Newsgroups: alt.pub.dragons-inn
From: wolf@cheshire.oxy.edu (Clinton Richard Wolf)
Subject: The Ransom of Lucas Murphy, part 1
Message-ID: <1992Jun9.214212.28339@cheshire.oxy.edu>
Keywords: Lucas. Seer. Blink. Great Mother
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 1992 21:42:12 GMT


      Seer smiled to himself as the he gazed through his crystal ball into the
interior of the Dragon's Inn. Everything had gone perfectly... The fool Sage
had been drawn out of the inn at just the right time by Great Mother's break-
ing of the Library's wards, letting Seer scry without fear of discovery. Blink
had accomplished his mission with ease, grabbing the priest and disappearing
again before anyone could react... and best of all, not a single person in the
Inn seemed to have noticed! Seer laughed at the pathetic fools who, even in a
crowded Inn, did not notice the Wasters' invasion, and moreover were completely
ignorant of it!

       "Utter perfection..." grins Seer... "Great Mother will certainly be 
pleased..." He watches the fools at the Inn some more, going about their in-
significant conversations and activities as if nothing had happened, unaware
of the vast conspiracy that had just momentarily reached out a tendril unto
their very doorstep! Then, Kron and an elf burst into the Inn, Kron demanding
an expedition into the Low City to seek his "sister"...and asking for assist-
ance?!? Seer frowns... Great Mother will not be pleased at such a major en-
croachment upon her lands... He must...

        POP! Blink appears next to Seer, grinning widely...

        "BLINK!!!! Curse you, fool! I've told you a thousand times... oh, 
what's the use... Has the prisoner been secured?" Blink nods, still grinning
"You removed his equipment, I would hope... the holy symbol, especially...?"
Blink nods again. Seer smiles... not a single hitch in the entire affair...
"Good... I believe I shall speak to our "guest" now..." Seer gets up and leaves
his chamber... then he returns, annoyed...
         "BLINK! OUT!" Blink frowns and POPS away again...
         Seer strides towards the Wasters' dungeons with a gleam in his eye. He
has not had a good 'interrogation' in a while... he looks forward to this one..


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ADMIN: No one posted anything regarding Lucas' sudden disappearance, so I assum
       that no one noticed... If this is true, I'll just run this thread separ-
       ately until Kron's party nears their quarry... Hopefully, Kron and 
       friends will stop by the Wasters' headquarters at some point... Lucas
       is going to make a hellish prisoner for the Wasters, but he still may
       need some help...