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His head rises with ease, along with his body, coming into a sitting position with his hand on his head. Pain knocks from within his cranium, suggesting the alcohol he consumed previously has finally started its next phase.\n“Oh finally,” utters Haya from nearby. “About time you woke up.” \n“What… happened…?” Berc looks around, seeing the scenery has changed from the tavern to a room with torn wallpaper and broken floors. “Haya, w-where are we? And how did we get here…?”\n“Well, let me give you a recap: We were at the tavern and encountered the lizard. Turns out he was an agent for the Black Lotus. He had me pinned in an empty room.”\n“Oh yeah, now I remember… I came in and saw you two… I was holding… something… What was it…?”\n“You really don’t remember, huh? Too many drinks will do that to you. Maybe now you’ll think twice before hammering yourself with malt.”\n“Ugh, you don’t have to tell me about it…” Berc keeps his claws on his head. “I have such a killer headache…”\n“Anyway, we had to flee because I imagine the manager has reported us, and now the Black Lotus will be looking for us. All caught up now?”\n“I guess… But, can you explain where you’ve brought me…?”\n“An old, empty lodge. And from the looks of it, hasn’t been occupied for some time.”\n“Does anyone know we’re here?”\n“If anyone knew, you wouldn’t be lying in here, correct? Now, we need to formulate an escape plan from this town. This place is crawling with Black Lotus.”\nBerc gets to his feet. “I’m sure you’ll be able to take care of it. You always do.”\n“Yeah… I do, but not this time; there’s too many to take on. So, got a plan, Kobold Boy?”\nBerc’s eyes open wider after hearing her. “W-what? Me…? A plan?”\n“If you heard that, yes. Are you hard of hearing or something, or is your mind still fuzzy from the alcohol?”\n“You don’t usually ask me for a plan or to pitch in on something. You’ve always got things.”\nShe sighs. “Go tell the entire world, why don’t you? Focus, now. How do we get out of town without anyone seeing us?”\n“We could disguise ourselves as village folk.”\n“Not going to happen. Patrols all over and there’s checkpoints that inspect people in and out. They know what we look like, anyway.”\n“Well…” Berc attempts to think of something else. The pain from his head prevents him from formulating a plot. He places his hand on his cranium. \"Ugh... I can’t think with this splitting headache…”\n“Come on, Berc. We need to get out of here.”\n“I… I can’t…” Both of his hands are on his head. “It hurts so much! It’s like some sort of anvil crushing against my skull! I… I…” In almost an instant, Haya grabs a nearby bucket of pooling water and chucks it at the kobold, forcing him to cease and put his arms down. His mouth switched from tense to a flat expression in a mere second and his ears drooping from being damp. “Thank you, Haya… I needed that…” One look at the bucket in her paws drives his ears up and his face to change from displeasure to surprise. “Wait, isn’t there a well in the town square?”\n“Now’s not the time for some more water, Berc… We need to get out of here swiftly.”\n“We could use the well to escape.” Haya questions him on what he means by that. “When we first came here, we had to stop in the square. Remember?”\n“Ah yes,” Haya says with an annoyed tone. “I set you near the well and you nearly fell in…”\n“When I was leaning over, I noticed rushing water flowing from tunnels. I think there’s an underground stream connecting to the river. We could use it to get out of here.”\n“Berc, I highly doubt there’s some tunnel network underneath us.”\n“It’s worth a try, isn’t it?”\nHaya lets out a sigh. “You better be right about this.” She peeks out the window from their dilapidated dwelling to see the sky losing its light. “Fortunately for us, it’s getting dark. Better chance of us sneaking into the square. Let’s go!”\n“Hold on a minute…” Berc holds out his cape and rings out some water.\n“Why bother doing that? You’re going to get wet again anyway.”\n“I’d feel more comfortable if I wasn’t so damp, you know.” Just as he rings out his attire a second time, something appears out of the cloth and drops to the floor. The kobold stops and spots the object. “Huh…?” He leans down to pick it up and hold it in his claw. Upon closer inspection, Berc realizes it’s a dagger. “W-what’s this?”\n“Gee, I don’t know,” the pink bunny begins sarcastically. “Looks like a dagger, don’t you think?”\n“H-how did this get in my possession…? Oh God, did I steal this while I was drunk…?”\n“Let’s not worry about that right now. Come on, we need to go.”\n\n*** \n\nAt the cover of darkness, the two allies sneak past patrols and make it to the square undetected. The two allies climb over the stone wall of the water supply, grab the rope, and start to shimmy down. Berc’s above Haya as they descend down. \n“Ugh,” whispers the rabbit. “Not too close. I don’t want your butt in my face.”