Berthol says "Be carefuls." as he scampers away.
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"No ideas, Tallyman. Berthol no fight deym."
Berthol carefully places the infernal contract in his cloak. "You must be aware, Tallyman." Berthol waves his tiny human hand over the glass case. "See dayr. You beak glass in dis room it get very dark. Colulus like the dark. That where he be. Colulus read your mind and make your fear come true. He be scary looking like a spider human flay open down the middle. He know all and know you here. Gate be in the tower that way." Berthol points to the north and west.
"Dis be Salighara's scriptorium where Bertol get to read many, many things. She make gate that let fey come through and then Pedipalp come through. Pedipalp run off Salighara and make her dreamgate nightmare. She now have Colulus on her side. Colulus make scriptorium have nightmare traps and he kill unless dey side with Pedipalp." He holds out the three scrolls from the glass case offering them to you with one hand and holding out the other for the contract. "You wants deeze scrolls? Contract for me and I tell you even more. What you want to know?"
I scare you all to death?
"Me do in my mouth. Now hode still. Juss a liddle prick." Berthol's tiny human hands take hold of your index finger and he places it in his mouth. You feel a pin prick and Berthol begins to hum. "Mmmmm......mmmmmm......mmmmmm....mmmmmm..." After what seems like an eternity he is done. "Ahhh....you taste so good Tallyman. Now gives the contract and I tells you all I know. Ahhh."
"Berthol hungry. Blood fill him up. No food very long time. Contract devil write agreement that have words that get Berthol out of boneyard. Boneyard very regimented you know." He sits back in a comfortable posture after gathering three scrolls from the case and says "Give Berthol these two things and then he tell you all about this place and Pedipoop and Colusu and anythings elses you wish to know."
"Berthol hungry, hungry. No magic. Just a sipsie. And infernal contract me needs."
"Berthol be what dey call ratling. Drink your blood not hurt you. Just little prick on dee finger." His eyes grow wide as he licks his lips and looks at Tally's fingers.
The document is an agreement with a contract devil in excruciatingly small print. "Berthol also hungry. Need a sip of blood from youngest or ...oldest." He looks back and forth between Tally and father Walhart. "Youngest...oldest. Oldest...youngest. Document and just a little sip and Berthol tell you everything."
Berthol's sensitive ears hear the click as well. "Ahhh....Good, good, good, gimme dis gimme dis here.". He points to the contract and crawls around to reach for it.
"NO NO NO NO!!!"
"I needs dis but cannot get to it. No break the glass. No break it." He points to a contractual document in the case he is perched on.
Looking at Etgar, Berthol says "Questions you have? Answers many Berthol has. Yes, yes." Looking at Tally Berthol says "Pedipalp!" He spits on the floor.
The ratling gasps and freezes. He stares at you as if he is ready to flee. |