A wedding celebrates by the glances of strangers and flowers filling the public garden. “Blessed be the Mayspring // Blessed be your family // Blessed be your merriment in marriage!” sings the wedding guests, with white doves and cheerful chirps of Tiptip birds. How happy the couple look as they part from their passionate kiss. A green haired giantess almost fainted by how hot her cheeks burn.
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“Amerie, we bought the horses.” A boy with eyes as clear as the blue sky runs up to her. Both wearing a cloak and hood that has golden three headed princesses’ emblem of Kinguin capital. Eyes among the crowd prickling the boy to scratch his head, “We should hurry before sundown. Peacock is already waiting for us at the stables.”
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“But, but, Isaac, aren’t they sweet!?”
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“Huh? Who is?”
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“That pair over there! Like butterfly lovebirds dancing on one flower~ They are so sweet!”
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“Prin—I mean…” sighing, Isaac gently grabs the giantess’s hand, “Come on before we get into trouble.”
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“Trouble!?” Amerie looks down at her hand, feeling the warmth of the boy, and seeing the impatience in his eyes, “Forddael is not known for trouble! I am actually surprised to also know that Forddael has the same name and looks exactly the same, minus the added houses of course. Than last I came!”
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Saying nothing as the eyes grow on him. Amerie probably does not notice but she is a giantess, standing among the crowd like a sore big toe. He looks up, seeing that the sun is still a quarter passed the peak and the second sun at its early rise. The swinging signage that says ‘Goatern’ lures him to take steps.
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Walking inside and the smell of brew and grapes tickle his nostrils and dizzy his boy body. It is not his first time stepping into a tavern, but province kingdom taverns have terribly strong drinks that even a whiff of them can knock a light weight at their doorsteps. Open windows and dim corners are smoked by the smell and steam of oil glistening lamb ribs. Roasted golden goat hinds and those who prefer beef can order the palatable house steak. The menu does not cost a lot, and Isaac wonders if he should buy or not.
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“Pay nay or guards will have min side against ye lady.”
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“Hands yer dirty off me! Min ma will pay ye later, promise that with min pinky!”
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“Barely do Ic know ye!”
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Maybe just a scuffle, Isaac does not bother as he stares up at the menu boards on the wall. “Pork…steak…banana juice…cold milk…roasted goat hinds…maybe some goat.” His eager steps walking up the counter and before he could say his order, the scuffle crashes against his side. A woman groaning on top of him before she heels herself off on her own and slaps the man wearing aprons, dazing him. “What in Cyndoryll is happening”
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“Ic coming no more of this spit den. No more!” storming herself out.
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The dazed man wakes to his senses before yelling at the lady to never come back even though she already left. “Crazy woman paid nothing of us.” He says, ranting to his coworker as they both go into the kitchen.
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“What will ye have?” The lady behind the counter asks with a tight smile,
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“What just happened?”
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“Well…Ye saw as much as ye got hit. Woman did not pay, left early and gave min boss a foul breath. Might be to me for later as well…but, leave it behind. What will yer belly have?”
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Isaac looks up again at the menu and repeat after his thoughts for a roasted golden hind leg, as well as cold milk.
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“Not warm?”
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“No” he shakes his head, before asking if the order can be wrapped in plastic for a take out. And the lady gladly nods. Sitting on a moaning wooden stool as he waits, watching other customers eat their fill, play cards, or talk. And if he eavesdrops carefully, they are talking about a myth on the coming day third day for the fourth week of May. Saying that a day during that week will give rise to a slumbering beast that will shake the world and rain down upon an Absternicous. Then, when Isaac’s orders finally came for him, they ended their talk with the name “Unyan”. That which the boy heard and hesitates to step out of the tavern.
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He walks up to the table, hands behind his back. “Can you tell more? I am interested”
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“Whaz a cowtit gotta head in this, only grown men here, shoo” Drunk as much as his face has gone red.
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“I heard you said”
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“Ye? And Un yeet yeself. Begone”
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“Haha, ye talk him like that bro.”
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And Isaac turns away, thinking that they should have told him than leave him wondering. But then he sees a lady with a long black hair, a cigar in between her blue lips. At her table is a wineglass full of water and the closer Isaac approaches, the water turns reddish yellow like beer. And the bag she is leaning on is a large sleeping armadillo. “Don’t try to go where mortals don’t belong.” Blowing a smoke that forms like a dagger, slowly flying towards the boy and dispersing when he swats it.
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“Go where? I am not going anywhere” says he who was about to ask about Unyan but the lady spoke first. Now the question he wants to ask is, “Who are you?”
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“I didn’t gesture you here to talk and make, hm…what you call, connections. My words are simply a warning. Heed them and nothing changes. Go there and everything will.”
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“I will go there…” Deciding to tell, “But I am not alone. I have a princess who wants to go there.”
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“A princess?” Her raven indigo eyes looking up and parting feathered bangs. “Hm…oh well, doesn’t matter. My words remain the same, and if with you is a princess. Then she should know the dangers. Every royal knows and should make no qualms of it.”
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“What about you?”
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“Shoo, I already said enough.”
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“Can’t you really tell a bit?”
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The lady groans, sipping her wine, “Well, if you bark like a dog thrice then I might consider.”
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A dare so easy for Isaac that the lady nearly chokes in her giggles. “Arf, arf, arf”
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“Okay~ But kneel down and do it properly, again.”
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Kneeling down is a bit too much, his knees hesitating as he observes the lady. “You are just making fun of me.”
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“What’s good in a tavern without fun?
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The other customer watches as the boy goes on all fours and bark like a dog. Humiliating, but the name Unyan and what they are talking about send shivers down their spines. It is a rare topic to be taken so seriously. And if going there is a must, then every bit of information is needed to know the mysterious place.
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“Tell already” he gruffs, dusting off his knee caps and shorts.
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“Alright~ Your seriousness and sincerity captured my delight” she sets her wineglass down, blowing out a mist that covers their table. Blocking the other customers from sight. Baffling those outside. “For safety precautions, because the Valley of Unyan can’t be disturbed by fools seeking treasures.”
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