(a young man wakess in a dark place,...phisicly...surounded by the unconsios bodies of the people)
[ym]..uuurge.....(rubs head)....where...are we?
(a girl no older than 16 wakes next)..mmmh.
[girl]..wha- wwhere are we?!
[ym] i don't know!
(just then a light shone over head)
GOBLINS AND GOBLINETS, WELCOME TO THE FIRST SHOWING OF "PIT-FIGHE~~~~~~~RS"
(showing a man standing over the hole on a platform supported on a mechanical arm of wood, goblins surounding the top of the hole)
..oh,..most of them are still asleep...GET THE POLE!
(a second later a long pole is extended in the pit, and lightly jabs the sleeping people; the first two being too stunned to move )
THERE, NOW,THIS IS THE FIRST ONE,SO IT WILL BE A FIST FIGHT FREE FOR ALL, WINNER GETS A ROOM!
[somone]YOUR KIDDING,RIGHT?!, THERES NO WAY IM GONNA FIGHT MY COMRADS FOR YOU!
[anouncer]..im sorry,ddid you just say: i don't want to live anymore?(the hord of goblins leans closer)
[same somone].wha-.n-no....no.
[anouncer] thats what i thought.
...
[anouncer]....START!
(a startled person hits the one next to him,and it slowly grows from there, untill everyone is fighting. half way through the brawl starting heproduces a violin from his pocket,andof all things, plays it,dancing wile he douse it on his platform, acompanied by goblins beating drums; he sings of sailors and a place i've never heard of)
[anouncer] (plays "shipping up to boston")
(the song like that of a band of bards in a bar)
(after the fighting was finished,i was the last standing)
[anouncer] WELL THATS IT FOR TODAY, THE LITTLE SCRAPPERS ARE TOO TIRED TO CONTINUE, NEXT TIME THE BETTING BOOTH WILL BE OPEN, I AM YOUR ANOUNCER, AND MASTER YAMI; GOOD FIGHT, GOOD NIGHT!
(the light dims to a less blinding level)
....
[ym].is everyone still alive?
(varios groans of confirmation)
[ym]okay;..good..what the fuck was that about? how did we get here?
[girl]..i think...we lost to the dungeon, and were captured.
[ym](looks around) where is the leader?!
[somone]...not here, else he would of won.
[ym]..we gotta get out of here!
(suddenly, the hole is covered with a giant lid)
....fuck.
(after 2 hours, the center of the lid opens like a hatch; a giant tray is lowered through the center hole,carrying goblins and food)
[gob1]gather....in..line....food.
(manny are weary of them)
[gob2]...must...be...hungry......
(he takes a bowl and a bottle, and walks to me)
[gob2]..here....food..for..belly.
(he halds me them)
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[ym]...uh...thanks...
(i sniff it, it's rabbit stew with potatos and carrots)...!
(i taste it, it's good)...it's good!...
(i check the bottle, it's red wine)...wha?....
(i look up to the goblin).....why is this food so good?
[gob2] you....entertainment...why not...treat.. you... well?
[ym]..(i take another spoonful)..this is better than what i had before i came here...dirty water and stale bread for me and my family...even the food we were given on the way here was saltines and water.
[gob3]..you..fight...get stronger...goal...entertainment..only byproduct.
[ym]...why would yyou want us to get stronger?
[gob1] stronger..make better...generaters.
[some guy] wough wough, wait,..so he want us to get stronger, so he can get more powerful?!
[gob3]...yup.
[some guy]........................okay...but we have families! some of us were gonna support our families with this gig!
[gob1]( seems to think, with his finger to his ear).........ultimate prize...freedom and.....1000gold [1000gold=$100,000,000, 100,000copper=1gold, 1copper=$1]
(everybody shuts up)
(the food is passed around some with odd looks)
[some young woman]...what if we don't wanna...go?
[gob1]...than..stay...get stronger...but.. have home..not hole.
[same lady]...good,..i have no home. and somone would probibly steal it from me...
