Newsgroups: alt.pub.dragons-inn
From: cvl@athena.mit.edu (Craig V Lewis)
Subject: Re: In from the woods
Message-ID: <1992May13.185012.13697@athena.mit.edu>
Keywords: Games of skill
References: <1992May12.213746.55495@cc.usu.edu> <1992May13.150006.4028@athena.mit.edu> <1992May13.105227.55525@cc.usu.edu>
Date: Wed, 13 May 1992 18:50:12 GMT

In article <1992May13.105227.55525@cc.usu.edu> slskq@cc.usu.edu writes:
>     Rhoan stands calmly as the two stillettos fly and then lets out a 
>hearty laugh.  "Well thrown and well said, but I doubt we'll need a barn
>unless you can only hit defenseless walls.  From the looks of it we shall
>only need a strong target no more than a foot across and a lane of about
>20 to 25 feet.  What do you say, first to win 6 games?"

Stol slides down from his chair and pads softly across the room, circling 
cautiously around the combatants on the floor and avoiding the mopping boy.
As he passes the latter he remarks, "Just a jest my young friend, and our
good ranger knows it as such."  He stops in front of the ranger and extends 
his small hand, "I've reached the time when defenseless walls are what I enjoy
throwing at most, so let's choose a neutral target and invite all comers to
fire away.  First to win six? Seems acceptable, first to miss after six loses,
I certainly do not plan on missing a 1' target at that range unless I am
seriously distracted."  After shaking Rhoan's hand, he steps past him and 
jumps catlike to the wall, retaining his hold on the smooth wall with a hand 
hand and two bare feet while he tucks his stilletos back into his boots with 
his free hand.  Looking over his shoulder as he does so, he comments, "perhaps
a barstool will do, if the innkeeper has an old broken one we could use?  And
any other players are, of course, welcome."

Stol
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 Craig Lewis                            cvl@athena.mit.edu                   
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