1)
The thief was pale, and panting hard, when he crawled back into their midst, in the tiny dark cavern that resounded to the thunderous snores of the sleeping dragon.
“Well?” the wizard asked.
“Just one dragon, and asleep, but…#epic fantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 2, 2018
2)
…of a sort I’ve never seen before. I know not its powers.”
“It breathes death,” the barbarian rumbled. “They all do.”
“Yes, dolt,” the cleric sneered, “but if we know what SORT of death, we know what to do.”
The barbarian…#epic fantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 2, 2018
3)
…sighed. “We toss you onto its nose, it awakens and roars fire or whatever, and then we know. Your holy spells protect you, yes?”
The cleric blanched. “Well, ah, yes, but mayhap not swiftly enough. Perhaps if we tossed you…”#epic fantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 2, 2018
4)
“Long before you spend years, all of you, eating and training and developing thews enough to toss me,” the barbarian rumbled, “yon wyrm will awaken, and breathe anyway. Find another plan.”
It was the wizard’s turn to sigh.#epic fantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 2, 2018
5)
And unwrap something from his pack from which a hose protruded.
“Start blowing,” he told the barbarian.
“I’ve not even been introduced to this beast,” said the barbarian. “Isn’t this a little, ah, forward?”#epic fantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 2, 2018
6)
“It’s NOT a creature,” the wizard snapped. “It’s a blow-up dragon suit. Your size, too.”
“I hope yon suit comes in Chartreuse,” the thief muttered. “Because that’s the sort of dragon that’s snoring yonder.”#epic fantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 2, 2018
7)
“And I hope,” the barbarian growled, eyeing the limp heap of dragonskin, “it isn’t Chartreuse Dragon mating season.”#epic fantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 2, 2018
