Challenge #2 · 4:30pm Oct 9th, 2019
Georg
Challenge #2:
Leeeeeerrroooooyyyyy Jenkins!!
Here we go!
“Okay.” Garbunkle leaned on his staff as he and Mud looked over the foreboding and ominous chasm. “Since we couldn’t get by the goblins, this is the only other way to go. Problem is, it’s full of all sorts of nasty critters.”
“Uh, I hate to interrupt, Spike,” Mud cut in, “but shouldn’t we wait?”
“Huh? Oh. Nah, it’s okay. We’ll fill Shining in on the details of the plan once he gets back with the chips and dip,” Garbunkle said.
“If you say so.”
“As I was saying, this chasm is filled with all sorts of nasties: we got hydras, chimeras, timberwolves, and those pesky bats that always dive down from the ceiling and bite when you’re in the dark.” Garbunkle shuddered, but then he pointed to a pair of small cairns a few feet away from them. “The only way to get through it is to follow that path exactly, and then at certain waypoints, there’s a riddle we have to solve. We’ll probably need to fight a few monsters, but so long as we avoid fighting as much as possible, I think we’ve got about a thirty eight percent chance of—”
“Hey guys!” Gleaming suddenly sprang up out of nowhere and gave his companions a heart attack at the same time. “I brought the cool ranch, and nacho cheese tortillas and a barrel of dip. So, we’re going through the chasm, right? Let’s do this! GLEEEAAAAAMING SHIELD!”
With that, the overzealous paladin took off, his blade flashing in the sunlight as he began to hack and slash at everything that dared to move. It took a moment for Garbunkle and Mud to realize what had happened, but once they did, Garbunkle quickly hopped on to Mud’s back.
“I can’t believe he just took off! Quick, after him!”
“Shut up.”
Mud and Garbunkle continued to snicker as the party passed through the gates of the local village. Even if they had wanted to stop laughing—which they didn’t—there was no way they would be able to after what had happened in the chasm.
“I said shut up,” Gleaming Shield grumbled. “It’s not funny. Cadence is never going to let me live this down. At least I got the chicken.”
“Are you kidding?” Garbunkle blurted. “This is hilarious!”
Leroy approves!
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And just to clarify: Yes, this scene is actually in the story.
Hm, maybe Battlefield Friends next? Though stuff like that can be spanned for a long series
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Okay, that made me laugh, but I don't know that I'll be able to use it in the story as it stands. I might have to save it for another O&O session.
(As it is right now, the chapter is clocking in at just shy of 7.5k words.)
Great work!
Haha! Genius! Still a classic video to this day that never ceases to make me giggle!