Newsgroups: alt.pub.dragons-inn
From: csmith@onetouch.COM (Craig Smith)
Subject: Newcomer
Date: Wed, 13 May 92 16:15:17 GMT
Message-ID: <1992May13.161517.15618@onetouch.COM>

As he approaches the pub, the halfling can hear music and voices. "For a
place that looks so new," he thinks, "it is certainly lively."

He gingerly opens the door, fearing someone might trip over him in their
rush to leave.  There seems to be either a fight or a dance starting
near the hearth and the bar is full.

The halfling approaches the bar, whose top comes level with his brown eyes.
He reaches for the pouch on his belt, embroidered with the initials "CB"
in gold thread. He removes a single crystaline stone and places it on the
bar, standing on tip toe to accomplish the feat.

"Please," he says, pulling himself up so his mouth is above the top of the
bar, "do you have any fenarian brandy?"