| Trask opened the heavy oak door
and stepped in to the crowded warmth of the Black Diamond
Inn. As he removed his drenched cloak he looked around
the smoke filled room and said, "Which one o' you
dogs shoved me off the docks?" The
room went silent as everyone turned to see what was
going on. Trask continued, "Whoever it was came
in here afta they'd done the deed, cause' I saw the
door closing just as I was clambering out" The
other patrons of the inn looked around the room waiting
to see if anyone was going to own up... someone did.
"It was I who gave you a bath,
but I didn't expect you to come and thank me for it
amigo." Came a Castillian voice from one of the
inn's side alcoves. Trask looked over, but the shadows
were heavy and the smoke in the air made the figure
a dark shape at best.
"The only thanks I'll be giving
will be to the undertaker for doing a good job on your
coffin." said Trask as he took a squelching step
forward further into the inn. "Now tell me your
name, unless you want a blank stone to mark your grave."
Trask dropped his hand to the pommel of his sowrd and
hoped that whoever this was would apologise and back
down. He was in no real mood for a fight, but even Trask
had a reputation to maintain.
The figure stood up and moved into
the chandelier light of the inn. "I am Inigo Montoya,
four days ago you held up a wagon train carrying my
bride-to-be, Theresa Quinn. I have come to find her,
and the other items you stole. If you give them back
now I'll shall ensure your death is swift, if you not...
bad things may happen." With this Inigo drew his
rapier and assumed the Aldana swordsman stance.
"The items I took from you belonged
to a merchant in Freiburg, who had his ship attacked
by Castillian pirates. Pirates who coincidentally bore
an uncanny resemblance to the guards protecting your
wagon train. As for the woman you claim was your bride-to-be,
I left her unharmed in her coach. That was until she
begged me to help her escape you're clutches and send
her back home to Avalon." Trask could see the rage
building in the man standing before him. But this was
good, most of the Castillian sword techniques require
concentration, and with rage controlling his movements
the Castillian should be at a disadvantage. That was
the plan anyway.
"Your lies won't save you Inish
pig! I'm going to make you beg for your life and bleed
in ways you never imagined." With this he began
to move towards Trask.
Trask drew his small sword and unhooked
his buckler from his hip. This should be interesting
he thought, 'bleeding in ways he'd never imagined' sounded
like a change from the usual night of drinking and gambling
with the locals. Besides, he liked the look of the Castillian's
boots and his own were still full of sea water. |