\n“Sorry…” Berc starts to slow to allow his companion down. Haya stops abruptly to survey the waters below, unaware of Berc continuing down without her saying anything. When the kobold’s seat makes contact with the top of her hat, he lets out a low yelp, echoing throughout the well. The sudden noise causes voices to stir from above. Haya becomes displeased, shooting him a look from below. The two remain still, dangling over the flowing water as to not make any other sounds to alert the guards more. They wait a minute before all is clear and continue down the rope. \n“Hey!” shouts a voice from above. The two look up to see one of the guards looking down on them. The two allies hasten their escape, but are further away when the soldiers above wind up the bucket, causing the rope to ascend and lifting them away from the water.\n“Crud!” yells Haya. “Berc, get ready. We may be in for a fight!” \n“Maybe not!” Berc takes out the dagger and begins cutting the rope above him. Just as they’re at the surface, where the Black Lotus are ready to apprehend them, the rope snaps, weakened from the kobold’s work. The pair drop into the water below, then are carried away by the current. \nRushing water forces them out of the underground, out the side of the hill through a waterfall, then down into the river bordering the town’s territory and forest. Emerging from the deep, Haya drags an unconscious Berc to land, then sets him lying aside to cough out liquid from her lungs. Turning her attention to the kobold, she strikes at his chest with her paws locked together. She does this a few more times, which forces Berc to cough up water. \nHis eyes open to see the rabbit. “Did we escape…?”\n“Barely,” she tells him. “Jeez, Berc, that was stupid…”\n“It was the only… way to avoid capture…” He coughs in between sentences as he slowly rises to a sitting position. “What would… we have done… if I didn’t do… that…?” Haya keeps quiet, ringing out her outfit of water. “Haya…?”\n“Whatever,” Haya finally responds. “No going back this time. Let’s get out of here.”\n“Haya, wait…” Berc slowly gets to his feet. “How long are we going to keep doing this…? This whole ‘find work and run away’ thing…?”\nHaya keeps her back to him. “I don’t know… But, we need to keep moving…”\n“You always say that… This is our second town we go to, and we just pick up work and bolt whenever we see the Black Lotus. Why can’t we just stay in one place…? Is there something you want to talk about…?”\n“Berc, enough! Now, come on!” She starts away from the area.\nBerc lets out a sigh. “Sometimes I wonder…” He picks up his pace to join his companion.\n", "writing_bbcode_parsed": "Light begins to seep in as the kobold’s eyes start to open. His head rises with ease, along with his body, coming into a sitting position with his hand on his head. Pain knocks from within his cranium, suggesting the alcohol he consumed previously has finally started its next phase.
“Oh finally,” utters Haya from nearby. “About time you woke up.”
“What… happened…?” Berc looks around, seeing the scenery has changed from the tavern to a room with torn wallpaper and broken floors. “Haya, w-where are we? And how did we get here…?”
“Well, let me give you a recap: We were at the tavern and encountered the lizard. Turns out he was an agent for the Black Lotus. He had me pinned in an empty room.”
“Oh yeah, now I remember… I came in and saw you two… I was holding… something… What was it…?”
“You really don’t remember, huh? Too many drinks will do that to you. Maybe now you’ll think twice before hammering yourself with malt.”
“Ugh, you don’t have to tell me about it…” Berc keeps his claws on his head. “I have such a killer headache…”
“Anyway, we had to flee because I imagine the manager has reported us, and now the Black Lotus will be looking for us. All caught up now?”
“I guess… But, can you explain where you’ve brought me…?”
“An old, empty lodge. And from the looks of it, hasn’t been occupied for some time.”
“Does anyone know we’re here?”
“If anyone knew, you wouldn’t be lying in here, correct? Now, we need to formulate an escape plan from this town. This place is crawling with Black Lotus.”
Berc gets to his feet. “I’m sure you’ll be able to take care of it. You always do.”
“Yeah… I do, but not this time; there’s too many to take on. So, got a plan, Kobold Boy?”
Berc’s eyes open wider after hearing her. “W-what? Me…? A plan?”
“If you heard that, yes. Are you hard of hearing or something, or is your mind still fuzzy from the alcohol?”
“You don’t usually ask me for a plan or to pitch in on something. You’ve always got things.”
She sighs. “Go tell the entire world, why don’t you? Focus, now. How do we get out of town without anyone seeing us?”
“We could disguise ourselves as village folk.”
“Not going to happen. Patrols all over and there’s checkpoints that inspect people in and out. They know what we look like, anyway.”
“Well…” Berc attempts to think of something else. The pain from his head prevents him from formulating a plot. He places his hand on his cranium. "Ugh... I can’t think with this splitting headache…”
“Come on, Berc. We need to get out of here.”
