Post by Jax Mango on Nov 10, 2022 23:04:03 GMT
--- Somewhere in the outskirts of the Dawnlands ---
Two figures loom in the darkness. The smallest figure stares up at the tallest one.
”Jax, I gave you a simple quest to prove your ability to show leadership. One that wasn’t too difficult. It is now time to show me your skills”. There’s a short pause followed by a loud bellow “Release the hounds”.
Silence echoes throughout the room.
The small figure looks up to the tallest one again and roars again “I said, release the hounds”.
The tallest figures stands there emotionless… and clueless.
A large sigh comes from the small Harengon “JAX, this is where you release the hounds”.
“What hounds?”
“The ones I asked you to get”
“Ehhhhh”
“JAX”
“What???”
“Jax! Did you get the hounds as I requested?”
“Well…”
“Well WHAT JAX?”
“Well… I might have misunderstood the animal you requested me to get”
“What!!! Jax, what animal did you THINK I asked you to get?”
“Ehh, so funny stories I mixed up the letters because you know words are hard and I could have sworn you asked for some… ehh you know… hogs”
“HOGS! Hogs, Jax. Really? What made you possibly think I wanted you to get me hogs?”
“I don’t know. You’re Mr. boss man. You say, I do”
The Harengon grits his teeth and releases a sharp sigh of frustration. “Not good Jax. Your tendency to forget things…. That’s strike one Jax”.
There’s a pause as the harengon hops around the room clearly pondering something “Did you at least train them to kill like I asked as well?”
“Ohhh that’s what you asked me to train them to do?”
“JAX, that’s EXACTLY what I asked you to do. What the hell did you THINK I asked you to do?”
“Wells… I… eh… I thought you asked me to… you know… train them to ‘tap dance’”
“TAP DANCE”, the Harengon figure hops more around angrily and roars. “TAP DANCE! You thought I asked YOU to get ME hogs and teach them to TAP DANCE”
“Well…. Yeah. And I worked on it all week. I initially forgot what you said and then it came to me clear as day”
“Tap Dancing Hogs!”
“Yeah… because I know you like tap dancing”
"SINCE WHEN HAVE I EXPRESSED INTEREST IN TAP DANCING?”
“You know when you go like to your tap dancing parties…. With those hula dancers with the colourful lights. And balloons get thrown up in the air, you all form a line and that's when the tap dancing starts”
The Harengon figure stares unimpressed and angrily towards Jax. “You think this is something I do?”
Jax looks down to the Harengon and finally a light bulb click in his head. “Ahhhh you know what it is… I think that was a dream I had”
“AHHHH you damn fool, Jax! Your ability to mess up my simplest instructions astounds me. This is strike TWO, Jax”, the harengon figure puts their hand to their forehead massaging the pain that’s forming in their head. They sigh “So... where are these tap dancing hogs?”
“Yeah… well… also about that… You know that hogs are quite difficult to train. It’s outside my areas of expertise. But… oh you know I did train them to ‘eat the food’… you if you place food in front of you and yell ‘Foods Here’s’ and they come and… you know… Eat the food”
“So… basically they do the thing that hogs do…? Basically that all animals do...?”
“I mean I guess… but I got them to eat the bestest. Plus I tried further training but jeesh loueez, maaaan it’s harder than it looks”
The Harengon looks over even more unimpressed. “Jax! Do you understand the position you’ve put me in…? You have ROYALLY messed up here Jax. Royally MESSED up. Now I don’t know what to do. And we have all the hogs…. HOGS. That’s Strike Three Jax!”.
There’s a pause before the harengon’s shoulders slump, and he sighs and starts mumbling to himself. “No wonder none of the other gangs even take our gang seriously. My freakin' henchman can’t even do simple requests. I am at a loss how to make our image seem tougher….”.
The Harengon had an idea and looks over towards the tall bugbear “Jax, I know what to do. I think it’s time to go to the dawnlands. You have to redeem yourself! Earn your place there, while also telling everyone how great and powerful I am… I mean our gang is… yes, yes, yes that should work. Oh, I’ve heard all types of adventures turn up at the dawnlands. Also our type of people usually hang out this ‘Port Ffirst’ area, so start there. But I swear Jax if you come back and tell me you’ve messed up simply telling people about our gang…”
The hargengon figure glares up at the bugbear figure. The looks sends a shiver down Jax’s spine. Despite their difference in height Jax has seen this Harengon fully angry. He did not want to be on the receiving end of that more than he has today.
“You can count on me Mr Boss Man. Of to this Port Ffirst place I go”.
“Remember tell people.. about us…”
“Understood”, but Jax did not fully understand.
As the door shuts behind the bugbear, the Harengon sighs even deeper and wonders what fresh new mishaps will come from this simple request. How can one person mess this up?
Jax left the safe place he’s called home for the last number of months to venture out to the new world. He starts humming to himself, immediately forgetting the words he was told to remember and wonders should he bring one of the hogs with him?
