1)
“I AM A TRAP,” the sage deciphered the script on the coffer lid calmly.
The adventurers exchanged glances, then thrust forward a smaller coffer.
“I am a trap, too,” the sage read aloud.#epic fantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 5, 2018
2)
Then he hurled himself under the table.
An instant before the smallest coffer was proffered—and promptly exploded, setting off the first two coffers and spattering the walls, floor, and ceiling with blood and small wet pieces of adventurer.#epic fantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 5, 2018
3)
When the sage emerged from beneath the wreckage of the table, he saw that one adventurer had survived, thanks to being buried under the corpses of three of her colleagues. He shoved and tugged them aside to free her. And asked sourly, “Haven’t you run into…#epic fantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 5, 2018
4)
…triple-chest traps before?”
“Well, yes,” the shaken and blood-drenched adventurer replied, “but we have sages for that.”
The sage sighed. “So THAT’S what’s been happening to my competition. Well, thankee for all the business you’ve driven my way.”#epic fantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 5, 2018
5)
The adventurer managed a weak smile. “It’s called trickle-down economics.”
“More like bloodbath and slow drip, I’d say. Henceforth, take your trapped chests to Landor, sage across town; he’s just setting up shop.”
They shook. Blood-bond deals are the best deals.#epic fantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 5, 2018