Newsgroups: alt.pub.dragons-inn From: winikoff@muse.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Michael David WINIKOFF) Subject: Dramatic new entry .... Message-ID: <9215414.21424@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> Keywords: Shar Silverbreeze Ogion Sanda Felix Oerth Sheena quest Date: Tue, 2 Jun 1992 04:34:54 GMT The Door creaks open. Standing in it blocking out the light of day is a dark ominous fiqure. The fiqure's body and head are completely concealed by black armour and a large flowing black cloak. He (?) wears a large black helmet with a face plate that somehow strikes fear into the bravest heart. The fiqure slowly strides into the inn, towards the bar. A very prominent breathing accompanies the fiqure. The fiqure reaches the bar ..... [Insert dramatic pause, full of breathing - in, out, in, out] The fiqure reaches up to his face ...... .... and flicks the face plate up to reveal a pale spectacled face. "I can't breath in this thing!" he gasps in a high pitched voice. "Barman" The fiqure pauses, "Barman!" Another wait "BARMAN!" "Give me a coffee, -- and make sure it isn't too hot or else ...." The barman (eventually) plonks down the beverage. The fiqure digs in his cloak and produces some currency. He looks around for somewhere to sit .... After a moment he shuts his faceplate. The breathing sound resumes. The figure walks up to Silverbreeze Shar etc. He speaks in a forcedly deep voice with a very clearly false shakesperean accent "My name, is Dark Helmet. May I join you?" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Software Engineering: Quality through Deforestation. "No sane person could live in this world and not be crazy" -- Ursula K LeGuin exp(sqrt(-1)*pi) + 1 = 0 therefore Ghod exists. S (K S) (S (K K) I) (S K K) (S K K) = I ------------------------------------------------------- Final Year Computer Science University of Melbourne winikoff@mundil.cs.mu.oz.au