Two figures loom in the darkness. The smallest figure stares up at the tallest one.
”Jax, I gave you a simple quest to prove your ability to show leadership. One that wasn’t too difficult. It is now time to show me your skills”. There’s a short pause followed by a loud bellow “Release the hounds”.
Silence echoes throughout the room.
The small figure looks up to the tallest one again and roars again “I said, release the hounds”.
The tallest figures stands there emotionless… and clueless.
A large sigh comes from the small Harengon “JAX, this is where you release the hounds”.
“What hounds?”
“The ones I asked you to get”
“Ehhhhh”
“JAX”
“What???”
“Jax! Did you get the hounds as I requested?”
“Well…”
“Well WHAT JAX?”
“Well… I might have misunderstood the animal you requested me to get”
“What!!! Jax, what animal did you THINK I asked you to get?”
“Ehh, so funny stories I mixed up the letters because you know words are hard and I could have sworn you asked for some… ehh you know… hogs”
“HOGS! Hogs, Jax. Really? What made you possibly think I wanted you to get me hogs?”
“I don’t know. You’re Mr. boss man. You say, I do”
The Harengon grits his teeth and releases a sharp sigh of frustration. “Not good Jax. Your tendency to forget things…. That’s strike one Jax”.
There’s a pause as the harengon hops around the room clearly pondering something “Did you at least train them to kill like I asked as well?”
“Ohhh that’s what you asked me to train them to do?”
“JAX, that’s EXACTLY what I asked you to do. What the hell did you THINK I asked you to do?”
“Wells… I… eh… I thought you asked me to… you know… train them to ‘tap dance’”
“TAP DANCE”, the Harengon figure hops more around angrily and roars. “TAP DANCE! You thought I asked YOU to get ME hogs and teach them to TAP DANCE”
“Well…. Yeah. And I worked on it all week. I initially forgot what you said and then it came to me clear as day”
“Tap Dancing Hogs!”
“Yeah… because I know you like tap dancing”
"SINCE WHEN HAVE I EXPRESSED INTEREST IN TAP DANCING?”
“You know when you go like to your tap dancing parties…. With those hula dancers with the colourful lights. And balloons get thrown up in the air, you all form a line and that's when the tap dancing starts”
The Harengon figure stares unimpressed and angrily towards Jax. “You think this is something I do?”
Jax looks down to the Harengon and finally a light bulb click in his head. “Ahhhh you know what it is… I think that was a dream I had”
“AHHHH you damn fool, Jax! Your ability to mess up my simplest instructions astounds me. This is strike TWO, Jax”, the harengon figure puts their hand to their forehead massaging the pain that’s forming in their head. They sigh “So... where are these tap dancing hogs?”
“Yeah… well… also about that… You know that hogs are quite difficult to train. It’s outside my areas of expertise. But… oh you know I did train them to ‘eat the food’… you if you place food in front of you and yell ‘Foods Here’s’ and they come and… you know… Eat the food”
“So… basically they do the thing that hogs do…? Basically that all animals do...?”
“I mean I guess… but I got them to eat the bestest. Plus I tried further training but jeesh loueez, maaaan it’s harder than it looks”
The Harengon looks over even more unimpressed. “Jax! Do you understand the position you’ve put me in…? You have ROYALLY messed up here Jax. Royally MESSED up. Now I don’t know what to do. And we have all the hogs…. HOGS. That’s Strike Three Jax!”.
There’s a pause before the harengon’s shoulders slump, and he sighs and starts mumbling to himself. “No wonder none of the other gangs even take our gang seriously. My freakin' henchman can’t even do simple requests. I am at a loss how to make our image seem tougher….”.
The Harengon had an idea and looks over towards the tall bugbear “Jax, I know what to do. I think it’s time to go to the dawnlands. You have to redeem yourself! Earn your place there, while also telling everyone how great and powerful I am… I mean our gang is… yes, yes, yes that should work. Oh, I’ve heard all types of adventures turn up at the dawnlands. Also our type of people usually hang out this ‘Port Ffirst’ area, so start there. But I swear Jax if you come back and tell me you’ve messed up simply telling people about our gang…”
The hargengon figure glares up at the bugbear figure. The looks sends a shiver down Jax’s spine. Despite their difference in height Jax has seen this Harengon fully angry. He did not want to be on the receiving end of that more than he has today.
“You can count on me Mr Boss Man. Of to this Port Ffirst place I go”.
“Remember tell people.. about us…”
“Understood”, but Jax did not fully understand.
As the door shuts behind the bugbear, the Harengon sighs even deeper and wonders what fresh new mishaps will come from this simple request. How can one person mess this up?
Jax left the safe place he’s called home for the last number of months to venture out to the new world. He starts humming to himself, immediately forgetting the words he was told to remember and wonders should he bring one of the hogs with him?