One rather calm afternoon, a mostly distracted kender who speaks with a severe lisp came traipsing through the woods, following the directions of the person who gave him a quest of utmost importance. He was desperately attempting to follow through on that quest and finally, after four days of searching, his quest was coming to its conclusion.
Never mind the fact that the quest could have ended a few hours after it began, but kenders being kenders, it became more difficult then a simple case of point A to point B.
We are referring, of course, to the well known factor of the rather short attention span of the race of kender. The moment they see something shiny, they have to investigate. The moment they see an unlocked door, they have to make sure that whoever left it open was doing so intentionally, and thus finding anything loose in the house, they'd have to pocket it in order to return it to the individual because it could get lost easily.
It's the latter reason that caused this kender, one Eucalyptus Griffonmane, was so terribly late. He started out simply enough, skipping along until he saw someone sleeping on a chair out front of a bank, with a bag at his feet. Well, it was obvious that the bag could get lost, but he didn't want to wake the poor man up who was sleeping. It would be rude to disturb him, so Eukee simply took the bag, which tended to be quite heavy due to the coins inside, and intended to return it as soon as he woke up.
Which, of course, happened right away. Since the gent wasn't really sleeping, just sitting and resting before making a deposit, he was irate. You'd think that he'd be grateful that Eukee decided to keep an eye on all that money, but instead, started yelling for the constable and saying "Thief, Thief!" Eukee figured that someone was a thief and he wanted to do his part, so started yelling "Thief!" too until the constable arrived.
And when he did, boy was he mad. At Eukee of all people. So, he took the kender to the jail, throwing him inside for a day.
The Kender guessed that the constable figured he'd be safe in there, given that he was a witness to such a horrible crime.
But Eukee had a quest, and just couldn't stay behind bars. So, using the kenders birthright(a set of lock picks) he freed himself, left the jail, and proceeded on his way to deliver a package to Elly.
Never mind the fact that the quest could have ended a few hours after it began, but kenders being kenders, it became more difficult then a simple case of point A to point B.
We are referring, of course, to the well known factor of the rather short attention span of the race of kender. The moment they see something shiny, they have to investigate. The moment they see an unlocked door, they have to make sure that whoever left it open was doing so intentionally, and thus finding anything loose in the house, they'd have to pocket it in order to return it to the individual because it could get lost easily.
It's the latter reason that caused this kender, one Eucalyptus Griffonmane, was so terribly late. He started out simply enough, skipping along until he saw someone sleeping on a chair out front of a bank, with a bag at his feet. Well, it was obvious that the bag could get lost, but he didn't want to wake the poor man up who was sleeping. It would be rude to disturb him, so Eukee simply took the bag, which tended to be quite heavy due to the coins inside, and intended to return it as soon as he woke up.
Which, of course, happened right away. Since the gent wasn't really sleeping, just sitting and resting before making a deposit, he was irate. You'd think that he'd be grateful that Eukee decided to keep an eye on all that money, but instead, started yelling for the constable and saying "Thief, Thief!" Eukee figured that someone was a thief and he wanted to do his part, so started yelling "Thief!" too until the constable arrived.
And when he did, boy was he mad. At Eukee of all people. So, he took the kender to the jail, throwing him inside for a day.
The Kender guessed that the constable figured he'd be safe in there, given that he was a witness to such a horrible crime.
But Eukee had a quest, and just couldn't stay behind bars. So, using the kenders birthright(a set of lock picks) he freed himself, left the jail, and proceeded on his way to deliver a package to Elly.