by Ronin » Fri Mar 28, 2003 8:03 pm
Bren continued down the street, yelling behind him "ok, that sounds great, I'll meet you there in about an hour"
Bren continued into the market, going about his buisness try to get all the items he was looking for, he stored them all in a heavy backpack he bought, after this he continued on, to his fathers forge, as he aproached he heard the familiar sounds of metal striking metal, he pushed open the door yelling out as he came in "I'm home!", he was answered by a gruff shout from the forge, it was his father, hammering away at the head of a pitch fork, "where have you been, you left the shop unattended, a person could have just walked in and taken everything...... wait where did you get those clothes, where have YOU been, come on speak up, I haven't got all day!!"
Bren replies "I have been hired for a job with the..." he was cut off by his father who had heard him and started off on another tangent "A job!!!, who will help me at the forge, certaintly not your sister, we need you here, you can't go wandering off where ever you please!!!'
"father I have been hired by the king, I am supposed to help with something, you know about those people who were killed, this probably has something to do with that!"
his father replied to him, in an exasperated voice, sitting down on a nearby chair as he talked "yes... those were good people who died there.... but.... what if you are killed, your mother would die of grief, but, I guess I an not stop you, you are more than old enough to take care of yourself, you'd best leave now, I will break the news to your mother...."
Bren was relieved, he had not looked forward to telling his mother, "thank you dad, I will do my best to come back alive and well" with that he left, heading off towards the meeting place at the inn at a swift walk, hoping he would not be late....