henrysquest

[henrysquest]

pure insanity these days

wanted to turn my life around but shit just seems to keep getting in my way.

was riding down a trail, minding myself, when a guy just started attacking me. gave no warning or anything. we traded blows, i took a nasty cut on the arm, but i came out on top

the guy surrendered.

i killed him.

dunno why i did it, but i don't feel bad about it. it was either me or him, and it wasn't going to be me.

guess it worked out best for me to do it, he was carrying 17 groschen on him which is more than i have seen in some time. even had a gold cup which should fetch a nice price at the next town i drift into.

wonder where he got it from.

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getting out

i'm sick of it all.

went to the old woman and told her what happened, she just yelled at me and blamed me for the death of those ladies. i couldn't have saved them, i was too messed up and too weak to stop those bastards from butchering them.

it wasn't my fault.

so that's why i decided to run. hopped on pebbles, my horse, and just ran away into the woods. didn't have a plan, don't have much on me but a few groschen, some cheap wine, and a couple of pieces of jerky. rode for a while and i've just reached a new town.

new town, new faces, new life?

maybe things will be different here. maybe i can find a job and turn this wagon wreck around.

downing some more wine, here's hoping

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never trust a priest

father godwin didn't pay me so i'm right pissed off. i guess he never did say he would pay me but i'm still mad that i went through that nightmare for nothing. turns out some woodcutters came upon me and the gals getting messed up out in the woods and thought they were witches, put the hatchet to them. i don't even know what is going on in my life anymore, not since my parents got murdered by those fucking cumens.

sold off some herbs i had picked up here and there along with a dog's skin i somehow ended up with. bought more wine and crashed in the inn for a few hours rest. feels good to sleep in a real bed for once and not some shitty pigsty like i normally find myself in. my clothes are all sorts of dirty and people keep giving me the stinkeye in town so i think i should be finding my way out.

i don't know what my next step is, besides taking a swig of this swill. maybe i will go back to that herbalist and tell her what happened.

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what the fuck

so i went to go see the lady, she was freaked out, talking about how it was only to see her dead husband or some shit. told her that if she didn’t get me in on it that i’d mess her up. she cried or something and told me where she was going to meet up with some other ladies to anoint themselves, but i had to stay in the bushes. downed another bottle of wine and followed right behind her to their meeting spot. one of the girls there asked me what i was doing there, if i was following them. i reached down to the ground and picked up a mushroom, tellin them i was getting herbs or something (which i was, gotta get that groschen). i don’t think she believed me but when i fucked off to the bushes she kept talkin with the rest. i hid in the trees, listening. learned they gotta rub that shit on their vagoos so i’m pretty horned up, thinking ‘hell yeah get to get some pussy and fucked up AND get paid for it? best fuckin night of my life’

they’re getting all messed up, i’m already fucked up from the wine and mead i was downing as i stumbled behind them. guess i got a bit too close tho because they yelled at me, calling me the son of darkness or something. one of those hags ran up to me and must of rubbed the ointment on me or something because next thing i know i’m talkin with a horse, a hog, and a chicken. that hen was hella fine tho and i picked her lock very easy if you get my drift. jumping, fucking around, having laughs, all good shit you know? just as i get done busting a nut in this horse a the ladies come back and there’s some crazy ass bastards with clubs running at me and hitting me with them. i tried to fight back but the mixture of the ointment and the schnapps was too much and i guess they beat the fuck out of me

next thing i know i’m waking up in the woods, bruised to all hell and feeling like my head’s been stamped on by a horse. look around me and those three ladies i was with were stone cold dead on the ground. i freaked out and ran back to the village, to father godwin’s hut. downed some saivour schnapps to calm the hammering and i don’t know what the fuck i am gonna do next except pass out and hope godwin finds me.

things aren’t going great for henry right now

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witches brew

talked with the herbalist lady, didn't pay much attention to what she was saying but when she started talking about a potion that opened up new worlds and made flowers talk i got interested. she hooked me up with some women who were going to go anoint themselves with it in the woods. looks like henry's got a hookup for a good night, wonder if father godwin will still pay me

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of gods and men

father godwin told me some bitch was spreading witchcraft and other gaff around, he wants me to beat her up or something to show her the lord's will doesn't take kindly to witchery. i don't really mind witchcraft myself but if he's got the groschen then i'll do the job. taking another swig of the hair of the dog that bit me to keep the headaches off

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you win some, you lose some

in a gamble, i tried a game of dice. bet all my groschen, and lost it all down the drain. at least i still have my schnapps and wine. perhaps i can beat up someone down by the mills for a few more groschen to get by in my day

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the first steps into a hungover morning

was able to sell off some mushrooms i seemed to have gathered in yesterday's bender, but the roe meat is nowhere to be found. i think i am in Uzhitz, but it is hard to say when your head is hammered like a smithy and the sun burns your eyes out of their sockets. hopefully with these few groschen i will be able to buy some more mead to make the pain go away

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running through the woods, i felt my steps become stumbles, and my vision begun to shift: the alcohol had taken hold. the hills and trees twist and turn around me as i sprint through the underbrush, not really knowing where i am going and not really caring. somewhere along the way i come upon a dead deer lying wayside the road. i lean down to take its meat, a lucky find for a day that has started out so poorly. as i am butchering the roe a man comes upon me and accuses me of poaching. i slur my words, telling him that i just found it here and that i am hunting cumans. he doesn't care, and runs to tell the guards what he has found. i attempt to chase him through the hills, branches and leaves blurring past me as i drunkenly sprint for a tackle, but the drink is too strong, and i pass out. i've only just woken up with a killer hangover and no idea where i am at. so begins another day in henry's life.

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henry update: day 1a

got caught by the barmaid as i was trying to steal some wine, she called the guards on me. luckily i was able to quaff a few flagons of ale and run into the woods, the bailiff hasn't caught up to me and i imagine he isn't following me anymore. it is 8 o'clock in the morning and i have a whole day of adventure ahead of me

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henry update: day 1

i've stolen some pants from the bath house, they're cleaner than what i currently got so i think i will keep them in my bag until i need to look presentable

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henry update: day ???

ten days in jail has wracked my body with malnutrition. i've got 1.7 groschen to my name and some very dirty and ragged bits of leather. apparently the town guard doesn't like it when i beat the shit out of people accusing me of murdering other people, then taking their coin from their pockets. i have to get out of town somehow. luckily that sap radzig gave me a horse, makes it easier for me to get around. maybe i can pilfer some food from the inn before running to the woods.