Undying Will 23 Swallow Island

A couple walked hand in hand as they enjoyed the evening sea breeze, the foam from the water flying over them as they walked on their merry way.

Sorren stood next to me, a happy grin on his face as he beheld the joyous scene, of course this wasn't because he enjoyed the beautiful scene, no, it was because he was hungry! Loud bellows rang from his stomach at periodic intervals seemingly demanding food from its surroundings.

A worn out ruck sack hung from his shoulder, it contained the fruit we had looted earlier, which Fawkes had decided to kindly give to Sorren. Fawkes hung in the very back, a wince hung on his face as he glared at the people around him, his breath seemed unhurried, but nonetheless a tired knot formed on his shoulders as they stooped, giving him the appearance of a tired grandfather who had just made his way from his daily walk.

A yawn shook my body as I finally decided to move, advancing slowly to the nearest inn I found pick pocketing all in my path, dreading as I did the amount that would be eventually spent on the two gluttons that followed me .

"Boss, give me three rooms!" I shouted as I made my way to the counter of an inn called 'The Flighty fancy' that was the closest inn to the port that I could find, bringing my hand down on the counter as I attempted to draw the attention of a stocky middle aged man who looked to be in his late thirties. "Coming!" he said as he came up to the front and begun sizing my companions and me up.

His thick muscled arms hung in a dominating knot in front of his fat stomach, a white scarf hung around his neck and a faded brown ap.r.o.n hung around his previously mentioned mid section. A wispy brown beard and a pair of tired black eyes greeted me as he reached for the underside of the counter.

"So you'll be staying for…." he said as he regarded me obviously waiting for the answer to his question. "A day, maybe two not more than that though." I said as I looked back at him, my hands seemingly independently digging into my vest for the money that had been pocketed by me.

"That'll be 600 belli, food needs to be additionally paid for, mind" he said as he counted the money that had been placed on his palms, before giving me three rusted copper keys which could only be the keys for the room that had been recently negotiated for.

"Boss, give me two tankards of sake" I began as I shot a look of consultation towards Fawkes, asking him whether he would infact partake in a gla.s.s of alcohol. "and some food while you're at it, anything that can be served quickly, all of us are starving!" I said as I lead my companions towards a nearby vacated table so we could begin our obviously monstrous, possibly disturbing meal.

"Cap'n why can't I have sake?" Sorren whined as he looked at me with the eyes of an offended person. "That's because you are a child!" I refurbished as Fawkes chuckled in the background and I patted his head very much like one would to a pet dog.

A sn.i.g.g.e.r arose in the nearby tables as their residents too laughed good naturedly at his antics. "Ya'll not from around here are ya?" a red nosed man asked as his eyes shone in a comic look, "Boys like 'im shouldn't be travelling around at 'is age, he should be playing instead" he said as he rose unsteadily to his feet, obviously unable to hold his liquor.

"Tell ya what kid, if you can beat me at a drinking compet.i.tion, then I'll pay for your meals!" he continued, this comment directed at me. "Why not?" I said craftily as I too rose to my feet. "To make this a little fair to you old man, I'll pay for all the drinks" I said seriously, a little guilty for the amount of money that I would swindle from the man in a short period of time.

"Hoo YA! I am all fired upppp!" he roared, resembling a certain pink haired, muscle headed main character. "Boss, bring in the drinks!!" he roared as the atmosphere began to elevate, cheers began to ring in the air as the surrounding people became rowdier.

The inn keeper chuckled happily as he brought in tankards of sake and set them on the table, loud and satisfying thumps rung in the air as a stranger stood infornt of the table. "Readyyyy, Gooooooo!!" he roared as he handed the both of us a tankard each.

"Drink! Drink! Drink!" the people roared as they cheered, loud glugs pierced through their cheers as both the partic.i.p.ants chugged down the intoxicating substance, foam hung on our mouths as drops of the tasty drink ran down the side of the face before dripping onto the wooden table.

The man opposite to me grinned with a s.h.i.t eating expression before he reached for another tankard all the while leering at me with the expression of a superior.

Five drinks later however, his proud expression had already fallen, now to be replaced by a confused expression as he looked at his surroundings. A loud thump echoed through the air as his legs wobbled.

"howyuuu doinn tha..?" he asked with a slurred voice that denoted his current intoxication. I had not even had to resort to my fruit's ability, my liquor tolerance had already long surpa.s.sed the common citizen, drinking with the somewhat odd ball of my family had already hardened me to the stupor that accompanied a drink.

A small rose on my face as I glanced toward the pa.s.sed out man, 'he was not going to be happy' I thought, as I made my way to the table that housed my companions as I waved the inn keeper. 'He was not going to be happy at all..'