Dungeons & Disappointment

Chapter 14: Bright And Early

I stretched in the bed as I slowly woke up, bringing myself back to the land of the living, and I felt my hand hit Finana right in the face.

"Awww come on Trevon!" She whined, turning over in the bed. "Watch your hands!"

"Right, right, I'm sorry." I replied, smirking to myself.

I wiped my eyes as she tossed and turned, and I heard the sounds of the now rather mellow tavern room beneath us, and to the room next to us, there was a very faint, but very obvious moaning sound, coupled with the creaking of a bed.

"My god, do you people have to do this this early?" I whispered.

I slammed one of the pillows over my ear, effectively blotting out the sounds around us, but, a very gentle breeze blew through the room, and that helped as I slowly got less and less tired. I took in a deep breath, then sat up in the bed, wiped my eyes, and looked around the room at all of our equipment. Everything was still as it was, and now, there was a very, very small amount of light from the sunrise streaming in though the windows.

"Finana, come on, we gotta get up."

"Mmmprf." She grunted.

"Yeah I know." I replied. "But come on, the money is calling."

She grunted again, then sat up and stretched before getting out of bed and slipping her shoes on.

"Alright, where did they say they'd be again?"

"The southern gate, I think." I said.

"Oh alright." She mumbled. "We'll be there on time, right?"

"Should be." I said. "By the way, I had some weird dreams last night."

She froze, curling h hand as if I struck a small nerve, but he brushed it off, her fins twitching. "Go on. What was the dream?"

"There was, like, a burning village, and there were three people, named Bahamut, Tyr and Chauntea."

She stopped and stared right at me.

"Wait, you dreamt of the gods?"

"I, uh, maybe?"

"Well, if you dreamt of those three, then yeah, you dreamt of the gods." She replied. "The three you talked about, Bahamut, the King of Alavaar, is the Dragon God of Justice. I finally remember!!! Tyr is the God of Justice, Battle, and Law, and Chauntea is the goddess of life, nature and bounty. And all of them were in a burning village?"

"Right."

"Well, what were they doing?"

"I can't really remember." I said, racking my brain to try and figure it out. "There was....like this dead lady, and a baby."

"And what happened after that?"

"I can't remember." I replied, strapping on the last little bit of my armor.

I slipped the halberd over my back, wrapping the strap around my chest, and I slipped my helmet on before grabbing my ruck sack and slinging it over my back, over the shaft of the halberd. I took a swig of water from my water skin, and I turned to Finana just in time to catch her reciting the incantations for a few spells.

"Sorry, just memorizing spells for the day." She said. "Shouldn't take too long."

"Alright, well, just take your time with the spells."

"Got it." She said. "'Course, I'm gonna have Thunderwave at the ready, and maybe a heal spell."

"What, is Thunderwave your favorite spell?"