Snippet #1068978

Earth: The Beach

Reicha smiled underneath he face mask, "I'm humbled that her majesty knows of me. As for my proposition, you can assume why I'm here. On behalf of the League. But my proposition is this. I have no love for the League. Far from it. They have desecrated the desert homes of my people countless times, and while we were relatively unimpressed with your family's rule, it was far superior to the League's. So I offer you this. I serve you instead. I demand no monetary gain, but you will owe me a few favors when this is all over. Is that acceptable?" She asked, removing her face mask and flashing Sorcha her fangs in a, what was supposed to be a friendly, but was actually kind of intimidating, smile.

"Your current companions seem negligible at best. Had my intentions not been in your interests, I would have already spirited you away back to Concordia under the spell of my toxins." She was directing this comment at Masaharu, "You know not of what you deal with, human. The enemies you will face shall be forces you could never have dreamed of, should you continue accompanying the Princess. You had best steel yourself for the trials that will soon befall all of us." She said, her voice falling from her somewhat light-hearted tone to a much graver and serious one, "This was barely the incunabulum of her journey. I only imagine the League will send others after I have been deemed a "failure". Luckily for you, I'm one of the best bounty hunters in Concordia. So, what say you?"

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Earth: Ireland

James, with his hand now wrapped in an ice pack and towel, sat back down as the cake cooled on the kitchen counter. Without his right hand, he couldn't write, so now he just looked at the past few books he had written. He flipped through a few pages and sighed. Just then he heard a clattering coming from the bathroom. His eyebrow raised. What the hell could that be? He lived alone, completely. No pets, no people, so what could be in his bathroom? He picked up a sword from off the wall and brandished it in his left hand (now unable to use his right), and pushed open the bathroom door.