Idea-fermenting...
Idea-fermenting...
Chapter 1.08
A young mage named Pisces tries to intimidate Erin Solstice into giving him food using an illusion, but she knocks him unconscious with a frying pan. After a tense negotiation, she feeds him in exchange for payment and learns his name just before he departs. A strange new acquaintance is formed.
While working in The Wandering Inn, Erin Solstice is interrupted by the arrival of a young Human man. The stranger, a mage, attempts to intimidate her by casting an Invisibility Spell, demanding food while threatening her. Unimpressed by the simple illusion, Erin swiftly knocks the mage unconscious with a frying pan.
After waking him with a bucket of water, a tense confrontation ensues. The mage is arrogant and indignant, but Erin maintains control by threatening him with her pan. She sees through his bravado, correctly identifying his spell and calling him out on his foolish attempt at robbery. The mage, humbled, admits he is starving.
Despite her annoyance, Erin takes pity on him but refuses to be a victim. She forces the mage to trade some strange, pale Amentus Fruit in exchange for a proper meal. While he eats, their conversation becomes less hostile, and Erin learns he is traveling to Liscor.
After he finishes his meal, the mage prepares to leave. Before he departs, he formally introduces himself as Pisces. Erin invites him to visit The Wandering Inn again, on the condition that he behaves, signaling the beginning of a complex new relationship.
A young Human mage enters The Wandering Inn and casts an Invisibility Spell in an attempt to intimidate Erin Solstice and demand food from her.
Seeing through the flawed illusion, Erin Solstice knocks Pisces unconscious with her frying pan. She wakes him with water and uses the threat of the pan to control the situation.
A Human mage from Wistram Academy, specialized in Elementalist and Illusionary schools, who admits to necromancy.
aka the mage, Mister Mage +18
Small inn where Erin is present; currently occupied by her. Noted by the Watch as having been abandoned years ago but Erin is using it; the Drake and Klbkch enter here to investigate.
aka the inn, Abandoned hilltop inn +16
A young woman from Earth who stumbles into a fantasy world and takes refuge in an abandoned inn.
aka Erin, the traveller +38
After a heated argument, Erin agrees to feed the starving mage, but only after she forces him to pay with the Amentus Fruit he carries.
As the mage prepares to leave for Liscor, he introduces himself as Pisces. Erin extends an invitation for him to return to the inn under more peaceful circumstances.
The geographical region surrounding Liscor that periodically floods.
aka Floodplains, the Floodplains
A class focused on running inns, hospitality, and tending to guests and establishments.
aka [Innkeeper], Innkeeper (class) +3
A high-tier magical ability that relocates a target instantly.
aka [Teleportation], [Teleportation] spell +1
A species of which Erin Solstice is a member.
aka Humans, smooth skin +3
A spell that renders the caster unseen.
aka Invisibility spell, Invisibility Spell
A sweet, blue-colored fruit that grows on trees near the inn, serving as a primary food source for Erin and the Goblins.
aka Blue Fruit, Amentus +6
“…Necromancy.”
“Yeah, and they have fragile bones. I’m sure mages are really scary when they’re far away, but wands aren’t good at blocking frying…pots.”
“What else could it be? I’ve played D&D.”
“You know, I just wanted to see what would happen if I kept on staring at you.”
“Take them. You look thin, and maybe if you eat them you’ll stop bothering other people. Thank you for your business. Come by again and I’ll feed you. Try to scare me and I’ll hit you harder next time.”
“If I say it’s a pan, it’s a pan. The important part is that I’ll hit you with it if you try anything.”
“Come back here and I’ll feed you.”
“Good for you. Got a hobby?”
“This. This is a pan.”
+100 more quotes →“Stop it. You sound like an idiot.”