I say, “Giants, why have you slain these who are smaller than you?” the giants just stare at me, their attention no longer on the small green beings. The small balls of green take this opportunity to run from the giants, grabbing their comrades on the way out.
The giants still haven’t said something, so I decide to request them to end the violence, “Please stop killing the small green orbs, it’s mean!”
The first giant to speak is one of the taller ones, “I’m sorry, but these children need to kill the slimes for experience, they are pests and easily infest large areas.” Most of the giants have brown or black fur on their head, and large dense knotted fur across most of the rest of their body. Besides the one who speaks, the rest of the giants have very little or no fur on their paws or face.
I attempt to gather my thoughts together and come up with what to say next, I only come up with questions, “What are children? What is experience? What are slimes? Are the children, slimes, or experience pests?” I speak all of these in quick succession, some of the giants seem to find these questions funny, as they laugh as I talk. These questions are quite prudent, without them how will I properly assess the situation.
The next one to speak is one with a higher pitched voice, they introduce themselves as “Ellie” and say that their group is a group of adventurers. I assume that means murderers, also she asks my name, so I decide to come up with one. The only thing I can think of is that I’m outside safety, so I come up with “Fuori”, which I think means outside.
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“Fuori is now my name!” I say with enthusiasm unmatched by any I’ve seen, then I realize that I should probably get back to telling them to not kill things. Ellie replies to my statement with, “That is a nice name, but we must get back to clearing the infestation of slimes. They are the green orbs.” This reply clears a few things up, like how the adventurers are children, the slimes must be cleared, and how there is experience to gain. But I still have more questions like “Can the giants give me experience?”, “Why are they so tall” & “Is experience fun?”, but I keep these questions to myself to let them get back to the massacre.
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Alver, Ellie and the others stare at the cat, their attention no longer on the slimes. Their mouths hang agape, and if this was a cartoon their jaws would have touched the floor. The first to speak up is their instructor, a taller, middle aged elf named Malfer. “I’m sorry, but these children need to kill the slimes for experience, they are pests and easily infest large areas.”
Ellie is the only one who notices the retreat of the slimes, as they gather and absorb the ones which were defeated. She decides to speak up after a series of nonsense questions from the cat, “My name is Ellie, we are a group of adventurers, what is your name?”
The cat replies that their name is “now Fuori”, which she thinks is odd, but responds “That is a nice name, but we must get back to clearing the infestation of slimes.” Then she quickly adds “They are the green orbs” to clear up any confusion. The cat seems to take a moment to decide and then tells her that they’ll help with clearing the infestation.
Ellie tells the rest of the adventurers where the slimes went off to, they all follow her into some bushes, and walk a bit farther until they come across a huge slime, it’s big as all of them combined. As various adventurers gasp and gawk at the giant monster, Malfer tells them to get behind him.
As Malfer readies himself to take on this monster, the slime suddenly disappears, and in its place is the cat. The cat is licking his lips as if he just ate something delicious.