Astra-chan and the Minotaur, Part Deux
The Never Ending Quest - Episode 70855
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And the snoring wasn’t very ladylike, either. In fact, she was even
drooling a little. Cut the gal some slack, though. She'd been through a
lot. The Minotaur, of course, was gravely offended. “By the sacred shifting sands of Arabia, are you sleeping, infidel!?” A sheepish grin played across the noble princess’s ample lips. “I uh… was just resting my eyes. Please, do continue your riveting tale.” She rolled her eyes even as she spouted this blasphemy.“BAH!” the Minotaur snorted angrily. “I saw that! I should have known better. You, a mere woman who is nothing more than an unclean vessel of sin and temptation, are not worthy to hear my tale. And it’s a really good one, too, lemme tell ya. It starts out a little slow. But then there’s this whole crazy thing that happens. Good stuff. I’ve actually had a few offers – from Hollywood, you know – to make my story into a made for TV movie and/or mini-series. Are you sleeping again!?” The warrior princess shrugged.“By the enriched uranium of Persia, woman! Pay attention! Lest I be forced to…say unkind words unto thee.” Astra, who really did feel bad for falling asleep (twice) during the monster’s story, slapped herself in a valiant attempt to stay lively and alert. She was heir to the throne of Aqualaria, after all, and had better manners than this. “Go on,” she beckoned.The minotaur, Hakim, nodded. “Where was I…?” The Minotaur’s tale, continued… Anyway, Salome smiled a strange, mysterious smile, her face inches away from mine. And bla bla bla, when suddenly there was an attack by one of the nomadic bandit tribes of the wasteland. Just then, impossibly, a shining, swirling portal of energy suddenly opened behind Salome, pulling her inside. To make matters worse, there was a fire in the camp, as one of the slaves accidentally knocked over an oil lamp while setting up the tents. Abu, meanwhile, got into an drunken argument with one of the foreign mercenaries accompanying us, as harsh words turned to curses and blades were drawn. I, of course, followed Salome into the portal of energy. Let Allah sort out the rest of the nonsense, you know? Abu's rampant alcoholism was really getting out of control, anyway. We tried an intervention. A lot of good THAT did. The problem is, he didn't WANT to change. Anyway...stop snoring, woman. Much better.Once inside the portal...
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