"Today's story is going to be something special~" The young man gestures with a playful wag of his finger as he explains further, a smirk appearing on his lips. "You see, the story that is about to be told is courtesy of a certain Doctor. Who? No, not Doctor Who, that guy is a bit too expensive to tell stories about, not to mention I don't want this to be my last story~"
The crowd chuckles in amusement as he hums softly.
It all began when a certain doctor, whose name we shall not mention today sought aid with a certain experiment. Risky jobs often come with nice rewards. How many jewels? A fair amount, but to a troublemaker entertainment is the true reward of a job like this. I still remember as if it was yesterday, or actually... maybe it was yesterday?
I was walking down the streets of Oak when I spotted a small cloaked figure standing near a wall, looking at two parchments while muttering to herself.
Did you know that they say that curiosity is the number one reason cats tend to lose their nine lives faster than a dwarf can finish his ale? Good thing that I'm neither a dwarf or a cat!
Either way, being the curious bard that I am, I approached the lass and asked her what troubled her, upon which she looked up at me and I froze on the spot. Was it because underneath that cloak there was a face belonging to a bullroarer frog? Or did she look like something that would put even a hag to shame? Far from it...
A pure and innocent-looking maiden looked at me, her bright red eyes that would make even a ruby feel like a mere rock gazed at me as she asked in a soft tone if I liked playing games.
What did I say? OF COURSE, I DO! What self-respecting man would not have enjoyed playing games? Even in my childhood, I tended to play all sorts of games with my friends, but it seemed the girl was not looking to play a game of hide and seek or tag, because gods know that if she was a bit older I wouldn't have minded tagging her.
Either way, it seemed she had been given two pieces of paper, each containing a phrase on it that would cause some sort of effect when read while thinking about someone.
The game she suggested was simple: each of us had till dusk to cause the funniest situation possible to happen with the magical spell cast upon those papers. Of course, I picked the first choice that came to mind, and with the confidence of the legendary Zade who could make even the angels swoon for him on the battlefield I set out on my mission.
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