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- From: mcspikgfm@dct.ac.uk
- Newsgroups: alt.pub.dragons-inn
- Subject: [ST] Mel awakes
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.180153.3031@dct.ac.uk>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 18:01:53 GMT
- Organization: Dundee Institute of Technology
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- Light streamed through the small gap in the shutter of the room. Over
- a few hours it moved across the room and up the side of the bed. Soon it
- reached the hand that had been flung outwards during a night of restless sleep.
- The little heat generated by the beam of light drew no reaction but as it
- played across the fingers it caught the side of a small ring on one of the
- fingers and rebounded onto the face of the owner. A brief grunt issued from
- her mouth and a grimace appeared. " No, not now, its far too early. Get one
- of the others to do it for once. It just isn't fair! I always have to feed the
- chickens ".
- The light moved languidly over the ring, the reflected beam playing
- across half the room in the process. It moved on to another finger and this
- time caught a thin iron band with a flat polished exterior. As before, the
- light played across the elf's face catching her left eye. " Don't, RUN! I
- can only deal with them one way and if your here, your going to be fried too!.
- Ok, your funeral. Hope you wanted to be cremated. I'll try to work out which
- ones are your ashes. Ok, then time for a bit of Fun".
- A smile passed over her face to be replaced with a beaming smile. Her
- body moved and the beam was cut. Hours seemed to pass as she lay on her side
- with her arm pinned below her, then nature took its course. Mel awoke to two
- seperate pains in her body. One dull and numbing running up and down her lower
- leg whilst the other was sharp and searingly painful, Cramp.
- The blanket was thrown off onto the floor, closely followed by her legs.
- The trapped arm popped out from under her and the feeling of relief sweeping
- over her was destroyed by a wave of pain from her left leg as she raised to her
- feet. It collapsed and she fell heavily onto the wooden floor. A scream of pain
- and annoyance escaped her lips as she brought to mind several curses.
- A quick glance brought to light her swords resting against the chair
- in the corner and she got up and half hobbled, half hopped across to them.
- Once there she used the swords to lean on and opened the shutters. Looking
- at he leg for the first time she saw a large patch of pale skin on the inside
- of her ankle where the pain was coming from. It had been healed, but why had
- she needed healing and why was all her stuff laid about the room as if someone
- had been searching for something?
- After a quick search, all that was missing from her backpack was a
- small vial that had held a sleeping draught, some of her stock of oil and one
- of her black cloaks. However, she still had all her valuables, now including
- a new ring. What had been going on? Well no time like the present for
- finding out! " Right, where are my clothes?"
- After the hazardous task of dressing was complete she used the swords
- to manouevre down the corridor and the limp down the stairs. The Inn looked
- like it had before with some new faces and a few that were now becoming
- familiar to her. After receiving a knowing wink from a large member of the
- Rabble, she lurked over to the bar in a worreid state. What can have happened
- last night? Oh I hope I didn't make a fool of myself again.
- " Err its Littlefair, isn't it? Hope I didn't cause any damage last
- night. I'm willing to pay for any and all breakages. Also, you wouldn't know
- where my companion has gone, you know, the one that was stiff as a board. He
- seems to have disappearded."
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- Melandra Flametree, Lady Wizardess * Internet: mcspikgfm@dct.ac.uk
- Pyrolator, Princess of Vyalia * Janet : mcspikgfm@uk.ac.Dundee-Tech
- & Slightly Insane Elf.."Boom..Fun!" * Dundee College of Technology, Scotland.
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