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- Organization: Penn State University
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 19:55:01 EST
- From: The Dreamer <ASG102@psuvm.psu.edu>
- Message-ID: <92322.195501ASG102@psuvm.psu.edu>
- Newsgroups: alt.pub.dragons-inn
- Subject: [Mista][L] Firecat to the Rescue
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- > "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.
-
- Firecat the Gnome grabbed his things upon hearing the call for battle. Shadow,
- his wolf-companion woke from his nap under Firecat's table to follow his
- master...into death if need be.
-
- "No Shadow, stay!" Shadow sat, but looked nervous. When Firecat took a step
- toward the door, Shadow followed. "NO, STAY!" At this, Shadowed began whining
- loudly. Realizing that Shadow would disobey his commands, Firecat guided her
- by the scruff of her neck, up the stairs and to his room. There, he locked
- her in. He felt guilty, but he had to do it. She had no special protection
- from the elements as he did. The elementals would quickly destroy her and
- he would not be able to stop them.
-
- As Firecat charged back down the stairs and out the door, he noticed that some
- of the other patrons were preparing to do the same. Upon reaching the door,
- Firecat shifted into his namesake...a four foot long tiger, covered in flames.
- He bounded out the door, past some of the slow moving earth-men, toward his
- target, the Fire elemental.
-
- When he was within twenty feet, Firecat lept into the air at the head of the
- elemental. A moment later, they were wrestling on the ground. Firecat tried
- to rake with his claws, but found his enemy to be less than solid. In turn,
- the elemental found his flame attacks useless against a fellow creature of
- fire. The stalemate was temporarily broken when Firecat managed to push the
- elemental away. It flew back and crashed into a wooden cart that was a
- pile of red coals a moment later.
-
- As Firecat readied for another attack, bitter cold struck him, knocking him
- into a daze. As he recovered, he was hit again. His normally roaring fires
- reduced to a mere flicker, Firecat looked for the source of the cold...and
- found it. The Water elemental was directing streams of his essence at
- Firecat, an extremely powerful weapon in his current form.
-
- Feeling weak, Firecat shifted back into his Gnome form and drew an axe. He
- shifted his attention toward his watery enemy and charged in that direction.
-
- Love and Peace and Watery Graves,
- -The Dreamer-
- Love and Peace and Watery Graves,
- -The Dreamer-
-