Fantasy Cursed Island

[Fangs9090]

Asta spoke up. "So, the hydra eggs hatched then. One of them, at least."

 

[Darkling0096]

"Well one of them survived, anyway," Adran shrugged.

"Cutting it close to when the dragon turtle's supposed to,, anyway," Jerry waved her hand a bit, "So the party just grew again, huh?"

 

[Fangs9090]

Niudisa nodded. "Seems like it. I mean, strength in numbers, though newborns can't really do much."

 

[Darkling0096]

Jerry nodded, "Well, if the turtle hatches, we'll at least have a dragon behind us, even if it's small."

 

[Fangs9090]

Shuffle spoke up. "You and me are part dragon. And I get in the front!"

 

[Darkling0096]

Joanne shook her head.

"That's not what I meant," Jerry shook her head, "And if a sane full dragon showed up and wanted to kill us, we'd be dead, it's not even a question."

 

[Fangs9090]

Shuffle tilted her head. "But we're strong. And there's a lot of us."

Raine shook her head. "Dragons are a lot stronger..."

 

[Darkling0096]

"Much stronger," jerry agreed, she spread her wings, "A tiny piece of one did this. A mature, uncorrupted dragon like the dragon turtle would end us in a heartbeat if it wanted to." She shook her head, "After which point I am going to be very angry."

 

[Fangs9090]

Shuffle put her ears back at the mention of the dragon turtle. "Er.... Right..."

Corona raised an eyebrow. "I thought I was mishearing at first but... Dragon turtle?"

 

[Darkling0096]

"Yes," Joanne nodded, "You are a centaur, so I am not surprised you are not familiar. Freshwater dragon turtles are rare."

"Shuffle almost got us killed when she stole an egg."

 

[Fangs9090]

Shuffle looked over. "I didn't know! That was the day I learned what eggs are."

"Right... I think I did take a different path, because I think I would've remembered something like that."

 

[Darkling0096]

"The turtle was a very recent appearance," Joanne shook her head, "It only appeared two and one half weeks ago."

 

[Fangs9090]

Shuffle blinked and tilted her head. "Has it been that long?"

 

[Darkling0096]

"It has," Joanne nodded, "We spent one week in Urodor's abode, another in the Forge, and now half a week here. The dragon turtle appeared the same day before we met Urodor."

"Speaking of," Jerry got up, "I need to feed that asshole."

 

[Fangs9090]

Niudisa paused before speaking up. "I'd argue if you had to, but yeah, he might still have some use."

 

[Darkling0096]

Jerry smirked and went over to the carts, grabbing the cage and shaking it to wake Urodor up, she dragged the cage over to the table to shove a piece of meat through the bars and set it down on the empty space on the table in front of her. "Corona, Nalla, this is Urodor. He's a jackass."

 

[Fangs9090]

Corona nodded as she leaned over to look. "So I've heard. I called that before anyone actually told me."

Niudisa spoke up. "If you ever need to kick something, just don't break the cage."

 

[Darkling0096]

"We're pretty sure the cage is indestructible, even Shuffle's acid couldn't keep it down." Jerry fished out the key stone, "The only way to open it is with one of these."

 

[Fangs9090]

"Ah. Alright then, don't hold back, just knock it around."

Corona nodded. "Noted."

 

[Darkling0096]

"Assholes," Urodor complained.

"It's your own damn fault, Urodipshit." Adran rolled his eyes, "You lost the right to be treated well when you tried to violate our right to not be killed and have our strategist drugged."

 

[Fangs9090]

Corona blinked. "...yeeaaahhh, someone's gonna have to fill me in at some point, because I feel like I missed a lot with this group. And some of it I might actually need to know. The rest I'm just curious."

 

[Darkling0096]

"I've got time," Jerry shrugged, "What do you want to know? We've been down here for five months, a lot happened."

 

[Fangs9090]

"I'm compelled to say everything. But I believe you when you say it's a lot."

 

[Darkling0096]

"How about we start with Urodor, since he's on the table?", Adran offered.

"Yeah, we can go with that." Jerry nodded, "After we escaped the dragon turtle, we got to a grove, with a sign at the entry demanding a toll to be paid. of course, thanks to Shuffle we didn't have any gold left to pay that toll, so Urodor here, in his dragon form, came out of the cavern ceiling to demand we pay or die." She shrugged, "We worked out a deal, information for not killing us."

"Of course, Urodor would only talk to Jerry or Shuffle," Adran added, "Something about only draconics being worthy of his respect." The elf rolled his eyes.

"And what did he do over dinner, Asta, since you're the one that figured it out?"

 

[Fangs9090]

Asta furrowed his brow. "He tried to get Jerry drunk to have his way with her."

"Ooh, yeah, that's a major dick move."

"Thankfully, she can hold her alcohol well."