121. Dying for Information

In an attempt to save her life, a poor goblin girl is out to gather information that could determine her fate.
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            “And let me tell you something, sweet cheeks. I’m the master of all things wenches. I say come…uh... here, and they do!” The drunken goblin laughed and lifted his alcohol-filled mug up into the air, spilling his drink over his hair. He brought the mug back to his lips and noticed that the majority of the drink was gone. “Dammit, I need another drink. Barwench! WENCH!”
            The female goblin sitting beside him chuckled nervously. The last thing she wanted was to be there with this goblin, hearing his disgusting stories, and watching him himself into a stupor, but this was the job she was given.
            Find Ziggly.
            “So…you…you’re Ziggly?”
            The male flashed her a razor sharp grin and waggled his eyebrows. “I am the one and ONLY Ziggler. Why? You’ve heard of me and my adventures, haven’t you? Hm? Everyone wants a piece of the Zig.” He leaned toward her and she backed away, grinning nervously and looking around. Ziggly almost fell over and he quickly sat up, banging his mug on the table, “Where is that wench?”
            The girl grabbed his mug and stuttered as she spoke, “I…I’ll bring y-your drink, Z-Ziggly.” Immediately, she ran to the bar and ordered his drink. As soon as the bartender filled the mug and walked away, she took a small vial from her pocket and dumped the blue liquid into his drink. With a deep breath, she hoped it all went well and walked back to her seat.
            “So, hot ass, what’s your name?”
            Don’t be tellin’ ‘im anyting about joorself, Pina. Besides, ‘ee don be carin’.
            “I’m wondering what you d-do, uh, Ziggly.” She wasn’t cut out for these things. Her parents sold fruit from a little stand when Kezan was around. She was going to grow up and sell fruit like her parents. Perhaps she would meet a well-to-do goblin and settle down to raise a family of fruit vendors. Instead, she was a slave to a troll who frightened and threatened her life every second she breathed. Pina wanted to succeed and get the information the troll witch needed from the goblin called Ziggly so that she could live another day.
            “I’m a badass, motherfucker!” the crude goblin replied.
            Pina winced at his language and chuckled nervously. She was told to test the elixir, so she asked the obvious. “Are…are you a goblin?”
With a slurred tongue, Ziggly answered “Yessh.” He laughed and laughed.
            “Are you a pirate?”
            “Arrr!” He nodded and continued to drink his acrid alcohol.
            Her green eyes glanced around and she moved in closer to the goblin, whispering, “Do you know where Cristianno is?” She didn’t know who that was, but that was the question she was told to ask.
            The drunken goblin laughed and turned to look at her, his red eyes locked on to hers. “No.” Pina blinked and as she was about to ask something, he said, “This time, he just let us go and said ‘Ziggly, find me a ship.’ Fucker. He can’t find his own fucking ship.”
            “S-so…you don’t know where he is?”
            “Fuck no! He just went off with his new wench and said he would contact me later! Asshole.” Ziggly finished off his drink and threw the mug across the bar.
            Joo be comin’ back wit information, or joo be dead, Pina.
            This response wasn’t what Pina wanted. “Is there anything else you can say about him? Anything at all!”
            “That new wench he’s with? I’d tap her ass.” Those were his final words before he fell forward onto the table and passed out.
            Pina sat back in fear. She didn’t want to die and the goblin didn’t know anything. “Tia’s going to kill me,” she whispered, her hands trembling while she stared at the now snoring goblin.

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