magic here, though that was not too hard to guess based on the way the mana flowed in the air. Karax just wanted it confirmed.
"So, there are no mages?"
"Mages?" The mayor had a slight problem digesting that question, but tried to answer. "You mean like the stories? The best I know of are card-tricks and petty sleight of hand floating coins or whatever." Plomping further back in his chair waving his hand around rather annoyed it was clear that there were no publicly known magic more than tricks that were far from arcane in nature.
Karax' grin grew back to it's normal size and he seemed rather happy about himself. Not really knowing the capabilities of his pint-sized friend, Karax might well be the most powerful man in this world! Perhaps going back could be postponed!
Though, a deep sigh shortened the man's smile and he looked a little more down, turning to his companion. "So, what do you think? Odds of finding someone to aid is slim, might be stories or lore but... yeah... Also, we could have some fun here, don't you think?"
The mayor was clearly oblivious as to what was just said, but Lyrnya should understand given what she had seen since they met only several hours ago.
Getting to his feet Karax gave Lyrnya a single pat on her head "Tag, you're it. Have at him".
He clearly meant that it was her turn to ask questions if she had any, Karax took up pacing round the room looking at things in the shelves.