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The problem with being a big, mean-looking, ferocious Hellhound was that you couldn't just dissapear into the background. People scattered when you arrived, only to peek around the corners and make a mental note of all the places you raised one of your back legs.
You snarled a bit, of course. It wouldn't do for people to think you were a Hissy*. But it just wasn't as satisfying. As hellhound, Yggo supposed he could start a fire or simply destroy some walls and windows and shop interiors. But then the owners would come knocking on the door next Monday and demand repayment.
Eating people on Mondays was absolutely not done. Those people had just lost a good deal of money, and were down because the weekend was over and they had to work another five days to get it back. If you ate them, they'd probably become so depressed they might commit suicide.
Walking through the artificially empty streets of his town, Yggo Decin decided it was time for a change. Actually, the Dracolice decided it by biting him real hard when he answered 'no' to their suggestion. When he changed his mind and started considering the advantages of leaving this town, a cheer went up from the Dracolice.
They talked exitedly amongst themselves.
"Can't believe we finally going somewhere else!"
"No more smelly store"
"Tehee! That rhymes"
"Where we go? Where we go?"
"Don't really know"
"Tehehehehee"
"Let's go somewhere with trees!"
"What you want trees for Fubble?"
"I like trees. Some of my best friends grew nuts"
"Tehehee"
"Stop it!"
And so, Yggo Decin and the Dracolice left the small town and headed off to greater adventure, or boredom, or a really, really quick death at the hands of a giant mutated three-headed crocodile named Yerra Raijt...
*It's always bad when people think you're a Hissy. The typical Hissy would not only be an incredible coward, or sissy, but also stick flowers in his or her hair when everyone looked the other way and whimper things like "Peace" when he was about to take a beating. The effect was usually, as can only be expected, most counter-productive
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