Victor and his three new friends decided to get to know each other before working together. Victor looked to the sun and realized that it was already midday.
"Well it looks like my daughter should be done at the academy by now, want to come along with me and bring her home?" Jok and Scar both shrugged and nodded, but Ezekiel shook his head.
"I didn't join you all to be a babysitter, no thanks." With that Ezekiel left the apothecary after thanking Reginald. While walking Scar regards Victor, "So you've been here for 15 years you say?"
"Yup, me and the misses moved here from the kingdom of Harlasator when I was only 19. At the time I was a Sailor, but the Sea water makes my wife rash out like you wouldn't believe. Boy that was an unpleasant voyage."
"Sounds like it, so what does your daughter look like?" Asked Jok.
Victor swigs some of his Drink half way through the question. then he turns to his friends and says, "Oh she's great, shes still got some of her baby chub, and she's got a little black hair like I do, and her eyes are-"
"Baby chub? You said she was a teenager." Remarks Scar.
"Huh? Oh yeah, I do have two of them. Okay well Lacey is kinda skinny, and also has black hair, she doesn't got my talent for magic, but she's somewhere around yay high." Says Victor as he raises a hand that refuses to stay steady and give an accurate idea of height.
Scar looks forward and then points.
"That one there has black hair is that her?"
Victor stares ahead and sees that the girl he is pointing out is indeed Lacey.
"Yup, that's my girl."
Jok looks back to Victor and says,"Alright then, lets go and... wait, who's that with her?"
Victor looks back to his daughter again and sees a boy hugging her, a Drow Elf, who has his white hair shaved with some sort of foreign symbols in his hairline and baggy clothing on.
Victor stops solid, staring at the man,"I do not know who that is, boys if you don't mind, I would like to meet this man."
Victor shoves the 500 lb minotaur aside with just one of his arms and strolls over to the two teenagers.
"This is bad." Says Scar.
"Lets try not to make a scene. If Victor makes a move then we interfere." Responds Jok. Scar nods to the large bull man.
Victor walks up to the two and the drow notices him first.
"Hey yo pops, you got a problem?!" Upon hearing the boy address Victor, Lacey turns and sees her father. Her face goes pale as a ghost.
"Oh, pops ey? Ironic name. And tell me good sir what is your name?" Says Victor, pushing Lacey aside.
"My names Dei'Quan Toren, and I was just haven a chat with mah girl Laces."
"Laces! Ey!" Victor smiles and turns to Lacey,"Doesn't sound much like the name your parents gave you, but hey there are all sorts in the world."
Lacey finally interjects, "Uh Dei'Quan-"
"Hush up Laces, I'm talkin here." Responds Dei'Quan.
Victor's hand behind his back suddenly pulses with power upon hearing his precious daughter get cut off.
"Not very nice. Cutting off you friend like that." Says Victor motioning his head to Lacey. That poor Drow in that moment did the exact wrong thing to do in that moment.
Dei'Quan wrapped his arm around Lacey who blushes a bit with her eyes wide, uttering a short prayer to Socca.
"Well I'd say we are a bit more than just friends at this point, ya feel me?" Ending with a cocky smile.
Scar who had been reading the situation patted Jok on the shoulder and said,
"Go! Go! Go now or that boy is a dead man!"
Victor offers out his hand and smiles saying,"I don't believe I introduced myself..."
Dei'Quan questioningly reaches out and shakes Victor's hand.
"My name is Victor Railem, Lacey's Father."
If Dei'Quan's face could have shifted away from it's black color, it would have turned white. His next thought was to spin and run as fast as he could, but unfortunately for him he had already fallen into Victor's trap.
"SHOCKING GRASP!!!"
In a brilliant display to behold the boy was suddenly abuzz with power. Sparks went flying, jolts shot across his body, and lightning shot out of his head. To this day Victor has never shocked someone with shocking grasp harder than that, and if he had finished that attack the boy surely would have died.
Fortunately for Dei'Quan, Jok bashed Victor on the back of his head before death came for the young drow. Then both the boyfriend and the father fell to the ground.
In the aftermath Scar congratulated Jok on his quick action in saving the boy's life. Jok then retrieved Victor and hoisted him onto his shoulder. Then the 4 of them, Lacey, Scar, Victor, and Jok made their way to Victor's house led by Lacey.
"Well young lady, we must be going. Us and your father should take a trip to the Apothecary, make sure he's okay." Said Scar, patting Victor on his new bump on the head.
"Um, if it wouldn't be too much trouble can you tell him something else too?" Said Lacey a little bit nervous.
"Sure. What is it?" Responded Jok.
"Well, um, you see... Um... me and Dei'Quan.. well." Lacey stumbles around her word , prompting Scar to read her mind and get to the meat of the issue, he then blurted out,
"OH MY GODS, YOU'RE PREGNANT!?!?!" Shouted Scar, and in response Jok jumps back and drops Victor face first onto the pavement. Jok picks Victor up again and says,
"She's What!? But how do you kno-"
"I used the spare gold I make apprenticing with Reginald the Apothecary to get a Divination at the temple when I started getting morning sickness. It's a boy, by the way."
Scar face palms and wipes his head as Jok looks at the unconscious Victor.
"Congrats new Friend your going to be a grandfather."
"So yeah, good luck telling dad." With that Lacey slams the door, and Jok and Scar are left with the unconscious Victor.
"What do you think the over/under on him destroying the city is?" Asks Jok.
"From what We've seen he already does that by just living here." Says Scar. Both think for a few seconds, then Jok snaps his fingers.
"Remember how we first met, Scar?"
"Um you were enslaved by a Bard who ended up dying after you both joined us."
"Yeah, I joined him because the wards on my collar bound me to serve the one who freed me from my seal. If we get someone to Ward Victor then-"
"The city wont get destroyed! Where's Ezekiel? He's a former paladin!"
Scar runs off, but just as Jok starts to follow he notices someone near Victor's house. He spots Victor's other daughter, Margret playing in the yard, being watched by Victor's son, Tim.
Jok didn't know why, but he was draw over to the yard, and the little girl looked up at him, unafraid like the many other children so often did.
"Hello, who are you?" Said the girl in a cutesy little voice.
"My uh.. My name is Jok, I work with your papa here. " Said Jok as he motions to Victor.
"Is daddy sleeping?" Says the girl turning her head and looking back at Tim, who has preoccupied himself with forming his lightning in his hand.
"Yeah, he had to take a nap for a bit, my friend and I need to go wake him up."
"Oh daddy doesn't like it when I wake him up. hehe"
"How do you wake him up? He may be a bit of a maniac, but the way he talks about you kids he seems to really care."
"Do you want me to do it to you?" Says Margret as she stands up off the ground.
"Do what?"
"Wake you up." Says the girl as she offers her hand. Jok looks at her hesitantly, then looks back to Scar, making sure that he is out of range to read either of their minds. Once he is sure, Jok touches the girl's hand.
Suddenly Jok is gone, seeing the world, the entire world. He sees men grow, and expand across the world then he sees the gods die, just as man has reached the point of their apex, the others come, the gods that came before, the old gods, they burn the world, and man. Then their eyes turn backwards to face Jok, and in an instant he has let go of Margret's hand and her eyes are right where he saw the eyes of the others.
Scar is running to find Ezekiel, when Jok finally catches up with Victor slung over his shoulder.
"Where were you man?" Asks Scar.
"I found a teacher." States Jok plainly.
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