Newsgroups: alt.pub.dragons-inn
From: jax@polyslo.csc.calpoly.edu (Jaxman)
Subject: Re: Tis jest a rose
Message-ID: <1992May14.054523.23324@rat.csc.calpoly.edu>
Date: Thu, 14 May 92 05:45:23 GMT
References: <dwest.705859275@odin> <1992May14.054523.2686@rat.csc.calpoly.edu> <1992May14.200558.11657@midway.uchicago.edu>

Dougl Queries:
>"The chest of Mackeldvar?  What is it, a magic box?  How exciting!"
>Dougl claps his hands with childish delight.  "Tell me how it works!"
>

 Drax smiles towards Dougl, the red gauze around his body seeming to lighten
for a moment. 
  " The chest of Mackeldvar is much more than simply a magic box. Let me inform
   you of just a bit of its history.

   Many seasons ago, the man-dog known as Mackeldvar was fleeing from the 
 pursuit of the evil nomad tribes known as the Scorpion Nomads. After being
 chased for a day and a night, Mackeldvar fell exhausted to the ground, only
 to find that for the last minutes he had been running on a surface of glass
 instead of sand. The nomads were at the sand-glass border, cursing loudly
 but obviously not willing to venture further into the glass area. Seeing
 what he perceived to be an oasis, Mackeldvar stumbled over and fell into the
 water's edge. He never arose. His last exertion had strained his heart beyond
 tolerance, and his body was not strong enough to contain his spirit. Over the
 days his body was taken by scavengers, but his essence remained. The years
 passed, and the sand once again begin to close over the glass.
   Generations later, the very chest which I now hold in my hands appeared in
 the markets of Generica. A seemingly ordinary chest, its very presence called
 out to those of us who value spirit and creativity. I was the first to reach
 the chest, and managed to obtain it before my fellow rivals. I gleaned the
 most brief history, given above, from this object, but was then forced to take
 refuge . Over the years, I have found that this chest retains some of the
 spirit of Mackeldvar and to receive a gift from this chest, one must present
 a price that will be paid, and rarely is this price in something so easily
 obtained as coinage.
  Anyone may obtain an item or a thing, for not all the gifts of the chest are
 physical, from the chest of Mackeldvar. I am only its keeper, and its friend.
 "

 So saying, Drax seems to smile down at the chest, and then return to his
 place standing beside the Shrouded Ones table, seemingly waiting for 
 something unknown to others.

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