text: [Themes: mystery / thriller]
  
  "You yell, You there! with the horse" in his direction, he turns towards you and tips his hat. "Hello there monk," he smiles warmly " Might I interest you in a ride on my cart? I know it's kind of filled with cabbage right now, but theres a spot in the back where I think you would fit." You thank him for his generosity, and climb up into the cart, as you are being carted to the city you see a women tilling the fields look up at you confusedly, and whisper something to the women besides her that sounded something like " See there even making us farmers help them". You arrive in the town and thank the farmer for the ride, he says " Oh think nothing of it, I was happy to help" You decide the best place to start would be the tavern. But then again the Townsquare is a few blocks away as well.
  
  > decide against the tavern and head to the town square.
  You enter the Townsquare and are assaulted by light, sound and music, It would seem there is a festival to honor some mans achievement, The man in question is being carried atop everyones shoulders, and he seems to be enjoying the attention alot, You slink back towards the market section of the square for fear of getting trampled.
  
  > go to the weapon salesman.
  A big Gruff man Sits before you, He has a large ax sitting on his lap, and he seems to be wittling some sort of wooden handle into shape. He looks up at you with a big ol' smile on his face. "Come, Sit down monk." You walk over and sit down on the chair next to me. He hands you a knife and some wood, " Why don't you join me?" "I'm... I really can't I'm sorry, I'm kind of busy" you reply. He gives you a big pat on the back " What ever needs to be done my friend, can be done AFTER you help out" You get up and start to leave " I'm sorry, I am really busy sir..." He laughs " Fine, Just remember, My doors always open."
  
  > go back in.
  On second thought, You decide to go back in, You've never wittled before, and by now you are intrigued by this man. " On second thought, Your right What ever needs to be done, Can wait." He laughs, A big hearty laugh " Thats good, Thats good my friend, Come, sit I will get us some water." He comes back in with a jug and 2 cups, he passes you a cup and sits down with the jug back on his lap. " Here you go" He hands you the same length of wood and a knife.
  
  A few hours pass with him teaching you to wittle, and you doing a fairley good job, considering your new to this. "Ho,Ho,Ho, Now thats the craftsman ship I LOVE to see monk" He had noticed you carve a small cross into the side of the handle, he gets up and walks off for a few moments. You take this chance to look around the shop, it is a simple shop, he seems to do more Woodcutters equipment then any real weapons, but you do notice the occasional sword. He comes back in before you can finish your examination and hands you an ax. "Here monk This is for you" you look down at the fine metal ax head and push the ax back towards him " I'm sorry... I can't besides... This blade is to well done to just give away" He laughs" Oh it's fine monk, I had made 2 blades on accident, and as you can see I already have a few two many blades laying around" He fans his hands out to give you a good view of the hundred ax heads laying on the tables, and fastened to the wall. " Oh... well thank you sir." You take the handle in your hand and feel the fine wood, paying special attention to the cross you engraved on the side of the handle. " Oh... By the way I'm looking for a pregnant women... Most likely recent, She would probally be accusing a priest of impregnating her." He looks at you, Coughs and turns around " Monk, You better leave"
  
  You begin to leave, But before you do, you turn around " Sir, Please, if you can help... I'm begging you to..." He coughs and opens the door for you.
  
  > Back Home
  Learning Nothing you make your journey back home, but before you can leave the city you hear a voice. "STOP! STOOOOOP!!!!" You turn around and see the weaponsmith running back at you. You wait for him to catch up " yes?" He hands you a dagger " Please, Be careful, you might learn that the people you thought you could trust, you can't." You give him a big hug and he smiles " If you make it thru this ok, I hope you would consider joining me." You look down "I'm sorry, you know I'm a monk..." He laughs " I know I was hoping I could change your mind" He pats you on the back " Just remember my doors always open." You walk up the path towards the Convent, and enter thru the big chapel doors, The priest is infront of you smiling. "How did it go my son?" You look down " Not so well, I am sorry father... " He smiles and gives you a pat on the shoulder "Don't worry, It turns out it's already been taken care of." You decide to leave and head to bed, your to tired to think about anything other then sleep, As you walk down the hallway you notice that a few of the candles have been blown out.
  
  You lay down for the night, as you begin to fall asleep, a large gust of wind rocks thru your room opening and slamming your door, and causing alot of uproar, thats when you hear it, a loud cough and a few words spoken quickly, nothing you can recognize. You run out of your bedroom carrying your sheet along with you to cover yourself. As you enter into the chapel, you see something that makes you drop to your knees, there laying before you is the father, drenched in blood beside him is the ceremonial wine goblet soaking the ground nearby in wine,or alteast you think it's wine, with all the blood it's hard to tell. "Father!" You fall down besides him and check for a pulse, but as you nudge his neck, his head begins to roll of his body. You fall back on your hands " Oh... Oh lord... Please... Give me strength" You turn around just in time to catch a man attempting to attack you with a blade, he has on a mask and long flowing robes, so you can not tell who it is.
  
  You fall back before he can attack you, you reach your hands for your waist and slowly slide out the dagger, they havn't noticed it yet.
  
  > stab them in the stomach
  You attempt to use the element of surprise to lodge the dagger in there stomach, but as you plunge it into them they bring there larger blade down into your back, plunging the tip in your spine, it skewers you thru to the floor. The pain didn't even seem to happen, your body is paralzyed, and now, You and your attacker are stuck here, lodged with in each other slowly dieying.
  
  The constaple Discovers your body a week later after not seeing the priest for a week. Your attacker was never found.