"3a : a trip made by or in an airplane or spacecraft
“Alright,
I’ve got a passenger Wyrm leaving in an hour with two vacant seats. That’s the last flight out until tomorrow. “
The
ticket agent looked around at the group standing before him. The party was a bad cliché: there was
Bronwyn, the Elven Ranger, standing straight with her long silver hair flowing
over the bow strapped to her back; Stonebeard, the Dwarf, leaning on the hilt
of his war hammer and smirking a crooked smile; Tabor, the barbarian,
shirtless, with his huge two handed sword nestled in a back scabbard; Maya, the female cleric, her
green and white tunic covering the padded leather armor beneath, murmuring
prayers to the mace she held gently in her hands; Fangolf, the old wizard with
his long white beard and dark blue robe, the latter of which glowed dimly; Kay’ferg, the Amazon, wearing a kind of
chain-mail bikini thing that, while pleasant to look at, probably afforded
little protection in battle; Rollo, the Halfling thief in his dark hooded
cloak, nervously fingering the dagger stuck into his belt; and finally, Sir Hogarth, the smug Paladin in
his shining plate male and intricately painted kite shield.
“But
tomorrow’s too late! The Dark Lord’s
Army will be here by then!” Rollo’s high pitched voice did nothing to
alleviate the ticket agent’s building headache.
“Yes,
well, I can put you on the standby list for tomorrow, but, of course, I can’t
guarantee you won’t be seated next to an Orc. “
Sir
Hogarth spoke: “But sir, surely you will not remain here as the Evil One overruns
this town? The forces of light are
staging a strategic withdrawal whilst our mystics work on the Power Rune that
will end in our inevitable triumph. Once
this place falls into shadow, your services will not be needed.“
“Are you
kidding? How do you think the Dark Lord
transports and supplies his horde of horrors? Black magic can only handle so
much. Our logistical services here at
Draken Air are first class!”
I can’t guarantee you won’t be seated next to an Orc. That is awesome. Hilarious.
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I love this!!! It so conjured pictures of Dungeons and Dragons and the like even with the surreal airport/ticket agent situation thrown in.
ReplyDeleteThanks. I tried to throw in all the D&D/fantasy tropes I could. A good portion of my misspent youth was misspent playing D&D.
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