//------------------------------// // Day 14 - Bobo and The Winged Terror // Story: Friend of the Nerevarine // by DVAN56 //------------------------------// So how many here have heard of the brothers Mobo and Bobo? None of you! Really?!? We need to stop paying bards. First they mess up my story then they don’t even tell the tales of those two. Anyway back to the story! Day 14 (Bobo and the Winged Terror) I ended up resting for an extra day after my little allery episode. Twilight was disappointed having to wait an extra day before we left for the ruins, but I was able to turn her mood around by asking her if everything was ready for the trip as she really enjoyed organizing thing, whatever they may be.  She left my room in a hurry and grabbed a parchment and quill with her magic as she left. I didn’t see her for the rest of the day. Later that evening Sam, the mage that was going to be our guide to the Dwemer ruins, came to see me. Told me a few thing that about this trip. That the Dwemer ruin we were going to, even though explored by the guild many times, was still a very dangerous place. That the Dwemer creations that defend the ruin’s halls keep appearing in the ruins, as if new ones are built when the old are destroyed. He also told me that the guild was hiring a couple of mercenaries from the Fighter Guild to ensure Twilight’s safety. The next day began with Sam and I walking across the street to the Fighter Guild while Twilight was finishing get things together and saddling Fox up for the trip. Waiting outside for us were two orcs, one was in a set of steel armor and carried a large warhammer. The other was shirtless, chest covered with scars, and wore baggy pants and carried a large battleax. “Is this the mage that needs guarding?” The armored orc said “No, this is Sanjuro, he is another escort. The mage will be here in a few minute” Sam replied. “My name is Mobo,” The armored orc said addressing me, “and this is my brother, Bobo. He... he’s not all there in the head, but he’s a good kid.” Upon hearing his name Bobo instantly gave a childish grin and started waving at us. “So what is so special about this mage that need three guards and a guide for this trip? I understand the dangers of the Dwemer ruins, but you paid for the best the fighters guild has to offer and still got another guard outside the guild on top of it.” “She is... unique and Sanjuro was with her before she even came to the guild. It would be easier to explain once she gets here.” Sam said “Yeah Twilight’s better at explaining stuff then I am.” I added. “Twilight? This mage isn’t some nut job follower of Azura? We don’t mess with Dea-” “HORSEY!” Bobo yelled and suddenly bolted down the road. We turned to see him running across the road straight to Twilight. He then grabbed her and brought her up to an embracing hug. Twilight unsure what was happening and stared at us, wide eyed as if silently asking for help. “Brother! Brother! Look! Small cute horsey! Can I keep her? Pleeeease!” Bobo shouted. “Sam what is that?” Mobo asked giving Sam a dirty look. “That is Twilight,” Sam gulped nervously, “Now do you see why she is special” Mobo closed his eyes and let out a sigh. “You mages… you mages… always something strange with you mages.” Mobo then turned to face his brother. “No you can’t Bobo! We are not having another Boo incident!” “But...” “I SAID NO!” “But...” “Bobo!” “... fine” Bobo said with a sniffle. Twilight just stood there for a moment, confused and unsure how to act judging by her facial expression. “What… What just happend?” She asked to no one in particular. “I don’t know myself?” I said as I walked up to Twilight, “but I think its the start of another friendship.” We left shortly afterwards to the foyada east of Ald’ruhn and then from their travel south on it as the ruins where on the foyada. That place as eerie as the foyada was nothing more then an trench covered in ash from where lava would run down from Red Mountain. Nothing but ash and high rock walls making the trip down the foyada very dull. It was quiet in the foyada, too quiet. At least on the roads you can hear the birds and bugs chirping, or the wind passing through the plants. Here it was just quiet, as if the area itself was dead. “Its too quiet!” I shouted in frustration of the quietness of the area. That was a mistake. From the distance we all heard a horrible sounding squawk coming from the sky. Twilight and I both looked up with a confused and curious look about us. Sam and Mobo didn’t look up, instead they had a look of fear about them. Bobo had a look of excitement about him however. “Suddenly its too loud, I preferred it when it was quiet… NOW RUN!” Sam shouted as the three took off down the trench. Twilight and I were taken back for a moment before following suit. “What’s that sound? And why are we running?” Twilight asked. Soon more of the horrible squawking could be heard. I took a look behind to see what was following us. I didn’t know it then but I was looking at terror itself at that moment. In the sky behind us was a flock of