........
(the side opens alittle, the opening being closed by a door)
[ym]......i guess...thats my room.
(i walk into it, holding my food. it was litby a candle on a nightstand next to an honest to goodness bed,not a sleeping bag like i was used to, and big enough for one, i tested it,and it wasn't filled with straw, but somthing slightly softer; the room itself was short of a below average inn room)
........
(i lean out the door)
if anyone needs to lie down of a soft surface, come in here, theres a bed.
(two are carried into the room, still with the wind out of them)
[gob1]..next time..weapons..... training.
(everyone is giving them horrified faces)
[gob2]..blunted...ones...worry...not.
(people were alille less tense)
(the gobs talk to one another)
[gob1]evael ot gnitnaw tbuod meht fo emos ekam ot hguone si SIHT taht ees ot das tsomla ,won rof hguone deificap mees yeht
[gob2].giwt a ekil pans tsuj ot su fo eno rof hguone ,niht oos kool emos ,yltsenoh tub ,emocni yliad erom teg nac eh os , niart dna thgif ot meht stnaw ssob eht ,naem uoy tahw wonk I
[gob3].gnideerbni yb tuo decnalab eb ot gnimees ylno .elpoep fo ytilauq eht ni tsartnoc krats a ecudorp secruoser fo ytilauqeni eht ,deedni
[gob1] .nam fo seillof niam eht fo eno ,msitopen ha
(all three laugh)
[me]....im scaired.
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[yami]that was a nice distraction from the unrelenting boredom.
[tink] what do you mean?, about a month, and so much has happened.
[yami]..i meant between them.
[tink]......well,it will get more interesting; and why arer you doing that?
[yami](sitting side saddle on the back of the man that was once a threat) a show of dominence!
[venen]please help me.
[yami]SILENCE MAN-HORSE!(hit's the manwith a riding crop,making venen yelp)
[tink]...you know, with some leather,(makes a square with her hands,and closes one eye) the scene would be complete. ,..(covers her own mouth with a horrified look on her face)
..(after a moment,yami makes an amused expresion)...tink,my faire lady! when did you get that new sence of humor?
[tink](blerts out)I GOT IT FROM YOU!..(notices).AAAAAAAAAARRRGE, it would've been bad enough if i just lived with you, but it's made soo much worse by all this stupid shit you put in my head!
[yami]..what?
[tink] we adopt charicteristics of our masters! you git! and i dn't want to be like you!
[yami]......aw, thats so sad.(swats his"steed") MAN-HORSE,give this woman a pony ride!
[tink] SEE?, this is why, YOU DON'T TAKE ANYTHING SERIOSLY!(girl-hits him{ie, with the bottom of her tiny fists})
[yami]...who said i wasn't being serious?, get on the half naked man im riding like a beast of burdin.
[tink]..................(tries not to laugh)...i think i should ride somthing..smaller. I MEAN: I HATE THAT YOU MAKE; I HATE IT WHen;....AAARGE!....
[yami] you hate that what you wwould call free-will is being tained bymy influince, and you don't want to be distracted by this crisis.
[tink] YEAH!...how did you know?
[yami] you need to be able to read people if you realy want to break them inside.like this.
(leans down tolook at the man) i am going to sllwy turn you into my persinal horse, becouse you are NOTHING to me beside a musculare flesh sack for me to use as i please.
(venen wimpers silently,unable to get up becouse the mustles around his popliteal fossa were severed by yami)
[tink]..yami,..(sighs)you're a degenerate....i can't even be mad....admitadly,the statistical best one in over 100years,..but still....you just...suck...
[yami](deadpan,but with a hint of anoyment)...only you can say that...only you.
[tink](flustered)..IM SORRY!..please don't cut me open again!
[yami]..im not gonna... i'm going to temporaraly make you "happy"..hu-hu-hu-hu-hu~
[tink](seeing him loom over her)...itsagoodthingidon'thavabladder.
["yami" casts: memory rewrite on "tink"]
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