Newsgroups: alt.pub.dragons-inn
From: aaron@space.ualberta.ca (Alfvaen)
Subject: Maleiu/Nirvan[Low City]: Into The Fray
Message-ID: <1992Jun22.162955.24148@kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca>
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1992 16:29:55 GMT


Several things seem to happen at once.

As the Wasters stand waiting for Kron to respond to their demand that he  
accompany them, he hears a whooping war cry, and sees the Captain slash at  
Thk, just emerged from Ratty's, and then charge at the Wasters.  Kron looks at  
Natter's corpse, and looks back at the Wasters with a look in his eyes that  
Maleiu saw once before, in the eyes of a hunter whose wife had been killed by  
a leocrotto.  He screams something murderous in Common and leaps at the  
Wasters as well.  Colin Silverbreeze pulls out a strangely-crafted blade and  
Thk comes to his side.  The battle would seem to be joined.

Maleiu picks as his quarry the strongest-looking, knowing that the others,  
excepting perhaps Thk, would be outmatched by him.  Maleiu had wrestled  
panthers, and had been champion at the Games twice.  This Thrugg should be no  
problem.  Maleiu quickly throws a bola at Scorpion's hands, and, not pausing  
to see the effects of his handiwork, leaps at Thrugg, catching the strongman  
off-guard and throwing him back against a wall.

Thrugg recovers quickly, wrapping his arms around Maleiu in a bear-hug.   
Suddenly Maleiu realizes that his foe is both stronger and more clever than he  
had thought, and this won't be as easy a fight as he had expected...

***

Nirvan watches as Maleiu, Kron and Captain leaps into the battle against the  
Wasters.  The lizard-man and the man with the katana, and a couple of others,  
had not yet joined the fray.  The Wasters don't have a chance, he thought.   
But this would be a great battle.  It would be a shame to leave so soon and  
miss it...

So Nirvan stays and watches.  He knows he should climb into a more defensible  
position, but he doesn't want to miss a minute.  He contents himself with  
readying his dagger for a quick throw in case it became necessary...

ADMIN:  So, I'm taking Thrugg, and hopefully the bola will at least  
inconvenience Scorpion a little bit...Captain?  Kron?  Who are you taking?   
How about Colin and Thk?  And HighFlyer and his friend?  Lady Azzar?

Maybe the Wasters should bring in some reinforcements...they're gonna be  
outnumbered three to one...

--
---Alfvaen(a.k.a. Aaron V. Humphrey)
Canadian Network For Space Research, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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