Prompt Word: Redundant
Minervie and Chip 68
In the gathering wood, Graendle literally lifted Pierre by root around his chest and set him down in the branches of a tree that was about 15 meters away. Even as an old Treant, Graendle didn’t LOOK that big. “This should be far enough,” resonated from the branch that set Pierre down.
Through the leaves of the tree he was in, he saw the silver horned unicorn from before racing into the clearning.
Then he noticed three other … something. He yelled as loud as he could, “Stampede!”
Graendle moaned loudly, “Chip is who named me, and who I am sworn to protect. You have scared him, and he is lashing out. Can you feel it? The forest can.”
Marc still angry and feeling over-confident, bellowed, “Qui est …”. No more words came. The silver horned unicorn had run through where he’d been standing.
The seven wizards remaining in the clearing didn’t see what happened, but they were each facing their own monstrous foes. There were four orcs, a sleipnir, and six shadow wolves.
Just as Minervie sat down to talk to Chip, the magic storm started to calm, and the monsters of the forest lost interest in the wizards. They weren’t dispersing, but they were definitely no longer in aggressive stances.
Chip was on Minervie’s lap now, shaking. “Graendle, he said that someone in the woods was there to hurt you.”
“Chip, how did the treant tell you this?” Minervie asked as calmly as she could.
“Huh? He talks to me sometimes in my head,” Chip said, confused.
“What else did he say?”
“He asked if he can help the wizard hurt you, but I told him no.”
“Oh?”
“But I told him no!”
“No need to be redundant, Chip. I heard that the first time.”
Chip continued, “The he said the angry man started yelling for information about me, and then I was even more scared than I’ve ever been.”
Minervie hugged him closer, “Okay, and then what happened?”
“Graendle said a magic storm was starting, and the scary man was still yelling, and then you arrived.”
“Did that treant say anything else?”
*Grandma wants to know what is happening now,* Chip reached his thoughts to Graendle.
“Chip?”
Chip finally replied, “I asked him. Graendle says a silver horned unicorn showed up and took care of the scary man.”
Minervie looked up to the wizards, “I hope you understand that I’m not going to ask Chip for more information on this detail. I’ve never had a unicorn show up in the Gathering Wood before, much less a silver horned unicorn.”
Jaz said, “Pierre, when he came back to report, said something about a unicorn falling down with a tree?”
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