The blue haired high elf blinked then tried her best not to look at the other table. "What are you trying to say?"
Scott shook his head. "I'm not certain, but I think she was just trying to cause a scene for some reason. So, I went with it to see what happened."
"So, you don't know her?" asked Rhea.
He laughed a little then smiled at Rhea. "Never met her before in my life, but it was obvious that she was pulling something."
"Oh, OK." said Rhea. She didn't look like she was fine with the situation, but it had resolved itself.
Herbert chittered something that sounded thoughtful. Ero translated for him. "I wonder what she was up to?"
"Who knows? Maybe they were just bored?" asked Scott. It was likely to be something more sinister, but he was not sure what they planned to do after making such an obvious scene in a restaurant.
"They could be player killers." reasoned Rhea.
Scott nodded to her. "The thought had crossed my mind. Why would they target us so blatantly in a restaurant, though?"
Ero supplied the obvious answer. "Maybe they're idiots?"
"There's a thought." said Scott. What if they truly were idiots? It would make a great deal of sense.
Meanwhile at the player killer table. First Guy animatedly spoke his decision on the matter. "These guys must be idiots."
"That would make a great deal of sense." said Beady Eyes. Honestly, who just goes along with the scenario when someone makes a scene in public?
Redhead sighed softly. "I don't know, but I'm out."
"You're what?" asked First Guy.
She raised her hand and made a dismissive gesture. "I'm just not feeling it now."
"What'd he say to you anyway? I only heard a little of the conversation." said Beady Eyes.
The redhead woman sighed softly then made another dismissive gesture. "He was pleasant. Unlike certain other people I spend my time with."
"Pleasant?" asked Beady Eyes.
"I'm pleasant as hell!" snapped First Guy. "You're just easy to fool when a pretty boy bats his eyelashes at you."
"Whatever, I'm getting bored. If you boys want to go hunt down some noobs, go ahead. I'm heading back to my room." she said.
They watched her leave then sighed. Beady Eyes spoke up. "Dammit. I thought she'd let us see her naked this time."
"I know, right?" muttered First Guy. "Damn that blue haired fanboy."
"Hmm?" asked Beady Eyes.
First Guy snorted at him. "Come on, man. She was all hot and bothered about getting her hands on something to sell, and then one little conversation with asshole over there and she needs alone time."
"Wait, are you saying that she's going to her room to..." said Beady Eyes.
First Guy nodded sagely then sighed. "It's all his fault, man."
Beady Eyes took a swift drink from his wine then stood up and started toward the stairs. First Guy called out, "Whatch doin, man?"
"Our room adjoins our companion's room. The walls are paper thin." said Beady Eyes without looking back. He did stop just long enough to say, "You do the math." before he rushed toward the stairs.
First Guy blinked. The proverbial hamster wheel that existed within his mind began to turn at a rapid pace. His eyes lit up. "Wait for me, man!"
Back at Scott's table the group had entered an animated discussion about things to come in the future. Life promised to be quite interesting in coming days. Once the current job cleaning up the city was finished, they would need to begin training in earnest.
The dynamic nature of this world, and the strangeness of it all, excited Scott to no end. He could feel his old desire for adventure begin to creep up within him. That spark had been damped a bit when Rhea had started to reveal all of the great truths of his current existence. He had mostly gone with the flow after that point. Now, things were different. Everyone was more or less on equal footing. They could each develop in their own way, and become stronger as warriors, as people, and as a family.
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Thank you for reading volume 5 of Origin ARS. There are a lot of interesting new adventures to come and I hope that you enjoy reading them as much as I enjoy writing them!
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~ Scottie Futch
About the Author:
Scottie Futch is a lover of human pop-culture, overly well-endowed elf maidens, and entertainment media of both great renown and ill-repute. Zombies do not frighten him. However, he does spend far too much of his time determining the proper exit strategy from any given building that he enters for the first time in case the currently pending zombie apocalypse finally starts.
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