by Arcaii » Wed Oct 14, 2015 10:22 am
Choices:
All: Chicken leg.
Silently, watchfully, you inch forward. In a half-crouch, you curse your missing leg and pray to the stars to not have you stumble like an idiot. When you're close enough, you stretch your neck out and grab the skinniest part of the meat, eyes glued to the arguing toms.
You have to drag the leg in this position, and every small noise it makes nearly sends you sprinting away, but you finally get it out of sight and proudly carry it off. The angry voices fade away as you strut down the street.
Skill Learned: Sneak (Beg).
As the dark sky begins to brighten behind the clouds, you can feel drops of rain. It doesn't quite torrent down, but you end up waddling to shield the meat from the water, which slows down your travels significantly.
Jay and her friends are waiting for you at the grocery store. You don't ask why she's out so early - you just set the chicken leg down and say, "There's not exactly any shelter around here, so I'd eat this quick."
"Won't take long at all," she replies. She starts forward, then pauses. "I'm hearing through the backroads that you're leaving soon?"
What's it to you?
Tomorrow, yes.
You must be happy.
Who told you that?