He knew he didn't have long before they would catch him, so Shmuck worked up his courage and faced the Orcs. Outnumbered, with nowhere to run Shmuck drew out his Great Axe and muttered to himself, ********** it." and provoked the left Orc.
Infuriated the Orc gave a Warcry and charged our hapless hero Shmuck. Shmuck swang his Great Axe from the left and connected on the left Orc's jaw forcing a critical hit. This served to only deepen the Orc's fury and countered with a Battle Dance and wiped half of Shmuck's HP.
Shmuck sensed he was in deep trouble, so he immediately 2-houred with Mighty Strikes and Weapon Skilled the Orc to his death, but there was still one orc left and Shmuck only had 100 HP left. Alone in the wilderness Shmuck sensed his death was imminent, no reraise, not a town or adventurer for miles, this was his final stand. He thought to himself, "If I must die, then at least I will die a Warrior's death..."
The Orc's victory was nigh and one last blow was all that was needed to avenge his fallen comrade. At the precise moment of Shmuck's would be demise, Chocobo sweeps in from out of nowhere and tackles the Orc. Seizing his chance Shmuck delivers a fatal blow to the Orc's neck.
"You saved my life." said Shmuck, "How can I ever repay you?" intelligently the bird looked right at him and said to him as if it were a fleeting thought, You already have. My name is Those Orcs were going to commit me to a life slavery and hardship working in the mines. For this good sir, I am indebted to you Wark!
Shocked, Shmuck said aloud, "You can talk?! How?!" Chocobo said, The great Altana blessed all us Chocobo's with the gift of intelligence. My previous master was a great wizard and bestowed upon me the gift of telepathy so I could communicate with him better. Wark!
It took awhile for Shmuck to process everything that just happened, eventually Shmuck asked the Chocobo, "What is your name?"
The Chocobo responded, "My name is Glaive. My father was a famous Warbird and named me after his master's weapon, but that's not important right now. Those Orcs were only scouts. The beastman are on the rise again like never before but I don't know why. They've been scouring all of Vana'diel for resources...as if they're building for something...big...whatever it is I don't like it...."