342 7.70 Alleicea and Aventina. A Pair Of New Support Members (1/2)

We passed a town marked on the map called Ashburn and found that it was somehow had been recently pillaged and almost all the buildings in both the marketplace and trading area were in ruins and were left smouldering. The residential houses were not spared and some residents were rummaging through the rubble, looking for something useful they could use.

Matilda was the one who spotted a pair of girls who were sitting at the pavement and looked sullen and forlorn. she approached the girls and discovered that the orphanage that they were in had been burned to the ground. They were the last 2 survivors left behind as the rest had scurried off when the town was being pillaged a few nights ago.

The two girls were waiting for their caretakers to come and had been huddling together for almost 2 days without food and water and yet they received no news of their caretakers coming back for them.

Stef came to me and reported of these two girls that were left behind and she felt sorry for their state and said they would perish due to starvation and cold in a few days time.

”Robin, these 2 girls had nowhere else to go. Their orphanage burnt down and the caretakers and their friends had all done away and they had been stranded here without food and water for 2 days already.”

”Ring Leader, would you mind saving these girls since they've got nowhere to go and no-one else to turn to? If we leave them behind, these girls would soon be dead and be food to the vultures.”

”Errr...don't look at me Boss, I'm not involved in this dialogue script. I'll just bring the 80 adventurers away ahead for a while bit and to reach the clearing OK...remember, Boss, this conversation never takes place.” Jean Lethal quickly slithered away into the crowd of 80 adventurers and gestures them to move ahead while pulling the floating bridge platform with Will.I.Am sitting on it, ignoring the 3 of us who were having a discussion right now.

I sauntered over and kneeled on one knee near the two girls and looked at them. They had matted hair that was filled with some soot and dirt, they frocks were stained dirty as well, and they weren't wearing any shoes at the moment, which made the journey arduous for them.

They looked at me with tear-stained faces and would do with a good scrub in the river and some Feroa Kurina so that they would be sparkling clean afterwards. Both were fighting with their fingers and their bare feet were cross crossed with one another. They both sure need a manicure and pedicure at least and threw their frock for a pair of adventurer's blouses and breeches.

”Hello, this is Matilda and Stef and my name is Robin, what are your names, little girls?”

”My name is Alleicea and this is my little sister Aventina.”

”How old are you Alleicea and Aventina?

”I'm 10 and Aventina is 8. You may call me Ally and Tina if you wish to.”

”Alright...Ally and Tina. Would you like to follow Sis Matilda and Sis Stef back to our encampment? At least there's company over there and no one is going to come and village and burn the place down. Did you see who did this to the town?”

”There were big, green monsters with eyes as big as saucers and ears as small as a mini trumpet. Their height is taller than a man by a head at least. They were armed with Spears, Bows, Axes and Mighty Swords. They came here a few nights ago and torched the place down for no reason.” explained Alleicea.

”Yeah, they green monsters chopped the patrol guards like it was some kind of doll, *smack* and a head rolled on the ground with its eyes marked with 2 'X' and a tongue was that lolling at the side of its mouth,” added Aventina as she expressed the horror she had seen and explained it rather comically.

”Yes, we would like to follow Sis Matilda and Sis Stef here back to your encamp something.”

”It's called a camp for short, dear,” said Stef as she held both her arms and the girls readily took it in theirs and stood up from the pavement.