“Do you know The Muffin Man?”
The Pillsbury Dough Boy* #quote
Hung out with CJ. No MC Hammer clones attacked this time. Anyway onto
the flash fiction!
The Treasure
Chest Dilemma
Sir Edward and
Lady Hope were two knights of incredible strength and skill who after
their service to the kingdom in the war against the dragons became
adventurers. They traveled far and wide, saving many lands from
disasters(for the right price), and raided ancient temples, caves and
dungeons filled with monsters for loot. They now both stared at a
massive treasure chest in one of these many dungeons they raided, the
basement levels of a castle of a powerful sorcerer.
“No, you open
it,” said Lady Hope.
“Please, ladies first, I insist.” Sir Edward bowed then smiled. The treasure
chest stood on a pedestal and its massive size resembled a cow.
She replied,
“No, the strong manly man should open the large treasure
chest.”
Edward pointed
at the chest and said, “Hope, there is no way I am opening that for
you.”
The Lady Knight
replied, “But I already used my magic bracelet to check for curses
and we've looked everywhere for traps.”
The Sir Knight
countered, “Which is why we both know for a fact there is a trap!
Why would a powerful sorcerer leave the largest treasure chest in his
dungeon completely unguarded? There must be some protection beyond
our comprehension on that box.”
Hope the Troll
Slayer told Edward, “So you, as the superior knight should open the
chest.”
Edward the Ogre
Slayer countered, “You know we are both equally skilled!”
Hope replied,
“Yeah, well, sure. But you should still open it.”
Sir Edward
said, “No, you open it.”
They kept
bickering next to the chest for about thirty minutes.
“We seem to
have reached a bit of a problem,” They both spoke in unison. They
hadn't adventured with each other for a decade without becoming
linked on some mental level.
“There is a
simple solution.” Sir Edward smiled a wicked smile.
“So you are
thinking what I'm thinking.” Lady hope smiled just like her
partner.
They spoke in
unison again, “We get someone else to open it!”
Soon they hired
a villager and took him into the dungeon and brought him to the
chest. They paid him a handsome amount to open the chest claiming
they simply couldn't lift it while wearing their armor. The villager
was also the village numbskull. (The village idiot was too bright to
fall for that.)
He touched the
chest and instantly burst into flames.
Sir Edward took
a glance at Hope and commented, “Yeah, not touching that chest.”
“Then to the next dungeon!” The Lady Knight exclaimed.
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