Chapter 1.06

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Released on: March 3, 2017, 8:50 p.m.

Last edited: March 16, 2023, 6:44 p.m.

Book: The Wandering Inn (1)

Most mentioned character

75 mentions

Some honourable mentions

Name	Count
Relc Grasstongue	52
Klbkch	48
Zevara Sunderscale	1

Most mentioned class

3 mentions

[Innkeeper]

Some honourable mentions

Name	Count
[Spearmaster]	2
[Farmer]	2
[Swordslayer]	2

Most mentioned spell

1 mentions

[Teleportation]

Most mentioned location

1 mentions

Baleros

Some honourable mentions

Name	Count
Liscor	1
Pallass	1

Mentions

Name	Text
Erin Solstice	Erin stared at the ant-creature, lost for words. Then it opened its mouth and began to speak again.
Erin Solstice	Erin shut the door. Then she bolted it. Where did she put the kitchen knife?
Erin Solstice	A second, louder, muffled voice came through the door. A second bug-person? This one had a slight rasp to it, sibilant. Erin heard the two talking as she looked around. Weapon. She needed—
Erin Solstice	Or windows. Erin looked around. Plenty of windows. She’d jump out one if she needed to.
Erin Solstice	Someone knocked on the door again. Erin froze, and then went back. Very slowly, she opened the door.
Erin Solstice	A giant lizard—no, a miniature Dragon that looked sort of like a Human stared down at Erin. He had to be at least six-and-a-half feet tall.
Erin Solstice	Erin shut the door, bolted it, and dragged a table in front of it. She could feel her heart pounding out of her chest as she pushed another table in the way. Knives were no good. He was huge! She’d have to jump out a window after all. She heard the first person, the bug-guy—he sounded like a guy—speaking drily.
Erin Solstice	Were they talking? Erin listened hard. Her hands were shaking so hard she couldn’t hold anything. She heard them trying the door and finding it locked.
Erin Solstice	One voice was higher than the other and had a strange clicking quality about it. Erin guessed that was the insect’s. The other, the lizardman, pronounced his words with elongated s’s. And they were both speaking in English.
Erin Solstice	One of them was knocking on the door. Erin tried not to hyperventilate. Her eyes darted to the window. But she had to ask.
Klbkch	“Am I a Dragon? Aha. Haha. Well, that’s just—oh, Ancestors bite me. I mean, do I look like one? I’m not even Oldblood, but maybe I do. Klb, buddy, what do you think?”
Erin Solstice	Erin debated. Somewhere in her mind, she was trying to decide whether she should be laughing or panicking. And if she were going to laugh, would it be funny laughter or hysterics?
Erin Solstice	Erin dragged the tables out of the way and hesitantly unlatched the door. She opened it and stared at the insect and giant lizard again. The insect just stared at her. The lizard, on the other hand, opened his mouth and curved his lips upward. It might have been a smile.
Erin Solstice	Erin’s hand tensed on the door. The lizard guy put his hand on the door and stopped her from closing it. She tried, but suddenly the door was locked into place. He gently opened it and gave her a lazy salute with his other clawed hand.
Erin Solstice	Erin hoped that was the case. She couldn’t budge the door an inch. But this wasn’t the time for flight, right? She took a different tack.
Erin Solstice	Erin opened the door slowly. The lizardman smiled and carefully stepped inside. The giant insect walked in too and gave her a polite nod.
Erin Solstice	The two stared around the empty inn. Erin pointed to the table while keeping her eye on them the entire time.
Erin Solstice	Erin pointed vaguely back to the kitchen.
Erin Solstice	What was a…? Erin shook her head.
Erin Solstice	Erin went to get the plates. She heard the two sitting and chatting idly while she went to the kitchen. There she took a moment to sit on the ground and slap herself a few times. Then she got the plates. An idea occurred to her as she was filling the cups with water, and she poked her head out.