The guard doesn't respond. You decide not to push the issue.
"Zzzzzzzzzz..."
A heavily armored guard leans against the wall, snoring. Because of the helm, you can't tell if the guard is male or female.
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stnd
25
He fiddles with his cards. "I don't know."
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gnrc
0
She flutters her eyelashes. "I'm sorry."
0
gnrc
1
"Oh, leave me alone."
0
gnrc
2
He looks like he wishes you'd go away.
0
gnrc
3
0
stnd
26
0
stnd
26
0
stnd
26
0
stnd
26
0
stnd
26
0
stnd
26
0
stnd
26
0
stnd
26
"It's huge! I hope I never see it again."
"I saw it! I did! It wanders the tunnels occasionally, and it came close. I was sitting here, and it saw me, and I saw it! I thought it was going to kill me, but it lost interest. Not hungry, I think. But it could have ate me, in a second!"
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drake
3
The moment you say her name, he chokes on his sandwich, smiles ecstatically, rolls his eyes, breathes heavily, and gets a headache. Simultaneously. There are no words in his response, but he communicates an awful lot.
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belinda
3
"Pretty, isn't it."
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spring
3
"Watching the spring. That's how I pass the time."
"I'm Mick."
You find a small, handsome man sitting and contemplating this small spring. He's eating a sandwich.
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stnd
3
"It's a dirty habit. But it keeps me from getting too angry. I'll get transferred someday!"
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drinking
2
"Mick claims he saw it. Ask him about it. As for me, I'm waiting to recover so I can resume my drinking."
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drake
2
"That's what we are. What I am. The only thing that could possibly attack us is the Drake. And it keeps to itself."
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irrelevant
2
"That's where we are. I could have been at the front, dealing death to sliths and doing some good. But here I am. At good old Fort Irrelevant."
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nowhere
2
"I'm the commanding officer out here in the back end of nowhere." She delicately sips some water from a bowl.
She moans and grabs her head. "Speak quietly please. I'm Bronwen."
A woman in steel plate huddles in the corner. She has a huge sword, and an even bigger hangover.
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stnd
2
She grins evilly. "Just say my name to Mick. He'll be out west. Get his reaction. That's what my hobby is."
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hobby
1
"Nothing has ever attacked Fort Remote. Nothing ever will. But we keep busy. I have my own hobby."
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tedium
1
She runs and gets you bowls of stew. It's delicious. She flutters her eyelashes at all of you. "I put extra effort into my cooking. Helps relieve everyone's tedium."
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taste
1
"That's what I do! Would you like a taste?"
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cook
1
"Well, cook really."
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chef
1
"I'm the chef."
She nods, and looks you over. "I'm Belinda."
You meet a petite, oddly pretty woman with long brown hair.
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stnd
1
"Fearsome. Deadly. Wealthy. Remote. It doesn't bother us. We don't bother it."
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drake
0
"A party of adventurers came through a few months back! They stayed with us a week. Much fun was had. Then they went west, and most of them got killed. Chasm Drake. Then there are merchants, messengers, supply caravans, and so on."
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visitor
0
"And, we act hospitable to the occasional visitor. Breaks the monotony."
"Well, I play solitaire." He waves at the desk. "I've played thousands of games. Won two. Pointless, really. Then, we all take part in the standard pointless love affairs, have meals, exercise, have sing-alongs... Well, you get the idea."
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activ
0
"To stave off madness, we busy ourselves with other activities."
"Yes. This fort was built before the big wars with the sliths and nephilim. We were afraid of attacks from the tunnels to the west. But hardly anything lives in there, and the things that do really don't do much, so we have nothing to guard against!"
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tedious
0
"Open the gates. Close the gates. Stop bickering. Let's have dinner. That sort of thing."
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orders
0
"I'm the, well..., um..., I sort of give orders here. It's not like there are many to give, but when they come up, I give them! Things get rather tedious, I'm afraid."
He jumps up. "Oh! A visitor! Welcome to Fort Remote!"
A man wearing a large ankh and a subdued expression sits at the desk playing solitaire.
