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I think in a lot of cases, I pulled off those interesting combos by evolving them from something simpler.
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The kitten mewed again, and climbed up Kazos chest, climbing atop his head, and laying there, purring. Kazo smiled, noticing that even when he felt his leg again, the pain had seemed to diminish without further repairs. Kazo was nearly done anyway. The kitten watched as Kazo finished up. Kazo then stood, and left the tunnels, heading back towards the town. The kitten slid down Kazos back and landed on the backpack, where it proceeded to open it with its mouth, and tucked itself in. Kazo asked, "So kitty, what's your name?" The kitten half-meowed, "Myeln." Kazo asked, "With the M? Or would you like me to call you Yeln?" Yeln replied "Meww!" Then, Yeln began to purr again, and curled up the best he could, taking a nap in Kazos backpack.
Kazo snickered, and proceeded across the desert, waving his tail as he quickly moved. Every now and then he checked to make sure Yeln was OK. Yeln would wake up should something urgent arise anyhow. Kazo traced his way back downstream, quite a long time passing as he traveled. He passed by the cattle farm he had seen earlier, though there was little activity. The sun was beginning to approach the horizon as he eventually approached the town. On the way, he had seen a few coyotes retreating to their dens as the night loomed ahead. Kazo approached town, and entered. The humans were starting to end their day as the sun set, meanwhile, the kobolds were beginning their night.
Yeln awoke, and looked about, choosing to leave the backpack afterwards and walk in front of Kazo. Kazo stopped, "Everything OK?" Yeln looked down at his own gut, then back at Kazo, then at his gut again, then back at Kazo again, "Mewwww..." Kazo replied, "Sure thing!" Kazo then picked Yeln up, holding him against his shoulder, then walked toward a marketplace in the center of town. The shopkeeper seemed to eye Kazo let Yeln down, and walked up to the shop which sold various foods. The human shopkeeper seemed to try to observe everything, as if she had a distrust for anything that looked like a kobold, even if all she could see was the size. She asked, "Are ya gunna buy anything?" Kazo looked at the meat available... there were actually two particular stacks of meat packages that looked completely identical, one priced at 2 moneys per, the other at 3 moneys per. How much attention was the merchant actually paying?
Kazo replied, "I'll just have a look." Kazo browsed in a loop, silently observing the shopkeeper... eventually, Kazo took the opportunity to swap one of the 3-money meats for one of the 2-money ones, simply picking one up, looking at it, and setting it back down in a slightly off position, repeating for the other. The shopkeeper lay back in her chair. Kazo waited a moment, then picked up the 3-money meat he had moved. The shopkeeper spoke, "That'll be 2 moneys." Kazo smiled... her eyes were on everything he did... but her mind was somewhere else. Some shopkeepers can be easier to trick later in the day for this reason... they're tired.
Kazo noticed Yeln carrying a piece of meat in his mouth, free of charge. Kazo snickered, set the oddly priced piece of meat down, and watched Yeln. Yeln tossed the piece of meat around, batted it around, and tore chunks out of it, devouring it ferociously. When Yeln had finished, he walked up to Kazo, licking his lips, and nuzzled Kazos ankle, purring. Kazo sat, letting Yeln scale up him, nuzzle his face, then climb atop his head. Kazo smiled and pet Yeln, "Now you're a cute kitty!" The shopkeeper, looking in a small box, noticed a piece of her dinner missing... "Hey what the heck?"
Kazo stood, Yeln still on his head, and walked away, toward the hatch. Kazo opened it, and entered. Yeln immediately protested upon Kazo shutting the hatch behind himself, "Merm... MEWW!" Kazo replied, "Don't worry, he's only a 4 foot tall canine!" Kazo continued down the stairs. When he reached the bottom, he spotted Rostus, laying upon a rather comfortable looking couch. Rostus sat up, then stood, walking toward Kazo. Kazo spoke, "Looks like the mines aren't abandoned really." Rostus replied, "Ah... yes... so the Miner is still there. I apologize for my leaving him unmentioned, I had assumed he had given up by now."
As Rostus finished approaching, Yeln jumped off from Kazos head, and hid under a table. Rostus noticed this, and frowned... only for a moment, though. Kazo emptied the gems onto a different table. Rostus spoke, "Ah, very good." Rostus noticed the blue diamond, "Yes, very good indeed... These are all of the gems I need." Kazo asked, "Is the fuel ready?" Rostus replied, "No... I need one more thing, two if you would be so kind. There are certain... proprietary documents, trade secrets you might say. When my activities gained a certain, shall we say, profile, the military decided to take my papers for themselves. I would like them back, although how you accomplish this is for you to decide. Secondly, in order to gain further funds for my project, I have opted to design a new flash-point spear for the dwarves. It works in the laboratory, but if you should be so kind, a field test would prove its worth much better. You will find the prototype sitting in the rack in the back of the room. I only need to give the dwarves the designs... so your reward would be keeping the prototype."
Although Kazo generally isn't much for weapons, among the weapons the spear was his favorite. Kazo replied, "I'll do both then." Rostus smiled, "Good..." Rostus then walked toward the table under which Yeln as hiding. Rostus bent down, "Come here, little kitte-" Yeln swiped at Rostus, "HSSSS!" Rostus jerked back, "Nevermind then..." Rostus sat back on the couch. Kazo walked over to the table... Yeln immediately climbed out, and hopped onto Kazos shoulder. Kazo asked, "Are you OK?" Yeln mewed slightly, then hopped off, quickly running up the stairs toward the hatch. Kazo walked to the stand, and retrieved the spear... it had a wooden shaft with a steel tip, curved bear the rear of the tip, the top of the shaft consisting of magnetite with copper wire coiled around it, behind which was some sort of device held in a steel drum, mounted on the shaft. It was an interesting design, and was obviously electrical in its effect. Perhaps he could enhance it with his own magic? He would try after the field test. Kazo spoke, "I'll go do that then." Rostus replied, "Good luck." Kazo then left, walking up the stairs, placing the spear between his back and his backpack. Kazo asked himself, why was Yeln so hostile toward Rostus? Rostus had made no indication of ill intent... the military seemed to be oppressive anyway. He even was on good terms with Nefarious. It seemed this kobold was just a particularly secretive inventor of sorts. Kazo had no reason to confront him about anything, but still, why was this kobold so secretive? Kazo would soon have an opportunity to ask.
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I have a feeling that the kittens name isn't perfect, and that something was off about the end... then again, I always find something to worry about.
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