/tags/venom/Recent content in Venom on Gromet's Plaza ArchiveHugoen-usSun, 13 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0000/stories/2019/10/13/viper-madness/Sun, 13 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0000/stories/2019/10/13/viper-madness/<p><strong>Viper Madness</strong> <em>- An Elarra and Master Tilborn story.</em></p> <p>“Look out, master!”</p> <p>Elarra pushed Master Tilborn aside, causing the viper to miss its strike. Annoyed, it drew back and stuck again, sinking its fangs into Elarra’s ankle. Or rather above her left ankle, just where the muscles of her calf began.</p> <p>The viper coiled once more, rather than slithering away like a cowardly villain ought to. Elarra had only sandals and garden gloves, but Master Tilborn had a hoe. He neatly separated the viper’s head from its body, as it attempted a third strike, and that was the end of the viper.</p>