Newsgroups: alt.pub.dragons-inn From: Ari.Huttunen@hut.fi (Ari Juhani Huttunen) Subject: Maud [Broadmarch]: observes the action and turns time backwards Message-ID: Date: Fri, 29 May 1992 01:09:37 GMT >But the ship hasn't departed yet and there are many ropes still attached >to the poles on the wharf. Trying to remember the lessons master thief >Karidon taught him when he was little, Maud climbs the rope. When he gets >on board he hides in a life raft. >The ship seems to be heavily armed, judging by the heavy guns on the >sides. Furthermore, it is about to leave... After leaving harbour, the action on Broadmarch quietens considerably. Maud even has time to feed the little dog he had been carrying inside his cloak. The little dog was obviously very hungry and devours the tripe ration! After a few minutes Maud has a plan ready: try to sneak to Dougl and see to his safety. Maud sneaks a look from under the cover of the life boat. Indeed, from another life boat sneak two persons. Maud guesses they are Cedric and William. These two persons pretend to belong to the crew of this ship and obviously succeed, since they get to the cargo hold. At the same instant Cedric and William vanish below deck, two people appear above deck. Where only seconds before was only thin air, are now standing Tvarne and Rhoan. Tvarne instantly disables the grey cloaked man at the tiller. Other grey cloaked men approach fast. These grey cloaked men seem oddly familiar to Maud. A loud flapping sound can now be heard from above. A large bird is trying to destroy the sails! Those grey cloaked men that aren't engaging in battle against Rhoan and Tvarne start finding crossbows to shoot ...sage with. Meanwhile a large man is shouting orders at the bow. Some of the men previously engaged in shooting the bird start preparing the guns and thus ...sage is saved. Suddenly Rhoan seems to be in trouble. The woman in the bow is casting a spell on him. The casting is cut short by Silken thrusting his sword through the woman. At the same time a grey cloaked man is about to thrust his sword in turn through the back of Tvarne. Instantly recognizing that something must be done Maud takes the banana peel on the life boat and throws it. The grey cloaked man slips on it and thus doesn't kill Tvarne. The guns of Broadmarch are fired! The guns of Narwhal are fired! Narwhal draws near, men begin to pour over the side! An anchor flies over the side and behind a life boat. The rope is pulled tight and an awful looking and convulsing Rameshander is pulled to the side along with the hook. Men from Morning's Breeze start pouring over the side! Captives are taken! Seeing that others have taken the matter of Dougl to their competent hands and don't need Maud anymore, he decides to leave. Taking the clock from his inside pocket he turns the hands of the clock backwards twenty minutes. Maud vanishes. The small dog vanishes. Maud didn't throw the banana peel. Maud didn't feed the small dog. They didn't enter Broadmarch.... The corridor deep, deep underground hadn't seen any light for centuries. Now, a light was approaching. The light steadily grew stronger, blinding all creatures of dark that had been lurking in this corridor for ages. A middle heighted man carrying the Sun (or so it seemed to the lurking things) walked forward, finally reaching this place. Seeing that 'this place' was in fact an intersection of several corridors, he picks the corridor leaving right. ===== The light slowly grows less. A distant mumbling can be heard: "Never, never, never, never go adventuring without a map, never, never, ..." ADMIN: Mysterious indeed are the ways of time here... (Meshtak is still fighting at the town. The rescued prisoners seem still to be in the cargo hold from where they escaped just moments before.) -- ............................................................................... Ari Huttunen They say the sky high above 90-7285944 is Caribbean blue... (Enya)