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- Organization: Penn State University
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 19:32:10 EST
- From: The Dreamer <ASG102@psuvm.psu.edu>
- Message-ID: <92322.193210ASG102@psuvm.psu.edu>
- Newsgroups: alt.pub.dragons-inn
- Subject: [Mista][L] More Pleasant Company
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- ADMIN: Luthor and his mentor Eric are returning from the roof of the Dragons
- Inn where they have begun to worry about the chaos caused in Generica
- by the actions of the [KQ] guys and Great Mother.
-
- Directly under the brightest light of the Dragons Inn bar room, a
- swirling column of grayness appeared like steam disbursing, except in reverse.
- The column covered an empty table. When a breeze from the opening of the
- door touched the cloud, it was swept away revealing two seated figures.
-
- The first was dressed in a light gray robe which matched the tint of the
- mysterious mist that had surrounded him moments before. He was a human,
- perhaps in his mid-twenties, perhaps not. His blonde hair spilled over and
- past his shoulders reaching to the middle of his back. His skin was fair,
- punctuated by two gray eyes that sparkled with wisdom.
-
- His companion was a golden skinned Half-Elf of jet black hair. He
- wore a BLACK cloak (need I say more?).
-
- "What could be causing such a problem Eric? Generica has had its
- time stream problems for a while now, but nothing like this." Luthor asked.
-
- "From the look of it, I would say that it is either interference of a God
- in the laws of magic here, OR someone is tampering with combinations of
- powerful magic types...Rune Magic and Necromancy for example, OR something
- akin to the falling of our Gods in the Realms could be happening here...
- this couLD BE THE START OF..." Eric began saying, unintentionally building
- up the ressonance that was Shadow Magic.
-
- "ERIC! Watch what you say!" Luthor broke in.
-
- "Sorry, it just started coming out." His face flushed briefly, he felt like
- a novice who had used Shadow Magic unintentionally much to the disapproval
- of his master. "Luthor, we really should find the extent to which the chaos
- is growing, then we can start fixing the holes." Eric took out a coin and
- flipped it into the air.
-
- "THIS COIN COULD LAND ON ITS SIDE" he said as it fell...and stood on its end
- without a single bounce.
-
- Luthor took the experiment a step further. He took out his own coin and
- flipped it. "THIS COIN MIGHT NOT FALL" The coin obeyed and remained floating
- in the air above the table. Luthor was taken back...the chance of gravity
- failing was a tiniest fraction above zero. This did not bode well for
- Generica.
-
- Serene walked over and plucked the coin out of the air, "Neat trick Luthor,
- thanks for the tip. Now, what would you and your friend here like?"
-
- "Hello Serene, let me introduce you to my mentor, Eric. Eric, this is Serene..
- and Mista," he added indicating the tiny baby that Serene carried in a harness
- across her stomach.
-
- "Pleased to meet you Eric, Luthor has told me a lot about you, but I had always
- pictured you a little...um..." Serene didn't want to offend the young looking
- human.
-
- "A little older perhaps? I admit that I am much older than I look, I take
- no offense. Why don't you join us here for a moment?" Eric said.
-
- "No, but thanks anyway, I have a lot of orders to handle...Let me guess,
- a Soul Sucker for Luthor and...a Kaluah and Cream for Eric, right?" Serene
- guessed.
-
- "Telepathic bar maid eh? Very useful to have around." Eric was impressed.
-
- "No, not telepathic, just good," Luthor remarked with a smile. "What is
- wrong with Mista? She looks tired...she's not ill is she?" Luthor said
- in a flood of paternal instinct.
-
- "I'm not sure what is wrong. She is probably just tired. I have a break
- coming up in a few minutes and I'll have Mary look at her. Just relax with
- your frined and I'll take care of things." Serene smiled reassuringly at
- Luthor's concern.
-
- Their conversation was interrupted by a rumbling sound that was coming from
- outside the inn. Luthor jumped up and ran to the door, followed close behind
- by Eric. Outside the inn, Luthor saw four approaching figures.
-
- The first was a creature of pure flames. Milticolored fire played over its
- body, blasting Luthor with heat and sending thick clouds of black smoke into
- the air.
-
- The second was a whirlwind of air, made visible only by the debris that it
- carried as its form circled around itself ceaselessly.
-
- The third a humanoid wave which sloshed its way to the inn leaving soaked
- rubble behind in its path. The water of which it was composed flowed and
- splashed creating white foam on its surface.
-
- The final figure was that of a very muscular human of stone instead of
- flesh. Its fists were studded with sharp looking gemstones. Its skin was
- swirled like marble.
-
- When they were in the center of the plaza, the stone man raised his arms into
- the air and stomped his feet causing the inn itself to shake slightly. Through
- the bricks of the plaza came a dozen smaller humanoids of stone to join their
- master in his attack.
-
- "There is a group of elementals coming toward the inn! I don't think that
- they will be able to get in, but I think we should do something!" Eric
- shouted to the other patrons.
-
- "Someone go get Trawm, he'd be interested in this. Serene, you might want to
- call the Mists to keep the inn from burning." Without another word, Luthor
- ran out of the front door to deal with the elementals.
-
- ADMIN: Alright, you guys volunteered to help...well...HELP!!!!!!
-
- Summary of powers of these creatures:
- Fire: can shoot flames, burns all touching him
- Air: gusts of wind, tends to throw people around
- Water: jets of water, will bear hug people to drown them
- Earth: Can summon and control smaller elementals, VERY strong
- Luthor will concern himself with the Earth elemental, Eric with the Air.
-
- Love and Peace and Alchemy,
- -The Dreamer-
-