Newsgroups: alt.pub.dragons-inn
From: cvenour@kurango.cit.gu.edu.au (C Venour)
Subject: A Man Enters.
Message-ID: <1992May14.113325.16383@kurango.cit.gu.edu.au>
Keywords: Man 
Date: Thu, 14 May 92 11:33:25 GMT

The Inn door opens, and a stranger looks into the commonroom.
His gaze flickers across the room, but misses nothing.

He is dressed in black leather breeches, a white woven shirt, and a black
leather jerkin.  His hands are covered with bandages, from the base of his 
fingers to his forearms.  He appears unarmed.  His eyes reveal intelligence, 
cunning, and a strong survival instinct, as if he has known and beaten death
many times for any who dare to look into them.  His white tipped, brown hair 
seems almost natural.  His counternance is bleek.

He looks at the sixteen corners of the room, as he mutters to himself.
He approaches the bar, and after patiently waiting for service, softly speaks 
to the barkeeper, "Some meat, and water, if you please." He speaks the last 
with almost a sneer in his voice.

He places a coin on the table, and scratches the back of his bandaged hands.
He slowly eats the food,  while seeming never to take his eyes from the other
patrons of the inn.

He listens to the singing, and he seems almost to smile. He looks over to the 
throwing contest and watches intently for several seconds, before continuing
his scan of the room.

He looks for a stool at the bar, and seeing none decides to search for a 
chair.  He continues to scan the room, looking at the few empty chairs, and 
the people seated at the tables. He decides to wait for an invitation.

-- 
                The Stranger with the bandaged hands.
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