The group once more approached the group of children plus John. Upon closer examination, they appeared to be playing some sort of game. You could see small marbles being rolled down the hill in a narrow channel that looks like it was dug by hand. They were basically racing marbles. There were seven young boys, two girls, and than John himself. As the group approached the children took notice and seemed a bit apprehensive. They stopped playing and crowded around John who looked at the group. Now that you were closer you could tell that he was genuinely rather ugly; his proportions were odd, he had a thick neck to the point that it looked like his head was attached to his shoulders, and his hair seemed wild; curly on one side but stringy on the other. He also had scars on his hands and some rather suspect looking boils and acne on his face too. "Who you?" His voice was surprisingly light though, like a child.

Pylia gulped. "Johnathan. Do you remember me? I'm Pylia. From the orphanage." You could hear it in Pylia's voice; doubt was creeping up her throat. John just looked confused and shook his head. "Don't know..." The children seemed scared. However that's when Buddy stepped forward, and for some reason started dancing. He... Actually was really good. The sight of such a bulky looking robot knight dancing and playing music from his body (You could safely assume that it was thanks to Shortfang in his backpack), amazed the children. The children were in awe and seemed to visibly be less stressed. More importantly, Pylia herself seemed less tense as well. She looked to John and spoke again. She held her hair together with her hands, emulating pigtails. "Remember Piggy Pylia? That was me!" John looked at her dumbly before smiling and nodding. "Oh. Oh! Okay! Piggy Pylia!"

Buddy would entertain the children with his dancing, getting the kids to join him. This would allow you and Pylia to speak to John who seemed to vaguely remember Pylia. She looked to you and spoke quietly. "John has... He was born like this. Strange in the head, but bigger than any of us children. He was as strong as a man even as a boy, but his mind never matured. As kids my friends and I would try and take care of him back at the orphanage. We were surprised though when he was adopted before we were. All I knew was that he was adopted by a stone mason, and at the time, I thought they just wanted John to use him for his strength. We thought he was was too naive to know better but... He seems happy, right?"

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Buddy's Performance (Dance) = [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/rolls/19005]Nat 20[/url]

Shortfang's Performance (Dulcimer) = [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/rolls/19006]18[/url]
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