OldCity Newsletter 7 - 07/02/05

From FiranMUX

What's The Word

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September and the beginings of fall. The Old City's streets and alleyways finally begin to cool after a steamy hot summer and the cooler dryer breezes pull the stink from the canals so the air seems easier on the senses. Rats are more active trying to store up some provisions for the upcoming winter and it's easy to find a few in one's pantry or scratching around the amphora.

Warrik, the old gossip monger, not seen for a long time on the streets, limps his way into the Dagger and Dice. He has been using a cane since an earth shake brought a building down on him and has been hobbling ever since he was beat senseless by the haffie Quargle (who was killed by mob violence during the Draugik-Zeysani war). He takes a seat, heavily landing into it, and soon a small crowd gathers and he begins, "It's like this, " he coughs and clears his throat, "I has heard that Tavelik is finally outta them stocks after bein' in jail fer a good lon' time fer a dumbass reason o' a break in botched or somethin'.. Lies probably by them dumbass guards. He was stocked fer a few days an' was rightly bashed up with eggs an' vegetables but some kind soul healed him up I has heard. He will be out an' about again now so pat the boy on the back an' make him feel welcomed." He coughs again and then turns to a woman, "I was there in the Barnacle.. or was it here? Well one or tuther an' Angada was there braggin' about wantin' ta be a whore. That Jariko was tellin' her what a whore did." He laughs, "She's ol' enough so they say. Seems she don't want no soul either, but there is alotta us that don't believe in that crap. I fer one don't. If gods is so damn good, why does we has all this war all the time? Why do them priests always attribute all the bad thin's ta the gods? Like them lions runnin' around attackin' a few years ago? Like them bad storms a few years ago? Like a burnin' rock that fell on the bath house? Plagues o' bugs an' pissy critters. All that bad stuff is like 'from the gods'. So what good does ever get attributed ta them? Nuthin' I tell ya!" He rants for a few minutes then someone pokes him, "OH right... gossip. Hmm lemme see. Reesa aka Nubs was there too. She was gettin' a fightin' lesson with Jazayeri. Seems that she was practicin' her techniques on a loud mouth haffie by the name o' Barabus. He was mouthin' off bein' all uppity like he was maybe important or somethin' an' so Jaz gots the kid ta practice bashin' on him. Reesa is a haffie too which is kinda ironic, don't ya think? Cept she don't seem ta believe it but she does believe she gots a invisible goat an' duck...the only other person I know that kin see them is Jazayeri. So, they is both nuts as far as I am concerned. Jaz has years o' practice at it though. She married Kinto right?" folks in the crowd nod in agreement about that.

"Now them whores, It's right important fer them nobles ta go an' visit them whores or folks don't look right at them nobles, so if yer lookin' fer a pocket ta beg from, hangin' out by the Dove might brin' some stenis ta yer pocket as they visit them girls. There is Unora an' Delicia an' Paulina an' Yandora an' Luralee an' Jesika an' a bunch others there. They run events from time ta time ya know?" He scratches his nose, "Now I hear that Yozzana is lookin' ta be like a gladiator like her mama an' daddy is an' we all know that Asalan thinks he is like the best there is, but then why does a dumbass waller get the gladiator belt? That ain't right in my opinion. We has better fighters." The old fellow adds, "You all know that our own sweet little haffie lovin' Cybele is throwin' a waller party at some Vanquishing tavern in a few days. She was talkin' about it at least. Talkin' about learnin' ta ride horses too. Jaz was explainin' it ta her or somethin'. I donno why she would want ta know about that though. Claimed she didn't want ta be kicked an' stuff. I heard that Maedrus was interested in that too. Probably want ta be jockies fer the races or somethin'."

The old fellow then recalls, "Now one night Wendos came up ta Jaz an' started baitin' her. An' she took the bait an' started beatin' on him till he hadda like pull his Q-stick on her. She let him go but talk about bein' a dumbass. He didn't even has no armor on, so she did him in good. I don't think they much like each other an' I ain't sure why. Jaz somethin' about him doin' somethin' I think but she didn't say what an' I don't know if he even knows what he did, but men ain't that the way o' a woman ta just think we guys should know what we did ta piss them off?" He laughs again, "An' talkin' about Wendos...I was sittin' outside the Gambit the other day an' heard a loud discussin' between him an' Philomena. They was talkin' trash when the subject o' him baitin' Jaz came up or maybe it was a creaky ol' bat joke about his dumbass Tic wife...reguarless, they started wrestlin' an' punchin' an' he beat the piss outta her but she did manage ta lay a good one on him once too.. an' now I hear she is sayin' that he coulda never done that damage ta her if she weren't drunk as a skunk-- What's got inta Wendos' craw I wonder? Fightin' all the time? Must be that marrin' a ol' hag will do that ta a guy, ya know?" He pauses then, "Now I ain't seen Madix about lately but there is rumors floatin' about his disenchantment with the ol' city life but he still lives here. Maybe that ain't true. Oh an' I hear that that haffie Barabus is in jail too fer assaultin' someone. I wonder if he beat the piss outta Nubs after she walloped on him? Or maybe he took down a waller? I donno. I can't figure it, but boy is he vocal about haffie rights an' dumbshit like that. Gonna gets his ass beat time an' time again, if he keeps it up. Maybe Wendos kin start a bettin' pool on when he's kilt.. Wendos likes stuff like that, ya know? Oh an' this woman... maybe ya remember her as ol' city, Adamanthaea? Well she defected ta the walls an' dared ta show her snout inta the Barnacle an' I think Jaz was gonna has Reesa beat her up. I wonder if Nubs is gonna be Jaz's new protege? She is treatin' her like one.. An' a haffie too? What's up with that?"