Location-Fort
The warlord poured a red liquid into his cup. He removed his helmet, revealing his dragon like face. The room itself was a guests room. The walls were made of a dark stained wood. The couches black with a white fur cloth over each one.
"How's the training going with the marks?" He asked.
Marks were a name given to children who would become marksmen when they grew up.
"It's going as expected sir." Saul said.
The lizard opened its jaws and droped the drink into it. Then he gently put his cup down.
"Ahh…drop the formalities. This is my only day off this month. Hey, Sen, did you ever get that one woman you mentioned?" The Warlord asked as he held his empty cup up.
Sen poured his own personal expansive wine into with an agitated look.
"She was a fine demi human. And no, I'm not having much luck with her." Sen sat with his own cup. He studied his cup with a frown.
"What is she? Part wolf, bird, dog?" The war lord teased.
"Bunny." Sen's face was deep red now.
"Ha! I never thought you'd like the timid type. No wonder you're struggling." Saul said.
"Sheesh..don't even start. What about you two? I'm sure you got girlfriends." Sen asked holding his cup at them.
"I..ugh, my wife died. During the plague two years ago in Akaban city.. thats why I don't give a damn about days off." The war lord said.
Sen regretted asking now and he felt like crap.
"I'm sorry for ruining the moment." He said.
"No, you're fine..she was a fox woman. If anything. My closure is here. Making the Arkan impire suffer for what they did to her." The lizard said.
"Speaking of fox girls..I noticed the other trainees bullying Senko. This could be a severe problem." Saul said.
Sen poured himself another drink.
"Well. This is the army. If anything, she needs to build a back bone and deal with it herself." Sen said.
"Thats immature. They need to realize the enemy is out there. Not in here." The war lord said.
"I mean, what do you imply? We give them a lecture? If anything. It'll make it worse." Sen said.
"Yeah." Saul agreed.
"See? Saul knows whats up."
The war lord drank another cup and rubbed his head with his monster like hands.
"We'll..l gotta admit. Its rare to see fox demi in a warzone. Their tails usually make em an easy target." The war lord said as stared at the big bottle of liquor.
"Senko specifically is training even on her days off. In fact, I saw her there a few hours ago. I read her profile because of that. It said her parent's died in the battle of Mount Hollow." Saul said.
"Wait..damn." Sen say back in his chair.
"That's unfortunate. That battle was a waste. Seeking an ancient hero weapon. They say it was a staff..but all they recovered was a fossilized stick. Felt like rock they said. One third of it was broken too." The war lord said.
"They also say they killed a witch up there." Sen said with a mischivious grin. They all knew Sen liked his ghost stories, but he was after something else this time.
"You ugh.. don't believe in thaaat crap, do you?" Saul said. They could tell the drink was hitting him now.
"Hic!…hic! Damn..I'm getting drunk hicups now." Saul covered his mouth and held his breath, but that didn't seem to help.
"Thats technically classified…but screw it. They killed the witch of green..shit, I'm drunk as Hell." The war lord laughed.
"Hell yeah..Ama drink to that. You both are ahead of me." Sen said as he drank another shot.
"But…serusly…the witch of green..the witches are like….a..boogeyman. Could be real..could not be real..And now you're tellin…me they're real?" Saul said.
He had a lazy look in his eyes now and his cheeks were red.
"Yah! Witches used to be goddesses that chose…fucking..heroes to kill the demon lord.. before technology was a thing ya know?" The war lord said.
"Right…but why..kill a witch? Sounds pretty hot to me…could be a hot witch. Right boys?" Saul said as he held his cup up. They all held their cups up in laughter and drank at the same time.
"She was…pretty cute. But…laws ain't care how you look." The war lord had a serious look and they all listened.
"I saw a recording…and..and they shot her in the eye…fucking, pow!" He made a shooting gesture with his hand.
"Well…thats a shame. Are all witches hot?" Sen asked.
"I think so…ya know. Unless they don't wanna be. They can ugh…be whatever the fuck they wan, want." The war lord said.