Monster and Master - Dating Chapter 3

Chapter 3

        Nastydramus: Good. I'm off then. Need anything while I'm out?

        Master Arcturus: Some dried weasels; I ate the last one while we talked.

        Nastydramus: You sure you don't want fresh?

        Master Arcturus: I will take fresh-I can always dry my own.

        Nastydramus: I'll see what I can do.

        Master Arcturus: Oh Leticia suggested breath mints. She does not like dried weasel breath I guess.

        Nastydramus: OK, dried weasel and breath mints.

        Master Arcturus: Yep, try the dragon meat.

        Nastydramus: Why she'd want your breath to smell like mint rather than weasel is an odd thing, though.

        Nastydramus: I told you, dragon is greasy... 'course, it is a yungin.

        Master Arcturus: If it is tasty, we might get you a goodish supply. You was complaining about the taste of the t-rex.

        Nastydramus: Yes, well, it was OLD. And stale. Petrified, kinda.

        Master Arcturus: Taste some of the local fauna, see what you like. I will try to accommodate you as best I can… within reason.

        Nastydramus: Hmm... goat DOES sound tasty.

        Master Arcturus: And there are those pesky ones just to the south, right on your route to the black pit.. the dragons lair is 8 miles this side of the black pit, just under the ridge of frozen tundra. I will send a small eldritch sphere to lead you. Only you will be able to see it, lessee, 8 miles there, kill the dragon--

        Nastydramus: Wait, I need a drink.

        Master Arcturus: Do your harvesting, 8 mile... eh a drink? What do you want to drink? Blood, bile, ink, gas?

        Nastydramus: Crude.

        Master Arcturus: Ok, how much? Gallon?

        Nastydramus:A liter should do it.

        Master Arcturus: Ok, it will be in weapons locker too. Back to timing, 8 miles back. Mmm, you should not be more than two or three hours. I will have Igor kill a gator for you in two hours as a treat or would you prefer croc this time.

        Nastydramus: *smacks lips* Have a taste for something rarer. How about Komodo?

        Master Arcturus: Ok,, you get back in hours I will give you a whole Komodo for your very own.. and either have Igor kill it or let you do it.

        Nastydramus: mmm... I'll make it in an hour and a half if you include some of that "bar-b-q" sauce I hear so much about.

        Master Arcturus: Will do, then after you eat I will install your new eyes, claws and wings, and brief you on that little chore..

        Nastydramus: I'm not going to like this, am I?

        Master Arcturus: You do not typically like new stuff so probably not.

        Nastydramus: grr. OK.