((Ironyowl put those womderfull notes back becuase she is 18!!! ))
Oh....oh oh....this....is bad ummmmm Blacktongue is a good person they'll protect me!
Go to blacktongue sempai hide behind them.
[3, Malus] Most of your clothing is ripped by the time you manage to pry open Blacktongue's door and latch onto the edge of the doorway like a stubborn barnacle. The gaggle of soldiers continues to compliment your upper body strength and mental tenacity as they fail to completely halt your progress. You blame the rain and your noodly frame.
"What are you idiots doing?""Heeeeeelp meeeeeee!""N-nothin ma'am.""Just collecting our property.""We'll be outta your hair in a moment.""'Your' property?""Er, well...""We had, uh, she said...""I mean, you wouldn't, if we just borrowed...""So what you're saying is that my property is something peasants like you can come along and borrow any time you feel like it?"The soldiers let go. You scramble behind Blacktongue. One gives a feeble suggestion about protecting lumberjacks, cut short by an angry hiss from Blacktongue. They scramble off, leaving you safe with an enraged captain trying to figure out how to strangle you without touching you and thereby getting wet herself. It occurs to you that you've maybe tracked a little more water in here than the dryness-obsessed gorgon appreciates.