From: dshaffer@andromeda.rutgers.edu (Donald A Shaffer) Newsgroups: alt.pub.dragons-inn Subject: Re: Blade: arrives at the Inn while Meshtak gets drunk Message-ID: Date: 29 Sep 92 21:49:55 GMT References: <1992Sep29.180702.11644@cheshire.oxy.edu> > Blade is there, gleaming like polished obsidian, his entire form >comprised of sharp angles and blades. However, the inn seems to be sensitive >to the violence that Blade embodies, for try as he might, he cannot enter! It >is as if an unseen hand holds him from taking that final step into the Inn. >Whatever magic makes the inn a haven for the most powerful from their even >more powerful enemies, prevents Blade from crossing the threshold and engaging >Meshtak. > The huge creature tries with all his strength, but finally pulls back, >his red eyes gleaming in frustration and fury at Meshtak sitting at the bar. He >sits back to wait...for even Meshtak could not stay inside the pub forever, and >when he came out, Blade would be waiting. > Meshtak gives Blade an uninterested, bleary-eyed glance, and turns back >to his spirits. Seeing the strange and most probably supernatural creature, Chip' puts away the now almost finished chatka. He then takes one of his gytha and keeps it ready, just in case. He also unhooks two chatka and places them on the table. "Troublez at door." He tells his companions. ******************************************************************************* Don't play with your food * Chip'chirip -thri-kreen saying about * Champion of the great queen mother riding horses * AKA Don. shaffer rough translation * dshaffer@andromeda.rutgers.edu *******************************************************************************