A week after my imp encounter, I'm standing in the village square with my family, including my beast family. The atmosphere has festival vibes, because we are two months away from the Beast Taming Elimination Tournament. A banner reads, "Celebrating Our Local Contestants in the Beast Taming Elimination Tournament!"
Laughter and chatter and rumors fill the air. Conversation flows. Music plays. And the smells of festival foods! I can barely stay still beside my family while we wait at the front of the crowd for
The whole town is there, including this world's version of media. They have tablets, but no cameras. In a quaint touch, portrait artists scurry around, doing thumbnail drawings of Demos, Lobo, Gussie, and me.
[You're the famous one.] Gussie can't resist teasing me. [Everyone is looking at you after what happened with the goblins and the imps. You need to fight some BIGGER creatures, though.]
