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ArcticNomad — Campfire Tales

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Published: 2017-10-20 16:51:25 +0000 UTC; Views: 1174; Favourites: 30; Downloads: 12
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Description And finally after few months I got start to the story I've been planning. We will see how much time it will take to make the next part xD





Happy screams and laughter echoed through a small and simple village in the middle of nowhere when a group of orc and troll kids ran around the streets. The sand was dusting under their little feet.
''Come one, the story starts soon! Jessamine is already there!'', a little orc boy tried to rush his older siblings with a frustrated voice. How could they be so slow? He took a grip of his brother's hand and tried to make him run faster. For two weeks they had gathered together with all the kids in this tiny orc and troll village for each evening to listen to this stranger's tales. And a strange one she really was, half a horse, half a human. Her horsebody was black as night, her hair long and curly and she was always wearing a lots of golden accessories. The kids hadn't seen anything like that before. But they really liked this Jessamine. She told them nice stories and was always really kind and helpful.

''Alright kids'', the centaur started when all the kids had found a place to sit around a campfire. ''Who wants to hear a story about the king of all leviathans?'', she continued with a mysterious voice and her green eyes were sparkling. The night was already coming, painting the sky black and revealing billions of bright stars. Their only light source now was the campfire which created red, orange and yellow lights around them. Sometimes the fire threw some sparkles in the air that danced till they faded away. The kids were excited right away, they couldn't wait to hear about this great leviathan.  
''In the beginning...'', Jessamine started the story. ''...there were five different leviathan kings. Each for every ocean. But one of them became greedy. He wasn't satisfied, it was not enough to be one of the kings, no, he wanted to be remembered as the king of the kings......'', the children were listening very closely. This was going to be a magnificent story.

''More! We want to hear another story!'', the kids demanded when the story ended. Jessamine laughed a little for their enthusiasm.
''It's time for you to go sleeping now. You have been already up awake for longer than you should be'', the centaur said gently. A red haired orc mom was already waiting for her kids but she didn't want to interrupt their story time. After all it was Jessamine's last night here before she would move on. They would all miss her and her helping hand. Though Jessamine was happy she had this tiny melancholic feeling carving inside her. She would leave this village in the early morning and once again she would have to say goodbyes to nice people. It was always the hardest part of her journeys. She had already made friends in her short time on this town. The kids would be very sad too, they seemed to enjoy greatly their story times around the campfire.

And when the dawn came Jessamine was already on the move. This was her life. She traveled around the world exploring different cultures and making notes about them. The notes would be turned to a book. She didn't know where she was going or where she even was on the map at the moment. She was going to miss the orcs and trolls from the previous village but she was already eager to ran for the next people. It could be anything; another village, big town or maybe just some travelers.

She had walked a long time without seeing anything but sand when she saw two very large figures of men. Ogres! This was interesting, she hadn't met ogres before but she had seen painting of them in the library of her hometown. When the two huge ogres saw Jessamine they looked seriously confused, just staring for awhile.
''Horse!'', the other said with a really loud and dumb voice.
''Human!'', the other disagreed showing his teeth.
''Horrrrse!'', the first to speak sounded now frustrated and used even louder voice which made his spit splash on his companion's face.
''Huuuman!'', they started to shout at each other angrily.
''Uh sorry to interupt, but I'm a centaur, half human, half horse'', Jessamine began to walk towards these two enraged ogres. The moment Jessamine came close to them, they stopped fighting each other and turned to look at this intruder. Something on their expressions made Jessamine feel a little nervous.
''EAT!'', the other one shouted.
''MEAT!'', the other roared.
Jessamine's expression turned from curious to frightened as she jumped a few steps backwards before turning around to run away but it was already too late.



What will happen next  


References

for Jessamine's human part  fav.me/dary5mj by Anastasia-berry
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Comments: 4

Raining-Tree-Stables [2017-10-22 21:55:57 +0000 UTC]

   Jessamine!   nuuu!    

love the colors and details.

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ArcticNomad In reply to Raining-Tree-Stables [2017-10-23 17:32:42 +0000 UTC]

 
Thanks!  

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Krigstein [2017-10-20 19:55:12 +0000 UTC]

Uh oh, beautiful art by the way.

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ArcticNomad In reply to Krigstein [2017-10-23 17:31:56 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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