Sweetie Drops
I had recently had to deal with a few monsters that isolated prey before violently tearing them apart.
The lou carcolh, a bauk, and a gryphon called the black annis who had metal claws and a taste for other gryphons.
And now it seemed that I was dealing with another such creature.
I came to Trottingham to investigate a series of disappearances that were occurring in the area.
The culprit appeared to be a completely red centaur.
Though from the sound of it they were disfigured in some way.
Three agents had previously been sent to handle the situation but two had disappeared just like the victims.
Before I left I was joined by Nightlight which was strange.
He would normally just observe from a distance but right now he was not even trying to hide.
When I asked why he was not observing from a distance he said that he had a bad feeling about what was causing the disappearances.
So he decided that it was best to come with me openly.
When we arrived our first course of action was to question the surviving agent Sweet Lemonade.
Heavy Lifting and Pretzel Stick had not been found and likely never would.
Even if Sweet Lemonade was still recovering from being attacked we needed information on who we were fighting.
She was not completely consciousness but I tried to question her regardless.
The first thing I learned was that there were actually more than one culprit.
The second thing I learned was that they would appear out of the ocean.
Sweet Lemonade had slipped in a puddle while running from them before they reached her she threw her lemonade at them.
After a while she noticed that they had disappeared and she stayed there until she was found by locals who then brought her to the hospital.
The local authorities had been doing their own investigation and when Nightlight returned to tell me what he learned he held a grim expression.
Apparently some kind of black blood had been found on the beach where Heavy Lifting and Pretzel Stick had disappeared.
When I asked if he knew what that meant he said that he had an idea but really hoped that he was wrong.
When I decided to investigate on my own I was lead to an old mare with a moat around her house and water tower near by.
According to her there have been signs of the return of the nuckelavees.
When the old mare described what a nuckelavee looked like I understood why they would be misidentified as centaurs.
Since they seemed to have an aversion to water I decided that the best way to fight them was with water guns.
I also learned that they would not appear about a day or two after it rained.
As for Nightlight well he just went off on his own to make his own preparations.
Not sure what he is planning but he normally has good ideas for this stuff.
While he was doing that I would prepare a stake out for the three nuckelavee.
As I waited on the beach for the nuckelavee I saw three large red forms as they emerged from the sea.
When they did I heard veagely familiar voices but I knew that it was a trick by the nuckelavee.
As they approached it was prepared to cut off their escape route to the ocean using a sprinkler system that was already there.
When they passed it I turned them on so that they could not run away.
In their surprised state I jumped out and shot them with my water guns.
Though because there were three of them and only one of me it was a battle that required constant dodging as they reached for me with their long arms.
The fight lead us towards the old water tower when my water guns ran out of water.
As I backed away from them the water tower collapsed on them.
The water seared them nearly beyond recognition as they were pinned by the towers metal.
I stared at the sight in confusion when I heard Nightlight behind me.
Looking back I also saw the old mare who explain that she had planned to open the water tower on the nuckelavee to drive them away, but Nightlight had convinced her to let him just drop it on them.
He said that I should go rest while he got a hose to finish them off for good.
When I returned to my hotel room I realized just how exosted I was and collapsed.