Newsgroups: alt.pub.dragons-inn From: gusar@uniwa.uwa.edu.au (Sean A Reith) Subject: Tvarne: Gets up to date in the slaver thread. Message-ID: <1992May30.175541.7713@uniwa.uwa.edu.au> Date: Sat, 30 May 1992 17:55:41 GMT Involved: Tvarne, Rhoan, Scar, Captain (of the _Morning Breeze), Kron, Silken As Tvarne is securing the tiller, Rhoan closes off the teleporter's windpipe a few seconds before tossing him at the first sailor up the ladder to the upper deck. Crossbow bolts begin to fly, and Tvarne quickly drops to the deck, shuffling over to defend the other side of the stern, kicking and shoving the stream of attackers off the stern, in the most uncomfortable looking series of crab-like maneuvers. Several of the slavers manage to get atop the stern as the _Morning Breeze_ arrives, and both factors reduce the steel to air content to a reasonable level. Thus Tvarne stands back to back with Rhoan for a more comfortable / effective defence against the slavers, who seem to be thinning rapidly as they go to defend their ship against the newly arrived Guardsmen's ships. Tvarne and Rhoan have managed to clear the wheel house when Rhoan ceases to move, and then as Tvarne goes to investigate, he resumes, and an elf appears, introducing himself as Silken the saviour. Rhoan then leaps down and assaults some bowmen about to fire upon the position, but before Tvarne can go to his aid, another wave of slavers charge the stern, and Tvarne turns to defend himself again on this day. Several of the slavers suddenly turn upon their comrades, and Tvarne sighs in relief, turning to find the modest man gone. Tvarne heads for the point Rhoan lept from to assist his recent companion, only to find that Rhoan and a scarred Dwarf have dealt with the crossbow men, and Rhoan in a personal combat. By now the fight is all but over, and Tvarne joins the Guardsmen on the lower levels on the deck, though encounters little resistance from the defeated slavers. He has just kicked the weapon out of one the more resilent slavers hand, when Kron starts shouting. "EVACUATE THE BOAT!!" he shouts. "THOSE WHO CAN, BOARD THE OTHER SHIPS! THOSE WHO CAN'T, DIVE FOR IT!! THIS SHIP IS GOING TO BLOW!!!!" Throwing his opponent overboard, Tvarne rushes for the nearest vessel, the _Morning breeze_, leaping to it's decks well before it leaves, turning to help gather the wounded aboard. Restless onboard the returning ship, Tvarne scans sea around the burning vessel, aware that should it sink, it will draw those near it to their death. Spotting two men, one of them his fighting companion of recent, he points them out to the Captain of the vessel, who immediately shouts "Man overboard to starboard, prepare to jibe, jibing NOW" and swings the ship around in an amazing display of seamanship, bringing the boat within metres of the men clinging to some reckage, where upon Tvarne dives out with a rope and swims to the two, grabbing the unconsious axe-man while the dwarf grabs onto the rope. Several seamen on the vessel then haul the three to safety on board the ship. ADMIN: Sorry for the delayed post... That should bring Tvarne up to date. Tvarne, wet, bedraggled, and looking forward to the inn's fire. -- Tvarne Nillun -- aka Sean A Reith (gusar@uniwa.uwa.edu.au)