Convince

"Your halfling friend was wearing an echo scarf... for fashion... In a dungeon. Were all of your friends so stupid?" You ask, grinning at her. She blinks in surprise at your deep playful tone, before grimacing and spitting in the direction of her dead party. "T-those assh--... jerks are no f-friends of mine..." she whispers vehemently, trying to calm herself. "T-they um... they **** me to come along with them to dungeons by constantly pushing me around whenever i left the safety of the towns and more often than not they used me as a walking lantern or a human shield in dungeons. Not to mention that halfling sl--... woman kept trying to get me killed..."

You give a short laugh at her self-censoring speech, finding it kind of cute, startling her when she remembers where she is and whats happening. "They sound like what I know of heroes... you though, you are different. What is your name girl?" She balks at your question, her fear slowly fading as she gathers that you arent about to kill her yet. Now that you draw closer you see what her dark hair hid previously. Her face is pretty, not classically beautiful but defintely cute, with ice blue eyes, small pointed nose, soft pink lips, and long pointed ears poking out from under her luxurious midnight tresses. "I'm different?! You're a monster! And you can talk... and you killed everyone... and you aren't even attacking me. I'm so confused... ugh..." She rambles, cradling her face in her hands and curling her knees up to her chest.

Calmly, you walk right up to the trembling, babbling girl and sit directly in front of her. "It is a pleasure to meet you 'So Confused', I too know what its like to be targeted and humiliated by so called 'heroes' and even my own minotaur brethren." You growl softly as you can. The elf peeks up at you between her fingers, blinking a couple of tears away as she cant help but give a quiet giggle at your terrible joke. "That was awful hehe... Alright, alright... My name is Astoria Valent." She mumbles, "But friends of mine just call me... Story... Can I ask why you didn't kill me too?"

She eyes you slightly suspiciously, and almost jumps when you respond again in a deep conversational tone at a more normal volume. "Besides seeing a beautiful girl half-naked and wanting to keep her nearby you mean?" You ask sarcastically, grinning at the blush that spreads across her cheeks as she tries to cover herself more effectively. "I saw a kindred spirit, treated like dirt by those around her, and weary from constant harrasment. I figured if you were fed up with sluts and assholes, perhaps you would rather follow me." She tries to keep her eyes locked on yours while you speak but you cant help but notice her gaze fall to the tent in your loincloth. "F-follow you? But what are you trying to do...?"

You grin, and stand, your tent coming right to her eye level, gluing her eyes to your croth. "I intend to become stronger by killing heroes as they have me and all monsters for a long time. No longer will I allow myself to be pushed around. I will rise above all others, and build a family strong enough to never be ridiculed or humiliated by others. Will you join me... Story?"

She manages to break her gaze and looks up at you, flushed and breathing slightly heavier. "I-I have no love for other adventurers, none of them helped me when I needed it... you did though. I will follow you for now but if you do anything fishy I wont hesitate to um... k-kill you." She says, lessenung the impact of the threat as her voice breaks. "Then I welcome you to the family, Story. Let us return to my home girl, so that we might rest and plan when we awaken." You say, winking playfully at her and turning to head off without looking back at her.

She follows quickly, stumbling once or twice but for the most part keeping up with you as you make your way home. Neither of you notices a small stone grey flurry of movement, flitting from the shattered remnants of the golem's 'corpse' and into your tattered pack.

Story takes the time to tell you more about herself, at your bidding, as you walk. She had started the game only a couple of months prior and had been aquaintences with the halfling from earlier. It was only after she found that she enjoyed this place more than her real, boring, and monotonous life that the other shoe dropped and her 'party' revealed their intentions of using her without giving her any spoils from their adventures and helping to keep her leveled. She had been about to quit as soon as she returned to town when you killed off her tormentors, and asked her to join you. "Unfortunately, because of those bas-- people... I died a couple times not by monster hands..." She said bitterly at one point, "Right now I'm only level 3..."

You both get back to your hidden cave without any further trouble and she looks around your little alcove with a quizzical look. "You dont seriously mean to assemble a family here do you... its tiny and there is nothing here... not even a bed..." She says starting out exasperated and ending on a weary mumble "Um, D-don't you get cold at night on these upper levels?..." You laugh heartily, nearly making her jump a bit. "Minotaur are covered in thick fur girl, we live here quite comfortably. Though if you get cold you could always snuggle up to me Story..." You growl teasingly, chuckling as her blush spreads even further down her body. "S-shut up and go to sleep!" She barks, grabbing your backpack and pulling it to the opposite side of your cave and laying down to use it as a pillow. You could swear you heard a muffled "Mmf!" as she throws it down but you shrug it off as part of the girl's tantrum. She faces away from you, huffing, and gives you a magnificent view of her firm, toned panty-clad ass. You feel a familiar stirring in your loins, and looking down you can tell just from how your loincloth doesnt cover you completely anymore that you've grown in more ways than one. You are tired from realizing a couple of your goals however and laying back against a wall you feel sleep take hold of you.