Mercenaries of the Gods: Chronicle One - Stories

Things Come Together

Rina slams a shot. "And Odin bought that fucking line of chunky dragon shit?" 

With a huff, Kadlin rolls her eyes. Alan grins as he laughs. "Fuck yeah, he did! I mean I know that is true and a good rule to follow. But you all seen me kill way, way too many times to know I don't always practice what I preach." 

The table chuckles and all slam a shot in unison. With a raised eyebrow, Grania looks at her glass. "Is this water?" 

Rina cackles. "Oh shit! She is sober enough to fucking tell we switched it on her, so I guess she is sober enough for a real fucking shot." Rina pours a real shot for all four of them. 

From across the room Thrack and Squeaks walk towards the table. Squeaks is smiling massively while Thrack smiles gently to his friends. They get to the table and Thrack's voice booms as he announces "Behold the Guilds newest rank seventy-one! Squeaks, pupil of Pod 'Yilfnk." 

Squeaks lowers his head in embarrassment. The table starts applauding causing him to smile. "Thanks thanks friends friends. I I haven't seen you all in a very long time time." 

Grania gives him a confused look as him and Thrack take a seat. "You were, ummm, only gone two days. Right?" 

The table chuckles in unison. Alan looks over to Grania and says "You have much to learn about the Void, time and how it works. Squeaks was gone for almost a hundred years to him." Grania tilts her head as her mind tries to comprehend that. "I'm not sure if you two have formally met. Grania, this is Squeaks. Squeaks, this Grania. I almost killed her once and now she works here." 

While Grania looks away in embarrassment, Squeaks looks at her with a smile. "We we haven't met, but I was told about you you. Nice nice to meet you at last Grania Grania. I I hope you're enjoying working for the guild guild." 

"Nice to meet you too Squeaks." She says as she looks back to him. "Ummm, it's different than working for the Technomancers, but I like it." Though she isn't trying to, she feels a happy feeling inside him and that's not normal around here. 

Before Squeaks can reply, Alan looks at him and asks, "Why are your eyes still red Squeaks?" 

Everyone looks at Squeaks curiously. With a hint of embarrassment, he says "I I don't really know know. I I know Pod 'Yilfnk was surprised by it too because she poked me with her stick for a long time trying to figure it out out." 

Kadlin pours Squeaks a double shot and slide it over to him. She grabs her drink and lifts it high. "Ta Squeaks! May his jobs be plentiful an profitable!" 

"To Squeaks!" they say in unison. They clank their glasses together and drink a toast to the very happy wererat. 

 Thrack looks around the table. "Morothoth is absent." 

Alan speaks before Rina can start a rant. "I was curious about that too. He plans to leave for a job tomorrow and said he needed to borrow something from me before he left. I haven't given it to him yet, so I wonder what's up." 

After slamming a shot, Rina shouts "And he fucking needs to finish the fucking story or I will fuck his mouth with his own fucking tail." 

They all shake their heads. Thrack speaks while he plays with the ring in his tusk. "Morothoth always does this. Perhaps you should take his job for him Alan." 

Kadlin pouts. "Na he shouldn't! He needs ta go ta Greece with me." 

Alan smiles and kisses her on the head while Thrack thinks up an idea. "Take Squeaks. That job will be a good test of his new skills." 

"I suppose I can da that." Kadlin pouts bigger knowing it's a good idea. "But ya have ta be a gentleman Squeaks." 

"You you know I will will. It's it's not like you're that sexy anyway anyway." He says like it's common knowledge. The whole table looks at him like he is crazy. "You you are too thick, your nose is all strange and small and the point on your tail is weird weird." 

There is a moment of silence while everyone tries to wrap their head around what was said while Squeaks pours himself another shot. As if she doesn't want to bother anyone, Grania speaks softly "I wish, ummmm, I could go with you all. I am getting sick of, ummm, sitting around the Guild all day." 

While playing with Alan's hair, Kadlin gets an idea of her own. "Come with us sweety. It'll be good for ya ta get some field action. An tha job is supposed ta be an easy one." 

Grania gets visibly excited. "Really? You think, ummmm, I will be ok?" Kadlin gives her a big smile and nods. Grania barely contains her excitement. "Oh thank you so much!" 

With a big smile behind his tusks, Thrack says "So Rina and I head to Shanghai, Alan ventures for the Antarctic and Squeaks and Grania shall escort Kadlin to Greece. Seems jobs are bountiful with us." 

Rina exclaims "I will drink to that!" She slams a shot and the rest of the table chuckles. Rina pours another shot before her whining continues "But I still want to fucking know where the fuck dragon face is cause I want more fucking story now!"