Newsgroups: alt.pub.dragons-inn
From: merricb@mundil.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Merric BLACKMAN)
Subject: Another arrival
Message-ID: <9213611.17954@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU>
Keywords: man, arrival, ring
Date: Fri, 15 May 1992 01:33:08 GMT


Once again the door opens and another man enters the room.
	Clad in a wet brown cloak, clutched tightly around him, he seems
surprised to find warmth. A silver circlet gleams on his brow, holding back
his wet reddish-brown hair from his eyes. He staggers as he makes his way to a
table, surprisingly empty in the crowded room.
	He drops a bag onto the ground beside the chair. Flecks of white
adhere to it, though they disappear into wet patches. He has been in the
snow recently, this man, though that weather is nowhere near here.

	His voice cracks as he orders a hot meal and a drink.  His eyes are 
wild as he looks around. It seems he does not understand where he is, but will
accept the seeming normality of this place to save himself.
	Suddenly he slumps forward onto the table. From within his hand,
a gleaming ring falls, and rolls crazily on the floor, finally coming
to rest underneath another table.

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Merric Blackman						merricb@mundil