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[b]Time:[/b] Midnight-ish
[b]Location:[/b] Wilderness Between Orc Landing and Illuminata Kingdom
[b]Interaction with: n/a[/b]

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[Color=lightblue]"Yup. Time to get the fuck out of here."[/color] Darius had whispered to himself as if he had a choice of leaving. He turned away from Skar and started walking in the direction he came from. [Color=lightblue][i] Take a few slow walking steps, then jog a little, and then you can just take off. Yup! Get away from this giant green bitch and get to my phone so I can call the police to come find me.[/i][/color] Darius tried to hold onto the reality of the world he knew to keep calm. Everything that had just happened was just too out there for him. It was to the point where he was half and half on the idea of him just being in a bad dream that he could tell some of his friends about later.

[Color=green]"Stop!"[/color] Skar ordered as she hopped off of the dead troll's back and onto the ground. She slammed the tail end of the spear into the ground to add to the aggressiveness of her tone. [Color=green]"You are claimed by Skarsnaga Ghasharzol! No more steps."[/color] Skar watched Darius stop in his tracks and look over his shoulder at her with the same weary expression he had for the last minute. He was very conflicted now. A dream versus this all being real. Skar raised an eyebrow as she watched Darius try to subtly pinched his left arm. The man let out a sigh.

[Color=lightblue][i]So it's official… Okay, come on this can't be real! I'm being stared down by a giant green she-hulk looking lady that killed some giant… giant something and now she… she basically made me her bitch? Did she? She definitely did! I'm supposed to believe that this shit is real? You know what! Fuck it![/i][/color] 

Skar was confused by Darius' behavior. Then again, she had never encountered a living human before. She was told three things about humans. They thought too much, had weak bodies and were considered valuable to Lord Aklenroth. Bringing Darius in alive would fetch a high reward and that's all the motivation she needed for not murdering him right here on the spot. She moved to take a step forward when Darius dramatically knelt down and bowed his head.

[Color=lightblue][b]'Darius Barnes! At your service master!"[/b][/color] Darius announced. [Color=lightblue][i]A spade's a spade. A bitch is a bitch and that's what's going to keep me alive… for now. Maybe this monster lady can explain what's going on, because I just can't keep running around confused. I HAVE to figure this out. Whatever this is.[/i][/color] 

[Color=green]"Small man won't fight? Weak!"[/color] Skar spat on the ground beside Darius clearly disgusted by his actions. Skar disliked many things, but weakness was something she couldn't stand to witness.

[Color=lightblue]"Weak?"[/color] Darius replied without thinking. He didn't expect the huge green woman to react like that. He thought his act was the golden ticket he needed, but all he did was piss Skar off. [Color=lightblue][i]Running, wrong. Surrendering, wrong… So what do I do?![/i][/color] A scowl began to form on Darius' face. He had gone from confused to scared to scared and confused to helpless, but now he was just tired of feeling… weak. He stood up to face the orc with a harder expression on his face. The camel's back snaped. [Color=lightblue]"Fuck you! You and I BOTH know you would kill me! You have like 5 feet on me and you're fucking ripped! Oh and let's not forget the weapons and the fact that you killed THAT THING! Him! And you want me to fight you?!"[/color] Darius finally pointed at Skar, outraged with not just her, but this whole situation.

Despite the sudden change she saw in Darius, Skar was still unimpressed. All she just heard was how much Darius could bark back. On the upside, he did appear less weak to her now. Still, the orc was set on selling Darius to Aklenroth's forces for her weight in amas and much more. She didn't address his rant and instead turned away to let out a long whistle into the night. Darius held his expression until Skar's eyes met his. 

[Color=green]"Human. Not as weak. Still weaker than orc. Skarsnaga will take human to Dark Lord. Dark Lord will buy. Then Skarsnaga will watch execution."[/color] Skar explained to Darius as if she was providing an itinerary. 

[Color=lightblue][b]"Execution?[/b] I don't even know what's happening and you you're basically saying that I have a price on my head and will be executed once delivered!"[/color] Darius hung his head and shook it at this predicament he needed to change.

[Color=green]"Dark Lord hates… fears humans… No humans, no fear. Makes him look weak, but he is strong. Opposite of you. Strong body, weak head. You have hard head, weak body."[/color] 

A low snort accompanied with the sound of clanking metal was heard. Darius looked past Skar to see a large figure approaching from the direction that Skar had whistled. Skar didn't acknowledge it, so he assumed that it wasn't a threat. That or it would kill her and he would have a brand new problem. The giant boar came into view and stopped beside Skar. Many weapons and sacks were outifted on its leather harness. It was the orc's beast of burden. 

[Color=lightblue]"So this Dark Lord guy is… mentally challenged? And you listen to him? Come on Skarsnastica-"[/color]

[Color=green]"Skarsnaga Ghasharzol!"[/color]

[Color=lightblue]"How 'bout just Skar okay? It actually sounds… Strong!"[/color] Darius flexed his bicep. [Color=lightblue]"Aaand I'll remember it. Now, as I was saying… Come on Skar, you know you can fix physical weakness, but we can't go in and fix the Dark Lord's head! So that just means it's about getting paid! I can pay! I can get you paid! And I can get stronger!"[/color] Darius' superpower was finally activating. Darius wasn't the brightest man, but he could find the right words for whoever was his audience. [Color=lightblue]"Then we can go to the Dark Lord and just take his money instead of getting whatever he wants to give you!"[/color] Darius' enthusiastically attempted to sell himself as a priceless asset to Skar who answered with a scowl. She looked as if she was thinking really hard, and Darius was just hoping he hadn't confused her. 

[Color=green]"Skar… I like this name."[/color] The orc woman replied. It seemed like she hadn't even listened to Darius' proposal.

[Color=lightblue][i]Oh god… Why me?[/i][/color]

[Color=green]"Skar will test human. If human too weak, Skar will sell. If human strong, Skar will work with human. Get on Peacemaker! We move from here. No more talk."[/color] Skar pointed to the giant boar. 

[Color=lightblue]"Really?! We ar-"[/color] Darius was relieved, but flinched at Skar's repeated demand.

[Color=green][b]"No more talk!"[/b][/color] Darius quickly nodded at Skar who placed her spear onto the boar. Darius walked to the left side of Peacemaker, but saw nothing that would aid him in mounting the animal's harness. Darius jumped up onto the seat and pushed himself up to sit down. Skar stared at how awkwardly Darius had mounted, but just grunted to show her discontent. She didn't mount Peacemaker often due to all the weight the beast already carried. To her, Peacemaker wasn't a mount, but more of a moving storage unit for weapons and items. 

The odd duo of human and orc headed westward to Illuminata Kingdom.