Newsgroups: alt.pub.dragons-inn From: dementia@cheshire.oxy.edu (Daniel Steven Reinker) Subject: Ok, now Blade is pissed Message-ID: <1992Oct3.020704.23128@cheshire.oxy.edu> Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 02:07:04 GMT Blade is having a really bad day. First off, just as he was about to kill Meshtak and accomplish his mission, the Draga pulled some pole-vault trick on him and got away. Then when he attacked the bug-man, the bug-man dented his shell. Then he was suddenly surrounded by many Meshtaks, and when he remembered to use his Mother-given psionic tracker, he was suddenly surrounded by a plague of insects. (a gift from the bug-man?) Then some little furry demon had struck him across the back, and actually broke his shell! And to add onto it all, insects were now crawling and stinging him through the shell. All this added up to one thing. Blade was really pissed off. He no longer cared about just killing Meshtak...he wanted to kill 'em all. Blade lurched to the side, in hopes of smashing whoever was standing there. He was effectively blinded by the insects, and disoriented by the many simultaneous attacks. No one was there; Blade smashed through the wall of a building. He lurched the other way and hit another wall, also breaking it. By this time the members of the guard rode up on their horses, and watched, their mouths open and staring. Sergeant Korbic led the group, and seemed undecided as to what action to order his men to take. (With four men beside himself, Korbic seemed slightly understaffed for this particular mission.) Meshtak stood just out of reach of the thrashing creature. As Blade moved to smash into one building, Meshtak dove past him on the other side, and stood between Blade and the dock. "Make peace with your gods, vile demon!" snarled the Draga. "I am Meshtak, the one you seek!" (I've always wanted to use that in a story.) Blade snarled, and charged... Blade the Motherspawn Meshtak the Draga -- "You can't help that. We're all mad here."-The cheshire cat, Alice in WL "A mass hysteria/a megalomania/reveal Dementia/reveal"-Metallica