From: unixwiz@mcl.ucsb.edu (Silk)
Newsgroups: alt.pub.dragons-inn
Subject: Fizzle stumbles back in.
Message-ID: <unixwiz.716765152@mcl>
Date: 17 Sep 92 21:25:52 GMT

A checkered green and white portal appears in place of the main entry door.
As the portal opens up, a man dressed in robes stumbles out, falling flat
on his face with a pronounced "thump."  Brushing away non-existent helping
hands, the man stands up, just in time to get hit from behind by a small
bronze dragon.  (small = 4 feet from nose to tail)  The old mann turns to
the dragon, saying, "Tham, really...You know you're not supposed to run
into me.  It ruins our image!"

	The dragon just flies up onto the man's left shoulder, making himself
comfortable.  Dusting himself off, the old man walks over to the bar, and
orders, in a loud voice, a "Double Ginger Ale with Ice!"

Taking the glass, the old man begins to drink thirstily.  "Casting portals
is tiring work, even for me!  And I've been at this for years!"  he
whispers to the barmaid.  The barmaid gives a martyred sigh, and starts to
walk off.  However, she seems to be having trouble walking, and looks down
to see the man's robes wrapped around her ankles.  "Pardon me, miss, I
don't know what's gotten into them."  He rummages around, hauling out a
rather large python.  Seeing this snake, the man screams and throws it
across the room, pelting it with bolts of magic the whole way.  It lands, a
crumpled, smoking heap, in the fireplace, as the man mutters, "That'll
teach you to mess with Fizzle."

Fizzle, the Wonder Mage