Taxman B4's page

Village of Bergmann Klaus
Day 3: Morning

The last of the selected villagers trudges up the ramp of the carriage, a young man holding a toddler, as B4 responds to Vernalis.

"Certainmost autobulation utmost sanctionary; aristononymous knave be'est unofficious." As he speaks B4 reaches into the workings of the scale next to him and lifts it off the ground, the intricate mechanisms swinging and folding in on themselves under their own weight into a much more compact arrangement. He makes a short declaration to the remaining villagers in their own tongue, the end of which is spoken in a very different voice, and they all force fake smiles. B4 then addresses Vernalis again.

"G'daysomeness untoeth aristononymous knave," he says in the hollow monotone, then pauses and continues in a high pitched, ridiculous sounding voice: "And reMEMber - haVE FUN!!!" B4 turns to mount the steps into the carriage.

A total of 9 villagers are in the carriage; 3 adult men, 1 adult woman, 1 male youth, 2 female youth, and 2 infants.

Village of Bergmann Klaus
Day 3: Morning

B4 turns his head to Vernalis as the wizard peeks inside the carriage, several loud, sharp clicks audible above the whirring of the helm's lenses and the ubiquitous tutting noise.

"Prithee grise henceways fromst certainmost autobulation, aristononymous knave."

Village of Bergmann Klaus
Day 3: Morning

"Bequesteth of salutories did not requirementalize to-est thisself. Tar'ff offic'r B 4 collecteth summation by fate anon, exclusat'ry to-est aristononymous knave."

B4 follows with a brief declaration in the villagers' tongue then raises his right arm, arrow-straight, and with his forefinger extended begins pointing at individual villagers in a jerky motion: an adult man here, a young girl there, an infant in the arms of it's mother. Several of the women begin to sob, their cries joining those of the goat-thing, while the men hang their heads in resignation; the first man B4 indicated begins to walk towards the back of the carriage, shoulders slumped and eyes downcast, as B4 continues pointing out members of the crowd.

Village of Bergmann Klaus
Day 3: Morning

In a hollow, monotone voice, the figure responds to Vernalis's common.

"I be'est tar'ff offic'r B 4; balanceth is did owe byest b'rgmann attendant antecedental cycle. Summation: tw'nnytoo orders ore, 'r six adultes, 'r nina youths, 'r therdeen infantes, knave 'r wench, pendeth due. If 't be true not relinquish'd anon, sum did owe shall collecteth by fate."