It was a start...

Story by FruancJH on SoFurry

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I started writing my contribution to the Lead crown chapter 6 but I started late and work and sleepyness got the better of me.


F: "Time rolls on and the fates of many are decided, changed, and sealed until next time with each passing day. The days are coming that will decide the fates of many, the signs of fate are three fold, and it could fall any given way as of yet. The outcome is so muddled that the answer to the question is yet unclear. And yet I feel as though there is an answer just on the edge of..."

J: "Yes, yes, yes, Move aside old lady there are more important things to talk about."

F: "Hey don't shove me! I haven't finished addressing the readers yet."

J: "Well they're not here for your mystic mumbo Jumbo. They're here for the adventure and angst and Hot Smoking Human X Furry Action and Test tubes and such. So move it before I lob this glass ball at you"

F: "It's a Crystal Eye. And you should really show more respect. For in your Future I see..." *Crash* "Hey!"

J: "What did I say about reading my Fortune?!" *Crash, bang, clang, Crack*

F: *thud, rattle,* "Alright I'm going I'm going!!!"

(For those of you who are wondering, Yes that was completely necessary, and Yes The J: is Joshew, while the F: is Fortune Teller. Now onto what you really came here for.)

Joshew Awoke to find himself caught in a tangle of Sweaty furry limbs and bed sheets. Since arriving in Vallara, the evening prior the group had met in the common room to discuss general order of business. Alarice wanted, had discreetly given them some tasks to see to while in the town before their presence became known. The gathering of anything they might need from the markets would be the first priority, and a task that Roland and Joshew had received, probably because the woman didn't trust him to be left alone. The manufacturing of medicine and offensive devices had been part of the order things she'd wanted them to make. They would all meet back in the Common room the following day after a nights rest and then go about their given tasks. That had been the plan anyway, and however he did it, despite the romp that he and Rolly had enjoyed before falling asleep, Joshew's mind was telling him that it was the given time in the day to start moving towards getting up. That didn't mean he wanted to, The present arrangement of Roland's massive form spooning and encircling his present no small amount of comfort worth savoring. The rise and fall of his lovers chest behind him, the gentle tickle of his soft belly hear in the small of Joshew's back; pure heaven. There was nothing else like it.

Joshew decided to wait a bit before waking his love, mulling over their surroundings a bit instead, while pushing back into the soft encasement of Roland's strong chest. The Tavern Inn they were staying at seemed a decent enough place the accommodations were similar in size and scope to the dorm rooms that Joshew had stayed in as a boy at the UPU, but there was a somehow more Homey quality to this place. It was something about its amenities, the softness of the bedding speaking to their fresh laundering, the smells of a prosperous inn were everywhere, and breakfast of eggs, bacon, and... fresh baked brown molasses bread. It was all something to look forward to or maybe it was just comfy and relaxing. Small comforts, yes that was the feeling the place brought to mind, but what of the city town without?

Joshew didn't really have all that much to go on. He'd brushed over the city in his general studies at the university. The town was circular it had once been a small hamlet but it's location as a center of trade between the natives and the people of Newport had soon seen to the changing of that. There were three districts and Market, Manufacturing, and the homes of the well to do. They had a ruling council that had once answered to the king and they were a major trade hub. But other than that and some dated town layouts, Joshew didn't really know too much about Vallara. Thankfully Roland would be able to make up for that since he'd been raised here. Joshew made a mental note to broach the subject with him when he woke and see about a taking care of a formality that was long overdue.

The Business with Weisen would also have to be seen to. True to his word the Dragon had undertaken the project with some considerable diligence and it was a marvel that completion of the device he'd commissioned might soon be within sight. Literally, assuming there were mirrors in the Inn, and assuming the device worked. Weisen had mentioned that it might not, but that was all part of the risk to begin with. Hopefully the markets would hold what he required to complete the project.

Joshew mused to himself about the possible implications of being able to see again. It had been so long, since he'd been able to see, the world was doubtlessly going to be different, than he remembered it being. And the device might only grant a distorted view of that if at all.

A stirring of a waking Roland behind him brought Joshew back to the now, "good Morning Lover," said Joshew giving his friends hand a light squeeze.

"Mornin NNNNNnnn," Roland yawned in reply hugging Joshew closer creating a comfortable pressure all around his friend and lover. "How long have you been up?"

"Oh a little while," said Joshew letting out a small sigh. " Your snoring more than usual you know?"

"Nah uh," said Roland roughing Joshew's hair denying his nocturnal habit. "don't snore, you know that."

"what I know, and what you'll admit are entirely different Rolly, but we should probably get going."

I'm too tired to go on sorry so Go see wiesin about the eye and get a list of things toprocure, go shopping with Roland and then on our way we stop at his dear sweat mothers for tea, and introductions. Then we return to the Inn to begin manufacturing of all things explosive and combustable.

Yes.

I've recently started working and school again and it's been difficult to compose. So I have to call it a night.