Chapter 9 | Changelings

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"Good, Blinky left the window open, I hope he took care of the cameras," Jim says,

"Oh, geez. It's true. You always return to the scene of the crime." Toby says, squeezing through the window, he screams, falling through and to the floor, "They tried to  rehabilitate us, but the big house only made us better criminals,"

"Oh shut up," I say, jokily.

"The goblins are all gone," Jim whispers, walking down the hallway.

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"Ridiculous garment," Vendel says, jabbing a the mannequin with his staff,

We run up to Blinky and Aaarrrgh, the light tapping of our footsteps ringing through the hallway.

"You're late," Blinky yells at us lowly,

"I dunno, I was just waiting outside Jim's house to leave, they're the late ones," I say, shrugging,

"Sorry." Toby says, "Drall was training Jim," He grunts as Jim jabs him in the stomach,

"Draal?" -Aaarrrggh
"Training?" -Blinky
"That's what you were doing?" -Y/n

"Yeah, he sorta made a home in my basement to look out for the place." Jim says, attempting to make it a 'no biggie' sorta thing,

"Of course. When a troll is defeated in combat, it's completely natural for them to take refuge in the victor's domicile." Blinky says,

"So, you understand?"

"I understand such an arrangement could only end in disaster. Utter disaster!"

"Are we simply waiting here to be discovered or were you planning on showing me this thing you believe to be the Killahead Bridge?" Vendel asks,

"Ohohoho, the Trollhunter was just about to show us the way," Blinky says,

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"And as we were chasing away the goblin pack, we ran past this closed exhibit, and there it was, the Killahead Bridge," Jim says, pushing open the drapes.

A big structure, shaped like the bridge sat in the middle of the room, covered in a cloth. Jim and Toby walk over, struggling to pull the large covering off.

"Me," Aaarrrgh says, pushing them out of the way, dramatically ripping the cloth off.

Revealing a boat.

...

"Oh no,"

"That.. is not a bridge," Vendel says,

"But, it was right here! You saw it, Tobes. You took a picture of it." Jim says,

"It was, ehhh... It was out of focus, and I did forget to turn on the flash." Toby says, Jim looks at him, lost, "We were running so fast. We were being chased, you know? Maybe we only thought we saw it."

"Blinkus Galadrigal, I've not left the Heartstone in a century. I only did so tonight because of the grave peril that Killahead Bridge represents. For you to invoke that danger without just cause-"

"If Master Jim says it's so-"

"You will be only too quick to believe him. You've never met a conspiracy theory you didn't like,"

"I hate conspiracies. That is why I am dedicated to rooting them out."

"Like you rooted out the plot to rid Trollmarket of all its cat meat?"

"That was a misunderstanding."

"Or the time you were convinced we were infested with flew trolls?"

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