[color=bdbdbd][center][url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4241058]Gru[sup]Sum[/sup][/url]
[sub][color=ffffff]The City of Teluval - A not so Lonely Bridge - Night[/color][/sub]

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Gru stumbled along, staring at the threads of green woven in and out of creases in a long forgotten path. Even in the near pitch black of the lightless bridge did the various bits of foliage remain visible. There they were embedded forever in stone and longing forever for light. Single stocks of fragile stems stretched toward the sky in a never ending search for the sun but a certain Grumbler figured otherwise. Strong stone fingers plucked them from the ground and tossed them into Gru's waiting maw.

[center][color=ffffff][i]...Not now Gru. We haven't the time...[/i][/color][/center]
Ignoring the other voice in his head, his mind focused solely on the food so graciously left behind for him, he bent down to grab another handful. But as he reached for more green, the green suddenly turned to a blood red. Light like fire engulfed him drowning out all other colors in the world, which in the dark wasn't much, and replaced it with nothing but the brightest hues of flame he'd ever seen. Gru immediately dropped his fistful of veggies and stood straight up in alarm.

[color=ffffff]"Uwah... UWAH! AHHH!"[/color] He yelled as he wheeled back in surprise, eyes wide and large arms flailing. In his temporary crazed state he caught a momentary glimpse of a hasted glowing orb moving toward him. Half a blink later and his face smacked it out of the air knocking it to the ground where it came to rest between his feet. [color=ffffff]"Uuhhh.."[/color]

[center][color=ffffff][i]...What in the...? Gru? What's happening?!...[/i][/color][/center]
Gru didnt respond. He was busy rubbing away at a quickly growing burnt lump on his forehead and peering down at the glowing ball of flame. It was impossibly bright, so bright that he was overcome with the urge to step on it. It wasn't his smartest idea though to be frank, he didn't really have a whole lot of good ideas to begin with. As his foot came down on the fireball, he was met with the intense yet now familiar searing pain of burning heat. He yelled out a second time.

[center][color=ffffff][i]...Gru! Keep it down!... And relax! It's just a f-[/i][/color][/center]
Gru now frustrated, bent down and picked up the flare with his bare hands. Ignoring the searing pain and turning so that part of his back was facing the waiting silhouettes at the far end of the bridge, he flung it off the side and watched it tumble through air into the depths below. It fluttered slowly like a pebble dropped in a pool and as it drifted away it spit light and fire everywhere in chaotic spectacle until it was finally swallowed by the dark.

[center][color=ffffff][i]...[/i][/color][/center]
The grumbler suddenly tensed up and his head snapped to the end of the bridge. There now clear as day and waiting for him down an alley at the end of the bridge was a trio of persons. Three faded figures bathed in soft light and conversing among themselves. They looked at each other, looked at the ground, looked at him.

[center][color=ffffff][i]...Careful Gru...They've seen you now...[/i][/color][/center]
Gru huffed with irritation, rubbed the lump on his head and a burnt foot into the dirt, and made off toward the three.
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