The town was abuzz with activity as I headed inside. Dozens or perhaps hundreds of people were out and about in the main street going to and fro. Almost everyone wore some kind of high collared shirt, the only ones who didn't were not wearing shirts, or even clothing most of the time, though they were exclusively humanoid animals. The sheer mix of species I saw in just the first few minutes was amazing. Creatures I recognized as elves, dwarves, gnomes, and humans were the most prevalent by far, but at least two dozen people with animalistic features were also present, mostly ones with subtle features such as cat ears, or a rat tail, but others seemed to be little more than a bear walking on its hind legs. Weapons like the spear I had were thankfully common, with at least one in four people having some weapon visible on them somewhere.
Trying not to get overwhelmed by all the new sights, sounds, and scents, I hurried down the main street and ducked into the first building that looked official enough. Greeted by temperatures far warmer than those outside, a posh interior, and a woman whose head barely reached above the counter welcoming me.
"Hello you're a new face aren't you? Havent seen you before where did you come from, How are you so pale, Why is your lance so cheap? Did you need anything specific?" Her rapid-fire questioning left me no room to respond, and was nigh impossible to understand. "I was told by a guard to come here to get some papers" I cut her off before she could ask any more questions. "Ohhh why didn't you just say so!" She somehow sounded both excited and disappointed at once. "Now strip" she commanded.
Startled by her sudden change in demeanor, I at least held onto the good sense to ask why before receiving a look of bewilderment. "So I can make you papers properly, I need a full appraisal of you without any equipment, oh and I need you to sign this release form here. Don't worry if you can't read, it's just a standard information and liabilty release form, just sign on the line." This time se spoke slowly and clearly, though she was clearly frustrated with me. She passed me an older fountain pen, and some forms written in a runic script before heading to my side of the counter.
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The pen was surprisingly heavy, and I felt almost drained by the time I had signed the three spots she asked of me. The tiny woman gave out an appreciative whistle as I akwardly stripped. She told me to just stay still as she did her inspection. There was a distracting tingling sensation of insects crawling under my skin in various places as the gnomes hands searched around my body. "Almost done" she chimed as she grabbed my ass. Purring "Nice ass" at me, I suddenly felt a sharp pain on my left buttcheeck, as the gnome cheerfully exclaimed "All done!". I went to put my clothes back on, as I noticed her, nude, walking back behind the counter with a sharp knife in one hand, and a literal piece of my ass in the other.
Feeling a bit sore, i growled at her, "How much of that was actually necessary?" The little bitch even replied, "oh almost none of it, just needed you nude, a quick lookover, and a bit of your body, the rest was just fun. Now would you like to take a look at the quests while I finish up your papers, the board should be over on the left." No wonder this place was empty, if the gnome acted like this, no one would ever want to spend any more time here than they had to.
More than a little butt hurt about the recent turn of events I wandered over to where she said the board was and took a look at the quests, hoping to get a decent one by the time she was done. Unfortunately they were all in that same runic script, save for 2
Deliver 5 goblin heads
Doctor Peter Pertronas
50 silvers
Need goblin heads for research, stock is nearly out, please deliver by the end of the eclipse week.
Live research material
Doctor Peter Pertronas
4 gold
I need one of you to provide research material for several experiments, the procedure should be painless, and you will leave with more life in you than you had before, procedure should last two full days, meals provided.
Well, if I am doing both, better do the goblin heads first, hopefully this body is good enough for that. A few minutes later, the perverted receptionist called for me, "Sir there seems to be an issue, I need you to come into the back room." I sorely walked over to the door that had just been flung open and headed in.