01.24.2021 - Chaos Kids

When we got to Rainbow after Rain, it was open so we didn't have to wake up Mr. Rainbow again. There were tons of people, but still no Shadow Mother or their friends, and there were no new notices on the board. Drop in Pond served us some alcohol, but wasn't too happy about it and it tasted funny (alcohol is not very good).

Rainbow was talking to some cat people who looked like adventurers. The whispers in my head seem to think they had gone to an important ‘Sauran’s house and stolen something important. Then they handed a huge bag to Rainbow and he gave them a big bag of shinies in return. Jerome tried to see what was in the bag, but then Rainbow came over to tell us about how we were actual adventurers now. We told him we would take the next posting about the kob-lods. But, before we could go, we had to go back to Mr. Shooshrav’s to pick up Klaub to go look for the caravan at Fargate (Neargate?).

Fargate was huge! It was like Mr. Shooshrav’s arms, but bigger. All of the vendors were moving and Klaub and Marko were worried the ground was shaking. Before we could go out and look for the caravan, Jerome went to a dark alley so I went to make sure he was okay. He pulled out our pet to try to put in a dead rat. He almost let it eat him though, so I had to go help him. When we finished with that and rejoined our friends, we saw big plumes of smoke approaching and the big gates started to open to make more space. As they approached, we could see that the caravan was made of these huge wagons that were even bigger than the Biggest Shadow, Dense, or Mr. Shooshrav. These big wagons stopped and the ‘Saurans started unloading smaller wagons of the green leafy food. Marko decided that we should all climb up on top to see what all the big buttons and levers did so he climbed up and I met him up top while Jerome tried to ride the platform that the big Suaran did to get off, but he was stopped before he could come with us, but not before he helped us try to move a lever and it broke. I think Klaub just stood there with the driver dude until they caught Jerome and Klaub paid for the broken lever. (Marko and I had to run away from some ‘Saurans who didn’t like us having fun. Klaub took Jerome to pick up some leafy green stuff from inside the big wagon (the lights inside were very hot: do not sit there). Once Jerome had picked them up Marko brought us some fish to eat before we headed off towards the farms and the kob-lods (Little dragons? Pets?)

We set off for the rest of the day to find the farms after Jerome stole a basket for our pet. On the way there, after the sun had set, we found some people hanging out in a field which Klaub called “scare crows” who were put there to scare away birds, but that's okay because I'm not a bird. I'm Peytrice, child of Shadow Mother. Then they started to yell at us and it was terrifying so I lit it on fire. We then headed towards the town and the first farmhouse we came to was the one we wanted to go to.

We met the farmer named Yorag who told us all about his chicken and goat problem. (He also gave me the alcohol and it was still bad.) Yorag told us that there was one goat left who was with farmer Willard, so we went and spent the night with him and the goat to keep it safe.

In the morning, Yorag took us to a cave where we saw some big foot prints that were like Shadow Mother’s but much bigger. There was a raspy voice inside that was talking to itself about nooks and stones. Inside, there was a big ‘Sauran who didn't have the arms of a ‘Sauran and a beard wearing a cape like Shadow Mother’s. When it saw us, it called Klaub a tortle and said its name is Somulus. He showed us a map of a chamber and asked us to go into the cave because he is too big to go get a sword that he said could talk to us. Mr. Somulus thought that some other dragons made this place to hide the sword because it was called the Dragon’s bane.