The Troll

Fiesty Lotus trudges back toward the Brandy mountains.

Talia Sunsong lands on the soft carpet of grass. Rubbing her stomach, she walks towards market, singing "Food, glorious food!"

Talia Sunsong: "Greetings lil Hobbit cook! Why aren't you in market? I need to eat to keep my strength up."

Fiesty Lotus looks up to see the Fae. "Greetins Fae Talia."

Archdruid Fiesty and Fae Talia

Talia Sunsong looks for food in the Hobbit cook's hands. "No food?"

Fiesty Lotus: "Yes well, the food didn't arrive with me- I believe it had an accident."

Talia Sunsong: eyes go wide. "No! I'll starve."

Fiesty Lotus: “I think it fell off the cart in the mountain pass. So's I am going to retrieve it. You want ter come along?”

Talia Sunsong: "Oh Phoeey! How is a Fae supposed to have energy for all our hard work? I haven't pulled a prank all day."

Fiesty Lotus: I could use some help. Copper and the scouts are busy with their own business."

Talia Sunsong: "I must come along for my stomach's sake."

Talia Sunsong: "Help eating the food, I hope"

Fiesty Lotus smiles and nods. "This way.”

Fiesty Lotus points toward the mountains.

Talia Sunsong follows the Hobbit.

The Crate at Last!

After a while they encounter the Crate, with an added surprise.

Fiesty Lotus: “Hmm, there be my crate.”

Troll: "What this? It smell good."

Talia Sunsong: "Oh no, a big meanie sees the crate!"

Troll begins tearing into the crate

Talia Sunsong: "You, stop that! There are fae starving here."

Fiesty Lotus: “Oh no, I believe that's a Troll!”

Talia Sunsong: "Drat! Trolls are such trouble. They are big and dangerous."

Talia Sunsong: "He has a club too!"

The Troll

Troll gets the top off the crate and starts pulling out food.

Talia Sunsong stomach growls loudly

Talia Sunsong: "It smells good. What food is in there?"

Fiesty Lotus is nonplussed.  “Well, I guess we confront it.”

Talia Sunsong yells at the troll "At least throw some food to a starving fae!"

Fiesty Lotus sucks in her stomach and says "You, Troll, that be my crate of food!"

Talia Sunsong: "And some of it will be my food!"

Troll glances up but sees nothing to stop him.

Troll pulls out a chicken leg and takes a bite.

Fiesty Lotus starts marching up to the enormous beast.

Talia Sunsong: whispers "Maybe we can fool him"

Fiesty Lotus stops.

Fiesty Lotus: "Oh, how do yer think?"

Troll sucks on the chicken bone and dives in for something else.

Troll in the Crate of Food

Talia Sunsong: "We could tell him the food is poisoned or has bad magic on it."

Fiesty Lotus: “Yer think he would believe that?”

Talia Sunsong: "Ummm I could try to cast a spell to convince him.” She starts searching her skirts for a wand.

Fiesty Lotus: “No, no dear.”

Fiesty Lotus: I will try your strategy.

Talia Sunsong whispers: "No magic?

Fiesty Lotus: “Well, we should try your ideas first I think.”

Talia Sunsong  whispers "Ok"

Fiesty Lotus goes forward as far as she dares.

Talia Sunsong walks to stand beside Hobbit Fiesty.

Talia Sunsong: in an exaggerated tone "Ohhhh, poor Troll."

Fiesty Lotus: "You there, Troll, that there box of food is poisoned.”

Talia Sunsong: "I feel sorry for you, Mr. Troll."

Talia Sunsong: "Eating all that delicious poisoned food."

Talia Sunsong: "All by yourself."

Troll looks up and stares at the small creature. "Po-sin?

Troll: What is po-sin?

Talia Sunsong: nods her head vigorously "Poiiiiiisoneeddd."

Fiesty Lotus "It will kill you pretty quick ."

Talia Sunsong: "Po-sin is like when you drink the stagnant pond water"

Talia Sunsong: "It's like you gut feeling like a nasty unicorn tried to gore you there."

