Tyki

HCL 2: Twisted tinkers' triumph

@supertinyking

They find a battered village, a woman hung on the village gate, her torso cut open almost surgically with her innards on the ground beneath her along with what looked to be a nearly fully complete fetus with the words 'witch' carved in the remains of her broken and battered face. The village past the gate looks none better for it as houses against the walls look smashed and burnt with a woman tied and emaciated in the village square, surrounded by a mound of rotting corpses, the only house left untouched being the lord's manor

HCL 2: Twisted tinkers' triumph

@Wraithblade6

i take it you like my monty-python nod?

HCL 2: Twisted tinkers' triumph

@supertinyking

a peasant soon comes out of a house, shouting "clover!" causing the pig to jump up and squirm out of his arms over to the peasant which rushes back inside with it.

It doesn't take long for the sergals to arrive at the village, the peasants locking their windows and doors while the lord comes out with a bandage. "what do you beasts want?" the lord asks evenly, the squad leader of the sergal force stepping up and saying evenly "we're here to confiscate your town due to reports of abusive governmental, military, and economic practices. come quietly and we won't have to hurt you" which seems to infuriate the lord, causing him to start on a tirade as he draws his sword only to be downed by laser fire to the head, leaving a burnt hole where his brain was as he falls to the ground, uttering with his dieing breath "tis... merely... a flesh wound..." before keeling over and voiding his bowels rather noisily, seeming to shed a fair chunk of his fat into his pants.

"good people, you are now citizens under sergal rule. please report to fort squeaker for debriefing and job alottment. your co-operation would be appreciated" the squad leader calls out evenly, the peasants comeing out to thank him before making the journey

HCL 2: Twisted tinkers' triumph

@supertinyking

"that was lord dickus, the current lord of this town... at least until the fuzzy dragons put him in his place" the peasant replies, whispering the last part before being pulled inside and beat by his wife with a rolling pin, the shouting easilly giving it away evenly though the shutters had slammed in her face

HCL 2: Twisted tinkers' triumph

@supertinyking

the lord is bowled over by the force of the magic, which seems to do more damage to his men than aggoth's flame breath, though they imediately turn around to the cries of "save the shrubbery you idiots! hurry!" the men returning to their fort while the nearest peasant pokes his head out of the window, saying evenly "he won't be back for a while. the lord loves his shrubbery so he'll probably spend a few days trimming it. you lot from around here?"

HCL 2: Twisted tinkers' triumph

@supertinyking

"lord Reginald B. Dickus, of the largest, most imposing clan of the valley. now monster, prepare to die by my hand" he calls evenly before charging his men hanging back a bit as he unknowingly gets smashed by aggoth's club back into his men while aggoth is looking around for the monster.

"a smart one i see, well you shall not out smart me beast! Charge men!" the lord calls out before charging, his men charging slowly so as not to out pace their obese lord

HCL 2: Twisted tinkers' triumph

@supertinyking

The peasants give them a wide berth, shutting themselves indoors as the local lord deigns to come out of the small fort on the hill guarded by ramparts, asking evenly "what are you doing in my village monster? i see you've kidnapped one of the peasant's children. come, i shall rid us of you" before getting out his sword, his men forming up in a loose formation with spears, axes, and shields at the ready

HCL 2: Twisted tinkers' triumph

@supertinyking

Elli is left with the cubs for the most part, taught with them, treated like them, and trained with them to the point that after a few years she's just another part of the colony, the locals having either been pacified or removed from positions where they could do harm, colonies spreading out over the planet until there are more sergals than humans

HCL 2: Twisted tinkers' triumph

@supertinyking

the Squad leader enters after a bit in more comfortable clothing with a white coat over it as he gets some medical equipment out, haveing Elli lay down while he treats her, going through a small surgical procedure to embed a chip in the base of her neck, though the process is relatively painless due to the size of it and numbing agents.

"alright, you'll need to see me weekly and a change in diet is warranted. you should also get yourself a shower and a tooth brush in the ward." the sergal says evenly, giving her a quick once over to make sure she's alright before showing her to the ward where the children live and showing Aggoth to a barn which was the only building big enough to house him comfortably.

HCL 2: Twisted tinkers' triumph

@supertinyking

"aye, it's best not to leave her with strangers" he replies evenly, handing her back off to the ogre before leading them back to the walled colony, turrets swiveling to them for a bit before going back to their routine scans. "welcome fort squeaker. you'll want this" the squad leader says evenly, his men going back into the fort while he messes around at a terminal for a bit before handing Elli a bracelet like his own, pressing a small button on his hazard armor before it changes into some regular clothes, at least for a sergal anyway, and he steps inside, the gate opening for Aggoth and Elli once she puts the bracelet on