Unobserved! (Patreon)
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As I stood on stage in front of the contest judges, I started to feel giddy at the prospect of winning. Attending a fancy dinner in disguise as the beautiful Relda Fauxfox would give me a perfect chance to study Wiles from a female perspective! This might be my key to fame and fortune! Maybe they would take me back to Vulpitania and make me a star, with my own scrycast show and series of illuminated adventure scrolls!
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"I suspect one of those vixens is not quite who she appears to be," Detective Glenholm Webb mused aloud.
"Ooh, ooh!" Lemmy blurted, unable to contain his excitement. "Ooh, Detective Webb! I've been tailing her from the Gladsome Antglade, and I know exactly who she really is!"
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"Oh, hey there long, tall, and beautiful," Estmere schmoozed as he turned to look at the con-goers subduing Avogadro, and suddenly noticed a giraffe femme standing nearby. "How come you weren't in the pie dodging contest? I bet you'd do great. I would totally give you bonus points for form, no question."
"Oh, Your Majesty," the giraffe giggled bashfully.
"Are you here alone? You wanna get together later?"
As I watched my half-brother's sleazy yet effortless approach, I was suddenly reminded of my duty. What was I thinking earlier?? Was I seriously considering running off to Vulpitania to become a pie fighter? I was starting to get too comfortable with this disguise. I needed to get out of it and back to my normal self soon! Furthermore, I needed to find out why Estmere was out here judging a contest at a blatantly Vulpitanian convention while the city faced an impending siege. Shouldn't he be in a secure location? Something strange, perhaps even Unseelie, was going on!
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A few blocks away:
"The streets will run red with the blood of my enemies!" Jimmy shrieked furiously. "I'll eat their gizzards smeared with spicy cream cheese! Any unaccompanied femme I'll claim for my own! This Empire will be firmly and properly re-established before I'm done! Bow before your Emperor, peasants!"
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