Troll: “Oh, that not bad. Me has a strong tummy."

Talia Sunsong: "You haven't eaten enough yet for the poison to take effect. If you eat more, it's...its very bad!"

Fiesty and Talia Confront the Troll

Fiesty Lotus sighs, "I suppose I could try some earth magic, he doesn't seem to be understanding."

Talia Sunsong: "Do whatever you need to do to save the food"

Troll waves the creatures away and reaches down for some cookies.

Talia Sunsong: "No not the cookies!"

Fiesty Lotus begins to chant. "Spirit of earth, aid me now, Send a swarm of bees to pester this Troll.’ She chants steadily for a while. Then a swarm of bees comes to attack the Troll.

Talia Sunsong: "Yay! It's working."

Troll looks around noticing the bees that are trying to sting him, he waves his hands.

The Troll is not unduly bothered by the bees, they have very thick hides.

Talia Sunsong: "See I told you the cookies are poisoned.....or attract bees."

Troll: Me hurt, but these little tings are good."

Talia Sunsong: "There are better cookies in the village jail."

Troll: “I no have jail.”

Troll: “What is jail?”

Talia Sunsong: "Phoeey it's not working, and I'm starved."

Talia Sunsong: "Jail is a nice place with free food and a bed and nice cozy bars around you."

Fiesty Lotus smiles to herself.

Troll: searches for more cookies.

Talia Sunsong: "Oh no, he'll eat all the cookies!"

Fiesty Lotus: “Oh Talia, this is unendurable…”

Talia Sunsong scrabbles for wand. "I have to use my magic to stop him."

Fiesty Lotus nods in resignation.

Talia Sunsong pulls a bent wand out of her skirts

Talia Sunsong: "I'll make him fly off."

Talia Sunsong tries to point the bent wand at the troll.

Talia Sunsong: "Magic wand, hear me now, give the troll wings to flee this town!"

Troll finds a fine big cookie in the box.

Talia Sunsong: sends a wave of magical energy down the bent wand. The tip fizzles, then glows blue. A bolt shoots out the end, hits the wall near the troll, bounces and hits the big cookie.

Troll watches as the cookie sprouts wings.

Then all the cookies sprout little wings.

Talia Sunsong: "Wings on the cookie? Nooooo it was supposed to be wings on the troll."

Troll tries to catch them as they fly around.

Troll grunts in anger as the cookies fly.

Talia Sunsong starts to reach for a cookie as it flies near her.

Fiesty Lotus: “Well, that is not so bad- he is distracted.”

Fiesty Lotus: “Maybe you could make the cookies go away?"

Troll is wildly trying to catch the flying cookies now.

Talia Sunsong: "Make the cookies go away. That is a tragedy." She eyes the scary troll. "The sacrifices I make."

Fiesty Lotus: “I do have some fruit tarts still in there and I will make you extra cookies for next time.”

Talia Sunsong: holds up her bent wand. "Cookies fly away from this town, far, far away."

Talia Sunsong’s wand fizzles and pops, then sends a stream of dust like a trail for the cookies to follow, away from town.

Talia Sunsong: "Extra cookies? Yay!"

Troll turns to see the cookies flying away from him. He lunges at them and then runs pell-mell after the wonderful things."

The Troll Chases the Flying Cookies

The winged cookies follow the magical trail towards the outskirts of town.

Talia Sunsong: "It's working! It's working."

Troll: ‘Ahh!” he screams as he runs up the mountain

Talia Sunsong: "The fruit tarts are saved."

Talia Sunsong: She digs eagerly in the crate for tarts.

Fiesty Lotus: Yes, they were close to the bottom.

Talia Sunsong: comes up with a handful of sticky tarts. "Yum, strawberry tarts," she said as she licked her fingers.

Fiesty Lotus: “Well, that worked out pretty well.”

Talia Sunsong: “How many extra cookies do I get?

Fiesty Lotus “We will see how many I have time for next week.”

Fiesty Lotus gathers all the goods into two sacks and they walk home in fairly good spirits.

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