Ymiden 81, Arc 721
Morning
The Garden of Smooglenuff Manor
On the 81st of Ymiden, Devin Thorn, High Priest of Delroth, medical genius in progress and unexpected Baron was doing stretches and other things that were necessary to warm up and subsequently prevent injuries before he bent down, put his hands on the mat he had placed on the grass and swung his legs and his torso upwards to do a handstand. He had just realized that the Barony had a definite problem, and he was hoping that he’d be able to solve it faster if his head was upside-down and all the blood was rushing into his brain.
Body tension and balance were not an issue anymore at this point in time, but unfortunately, being upside down did not lead to more or better thoughts. Instead of giving up, Devin decided to just up the ante though. Tensing his stomach and trying to keep his back straight, he moved one hand forward slightly and then another one and repeated the process, because walking on his hands might work better than just standing on them.
Unfortunately, that didn’t help either, so Devin eventually bent his arms, tucked his head in and did a somersault before he rose to his feet and began to mutter under his breath instead. “Grmbl”, he made and furrowed his brow before he turned to his pet goat Heidi who was standing nearby and watching him with a rather stoic expression on her face. “How do you grumble without using actual words?” he wanted to know. “Is ‘grmbl’ better or should I just say ‘grrr’? That’s growling though”, he realized.
“Growling is appropriate as well”, he decided a moment later and rolled up his mat just as the solution occurred to him, and he proceeded to smile all over his face. The new road had finally been finished. A road meant more visitors which meant more potential for trouble. It had occurred to him that the Barony’s defenses were still kind of lacking, apart from the wall around the manor. He’d been wondering what he should do to change that because he wasn’t too fond of thieves or bandits – provided that there were any bandits on Faldrass.
He had two swords though, and the training to be able to use them properly. He could just give the maids, the cooks and the stableboys some combat training himself so that they wouldn’t be defenseless anymore in case of an attack. He needed to show off his very shiny swords that had cost as much as a house more anyway. And not enough people had seen his amazing Blooded Leather armor yet either!
With that thought in mind, he tucked the rolled-up mat under his right arm and walked back into the manor, with a spring in his step and an even bigger smile on his face than before, his pet goat in tow. He’d let the people that were working at the manor know about his great idea right away.
This, he decided, would be fun!
Morning
The Garden of Smooglenuff Manor
On the 81st of Ymiden, Devin Thorn, High Priest of Delroth, medical genius in progress and unexpected Baron was doing stretches and other things that were necessary to warm up and subsequently prevent injuries before he bent down, put his hands on the mat he had placed on the grass and swung his legs and his torso upwards to do a handstand. He had just realized that the Barony had a definite problem, and he was hoping that he’d be able to solve it faster if his head was upside-down and all the blood was rushing into his brain.
Body tension and balance were not an issue anymore at this point in time, but unfortunately, being upside down did not lead to more or better thoughts. Instead of giving up, Devin decided to just up the ante though. Tensing his stomach and trying to keep his back straight, he moved one hand forward slightly and then another one and repeated the process, because walking on his hands might work better than just standing on them.
Unfortunately, that didn’t help either, so Devin eventually bent his arms, tucked his head in and did a somersault before he rose to his feet and began to mutter under his breath instead. “Grmbl”, he made and furrowed his brow before he turned to his pet goat Heidi who was standing nearby and watching him with a rather stoic expression on her face. “How do you grumble without using actual words?” he wanted to know. “Is ‘grmbl’ better or should I just say ‘grrr’? That’s growling though”, he realized.
“Growling is appropriate as well”, he decided a moment later and rolled up his mat just as the solution occurred to him, and he proceeded to smile all over his face. The new road had finally been finished. A road meant more visitors which meant more potential for trouble. It had occurred to him that the Barony’s defenses were still kind of lacking, apart from the wall around the manor. He’d been wondering what he should do to change that because he wasn’t too fond of thieves or bandits – provided that there were any bandits on Faldrass.
He had two swords though, and the training to be able to use them properly. He could just give the maids, the cooks and the stableboys some combat training himself so that they wouldn’t be defenseless anymore in case of an attack. He needed to show off his very shiny swords that had cost as much as a house more anyway. And not enough people had seen his amazing Blooded Leather armor yet either!
With that thought in mind, he tucked the rolled-up mat under his right arm and walked back into the manor, with a spring in his step and an even bigger smile on his face than before, his pet goat in tow. He’d let the people that were working at the manor know about his great idea right away.
This, he decided, would be fun!
