1. Gruki

    Private A Little Something to Take the Edge Off

    The more Gruki listened to Saskia talk, the more she wished she'd never asked. 'It's good,' she replied, flaky scales parting beneath the press of her knife. Least the silverfin won't leave me with a bad taste in my mouth, she mused, taking a bite, golden eyes downturned, so she didn't have to...
  2. Gruki

    Private A Little Something to Take the Edge Off

    Gruki understood Saskia's concerns. Sympathised, in her own way. 'Course he knows,' she explained, 'the guy works in a tavern, for crying out loud. Booze ain't the only thing getting spilled in here. Gossip, too.' And he and Reed were friends. That had to count for something, right...
  3. Gruki

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    Pulling a face, Gruki shrugged, unsure of the answer or where it lay. 'He wasn't at his stall when we passed back through,' she pointed out, fingers drumming thoughtfully against the tankard of ale caught between her murder mitts. 'Wouldn't surprise me if he stopped by the Bern on the way home...
  4. Gruki

    Private A Little Something to Take the Edge Off

    'Some of you could have sat outside. There're tables now, you know? Next to the stream.' Hand on hip, Albert beckoned to Gruki, hunched low, as if to whisper in her ear. 'Helps the walking wineskins around here to sober up 'fore heading home,' he smirked, voice loud enough for the dusker to hear...
  5. Gruki

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    'Of course! What kind of establishment do you take this for?' Albert replied, sounding genuinely offended. If not for the smirk curling his lips, Gruki might have fallen for it. 'Chicken or beef, I see, I see.' Jotting down Saskia's request on an imaginary slate, Albert turned his gaze upon...
  6. Gruki

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    'Slow me down? Nonsense. You said yourself, you could outlast most of the others,' argued Gruki, handwaving Saskia's excuses, cause that's what they were. 'Not like we'd be racing each other. And if I did outpace you, so what? I'd wait.' She could run on the spot, keep her muscles warm and loose...
  7. Gruki

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    'Always so competitive!' Gruki laughed, unable to keep her grin in check. 'And yet whenever I invite you to come running with me, you're always busy.' Up at the crack of dawn. Full ruck. Gruki was sure Saskia had her reasons, though, some company would have been nice. Maybe she simply wasn't...
  8. Gruki

    Private A Little Something to Take the Edge Off

    'Grumble away!' Being friends with someone meant taking the good with the bad. Nobody was perfect, and Saskia certainly had her flaws. But then the same could be said of anyone, really. Gruki included. 'You worry too much.' Smiling down at her friend, the she-ork continued, saying; 'I've a...
  9. Gruki

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    'Aye, I do.' Saskia had always been quick on her feet. So quick, in fact, that they sometimes outpaced her. Into trouble, and out of it. Smiling as she watched her friend hurry away, Gruki glanced left and right before following suit. Folk made way at her passing. Some even acknowledged her with...
  10. Gruki

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    Gruki thought on it a moment, then shook her head. 'I don't think so, considering how embarrassed he was last time they held up half the town,' the she-ork smiled, recalling how red in the face poor ole Arnold had gotten when the bailiff's men had told him of the disturbance. How such lumbering...
  11. Gruki

    Private A Little Something to Take the Edge Off

    It was a hard thing, fighting the urge to laugh. 'Okay, okay!' Gruki's shoulders shook as she held her laughter at bay. 'We'll still go to the Bern, I promise.' Perhaps it would give them a chance to commiserate Saskia's shameful defeat. 'Honestly, the lengths you- I mean, we go to for fudge.'...
  12. Gruki

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    Gruki shrugged a what can you do? 'Play games, win prizes.' Reed wasn't much to look at. But then he wasn't hard to look at neither. 'He has a kind heart... and good taste,' the she-ork reassured her friend, throwing an arm around her shoulders as they walked. Squeezed. 'It's just a date...
  13. Gruki

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    'Huh? What thing?' Blinking, Gruki watched the scene unfold, just as shocked as Saskia was to see Reed taking the lead for a change. But then you reap what you sow, mused the she-ork, sensing an opportunity to tease the Dusk Knight further. 'I don't think we do have any training, syr, nor any...
  14. Gruki

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    Gruki shrugged, unsurprised to hear Jhima had not yet braved breakfast. 'Only as heavy as you make it, cowgirl,' the she-ork replied, tapping her temple, certain her companion's were sure to be pounding after the night she'd drank away. "Exactly how many times last night did I brag that I love...
  15. Gruki

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    'What're friends for!' Gruki smiled, all teeth and easy charm. An extra pair of hands might just come in handy, and Saskia's were about as steady as... well, anyone's, really. 'Caramel fudge to go with the caramel biscuits? Sure, why not!' Saskia's excitement was hard to match, but Gruki tried...
  16. Gruki

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    What a silly question. 'Of course I do!' Fudge, cookies, cakes; treats worth having. In moderation, the she-ork was forced to remind herself, as she had a gazillion times before. 'Never mind a discount, Reed'll give us free samples, so long as you do the talking.' He was about the same age as...
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    Sounded like a sucker's bet. 'Albert should've known better,' smiled Gruki, shaking her head, like she almost felt sorry for the guy. Oddly enough, she kind of did. 'Maybe we don't fleece our friends in future?' The she-ork suggested, shrugging slightly, the biscuit in her paw disappearing, only...
  18. Gruki

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    'You could do,' agreed Gruki, munching on a biscuit as they walked and talked. 'Though, I probably wouldn't, after what happened last time.' Broofest was a good time - it was also a messy time. Between the spilt pints and regurgitated booze, it was no wonder Saskia's skirt had ended up the way...
  19. Gruki

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    'Don't let Rulgak hear you, or there'll be Hel to pay.' Chin high, the she-ork glanced sidelong at her companion, a knowing smile betraying her inner thoughts. 'Y'know, I'm still waiting for those mittens you promised me,' she teased, feet following the beaten path towards Astenvale. 'Not to...
  20. Gruki

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    'That's the spirit!' Coin was for the spending and the sharing, Gruki believed, and a fine new cloak would suit Saskia's shoulders well, if the current one she wore was anything to go by. 'I wonder if the Shimmersilk salesman is still in town? I hear his wares are... um, widely-renowned.' And...
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