Kimp and Duke Conrad Duel: BEYONDERS

Jason waits a long time in the bathhouse and finally Kimp comes in to take a bath.  He is bulging with muscle and covered from head to toe in tattoos.  Jason enters into the large tub and tries to strike up a conversation with Kimp.  Kimp is not showing any desire to talk, and tries to explain to him that this is his "relaxation time," but then Jason brings up his tattoos and he becomes much happier and accepting of the conversation.  He starts talking to Jason about them and even turns around to show him the shark on his back.  Jason is so excited and lucky!  The 4^th and last syllable is on Kimp's shoulder blade!  He eagerly scoots closer to see.  It's DRA.  He puts the word’s syllables together to create the "all powerful" word.  The word is Arimfexendrapuse.  Finally he has the word that can destroy Maldor!  He can now leave.  He tells Tark he is going to leave, and plans to announce it at dinner.  So, at dinner, he stands up and announces that he is going to leave.  Everyone goes silent.  Duke Conrad’s face twitches.  Duke Conrad stands up infuriated; face twitching with anger.  Jason tells him that he is leaving and will not change his mind.  Duke Conrad orders a duel in the courtyard with rapiers or swords.  Jason gets scared because if he fights Duke Conrad with a rapier or sword, he will surely be sliced up into bits.  Jason tells him that he wants to choose the weapon and Duke Conrad refuses at first, stating that he is so much higher than him, considering that Jason is only a lowly lord.  He corrects him, and tells him that he is also the Chancellor of Trensincourt.  Duke Conrad argues by saying that he resigned or gave up that post, and Jason says he did nothing of the kind.  Unable to win the argument, Duke Conrad finally succumbs and lets him choose weapon.  Jason, unsure of what to say, chooses the first thing that comes to his head:  billiard balls.  Since Duke Conrad is unfamiliar with this type of duel, Jason tells him the “customs” of the fighting style, and Duke Conrad has it arranged as so.  They each pick a second, well at least Duke Conrad does.  Tark sort of volunteers himself to be Jason’s second.  Afterward Jason tells him his reasoning for picking the billiard balls.  He picked them because he can throw balls really hard and accurately, but if they were to duel with a rapier or sword he’d be cut into bits. 

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