“He’s on the left.” Said one guard.
“Your left or her left?” Asked the other.
“I dunno, just left!” Growled the other one.
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Tax was only a little bit tired.
He’d lost track of the exact road he’d taken to get here. Something in the Water Region? Oh, but he was chased by something or other in the Jungle region … was that before or after? Didn’t really matter, apparently.
Anyways, the city.
It was a lot larger than any village he’d ever visited before. Bigger than home … oh … And louder. And brighter. And … smellier?
No, that was just the two fish-faces next to him.
Ah yes, the fish faces. Huku and Kranuk. He guessed they saw themselves the strong and silent types. Most responses went something like “Yes”, “No”, and “Shut up”. Didn’t people know how to make small talk, or something? Tax’d always thought salt water gave off fumes. Addled the mind, or something.
Anyways, the city.
Much larger than home. Although he seemed to remember home being pretty big. Life was good at home. Although, now that he thought about it, it was always a little dreary. That was why he’d left. Wait, no, that-
Anyways, the city.
Looking down on it, it seemed to be pretty busy. He hadn’t known what to expect, but at least there’d be something more interesting than the smell of fish. And talk of fish. And just general fishy behavior.
Anyways, the city.
“So, where do you two fish-faaa … aaannatics … (love the Water Tribe),” He gestured to his mask, and then back down towards the city “Want to go first?”
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Kranuk thought it over before answering.
This fire Okotan seemed a little strange. His mask was an uncharacteristic blue, and he was wearing some sort of weird backpack and strange things on his arms.
“My trident got a little bent during that last catch. I’d say we should head for the nearest repair shop. What do you think, Huku?”
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Tax could’ve offered to repair that. Would’ve been easy peasy. No problem. He’d done that all the time at home.
“Sounds like a good idea to me. Repair shops are nice.”
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“All right. The fish shouldn’t spoil in the time it takes to get your trident to a repair shop.” Huku replied.
With that, the three Okotans proceeded.
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As he gazed over the city, Kranuk was overwhelmed by how big and busy it was.
This was nothing like the small village that he grew up in.
The metropolis was indescribably ancient, but teeming with life.
I hope we find what we are looking for, he thought as the trio entered the city.
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See? Fish talk.
Tax entered the city lagging behind the others, somewhat sulkily, but caught up again after a moment.
“So what do you wanna do after we fix the hook thingy? Looks like there’s some sorta festival sorta thing going on. Sort of.”
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“Hmmm… might be worth a look,” Huku said. “What do you think, Kranuk?”
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I knew this guy was weird, but Kranuk kept that thought to himself.
“Ok Huku, let’s go, but after we get my trident fixed.”
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Morrus glanced in the direction of the latter island first, squinting in suspicion. It seemed like… Like a distraction from getting the mask. Interesting, but arbitrary.
“That where we’re headed?” Morrus indicated the best he could with his massive cranium towards the labyrinth of control. “The home of poor interior design?”
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“I mean, it’s where I last had the mask,” Shrugged the Wolfen,“Besides, I’d say its more avant garde than poor design.”
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“Sorry, I forgot you’ve only ever lived in a tree.” Morrus mumbled. “Just make sure I land somewhere with actual solid ground and not some kind of trap.”
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“This is where I’m from dummy!” Snarked Forty Four, “Pay a little more attention next time.”
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“So you’re- You live on the island of poor interior design? What do you eat?”
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“Well it’s not like I’ve been here anytime soon, not with Blaze on the mainland, Plus it’d be too hard to swim back. In the region of ice, I did have a nice hole in the ground.”
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“You are seriously making me lose any respect for your taste in interior design.” Morrus replied. “Just- Actually, no I shouldn’t finish that comment. Um… You’ve lived here before, is anything going to try and kill us?”
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“If there wasn’t, it wouldn’t be a very good maze, now would it?”
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“I mean…” Morrus began. “Mazes can be perfectly fine without killing you. It’s not exactly in the job description.”
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“No, but they are supposed to be hard to find a way through, besides, were you really expecting this to be easy?”
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“One day something I do will be easy.” Morrus grumbled. “Always holding out hope for the next time I throw myself to the whims of interior design and its demons.”
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