Chapter 181 - Chapter 181 Kobold Encounter

As Thomas awoke he held his head and glanced beside him. As he seen Scarlett and Poppy staring at the note he mumbled "Dammit, I really did get another chance to see her, and I totally blew it." Thomas stared at the note and mumbled "Even though that wasn't the real one." As Scarlett and Poppy looked over at him he teleported behind them and grabbed the note. Thomas put the note in the subspace as they turned to stare at him as he said "I should've left it in there to begin with." Scarlett stared at Thomas and said "I'd like to apologize." Thomas began to put his jacket back on as he said "Don't be, I shouldn't have fallen for something like that." Poppy stared at Thomas and asked "Are you still upset about her death?" Thomas ignored her and walked towards the door as he said "What's done is done, I can't change nothing nor do anything for her so all I can do is move on." Poppy stared at him and said "Stop avoiding the question." As Thomas reached for the door knob he said "You don't need to worry it's not too important." As he opened the door Scarlett asked "Is there a reason you wouldn't tell me what was on the paper." Thomas paused for a moment and said "I already told you it's not important." As Scarlett stood up and walked towards him she said "It is important I caused this you could at least let me try to help you." Thomas glanced at her and said "It's really not your fault." Scarlett grabbed him by both of his shoulders and said "Then if it's not my fault at least try to explain it to me." Thomas looked away and said "Fine if you really wanna know I've been using that note as a way to get some sort of closure." As Scarlett let go of Thomas she asked "Isn't that completely normal for people?" Poppy stared at them and said "He's doing it for another reason, he mostly likely blames himself for not being able to see her again." Scarlett stared at Thomas and asked "Is this true?" Thomas stared at Poppy and said "Hiding things from you seems impossible." Scarlett stared at Thomas and said "You have nothing to do with dimensional time, there is no possible way for you to be responsible for her death." As Thomas turned around and began to walk away he said "I'd rather not talk about this." Poppy stared at Scarlett and said "It's not that he blames himself for her death it's likely because he feels as though she wasted her life waiting for him." As Thomas walked down the stairs and to the quest board he grabbed a random quest and said "The bar clearly didn't work so let's give this a try." As he left the building he glanced up at the sky and asked "What the hell is a kobold?" Thomas held the compass out in front him and said "It's times like these where I really am glad I have this." As followed the compass he said "The quest said that I should kill the kobolds collect the gear they have from the adventures they've killed and then turn it into the inn." As Thomas walked through the forest he yawned and asked "Where are these damn things?" As he seen a heavily armed dog like person standing in front of him he asked "Who are you?" Thomas glanced down at the compass and seen that it was pointing at the dog like man as he asked "Do you know where I might find a kobold?" The creature jumped back and grabbed two curved blades off of its back as it began to try and speak with Thomas. After staring at the creature for a while Thomas walked towards it and asked "Can you maybe speak a language I understand?" The creature dashed towards Thomas and swung the blades at him while making strange sound. Thomas barely avoided the blades as he said "Hold up I'm not here for a fight, I'm just here for some stuff that some kobolds stole." Thomas glanced at the compass and seen it was still pointing at the creature as he said "Never mind everything I just told you, looks like your the one I was looking for." As the compass vanished Thomas began to walk towards the kobold as he said "Either hand over the stolen gear or put up a semi enjoyable fight." The kobold dashed towards Thomas and began to swing rapidly while making strange sounds. Thomas grabbed the kobold by the back of the head and slammed its head into his knee as he said "Sorry option three wasn't really much of a good option." As the kobold took a few steps back two more jumped out of the bushes and revealed a dagger and a spear. Thomas pointed around them and said "Maybe you did choose an option." Thomas dashed towards them and shouted "I'm glad you've chosen option two!" As he grabbed the kobold with the spear by the throat he said "Come on entertain me, take my mind off of life's problems." Thomas dropped the kobold and said "Your not very interesting." As the kobold with a spear pounced at Thomas it made a strange screeching sound and two other kobolds jumped out from the trees. Thomas grabbed the spear and swung it sending the other kobold flying as he said "Two more of you, and you both have bows?" Thomas held his hand towards them and said "Drop them." Thomas aimed his hand at their legs and said "Last chance." As they fired an arrow past him he said "Your lucky I've decided to let you live." As a blast of water shot out from Thomas's hand and through both of the kobolds legs he said "Hand over the gear." Thomas walked towards the two kobolds and took the armor and weapons they were holding as he said "The people back at the inn should enjoy this." As a kobold jumped at Thomas with a dagger Thomas turned around and grabbed the kobold's head as he asked "You wanna hand over your stuff to?" Thomas sighed and said "Yeah I guess not." Thomas slammed the kobold into the ground and said "Well whatever not like you have much of a choice." As the kobold with the curved blades and the kobold with the spear jumped at Thomas he put his hand on the ground and engaged both of them with a cage of dirt. As Thomas got the gear from them he began to walk away as he said "That cage your in will collapse pretty soon if you don't break out by then that is, and your friends should live." Thomas glanced back at them and said "I don't intend to kill any of you and you probably can't understand me, but I guess it's an improvement that I got through this without any casualties." As Thomas walked into the inn and turned in all the gear that he gotten from the kobolds and received the reward for the quest he mumbled "I'll probably have to explain a ton to the others." As Thomas walked into the room he seen Scarlett, Ocis, and Mira all talking to each other. Scarlett glanced at Thomas and said "I didn't mean to make you feel pressured." Thomas stared at her and said "I know you were only worried." As Mira stared at Thomas she stood up and walked over to him as she nervously asked "Is it alright if I have some of your blood?" Thomas stared at her and asked "What's up with being shy?" Ocis stared at Thomas and said "She's been scared to ask you since she didn't want the grey eye to come back." Thomas stared at Mira and said "Yeah I guess it's fine." As Thomas sat down on one of the beds he tilted his head and said "Go on." As Mira sat down beside him and bit into his neck Scarlett asked "Does it hurt?" Thomas glanced at her and said "No I actually can't feel a thing." Ocis stared at Thomas's neck and asked "Where do the bite marks go?" Thomas glanced at Ocis and said "Vampire bites go away shortly after the vampire lets go." As Mira stopped biting Thomas she said "This feels much better." Thomas held his neck where she had bit him and asked "Where are the others?" Ocis stared at Thomas and said "I don't remember but I'm sure they said something about staying somewhere else." Scarlett stared at Ocis and said "Actually they said that they were going to camp just outside the village to keep Rose company." Thomas stared at Scarlett and asked "Do you think it's tough being a giant?" Scarlett shrugged and said "It could be and it may not be." Thomas stared at Scarlett and said "That's too cryptic, a simple yes or no would've been fine."