Ice Cream Monologue
Roland’s Authentic Ice Cream. This was where Bryant’s lead led him? I took my spear off of my back and stared at Evelyn. Who did she think she was fooling? How could this dingy ice cream shop in a village backwater possibly be the location of the Godking’s legendary treasure?
“H-hey,” Evelyn said and took a step away from me, hiding behind her group of five guards. “I’m starting to question my information as well.”
“It’s possible.” Everyone turned to stare at the speaker. Gae Bulg wasn’t perturbed. “The Godking’s name was Roland. And he was obsessed with ice cream.”
Is that something you find out by fighting someone? You learn their favorite food? Was even Gae Bulg in on this conspiracy to have me killed? Disregarding the coincidental name and favorite dessert, all of us knew before coming here that we weren’t going to the treasure trove. We were going to a trap placed by Algar to dispose of Bryant.
“We should at least check it out, right?” …show more content…
“Is this really the Godking’s treasure trove?” she asked. After getting over the initial shock of Bryant’s death, she became curious.
“It should be.”
A guard screamed from outside the library, and Evelyn and I dashed outside with Gae Bulg behind us. A flower had bloomed from a severed hand, and a vine had entangled one of the guards. I looked up and saw three motes of purple light descend from the ceiling. When they touched the severed limbs, flowers began to take root.
Gae Bulg and I made eye contact. We both ran away at the same time, shutting the metal door behind us and running up the stairs. Evelyn and her guards had been left behind.
“Should you have done that?”
I shrugged. Not only was Evelyn a professional alchemist, she was also an apprentice mage. She’d live. Probably. I was starting to feel a little guilty. I suspected she wanted to kill me, but the whole time, she hadn’t made any attempts. “We’ll wait for a
“H-hey,” Evelyn said and took a step away from me, hiding behind her group of five guards. “I’m starting to question my information as well.”
“It’s possible.” Everyone turned to stare at the speaker. Gae Bulg wasn’t perturbed. “The Godking’s name was Roland. And he was obsessed with ice cream.”
Is that something you find out by fighting someone? You learn their favorite food? Was even Gae Bulg in on this conspiracy to have me killed? Disregarding the coincidental name and favorite dessert, all of us knew before coming here that we weren’t going to the treasure trove. We were going to a trap placed by Algar to dispose of Bryant.
“We should at least check it out, right?” …show more content…
“Is this really the Godking’s treasure trove?” she asked. After getting over the initial shock of Bryant’s death, she became curious.
“It should be.”
A guard screamed from outside the library, and Evelyn and I dashed outside with Gae Bulg behind us. A flower had bloomed from a severed hand, and a vine had entangled one of the guards. I looked up and saw three motes of purple light descend from the ceiling. When they touched the severed limbs, flowers began to take root.
Gae Bulg and I made eye contact. We both ran away at the same time, shutting the metal door behind us and running up the stairs. Evelyn and her guards had been left behind.
“Should you have done that?”
I shrugged. Not only was Evelyn a professional alchemist, she was also an apprentice mage. She’d live. Probably. I was starting to feel a little guilty. I suspected she wanted to kill me, but the whole time, she hadn’t made any attempts. “We’ll wait for a