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That didn't take long.
Okay, I'm sure you're wondering why the man is dead. Or maybe, more to the point why the man is mostly naked and dead. Yeah, I really didn't see this coming either. I guess I'll start at the beginning.
It all started when this gossip of a woman almost cornered me as I was leaving my new home. She went on and on about how the current captain of the guard was a real bastard and how he was extorting money from everyone.
Yada yada
She went on and on and it seemed that she really just wanted someone else to deal with the problem and was hoping since I was new and what not, that I'd that care of it. In a way she wasn't wrong that I might feel compelled to do something, but I sure as heck wasn't going to tell her. The last thing I wanted was a gossip talking about how the new girl in town was taking care of a problem. So I blew her off with all the sass I had and went to meet the guy myself.
His nostrils are like endless voids.
A pleasant fella, let me tell you. But it did help me come to a decision. I am a felon, recently escaped from the imperial prison, and was in possession of the emperor's special amulet. That be a brew of bad tidings should this donkey's butt find out.
