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- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 09:42:07 EST
- From: The Dreamer <ASG102@psuvm.psu.edu>
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- Subject: [Mista][L] Someone Knocking ...
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- Luthor surveyed the scene before him. Only three of the small Earths had
- been destroyed so far. The others, slow as they were, had made it to the
- Dragon's Inn. The first of them to make it there tried to go through the
- doorway.
-
- ------------
- E A R T H :
- M U S T O B E Y M A S T E R E N T E R I N N B R I N G O U T S I D E
- W H A T I S T H I S I T W O N T L E T M E I N T O T H E I N N B U T
- I M U S T G E T I N O R I W I L L B E H U R T B Y T H E M A S T E R
- P U S H H A R D E R I T D O E S N O T W O R K W H A T I S W R O N G
- M E L D I N T O T H E E A R T H G O U N D E R I N N A N D E N T E R
- T H R O U G H T H E F L O O R B L O C K E D H E R E A L S O P U S H
- H A R D E R N O U S E I A M T R Y I N G M A S T E R B U T I C A N T
- G E T I N N O N O T T H E P A I N I A M T R Y I N G I S W E A R I T
- W H Y W O U L D I D I S O B E Y Y O U S T O P T H E P A I N A N D I
- W I L L T R Y A G A I N I A M S O S O R R Y M A S T E R P L E A S E
- S T O P T H E P A I N T H A N K Y O U M A S T E R I K N O W W H A T
- T O D O N O W I U N D E R S T A N D Y O U A R E V E R Y C L E V E R
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-
- Luthor saw the creature try to force its way through the doorway,
- but the magic that held out hostile forces worked. The creature tried
- again. The doorway shimmered and emitted a high pitched whine, but again
- the doorway held.
-
- Trying a different tactic, the creature disappeared into the ground. With
- his mage sight, Luthor saw a magical field flicker UNDER the inn, but again,
- the magic held. Moments later, the creature came out of the ground again.
- Its fellow Earths were at the front walls of the inn. As a unit, they moved
- to equally spaced positions on the wall and with a mighty blow, they struck
- the wall. The sound from the crash was a deafening rumble.
-
- The magic that reinforced the walls of the inn was weakened considerably
- by this blow and the magical drain that was caused by something in the Low
- City. Fearing that it would buckle under the second hit that was sure to
- follow, Luthor receded into the shadows.
- ----------
-
- The "Ultimate Dark Hooded One" sat in the corner and watched the other patrons
- of the inn. No one noticed him because he refused to make a sound. He just
- watched and waited. Waited for what? you might ask. Well, he had been
- watching and waiting so long that he had forgotten. All he remembered was
- that his goal was to be the most mysterious person in the inn and what a
- competitive crowd this was. He was so good at being stealthy and mysterious
- that everyone in the inn not only forgot about him, but also ceased caring.
- He laughted to himself (silently of course).
-
- Suddenly, the shadows parted and a blacker than BLACK form emerged. The
- "Ultimate Dark Hooded One" was so suprised that he jumped out of his seat
- and let out a high pitched "Eeep!". The golden skinned elf turned to him
- and siad, "Sorry, I thought this was an empty corner" and patted him on the
- back. The "Ultimate Dark Hooded One" was mortified. He had been discovered
- and now the Rabble stared at him intently.
-
- He would have to leave the inn, wait a while, and then make another
- mysterious entrance before retreating to his dark corner. Having nothing
- better to do, he followed his own plan, but he was met with the unexpected.
- As soon as he went outside the inn, he was attacked and reduced to a bloody
- mess by an Earth elemental. As it stomped on him, he did not make a sound,
- and as everyone lost interest, he mysteriously faded away.
- ----------
-
- Luthor finished scaring the wits out of a patron with a cloak that was almost
- as BLACK as his. Then he remembered what he was here to do. He walked to
- the center of the bar room, reached inside his cloak, and pulled out the
- Gem of Chaos. He walked to the nearest table and addressed the Mind Flayer
- who was sitting there. "Excuse me sir, but I need your table, the inn is
- in danger."
-
- E'Karam's tenticles twitched briefly and then he answered, "Most certainly.
- Anything I can do to help?"
-
- "Not unless you can do something about Earth elementals." Luthor cleared off
- the table and set the Gem in the middle. After spilling the Mind Flayer's
- drink, Luthor was struck by the smells of strawberries. 'Odd that a Mind
- Flayer should have a craving for a Halfling drink,' Luthor thought.
-
- After E'Karam left the area, Luthor focused on the Gem. He built up the
- ressonance and spoke:
-
- _______ ____ ____ ____ ____
- | | | | | | | | /\ | | |
- | |____| |___ |____ |___ | | / \ | | |____
- | | | | | | | /\ | |----| | | |
- | | | |____ ____| |____ \/ \/ | | |____ |____ ____|
-
- _____ __ ___ __ ___
- | / \ | | | | \ | | / \ | | \ |
- | | | | | | | | |____| | | | | | |
- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
- |_____ \ __ / \___/ |____ |___ / | | \ __ / |____ |___ / O
-
- Just in time for the second hit of the Earths outside the inn. Luthor held
- his concentration on the Gem and the walls of the inn knowing that their
- magic had faltered. He could feel Serene's concern from across the room,
- but he could offer her no words of reassurance. Serene held Mista close.
-
- Luthor hoped that Eric, Firecat, and the other patron who had helped, could
- do something about the Earths. He could not keep the walls up forever.
-
- Love and Peace and Wrecking Crews,
- -The Dreamer-
-