Differences in The Wandering Inn 2.17
- Ryoka opened her eyes.
She sat up at once,
and felt no pain.
- She sat up at once and felt no pain.
- She was healed?
Ryoka stared as the shadow of the dragon looming huge on the wall behind Teriarch.
- Ryoka stared at the shadow of the dragon looming huge on the wall behind Teriarch.
- It stretched out from his robes,
- Forget everything except the part where I gave you your instructions.
Get out.”
- Get out.
- Come back in two minutes.”
- She froze in place,
and her hand went to her size.
- and her hand went to her side.
- She had a knife she used for camping and other tasks at her belt.
- The creature looked up,
and suddenly it’s hand retracted in an instant.
- and suddenly its hand retracted in an instant.
- It turned and ran as a massive shadow turned the world around Ryoka dark.
But she did remember.
- Then and only then did the Frost Faeries return,
- laughing,
- and the Dragon flew back into his cave,
- and breathed fire.
- The memory of the…
- thing…
- vanished from Ryoka’s mind as she went to confront Teriarch.
- She had forgotten.
- But now she remembered.
- Ryoka remembered it.
- but Ryoka only smiled.
She flexed her hand,
and stared past it.
- She flexed her hand and stared past it.
- She smiled,
- Val sat next to her,
munching on some fried french fries Erin had made.
- munching on some french fries Erin had made.
- He dipped one in ketchup and eyed Ryoka.
- Besides,
the mage that gave it to me will give me a discount—she better had since she promised it wouldn’t ever break.
- the mage that gave it to me will give me a discount—she had better since she promised it wouldn’t ever break.
- A few deliveries and I’ll be able to buy it again.”
- “If you’d like to try becoming a Courier,
I could try and get some Runners’s Guilds to give her some long-distance requests.
- I could try and get some Runners Guilds to give her some long-distance requests.
- Ryoka,
- Ryoka was having trouble thinking.
She’d tried to explain to Erin before the values of indiscretion,
- She’d tried to explain the value of indiscretion to Erin before,
- but Erin just wasn’t as leery of giving away secrets as Ryoka was.
- “Really?
Being good at chess is bad thing?”
- Being good at chess is a bad thing?”
- She scrolled down the list of songs,
frowning at the small latters.
- frowning at the small letters.
- Ryoka had over ten thousand songs on her iPhone,
- But finally she found one she liked.
This one was by a classic.
- This one was a classic.
- Selys patted Erin on the shoulder,
and looked arouind the inn for help.
- and looked around the inn for help.
- Pisces just blinked at her,
but Olesm pipe dup.
- but Olesm piped up.
- With dreadful forced cheerfulness,
- At least Erin was happy.
Ryoka sat her face light up,
- Ryoka saw her face light up,
- and realized she should have given Erin the iPhone a long time ago.
- She’d taken it for granted and listened to the music sometimes before she slept or as she ran,
but Erin had nothing form their world.
- but Erin had nothing from their world.
- Ryoka took a seat as Erin closed her eyes and smiled.
- They were sports gear,
which menat they could stick in the ears even when Ryoka was running over rough terrain.
- which meant they could stick in the ears even when Ryoka was running over rough terrain.
- They didn’t leak much sound,
Ceria’s eyes went wide as she heard the strange music she had listen to once before.
- Ceria’s eyes went wide as she heard the strange music she had listened to once before.
- Memory flashed in her eyes,
- showing rows of sharp teeth.
He listen with innocent wonder and his tail slowly began to wag to the sound of the gentle beat.
- He listened with innocent wonder and his tail slowly began to wag to the sound of the gentle beat.
“I may be able to prolong the spell for several days with sufficient renumeration.”
- “I may be able to prolong the spell for several days with sufficient remuneration.”
- “Hey!
It’s music time!”
- It’s music time!
- Let’s start with a classic!”
“It was 1989,
my thoughts were short my hair was long—”
- Ryoka gaped at the ceiling as Erin began singing,
- perfectly matching the lyrics to the music.
The only difference was that Erin the lyrics from boy to ‘girl’ and man to—a really fast ‘woman’,
- The only difference was that Erin changed the lyrics from boy to ‘girl’ and man to—a really fast ‘woman’,
- which Ryoka entirely approved of.
“And we were trying different things;
we were smoking funny things—”
- The sound pulsed through the inn,
“Put your faith in what you most believe in.
Two worlds,
one family!”
- “This one’s from Tarzan!
- How did the lyrics go?
- Wait,
- I remember!
- Here goes!”
Ryoka listen in half-pain,
- Ryoka listened in half-pain,
- half-amazement as Erin sang along with the song.
“We’ve got a long way to go.”
- God.
“Let’s get down to business.
To defeat the Huuuuun!”
- It was amazing.
“It’s too late to apologize!
Too laaaaaate!”
- “This one’s called Apologize!
- And it’s directed at you,
- Zevara!”
Ryoka had to shout in Selys’ ear before the Drake surrounded the spatula.
- Ryoka had to shout in Selys’ ear before the Drake surrendered the spatula.
- Ryoka began flipping burgers and dumping them onto a plate while Selys began adding buns and ingredients to the burger.
- Ryoka took only one moment to take a break.
She staggered outside and saw that the inn wans’t the only place doing business.
- She staggered outside and saw that the inn wasn’t the only place doing business.
- Even as Erin sang on,
- Ryoka didn’t know,
only that after a while even the adrelaine and music couldn’t keep her upright.
- only that after a while even the adrenaline and music couldn’t keep her upright.
- She stumbled around,
It was as roar from the crowd below.
- It was a roar from the crowd below.
- Zevara looked around in disgust,
- you can’t stop me!
Because—”
“I’ve got that feelin’ in my bones.
It goes electric,
wavey when I turn it on—”
- Because—hit it!”
- And of course she just had to sing “Can’t Stop The Feeling”.
- Ryoka had forgotten she had that song on her iPhone.
- Why?
- Oh,
- right,
- because it was catchy.
- Ryoka couldn’t help it.
Olesm and Selys were asleep on a table,
trash strewn about them.
Pisces,
helped Ceria climb the stairs,
and then wandering unsteadily out of the inn.
- Olesm and Selys had already staggered upstairs,
- leaving a trail in the trash strewn about on the floor.
- Pisces helped Ceria climb the stairs,
- and then wandered unsteadily out of the inn.
[Innkeeper Level 20!]
- [Innkeeper Level 21!]
She knew no one had come by after the last patron had staggered out and Ryoka and Ceria had gone to sleep upstairs.
- She knew no one had come by after the last patron had staggered out and Ceria had gone to sleep upstairs.
- But something had moved in the night.