“I… I can’t…” Both of his hands are on his head. “It hurts so much! It’s like some sort of anvil crushing against my skull! I… I…” In almost an instant, Haya grabs a nearby bucket of pooling water and chucks it at the kobold, forcing him to cease and put his arms down. His mouth switched from tense to a flat expression in a mere second and his ears drooping from being damp. “Thank you, Haya… I needed that…” One look at the bucket in her paws drives his ears up and his face to change from displeasure to surprise. “Wait, isn’t there a well in the town square?”
“Now’s not the time for some more water, Berc… We need to get out of here swiftly.”
“We could use the well to escape.” Haya questions him on what he means by that. “When we first came here, we had to stop in the square. Remember?”
“Ah yes,” Haya says with an annoyed tone. “I set you near the well and you nearly fell in…”
“When I was leaning over, I noticed rushing water flowing from tunnels. I think there’s an underground stream connecting to the river. We could use it to get out of here.”
“Berc, I highly doubt there’s some tunnel network underneath us.”
“It’s worth a try, isn’t it?”
Haya lets out a sigh. “You better be right about this.” She peeks out the window from their dilapidated dwelling to see the sky losing its light. “Fortunately for us, it’s getting dark. Better chance of us sneaking into the square. Let’s go!”
“Hold on a minute…” Berc holds out his cape and rings out some water.
“Why bother doing that? You’re going to get wet again anyway.”
“I’d feel more comfortable if I wasn’t so damp, you know.” Just as he rings out his attire a second time, something appears out of the cloth and drops to the floor. The kobold stops and spots the object. “Huh…?” He leans down to pick it up and hold it in his claw. Upon closer inspection, Berc realizes it’s a dagger. “W-what’s this?”
“Gee, I don’t know,” the pink bunny begins sarcastically. “Looks like a dagger, don’t you think?”
“H-how did this get in my possession…? Oh God, did I steal this while I was drunk…?”
“Let’s not worry about that right now. Come on, we need to go.”

***

At the cover of darkness, the two allies sneak past patrols and make it to the square undetected. The two allies climb over the stone wall of the water supply, grab the rope, and start to shimmy down. Berc’s above Haya as they descend down.
“Ugh,” whispers the rabbit. “Not too close. I don’t want your butt in my face.”
“Sorry…” Berc starts to slow to allow his companion down. Haya stops abruptly to survey the waters below, unaware of Berc continuing down without her saying anything. When the kobold’s seat makes contact with the top of her hat, he lets out a low yelp, echoing throughout the well. The sudden noise causes voices to stir from above. Haya becomes displeased, shooting him a look from below. The two remain still, dangling over the flowing water as to not make any other sounds to alert the guards more. They wait a minute before all is clear and continue down the rope.
“Hey!” shouts a voice from above. The two look up to see one of the guards looking down on them. The two allies hasten their escape, but are further away when the soldiers above wind up the bucket, causing the rope to ascend and lifting them away from the water.
“Crud!” yells Haya. “Berc, get ready. We may be in for a fight!”
“Maybe not!” Berc takes out the dagger and begins cutting the rope above him. Just as they’re at the surface, where the Black Lotus are ready to apprehend them, the rope snaps, weakened from the kobold’s work. The pair drop into the water below, then are carried away by the current.
Rushing water forces them out of the underground, out the side of the hill through a waterfall, then down into the river bordering the town’s territory and forest. Emerging from the deep, Haya drags an unconscious Berc to land, then sets him lying aside to cough out liquid from her lungs. Turning her attention to the kobold, she strikes at his chest with her paws locked together. She does this a few more times, which forces Berc to cough up water.
His eyes open to see the rabbit. “Did we escape…?”
“Barely,” she tells him. “Jeez, Berc, that was stupid…”
“It was the only… way to avoid capture…” He coughs in between sentences as he slowly rises to a sitting position. “What would… we have done… if I didn’t do… that…?” Haya keeps quiet, ringing out her outfit of water. “Haya…?”
“Whatever,” Haya finally responds. “No going back this time. Let’s get out of here.”
“Haya, wait…” Berc slowly gets to his feet. “How long are we going to keep doing this…? This whole ‘find work and run away’ thing…?”
Haya keeps her back to him. “I don’t know… But, we need to keep moving…”
“You always say that… This is our second town we go to, and we just pick up work and bolt whenever we see the Black Lotus. Why can’t we just stay in one place…? Is there something you want to talk about…?”
“Berc, enough! Now, come on!” She starts away from the area.
Berc lets out a sigh. “Sometimes I wonder…” He picks up his pace to join his companion.
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