winged beast. They were a greenish-brown color with a leather hide, had long sharp beaks, and had no limbs other then their wings and tail. And they were flying straight for us. “Cliffracers!” Sam shouted his voice trembling with fear. “What do we do!?” Twilight asked. “Run! Run and pray we find a place to hide before resorting to combat!” answered Sam. “Agreed! Though me and Bobo could take them out easily, we could not ensure your safety during the fight. And keeping you safe is what we are being paid for.” Mobo added. “Brother let me kill the sky-devils. Pleeeeeease” Bobo whined as we ran. “Not yet!” So we ran. I ran faster then I had ever ran before in my life that day. We kicked up the ash of the valley with each step as we ran making an ashen cloud trail behind us. Twilight, to no surprise was the fastest off us and sprinted on ahead trying to find a place to hide. Her one wing was flapping the whole way as if her instincts to fly was kicking in. Fox was close behind Twilight not wanting to be left behind. The Cliffracers were closing in, slowly but surely as I could now hear the sound of their wings flapping in the wind along with their squawking. Even I knew that if we didn’t find a place soon that fighting was going to be the only option. “There!” Twilight shout as she quickly turned to the right. We saw her and Fox head into a crevice in the trench wall. The rest of us caught up and entered the crevice as well shortly after words. As soon as we entered Twilight used her magic and erected a small purple wall of magic over the entrance. “What kind of magic is this?!” Sam shouted in surprised as he brought his hand up to the wall. “Its a barrier spell, no where near as strong as my brother’s but-” As if on cue, Twilight was interrupted by the thump of a few Cliffracers diving down at us only to be stopped as they slammed but the magical wall. “... it will do,” Twilight finished as she watched the Cliffracers slide down the magical wall. “Does this mean small horsey is safe?” Bobo asked with a grin forming. “Yes we sho-” “TIME TO KILL SKY-DEVILS!!!” Bobo shouted as he drew his ax and charged out. To our surprise Bobo wasn’t stopped by the wall and just passed right through it. Almost instantly the Cliffracers spotted him and started to dive down at him. Bobo just stood there and brought his ax back ready to swing. The first group of Cliffracers was no more, as soon as they got within striking range of Bobo he swung his ax, cleanly cleaving through five of the beasts and sending their corpses to the ground. Bobo didn’t stop there as Bobo pulled off a feat that I don’t think anyone on Nirn can pull off. Not waiting for another group to dive down, Bobo jumped up. It was almost as if he himself was flying for how fast and high he jumped. “Oh no,” Mobo muttered “he is going to get sick again,”  with that Mobo too left the safety of the cave. I looked back up to Bobo who was swing down on a Cliffracer. Bobo swung with such force that he caused his body to start spinning in the air, ax still firmly in his hand. He had become a spinning blade of death coming back down to the earth below, sawing through any Cliffracers unfortunate enough to be in his way as he fell. What was left of the flock had enough sense to leave after seeing what Bobo alone did to their numbers and flew off. This was a blessing as unknown to any of us other then Mobo, Bobo was knocked out of this fight. Too bad it would not be the last I encountered that flock. Bobo landed on his feet and his ax was buried deep into the ground for the impact of the landing. He stood there motionless as his brother walked up to him. Then Mobo’s words suddenly made sense as Bobo fell to one knee and started puking out the contents of his stomach causing me and Twilight to gag a little. A few minutes later Bobo had recovered but a new problem had arisen, Bobo’s ax. He wouldn’t leave without it and it was buried tightly in the rock under the ash to where even with Bobo’s strength would not pull free. We watched as he strained himself trying to pull it out. “Back up,” Twilight said as she walked up. Twilight started to use her magic and the ground around the ax well, it changed is the best way to say it. For a moment it was as if it was water as it rippled like a pond would when a stone is thrown into it. The ax fell over and the ground returned to normal as Twilights stopped casting her spell. “Small horsey helped Bobo get his ax back...” Bobo said quietly as he picked his ax up. “It was nothing, can we go now. I… I don’t want to say here any more.” Twilight said as she turned to walk down the path. It was clear that she didn’t approve of how Bobo took care of the Cliffracers. Killing was the one thing that sent Twilight into a funky mood, as if it was the worst crime to commit. “Small horsey helped Bobo!” Bobo shouted happily and ran to Twilight. Bobo then picked Twilight up in a hug and Twilight let out a yelp of surprise. “Small horsey is best horsey. Bobo will thank horsey by hugging, and cuddle, and brushing horsey’s- AHH HORN!”